Vadim Anatolyevich Sirotin
Teacher of Methodic for Character, Historical Dance and Acting Skills
He was born on June 29, 1957 in Leningrad. From 1967 to 1975, he studied Leningrad
Choreography School A. Ya. Vaganova in the specialty “Ballet Artist” (classes of B.V. Shavrov, I.G. Gensler, T.I. Shmyrova, and V.S. Zimin).
From 1975 to 1999, he worked in the troupe of the Opera and Ballet Theater Kirov.
Since 1994, he teaches Character Dance at the Academy of the Russian Ballet A. Ya. Vaganova. In 2000 he graduated in the Pedagogical Faculty of the Academy, specializing as “Teacher of Ballet and Teacher in Choreographic Disciplines”
From September 2004 to June 2005, he completed his studies in the Faculty of Professional Development of the Academy Vaganova.
He worked in Japan, Korea, Italy, Finland, and Greece, participating in seminars on Character Dance and on staging of ballet performances such “Swan Lake”, “Don Quixote”, “La Bayadere”, “Gayane” and other.
ROLES: He danced many solo parts of the character repertoire such as Espada, Fandango and Gypsy Dance in Don Quixote; Spanish and Hungarian mazurka in Swan Lake; Panaderos and Hungarian dance in Raymonda; Gypsy Dance in Stone Flower; Hans in “Giselle”; Shurale in “Shurale”; Sabatier dance in ” La Fille Mal Gardée”; Tarantella in “Romeo and Juliet”, etc.
IVANOVA Svetlana
Teacher of ballet and repertoire.
Born in Cheboksary.
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 1996 (class of Inna Zubkovskaya).
With the Mariinsky Ballet from 1996 to 2020.
Repertoire includes:
From 1965 to 1968 she was a soloist at the Kuibyshev Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet. From 1968 to 1986, she danced as leading soloist in the Maly Theater of Opera and Ballet M. Mussorgsky. During her career, she performed solo parts in ballets of classical and modern repertoire such as Swan Lake, Giselle, La Bayadere, Carmen Suite, Antony and Cleopatra, Corsair and others.
a Sylphide (the Sylph, Sylphs); choreography by August Bournonville, revised version by Elsa-Marianne von Rosen,
The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Florine, Young Girl); choreography by Marius Petipa, revival of the 1890 production, staging by Sergei Vikharev,
The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, Princess Florine); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
La Bayadère (Manu, bayadères); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Vladimir Ponomarev and Vakhtang Chabukiani,
“Paquita” Grand Pas (variations); choreography by Marius Petipa,
Swan Lake (Cygnets); choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised version Konstantin Sergeyev,
Raymonda (Hungarian Dance, Grand pas); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Le Réveil de Flore (Diana); choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov; revival by Sergei Vikharev, revival of the 1894 production,
Le Corsaire (Trio of Odalisques); production by Pyotr Gusev after the composition and choreography by Marius Petipa,
Don Quixote (Amour); choreography by Alexander Gorsky after Marius Petipa,
Michel Fokine’s ballets Chopiniana (Eleventh Waltz, Nocturne, First Waltz), Le Carnaval (Butterfly), Le Spectre de la rose (the Girl) and Pétrouchka (Two Dancers, Maskers); staged by Gary Chryst,
The Nutcracker (Pas de trois); choreography by Vasily Vainonen,
Romeo and Juliet (Juliet’s Companion, Paris’ Page); choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky,
The Young Lady and the Hooligan (the Young Lady); choreography by Konstantin Boyarsky,
Spartacus (Menada); choreography by Leonid Yakobson,
Études (Dancer in White); choreography by Harald Lander,
Yuri Grigorovich’s ballets The Legend of Love (Shyrin’s Friends) and The Stone Flower (Gems),
George Balanchine’s ballets The Four Temperaments (Theme), Jewels (Emeralds), Symphony in C (II. Adagio), Piano Concerto No 2 (Ballet Imperial) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Butterfly),
Carmen-Suite (Tobacco Factory-Workers); choreography by Alberto Alonso,
Sylvia (Persephone); choreography by Frederick Ashton,
Leningrad Symphony (the Girl); scenario and choreography by Igor Belsky,
Alexei Ratmansky’s ballets Anna Karenina (Kitty), The Little Humpbacked Horse (Wet-Nurses) and Concerto DSCH,
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude; choreography by William Forsythe,
The Nutcracker (Bees’ Pas de trois); staging by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov,
John Neumeier’s ballets Spring and Fall, Now and Then and Sounds of Empty Pages,
Reverence; choreography by David Dawson,
Noah D. Gelber’s ballets “The Overcoat” after Gogol (the Girl) and The Golden Age (Acrobat, Valkyrie),
Ondine (Friends in Green); choreography by Pierre Lacotte,
Glass Heart (Clock); choreography by Kirill Simonov,
Benjamin Millepied’s ballets Without, La nuit s’achève,
Presentiment of Spring (Three Women); choreography by Yuri Smekalov,
Symphony in Three Movements (She); choreography by Radu Poklitaru
and the Dances of Naina’s Charms in the opera Ruslan and Lyudmila.
From 1965 to 1968 she was a soloist at the Kuibyshev Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet. From 1968 to 1986, she danced as leading soloist in the Maly Theater of Opera and Ballet M. Mussorgsky. During her career, she performed solo parts in ballets of classical and modern repertoire such as Swan Lake, Giselle, La Bayadere, Carmen Suite, Antony and Cleopatra, Corsair and others.
In 1997, she graduated from the pedagogical faculty of the Russian Ballet Academy A. Ya. Vaganova. Since 1994 she teaches classical dance in the middle and senior classes of the Performance Faculty, and she is also considered a leading expert in the teaching of the methodic for classical dance technique at the Pedagogical Faculty of the Academy of the Russian Ballet A.Ya. Vaganova.
Since 2015 Mrs Gribanova is the head of the Department of “Methodology of Teaching classical and duet-classical dance”.
She regularly gives master classes in the US, South Korea, Japan, Estonia, Latvia, the Czech Republic. As a member of the jury she has repeatedly participated in international ballet competitions in Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan.
Among the students of Mrs Gribanova there are: Olesya Novikova, Victoria Krasnokutskaya, Zlata Yalinich, Ksenia Zhiganshina, Ksenia Shevtsova, Elena Solomyanko, Ksenia Fateeva, and others.
ROLES: Odette-Odile in “Swan Lake”, Mistress of the Copper Mountain in “Stone Flower”, Myrtle in “Giselle”, The ruler of the Ice Kingdom in “Solveig”, Carmen in “Carmen Suite”, Marina Mnishek in “Tsar Boris”, Cleopatra in “Anthony and Cleopatra”, Freedom in “The 11th Symphony”, Cinderella, Fleur de Lys in “Esmeralda”