Evgenia Obraztsova (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Evgenia Obraztsova, is a Russian ballerina who dances as First Soloist with the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg. She is frequently invited as a guest soloist to other countries, and is known for dancing leading roles in ballets such as Romeo and Juliet, Ondine, Giselle, and La Sylphide. She has won several awards, including the Gold Medal at the Moscow International Ballet Competition in 2005. Also an actress, she portrayed a ballerina in the 2005 film The Russian Dolls, and was one of the ballerinas profiled in the 2006 documentary Ballerina. She was born in Leningrad into a family of dancers, as her mother studied under Natalia Dudinskaya and was a member of the company at the Moussorgski Theatre. Obraztsova discovered her dance talents early and successfully passed the entrance exams for the Vaganova School, which trains young dancers in preparation for joining the Mariinsky troupe