by Julia Guiheen | Jul 11, 2018 | Profiles, TBT
Last summer, Mariinsky Ballet prima ballerina Uliana Lopatkina retired after more than 20 years as a principal. Adored in Russia and by audiences around the world, Lopatkina’s virtuosity, elegance and humble presence have been sorely missed. Although best known...
by Madeline Schrock | Jun 25, 2018 | Just for fun
Whether you’re a die-hard sports fan or Team Bunhead all the way, Cloud & Victory (aka the dancewear company with the world’s cheekiest social media) has found a way for everyone to enjoy this summer’s World Cup. Exhibit A: Is this a special...
by Laura Cappelle | Jun 19, 2017 | Career, Inside PT, Profiles, Reverence
Last weekend, the Mariinsky Ballet announced on its website that one of its most revered prima ballerinas, Uliana Lopatkina, has retired from the stage. A principal dancer since 1995, Lopatkina’s interpretation of Odette/Odile and “The Dying Swan”,...
by As Told To Amy Brandt | Mar 31, 2016 | Profiles, Technique
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2016 issue of Pointe. The Dying Swan, choreographed by Michel Fokine for Anna Pavlova, is a short but powerful solo often reserved for the most revered ballerinas. Mariinsky Ballet principal Uliana Lopatkina shares the...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Feb 21, 2016 | Company Life
Whether it’s an oh-so fashionably late arrival to a ball or an endless line of impressively in-sync penchés, ballets know the power of a dramatic entrance. (Appropriate, perhaps, that the word “entrance” has a double meaning, depending on how...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Oct 6, 2015 | Company Life
(Photo by Sasha Gouliaev) Mariinsky star Uliana Lopatkina will visit Yale University for a residency October 13–15. While at Yale, Lopatkina will participate in a variety of events, including a lecture demonstration, question and answer sessions, a conversation with...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
In a controversial move, former Bolshoi Ballet star Nikolai Tsiskaridze has been appointed rector of the renowned Vaganova Academy, associate school of the Mariinsky Ballet. Tsiskaridze is, to put it mildly, a polarizing figure. He has many admirers, but was fired...