by Laura Cappelle | Jul 23, 2020 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
Like most theaters, the Bolshoi was shut down due to the coronavirus. What are your strategies for coping mentally in self-isolation? It didn’t occur to me that it would take this long. In a way, it has been a unique chance to try new things. Each day, I can...
by Amy Brandt | Jan 9, 2020 | News
Bolshoi fans, listen up: On Sunday, January 26, the company will broadcast Alexei Ratmansky’s new production of Giselle—captured from a live performance in Moscow earlier that day—to over 450 North American movie theaters as part of its Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema...
by Julia Guiheen | Sep 18, 2019 | Profiles, TBT
What do Diana Vishneva, Olga Smirnova, Kristina Shapran and Maria Khoreva all have in common? These women, among the most impressive talents to graduate from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in recent years, all studied under legendary professor Lyudmila Kovaleva....
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Apr 18, 2018 | News, Trending
Several weeks ago, Youth America Grand Prix announced that the lineup for tonight’s Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow gala at Lincoln Center’s Koch Theater would include Bolshoi Ballet principal Olga Smirnova and first soloist Jacopo Tissi. But an...
by Amy Brandt | May 17, 2017 | Company Life
In November, Lincoln Center announced that three of the world’s biggest companies—New York City Ballet, Paris Opéra Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet—would present a collaborative performance of George Balanchine’s Jewels July 20–23 in...
by Laura Cappelle | Jan 28, 2016 | Profiles
This story originally appeared in the February/March 2016 issue of Pointe. Olga Smirnova’s first three seasons at the Bolshoi Ballet were a whirlwind of debuts and creations, but it all came to a halt in 2014, when a foot injury took the Vaganova-trained prodigy...
by Amy Brandt | Jan 29, 2015 | Profiles, Show and Tell
This story originally appeared in the February/March 2015 issue of Pointe. Bolshoi Ballet leading soloist Olga Smirnova has performed the world over, and nowhere is it more apparent than inside her dance bag. First, there’s the huge bag itself, a souvenir from...
by Pointe Magazine | Nov 20, 2013 | Company Life
Olga Smirnova Expectations can be a heavy burden to bear for a young dancer on the fast track to stardom. Few have justified the hype like the Bolshoi Ballet’s 21-year-old Olga Smirnova. The Vaganova-trained first soloist had an international coming out party to...