More than once, students of the Academy have performed sole at the Bolshoi. In 2018, Denis Zakharov, who was about to graduate from the Academy, successfully danced the Blue Bird role in the Sleeping Beauty.
This time, Makhar Vaziev, head of the Bolshoi ballet company, trusted Eva Sergeenkova, a student of the graduate class, an important variation – Queen of Dryads in the Don Quijote.
Eva is a student of the graduates’ class taught by Professor of the Classical dance Department Marina K. Leonova. She has won Grand Prix (juniors) World Ballet GRAND PRIX, First Prize (juniors) at the 8th International Contest Young Ballet of the World sponsored by Yuri Grigorovich, and First Prize (medium age group) at the 2nd International Contest of Young Performers of Classical, Modern and Folk Dance DANCEMOSCOW. She has received scholarships of the Svetlana Zakharova Ballet Promotion Foundation, The New Names Ivetta Voronova Foundation and the Galina Ulanova Foundation.
In the Don Quijote, Eva danced an eye-catching airy yet complex variation requiring topmost concentration. Eva and her Teacher have spent many hours perfecting the complex choreography and artistic presentation techniques. The warm response of the audience at the Bolshoi is a testament of thorough preparation and the ability to cope with excitements and anxiety all young performers experience.
We have taken some pictures of Eva performing in the Don Quijote.
Photos by Damir Yusupov, Batyr Annadurdyev, Pavel Rychkov, Alisa Aslanova.
