Born in St Petersburg. Graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy (class of Professor Marina Vasilyeva). Joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 1985. Principal since 1989.
Won the Grand Prix and Gold Medal at the Fourth International Ballet Competition in Paris (1990) and was a recipient of the Italian Prix de Lumiere. Won the Benois de la dance prize (1998). Honoured Artist of Russia (1995).
Repertoire includes: La Sylphide (Sylphide); Giselle (Giselle, Myrtha); The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora, Lilac Fairy); The Nutcracker (Masha); Don Quixote (Kitri); Le Corsaire (Medora); Swan Lake (Odette-Odile); La Bayadere (Nikia, Gamzatti); Raymonda (Raymonda); "Paquita" Grand Pas; Pas de Quatre (Мarie Taglioni); The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Maria); Romeo and Juliet (Juliet); The Legend of Love (Mekmene-Banu); Аnna Karenina (Anna); Cinderella (Fairy); Le Sacre du Printemps(The Chosen One); Goya-Divertissement (Contess Alba); Balanchine?s Theme and Variations, Apollo (Terpsichore), The Prodigal Son (The Siren), Symphony in C (2nd Movement); Robbins? In the Night (3rd Movement); Roland Petits?s Carmen (Carmen), Le Jeune Homme et la Mort (La Mort); MacMillan?s Manon (Manon); Alexey Ratmansky?s Le Poeme de l?Extase, Cinderella (Stepmother); Vladimir Anjelov?s Last Horizon; Fokine?s Sheherazade (Zobeide), Firebird (Firebird), The Dying Swan. Has appeared throughout the world as a guest dancer and toured with the Kirov Ballet.
