Kiseleva, Alexandra Alexandrovna

Alexandra Alexandrovna Kiseleva (aka Sasha Klyova) was born on September 29, 2002 in the city of Aktau ( Kazakhstan ). In 2003, her family moved to Moscow ^[3] .

Alexandra was fond of dancing at the age of six. Her career began in 2008 with the school-studio of Alla Dukhova “TODES”, where Alexandra became a soloist ^[4] .

Four years later, Alexandra thought about her solo career and in 2013 decided to try her hand at the show “ Big Dances ” of the TV channel “ Russia-1 ”. Having passed all the qualifying stages at the casting, 11-year-old Alexandra got into the team of choreographer Angelica Stich. However, she could not take part in the TV show " Big Dances ", due to age restrictions on the project ^[5] .

These events became a decisive factor in the future career of Alexandra. Kiseleva leaves Todes and begins to independently study different styles of dancing, studying with famous Russian choreographers and attending master classes by foreign dancers ^[6] . Later, in her interviews , Alexandra admitted that she set a goal - to prove by her own example that creativity has no age limits and restrictions, children can also fight adults on an equal footing ^{[7] [8] [9]} .

Since 2013, Alexandra Kiseleva, performing under the pseudonym Candy XLanvin, has won more than two dozen victories in Russian Vogue competitions and participates in productions of Moscow choreographers Yevgeny Yushkov and Angelica Stich.

In 2015, Alexandra Kiseleva became the champion in the Vogue Runway category ^{[10] [11] [1]} at the StreetStar ^[2] International Street Dance Festival in Sweden. In 2016, at the same festival he receives two more champion titles in the categories of “Vogue Old Way” and “Vogue New Way” ^{[12] [13]} .

In 2016, Kiseleva takes part in the television show " Dancing " on TNT . Impressed by ^{[14] [15] [16]} the Black Swan number performed by 14-year-old Alexandra at the casting , the judges ( Kristina Kretova , Miguel , Yegor Druzhinin , Sergey Svetlakov ) unanimously decided to violate the rules ^{[17] [18] [ 19]} , according to which the participants must be at least 16 years old and allow Alexandra to continue participating in the show " Dancing ". Commenting on the speech, Miguel explained: “I think it’s worth breaking the rules for the sake of such talented children!” ^[20] . On the project, Kiseleva joined the Miguel team ^[21] and entered the top 14 ^{[3] of the} best dancers of the 3rd season.

In 2016, Alexandra Kiselyova became the laureate of the annual award of Fashion Room Magazine in the nomination “Dancer of the Year” ^[3] .

In 2019, she entered the Institute of Film and Television (GITR) at the Faculty of Journalism.

In 2019, the “Overall Russian Ballroom Awards Ceremony” was held at the Untitled Vogue Ball, at which Alexandra Kiselyova was awarded the Bizarre OTY's nomination - the best stage images in the history of the Russian voig .

An acting career, Kiseleva began in 2015 with the film by the director Evgeny Kravchenko “Dance of Silence” ^[22] , where Alexandra played the main role - a deaf-mute girl-dancer. In 2016 , Alexander was invited as a dancer to the role of a classmate of the protagonist, in the film directed by Oksana Karas “ A Good Boy ” ^[23] . Since 2017 , Kiselyova has already acted as an actor in the films “Atonement” directed by Oleg Fesenko, “Out of the Game” directed by Viktor Shamirov, “Eye to Eye” directed by Dmitry Panteleev, “Love Them All” directed by Maria Agranovich, the TV series “Spider” directed by Mikhail Zhernevsky, “Teachers” directed by Ilya Kulikov and “Drove” directed by Ilya Kazankov ^{[24] [25] [26] [27]} .

Alexandra Kiseleva is the only representative of Vogue style in Russia who managed to win three times at the largest StreetStar International Festival of Street Dance Styles, which is held annually in Stockholm ( Sweden ).

