Anna Antonicheva

Born in Baku. Studied at Baku Ballet School then, having won the gold medal and the audience's sympathy prize at the 1st Transcaucasian Competition of Ballet Dancers (1988), which was held in Baku, she got a place at the Moscow College of Choreography (today the Moscow Academy of Choreography; Sophia Golovkina's class).
In 1991, having completed her studies at the College, she joined the Bolshoi Theatre corps de ballet. At the start of her 5th season of work at the Theatre, she was given her first main role: that of Shireen in A. Melikhov's Legend of Love (choreography - Yuri Grigorovich). At the start of her career, she worked a little under the direction of Natalia Bessmertnova. But virtually all her solo parts she rehearsed with Marina Kondratieva. After that, her permanent teacher-repetiteur was Yekaterina Maximova. At the present time, she rehearses with Svetlana Adyrkhayeva. She danced the role of Myrtha at the premiere of Vladimir Vasiliev's version of Giselle (1997).

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