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Svetlana Yuryevna Zakharova is a Ukrainian-born prima ballerina who dances with the Bolshoi Ballet and is acting rector of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography.
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Zakharova trained at the prestigious Vaganova Ballet Academy in Saint Petersburg, where she absorbed the exacting technical and aesthetic principles of Russian classical ballet. Following her graduation, she joined the Bolshoi Ballet, where she ascended to principal dancer status and became one of the company's most celebrated soloists, commanding the full spectrum of classical and contemporary roles. Her career has been marked by performances at the world's most prestigious ballet institutions, establishing her as a dancer of international renown whose technical perfection and interpretive maturity represent the apotheosis of the Vaganova tradition.
Named People's Artist of Russia and considered one of the greatest ballerinas of her generation.
Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
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