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Yulia Makhalina
Yulia Makhalina
Los Angeles, October, 1997
 

Yulia Makhalina
Kirov Ballet, St. Petersburg, Russia

• Born June 23, 1968, Leningrad, U.S.S.R.
• Graduated Vaganova Academy, 1985
• Kirov Ballet since 1986
• Kirov Principal Dancer 1988
• Gold Medal, 4th Int'l Paris Competition, 1990
• Italian Cinematographer's "Prix de Lumiere"
• Honored Artist of Russia, 1995


Ballerina X says...
Yulia was brilliant when I saw her perform a stylized modern ballet. She is a perfectionist. She is one of the most gracious people I have ever known. She is creative and driven.


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Selected Reviews & Commentary
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Time Magazine review, July 10, 1995, by Martha Duffy
New York Post review, "Kirov Stars" tour, 1997, by Clive Barnes


Yulia Makhalina's Repertoire
  Ballet & Role Debut** Photos *
  Anna Karenina
       Anna Karenina
  Cinderella
       Cinderella
  Don Quixote
       Kitri 1989
  Giselle
       Giselle 1991 (Berlin)
     Myrtha 1986
  Goya Divertissement
       Countess of Elba 1996 (Maryinsky)
  La Bayadère
       Gamzatti 1988 HGP (1995), & Farukh Ruzimatov
       Nikiya 1990
  Le Corsaire
       Medora 1987
  Legend of Love
       Mekhmene Banu
  Raymonda
       Raymonda 1994 (Maryinsky) KNR, & Dimitri Korneyev
KNR, & Yevgeni Ivanchenko
  Ring in the Ring
       Frika  
       Brunhilda
  Sheherazade
       Zobeide   SPW
  Sleeping Beauty
       Aurora   HGP (1995), & Konstantin Zaklinsky
       Lilac Fairy 1989
  Symphony in C (Balanchine)
       "Adagio" 1991 (Berlin), 1996 (Maryinsky)
  Swan Lake
       Odette/Odile 1987
  Also in Ms. Makhalina's repertoire are various other ballets by Balanchine, Béjart, and Robbins.
*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

**Key to theaters of Debut Performance
Berlin =Deutsche Oper, Berlin, Germany, as Guest Artist
Kirov = The Kirov Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia
Maryinsky = The Kirov Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia, renamed in 1992

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