At the casting of the TV show " Big Dances " of the Russia-1 TV channel, Alexandra met the choreographer of the Moscow team, Angelica Stich, who later became Kiseleva’s main mentor in the field of dance career.

Alexandra’s dance name “Candy Xclusive Lanvin” (abbreviated as “Candy XLanvin”) comes from the name of the vog-house “The House of Xclusive Lanvin”, in which she is a member ^[28] . After Alexandra’s first victories at StreetStar, Dashaun Wesley Williams ^[29] is an American actor, MC , dancer and choreographer, a well-known representative of the dance style of Vogue , who is the main New York vog-house “The House of Xclusive Lanvin” , suggested ^[3] Alexandra to become a member of the house and officially represent this house in Russia and at VOG tournaments.

Impressed by Alexandra’s performance at the StreetStar Festival, the Swedish director Henric Hemmerlind directed Voguerra ^{[30] [3]} with Alexandra Kiseleva, where she plays herself.

Initially, Alexander was not allowed to participate in the TV show " Dancing " because of the rules, according to which, project participants must be at least 16 years old. But a month before the start of the casting, Alexandra won the “Surprise With Your Dance” competition ^[31] and thanks to this she ended up in the “Dance” camp, where Miguel noted her professional level and invited ^[32] to the “ Dance ” casting.

Many project participants noted Alexandra’s high intellectual abilities, and Yegor Druzhinin noted that the psychological age of 14-year-old Kiseleva is much older than him ^[33] .

To participate in the show " Dancing ", Alexandra Kiseleva left school and switched to the form of distance learning ^{[34] [35]} .

In 2018, the Organic Shop company released a line of natural cosmetics from Alexandra Kiseleva “Shine like a Diamond” ^[36] .

• 2019 - “Chased” - Dasha
• 2019 - Themis Sees - Olya
• 2019 - Pansies - Kat
• 2019 - “ Love Them All ” - Natasha
• 2019 - Eye to Eye - Galya Bogacheva
• 2018 - Teachers - Oksana
• 2018 - “Atonement” - Alina Chulko
• 2017 - The Spider - Masha Bolshakova
• 2016 - “ Good Boy ” - dancer
• 2016 - Voguerra - Voguerra
• 2015 - “Dance of Silence” - a deaf-mute dancer

• 2019 - Makeups (TV Channel “ Friday! ”)
• 2018 - “ReMarkable Room” (Mark Cosmetics Russia)
• 2017 - Fashion and Vogue ( FashionTV Channel)
• 2017 - Makeup in the Big City (Maybelline NY Russia)
• 2017 - “Give Five!” ( STS Channel)
• 2016 - “Dancing” ( TNT Channel)
• 2015 - “You Can Do More!” ( Match TV Channel)
• 2013 - “Girls Only” (Children's Channel)

• 2015 - “There is no place where” - A girl from the fairy world
• 2014 - “I'm Going to Look for You” - Alice
• 2014 - "Dream of the Sacred Spring" - Lizard
• 2014 - “Birth” - Newborn Man
• 2013 - The Royal Devils Show
• 2013 - “ Pirate Station Revolution ” ( Record Dance Radio )

• 2017 - “Girl Online. Status: Free ”( Zoe Sagg ) - Penny Porter

• 2017 - “Author's column by Sasha Kleva” in the journal “KIDS RUSSIA”

She collaborated ^{[3] [37]} with the brands Gucci, KENZO, Pinko, Furla, Avon, Estel, Maybelline NY, Timberland, Nutella, RL Jewel and Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Tatler, InStyle, Hello, Cosmopolitan, Glamor, Allure, Nargis , L'Officiel, L'Etoile, VGXW. In 2017 , she participated in Kenzo Parfums advertising projects and the Kenzo World dance performance at the presentation of the winning videos of the 64th Cannes Lions International Creativity Festival ^[38] .

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