Ballerina Diana Vishneva Biography

Ru Prima-ballerina Mariinsky Theater, many years of Principal Dancer of the American Ballet Theater ABT, creator and ideological inspirer of the International Festival of Modern Choreography CONTEXT. Diana Vishneva. Petersburzhenka Diana Vishneva was born on July 13 in the family of chemical engineers. The future ballerina began to dance at six years in the Palace of Pioneers. At the age of 11 she entered the Academy of Russian Ballet.

Vaganova, where at first she was engaged in Lyudmila Belskaya, and was already produced in the class of Professor Lyudmila Kovaleva G. Immediately after graduation, she became a resident of the Mariinsky Theater, where he performs today. And a year after entering Mariinsky, she made her debut on the country's main stage - in Bolshoi. In different years, as an invited prima acted on his scene in the leading parties in Lake Swan, Giseli, Sleeping Beauty, Lost Illusions, Onegin.

For the main parties in the performances “Sleeping Beauty”, “Manon”, “Young man and death”, “Sheherazada” of the Mariinsky Ballerina Theater was awarded the Russian State Prize. Diana became one of the ballerinas of the New Age of the Mariinsky Theater. In E - the beginning of x, the works of choreographers important for the 20th century, which were previously not performed by Russian artists, came to the theater.

Alexei Ratmansky, now one of their most famous Russian choreographers, also began in these years in the Mariinsky Theater and put his first major works on his stage, many of which were performed by Diana. In addition, Diana Vishneva was one of the first Russian ballerinas, who was able to connect the status of Prima-ballerina in two theaters at once: the Mariinsky and American Ballet Theater, where she first performed in the year.

Two years later, Vishneva received an invitation to become a regular artist from the director of the troupe of Kevin Mackenzie. And her partners were the leading soloists of the theater - David Holberg, German Corneho, Angel Corella and Marcelo Gomez, with whom the ballerina performed most parties. In the year, the ballerina last performed on the stage of the American ballet theater. At the same time, Vishneva continued to tour around the world, to work on solo projects “Beauty in Movement”, “Dialogs”, “City”.

Remaining a classic ballerina with a multifaceted repertoire, it develops in and in modern choreography, which becomes the same full -fledged part of it as an artist and personality. For herself, Diana understands the modern dance as a source of other energy, the expansion of creative and individual boundaries, and finally, as a new round of development for the classical repertoire. Each of them had a place for joint creativity and constant improvement.

It was possible to present him in the year with the choreographer Edward Klug, the media artist Tobias Gremmer, musician Tais de Valiger from the Dutch dram-bece of the Noisia group and artist Bart Hess in their unique program “Sleeping Beauty Dreams”. In the year, Diana Vishneva became the ideological inspirer and art director of the international festival of modern choreography CONTEXT.

Diana Vishneva, which was conceived as a creative international platform, an experimental platform for young talented choreographers and dancers. In the CONTEXT program, you can always find performances of leading world groups, a competition of young Russian choreographers, creative meetings, workshops, master classes and film screenings. In addition, Vishneva does not forget about social responsibility: in the year, the Fund for promoting the development of ballet art was established in the year, and in M ​​in St.

Petersburg, her Studio Context dance studio was opened, the main goal of which is an affordable dance for both professionals and lovers. Diana Vishneva is a national artist of the Russian Federation, laureate of the State Prize of Russia, a prize of the best dancer of Europe, six Golden Mask prizes, the first winner of the Divine, Benois de la Danse, Ballerina of the Decade and many others.

In the years, the ballerina became a laureate of the prestigious ballet contest of young performers Prix de lausanne, which allowed to declare itself to the whole world even louder. She became the only ballerina that received not only the gold medal, but also the Grand Prix of the Prize. The archive of the speeches of Diana Vishneva Diana Vishneva is the People's Artist of the Russian Federation, the laureate of the State Prize of Russia, the prize of the best dancer of Europe, six prizes “Golden Mask”, the first winner of the Divine, “Benois de la Danse”, “Ballerina of the decades” and many others.