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Elvria Tarassova
Elvira Tarassova & "Bazil"
St. Petersburg, February, 1998
 

Elvira Tarassova
Kirov Ballet, St. Petersburg, Russia


• Born August 5, 1969, Leningrad, U.S.S.R.
• Graduated Vaganova Academy, 1988
• Kirov Ballet since 1988
• Kirov Principal Dancer
• Best Partner, Moscow competition, 1997

email: elvira@kirov.com

Ballerina X says...
She has the personality of a kitten, the drive of a wildcat. She is her own roughest critic. On stage she is bold, she has fire. Her splits are clean, her fouettes stay on one spot.


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Elvira Tarassova's Repertoire
  Ballet & Role 1st Performance Photos*
  Cinderella
       Coppelia
     Krivlaka
  Don Quixote
       Kitri KNR
  Faust (Opera)
       Vakhanka
  Giselle
       Myrtha HGP (1997), rehearsal
  La Bayadère
       Gamzatti  
  Le Corsaire
       Medora
       Gulnara
  Sleeping Beauty
       Brilliant Fairy
  Symphony in C (Balanchine)
       "Allegro Vivace"
*Key to Photo Credits
HGP = Haegeman Gallery Photo, Kirov Ballet website, photo by Marc Haegeman
KNR = Kirov Ballet, photo by Natasha Razina
SPW = St. Petersburg Web website

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