Ekaterina Petina

Ekaterina Petina was born in Sevastopol/Crimea. Ten years old she started training at the Vaganova Academy in St. Petersburg. In 2001 she assumed her first engagement at the Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg where she among others danced solo parts in Balanchine’s Rubies & Four Temperaments, Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, Approximate Sonata, Steptext and several fairies in Sleeping Beauty.

She also participated in various Mariinsky Theatre tours across Japan, England, China, USA, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Mexico.

Since the beginning of the season 2009/2010 she performs as soloist at the Bavarian State Ballet where she debuted as:

Clémence in Raymonda (Petipa/Barra)
Odalisque in Le Corsaire (M. Petipa/I. Liška)
Olympia in Die Kameliendame (J. Neumeier)
Pas de deux 2 in Artifact (W. Forsythe)
Rival in Série Noire - A choreographic murder mystery (T. Kohler).

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