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Anastasia Stashkevich

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Anastasia Stashkevich
Anastasia Stashkevich as Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty, with Vyacheslav Lopatin as the Bluebird. Bolshoi Theatre. 23 November 2011
Born
Анастасия Витальевна Сташкевич

(1984-11-20) 20 November 1984 (age 39)
Leningrad, Soviet Union (now St. Petersburg, Russia)
CitizenshipRussian Federation
EducationMoscow State Academy of Choreography
OccupationBallet dancer
Years active2003 to present
EmployerBolshoi Theatre

Anastasia Stashkevich (Russian: Анастасия Сташкевич; born 20 November 1984) is a Russian principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet.

Anastasia Stashkevich was born in Leningrad,[1] and studied at the Moscow Choreographic Academy with Tatyana Galtseva.[2] Upon her graduation in 2003 she joined the Bolshoi Ballet, where she presently works under the tutelage of Svetlana Adyrkhaeva. She was promoted to the rank of soloist in October 2009,[3] to first soloist in September 2011, to leading soloist in May 2012,[4] and was appointed to the rank of principal dancer in July 2015.[5]

Her guest appearances have included performing Kitri in Don Quixote[6] with the Tokyo Ballet and Phrygia in Spartacus with the Royal Ballet of Flanders.[7]

In 2018 Stashkevich received the Golden Mask theater award for her performance as the Novice in Jerome Robbins' The Cage.[8]

Repertoire

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Filmography

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  • Don Quixote (choreography: Alexei Fadeyechev), Bolshoi Ballet, 2011: as Amour
  • Coppélia (choreography: Sergei Vikharev), Bolshoi Ballet, 2011: as Dawn
  • Esmeralda (choreography: Yuri Burlaka and Vasily Medvedev), Bolshoi Ballet, 2011: as Diana, "Diana and Acteon"
  • The Sleeping Beauty (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich), Bolshoi Ballet, 2011: as the Canary, Red Riding Hood
  • Le Corsaire (choreography: Yuri Burlaka and Alexei Ratmansky), Bolshoi Ballet, 2012: pas d'esclaves
  • Raymonda (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich), Bolshoi Ballet, 2012: grand pas variation
  • La Bayadère (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich), Bolshoi Ballet, 2013: first variation, "Kingdom of the Shades"
  • Jewels (choreography: George Balanchine), Bolshoi Ballet, 2014: "Emeralds"
  • Marco Spada (choreography: Pierre Lacotte), Bolshoi Ballet, 2014: as the Bride
  • The Cage (choreography: Jerome Robbins), Bolshoi Ballet, 2017: as the Novice
  • Le Corsaire (choreography: Yuri Burlaka and Alexei Ratmansky), Bolshoi Ballet, 2017: pas d'esclaves
  • La Sylphide (choreography: Johan Kobborg), Bolshoi Ballet, 2018: Sylph[28]

Awards and nominations

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Year Association Category Work Result Ref.
2018 Golden Mask Ballet/Contemporary Dance – Best Actress The Cage Won [8]
2023 Golden Mask Ballet/Contemporary Dance – Best Actress Dancemania Nominated [29]

References

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  1. ^ "Anastasia Stashkevich". Ardani Artists. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Anastasia Stashkevich". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  3. ^ "news feed for 15 October 2009". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Bolshoi Ballet news feed". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  5. ^ "news feed for 1 July 2015". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  6. ^ a b Kosaka, Kris (17 September 2014). "Tokyo Ballet's 'Don Quixote' revels in its Russian roots". The Japan Times. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Spartacus". Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  8. ^ a b "2018 Winners". Golden Mask. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  9. ^ Mackrell, Judith (30 July 2013). "Bolshoi Ballet: Swan Lake – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  10. ^ Monahan, Mark (30 July 2013). "Swan Lake, Bolshoi Ballet at the Royal Opera House, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  11. ^ Bishop, Clifford (10 August 2013). "Dance review: The Sleeping Beauty - The art of growing up gracefully". The Independent. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  12. ^ Mackrell, Judith (7 August 2013). "Bolshoi Ballet: La Bayadère/Sleeping Beauty – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  13. ^ Crompton, Sarah (4 August 2014). "La Bayadère, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  14. ^ Dunning, Jennifer (27 February 2007). "Fanciful in La Mancha: Cheeky Young Lovers". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  15. ^ Kaufman, Sarah (18 June 2009). "The Bolshoi Ballet's 'Le Corsaire' at the Kennedy Center". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  16. ^ Monahan, Mark (3 August 2010). "Bolshoi triple bill, Royal Opera House, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  17. ^ Crompton, Sarah (16 August 2013). "Flames of Paris, Bolshoi Ballet, review". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  18. ^ Landgraf, Ilona. "Universal Love". Landgraf on Dance. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  19. ^ Stults, Raymond (27 July 2014). "Bolshoi Ballet Does Shakespeare's 'Taming of Shrew'". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  20. ^ "Hamlet premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  21. ^ Stults, Raymond (12 April 2015). "Bolshoi's 'Hamlet' Doesn't Repeat 'Romeo' Success". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  22. ^ Landgraf, Ilona (9 December 2017). "It's Done". Landgraf on Dance. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  23. ^ Monahan, Mark (3 August 2010). "Bolshoi triple bill, Royal Opera House, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  24. ^ Stults, Raymond (7 February 2011). "Duato, Balanchine in Bolshoi Theater's 'Reflections'". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  25. ^ Crompton, Sarah (14 August 2013). "Jewels, Bolshoi Ballet at the Royal Opera House, review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  26. ^ "The Cage premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  27. ^ "Dream of Dream premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  28. ^ "La Sylphide". Pathé Live. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  29. ^ "Nominees 2023". Golden Mask.
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