Ekaterina Borchenko (Dancer)
Born in Leningrad, she graduated from the St. Petersburg Vaganova Ballet Academy in 2000. In 2000-2003, she was a Principal Dancer with the Moscow Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2003-2007, she was a Principal Dancer with the Belarus Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2008, she joined the Mikhailovsky Ballet, where has danced principal roles in Swan Lake, Giselle, ou Les Wilis, Spartacus, La Bayadère, Le Corsaire, Don Quixote, La Sylphide, Laurencia, The Flames of Paris and the productions by Nacho Duato The Sleeping Beauty, Prelude, Na Floresta, and Without Words. She has created the principal role in Duato’s Nunc Dimittis. She has been recognized for her artistic excellence at the international ballet competitions in Nagoya and Varna. In 2014, she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia.
Repertory includes: — Odette/Odile (Swan Lake) —
Giselle (Giselle) — Masha (The Nutcracker) — Kitri,
Queen of the Dryads (Don Quixote) — Nikiya, Gamzatti (La
Bayadere) — Princess Aurora, the Lilaс Fairy (The Sleeping
Beauty) — Esmeralda (Esmeralda) — Medora (Le Corsaire,
prod. by Farukh Ruzimatov) — Soloist (Paquita) — Valeria
(Spartacus, chor. by George Kovtun). — Sylphide
(La Sylphide) — Laurencia (Laurencia)
— Nunc Dimittis, chor. by Nacho
Duato — Without Words, chor. by Nacho
Duato — Prelude, chor. by Nacho Dauto
Awards:
First prize at the all Japan ballet competition in Nagoya in 2007, silver
medal at the International Ballet Competition in Varna in 2006, diploma of the X
Moscow International Ballet Competition; The premium of the Petersburg
Government “The Youth Prize of St Petersburg for Creativity”
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