Elena Bazhenova

Dancer

Born in Leningrad.
Graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in 1988.
Joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 1988.

Honoured Artist of Russia (2008).

Her repertoire includes:
La Sylphide (Madge);
Giselle (Bathilde);
Le Corsaire (Palestinian Dance, Forban);
La Bayadere (Aija, Indian Dance);
The Sleeping Beauty (the Queen);
Mihail Chemiakin`s The Nutcracker (Oriental dance);
Swan Lake (the Queen, Mazurka, Hungarian dance, Spanish dance);
Raymonda (Panaderos);
Don Quixote (Mersedes, Gipsy Dance, Fandango);
Les Noces (the Bride?s Mother)
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Krakoviak, Girey?s Second wife);
Romeo and Juliet (Signora Capulet, Folk Dance, Juliet?s Servant);
The Bedbug (Mother Renaissence);
Manon (Madame);
Alexey Ratmansky`s Cinderella (Fairy-Tramp);
Dzhuliano Peparini`s Lulu.Dream of an Anti-star;
Princess Pirlipat, orWorthiness punished (Krysilda);