Viktoria Tereshkina
Viktoria Valerievna Tereshkina (Russian: Викто́рия Вале́рьевна Терёшкина; born 31 May 1983) is a Russian ballet dancer, currently one of the stars of the Mariinsky Ballet in Saint Petersburg.
Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Career
- 2.1 Repertoire
- 3 Awards
- 4 References
Early life
Tereshkina was born in Krasnoyarsk in Siberia where her father was a gymnastics teacher. From the age of four she was trained in artistic gymnastics in which she performed increasingly well. However, when she reached the age of 10, her parents decided her prospects for an extended career would be better in ballet. As a result, she was sent to the ballet school in Krasnoyarsk. When she was 16, she took part in a ballet festival in Saint Petersburg. She was noticed by Igor Belsky who recommended she should join the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet where he was artistic director. After training for five years in Krasnoyarsk, she therefore spent a further three years in Saint Petersburg in the cl* of Marina V*ilieva.
Tereshkina is married to Artem Shpilevsky (former soloist with the Bolshoi Ballet) and they have one daughter named Milada born in 2013.
Career
Following her graduation in 2001, Tereshkina immediately joined the Mariinsky Ballet where she became a soloist in 2005 and a principal in 2008. She debuted as Odette/Odile in Swan Lake in 2002; it was her first principal role.
Tereshkina has performed in Mariinsky's extensive repertoire of cl*ical and modern ballet. Particularly notable are her Gamzatti and Nikya in La Bayadère, Kitri in Don Quixote, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Queen Mekhemene Banu in A Legend of Love, and Terpsic* in Apollo. Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Sarah Crompton referred to her as a "rising talent", describing her as a "filigree beauty" with "fiendish fouettés".
She created the role of Parasha in Yuri Smekalov's production of The Bronze Horseman (2016), Paquita in Smekalov's revival of the ballet of the same name (2017), and The Mistress of Copper Mountain in the Mariinsky revival of Yury Grigorovich's The Stone Flower in 2016.
In 2010, Tereshkina danced Aurora in Konstantin Sergeyev's version of the Sleeping Beauty when it was presented at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. She has toured with the Mariinsky to the United States (California, Washington D.C., and New York City) and throughout Europe and Asia.
In 2014, Tereshkina danced Nikiya in American Ballet Theatre's production of La Bayadère.
Repertoire
Viktoria has danced ballets c*ographed by Marius Petipa, Yury Grigorovich, Alexei Ratmansky, Michel Fokine, George Balanchine, etc.
Marius Petipa
- Giselle (Giselle, Myrtha, Zulma)
- The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, Gold Fairy, Diamond Fairy)
- Swan Lake (Odette-Odile, Big Swans)
- La Bayadère (Nikiya, Gamzatti)
- Raymonda (Raymonda)
- Le Corsaire (Medora)
- Don Quixote (Kitri)
- Paquita Grand Pas
Yuri Grigorovich
- A Legend of Love (Queen Mekhemene Banu)
- The Stone Flower (Mistress of Copper Mountain)
Michel Fokine
- Scheherazade (Zobeide)
- The Firebird (Fire Bird)
Alexei Ratmansky
- Concerto DSCH
- The Little Humpbacked Horse (Tsar Maiden)
- Cinderella (Khudishka, Female Dance)
- Anna Karenina (Anna Karenina)
George Balanchine
- Jewels (Rubies, Diamonds)
- Apollo (Polyhymnia, Calliope, Terpisc*)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (*ania)
- Symphony in C (I. Allegro Vivo)
- Swan Lake
- Serenade
- Theme and Variations
- The Four Temperaments
- Piano Concerto No 2/Ballet Imperial
- Tarantella
Frederick Ashton
- Sylvia (Sylvia)
- Marguerite and Armand (Marguerite)
William Forsythe
- In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated
- Approximate Sonata
Yuri Smekalov
- Paquita (Paquita); production by Yuri Smekalov
- The Bronze Horseman (Parasha); c*ography by Yuri Smekalov
- Bolero Factory (The Soul)
Hans van Manen
- 5 Tangos
- Adagio Hammerklavier
Other c*ographers
- The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Zarema); c*ography by Rostislav Zakharov
- The Young Lady and the Hooligan (The Young Lady); c*ography by Konstantin Boyarsky
- Romeo and Juliet (Juliet); c*ography by Leonid Lavrovsky
- Spartacus (Phrygia); c*ography by Leonid Yakobson
- Grand Pas Cl*ique; c*ography by Viktor Gzovsky
- In the Night; c*ography by Jerome Robbins
- Le Jeune Homme et la Mort (The Girl); c*ography by Roland Pe*
- Manon (Manon); c*ography by Kenneth MacMillan
- Carmen-Suite (Carmen); c*ography by Alberto Alonso
- Etudes (Soloist); c*ography by Harald Lander
- Ondine (Queen of the Sea); c*ography by Pierre Lacotte
- Dolce, con fuoco; c*ography by Svetlana Anufrieva
- The Ring; c*ography by Alexei Miroshnichenko
- Aria Suspended (soloist); c*ography by Peter Quanz
- Diana and Actaeon Pas de Deux; c*ography by Agrippina Vaganova
- The Nutcracker (Masha); c*ography by Vasili Vainonen
- The Cat on the Tree and Violin Concerto No. 2; c*ography by Anton Pimonov
- Pulcinella (Pimpinella); c*ography by Ilya Zhivoi
- The Village Don Juan; c*ography by Leonid Yakobson
- Tango-Fugato; c*ography by Alexei Miroshnichenko
- Adulte; c*ography by Ilya Zhivoi
- Elegy. Ophelia; c*ography by Ksenia Zvereva
Awards
The awards received by Viktoria Tereshkina include:
- 2005: Golden Sofit: Best Female Role in Ballet (Approximate Sonata)
- 2006: Golden Sofit: Best Female Role in Ballet (Queen of the Sea in Ondine)
- 2006: Rising Star award from Ballet magazine
- 2008: Honoured Artist of Russia
- 2010: Ms Virtuosa award at the International Ballet Festival
- 2014: Golden Sofit: Best Female Role in Ballet (Sylvia)
- 2017: Golden Mask for "Best Female Role in Ballet (Violin Concerto No. 2, c*ography by Anton Pimonov)
- 2018: People's Artist of Russia