#Andrey Ermakov

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This is exciting! A peak at Svetlana Savelieva dancing the Black Swan PPD with Andrey Ermakov at the Pushkin Festival.

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Glaucus Atlanticus or sea swallow, origami, one square sheet of paper

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Oksana Skorik and Andrei Ermakov

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Ranked Ballet Performances

I've seen quite a few live shows and I have thoughts on all of them, but instead of sharing them, I'm just going to rank them from my favorite to least favorite:

La Bayadere: Viktoria Tereshkina and Kimin Kim

Giselle: Svetlana Zakharova and David Hallberg

La Bayadere: Ekaterina Kondaurova and Timur Askerov

Raymonda: Ekaterina Kondaurova and Danila Korsuntsev

Don Quixote: Marianela Nunez and Carlos Acosta

Le Corsaire: Ekaterina Kondaurova, Andrey Ermakov, Kimin Kim

Paquita: Viktoria Tereshkina and Timur Askerov

Swan Lake: Devon Teuscher and Marcelo Gomes

Raymonda: Oksana Skorik and Timur Askerov

Giselle: Skylar Brandt and Joo Won An

Don Quixote: Skylar Brandt and Herman Cornejo

Romeo and Juliet: Gillian Murphy and James Whiteside

The Nutcracker: Mariko Sasaki, William Bracewell, Isabella Gasparini, and James Hay

Giselle: Gillian Murphy and Thomas Forester

Swan Lake: Isabella Boylston and Alban Lendorf

Swan Lake: Devon Teuscher and Aran Bell

Giselle: Elizaveta Gogidze and Olekseii Kniazkov

Little Humpbacked Horse: Anastasia Kolegova and Maxim Zyuzin

Sleeping Beauty: Sarah Lane and Herman Cornejo

Paquita: Nadezhda Batoeva and Xander Parish

Harlequinade: Skylar Brandt and Daniil Simkin

Whipped Cream: Sarah Lane and Daniil Simkin

Le Corsaire: Maria Khoreva, Konstantin Zverev, and Kimin Kim

Paquita: Maria Khoreva and Konstantin Zverev

I think I got them all lol. I didn't include non-ballet performances such as Bourne's Swan Lake, Alvin Ailey, and Riverdance.

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Hispa Arta by Andrey Ermakov https://flic.kr/p/2oohJF4

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Anastasiya Lukina as Juliet and Andrey Ermakov as Romeo, “Romeo and Juliet”, libretto by Andrian Piotrovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Radlov and Leonid Lavrovsky , based on the tragedy of the same name by William Shakespeare, choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky, music by Sergei Prokofiev, set and costume design by Pyotr Williams, Boris Eifman Dance Academy Theater, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Photographer Alexander Neff

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Kotostrofa

Kotostrofa (Serie 2023) #MikhailTrukhin #SvetlanaListova #PolinaGukhman #IrinaAbrosimova #Anar #AnnaBanshchikova Mehr auf:

Serie / КотострофаJahr: 2023- Genre: Comedy / Familienserie Hauptrollen: Mikhail Trukhin, Svetlana Listova, Polina Gukhman, Irina Abrosimova, Anar, Anna Banshchikova, Nika Borisova, Yuriy Breshin, Kirill Ermakov, Svetlana Kamynina, Sergey Kanaev, Andrey Kazakov, Vladislav Kotlyarskiy, Kristina Kukas, Yuriy Loparyov … Serienbeschreibung: Die Familie Mjagkov ist gezwungen, ihr Haus zu verkaufen…

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La Rose Malade - Ulyana Lopatkina and Andrey Ermakov

Based on the poem The Sick Rose in Songs of Innocence by William Blake (1789) 

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Andrey Ermakov - Mariinsky Theatre - photo by Lora Palmer

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Andrey Ermakov | Mariinsky theatre | Mariinsky Ballet

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Ekaterina Kondaurova and Andrey Ermakov in La Bayadere (Mariinsky Ballet)

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Viktoria Tereshkina and Andrey Ermakov | Violin Concerto No. 2 | chor. Anton Pimonov

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hey! i don't know if anyone asked you this, but if you could choose any production and partner, which dream role would you want to interpret? my dream would be to dance as juliet and roberto bolle would be romeo hehe🥰🧡

Hello! I have so many dream roles lol, so I'll list three:

Queen Mekhemene Banu in A Legend of Love with Andrey Ermakov as Ferkhad and Alexander Sergeyev as the Vizier.

Nikiya from La Bayadere with Vladislav Lantratov as Solor.

Marguerite from La Dame Aux Camelias with Philipp Stepin as Armand, even though he's never danced the role I just KNOW he would be great lol.

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Ekaterina Kondaurova and Andrey Ermakov in La Bayadere x

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Opinons on Dancers

A compilation of responses to “opinion” requests. Thank you for asking.

Ekaterina Borchenko

Of all the leading ladies of the Mikhailovsky Theatre, Angelina Vorontsova is my absolute favourite, but Borchenko is a close second. To be honest, I think she should be at the Mariinsky and I’m not sure why she was never hired by the company. Borchenko graduated from VBA and was Lyudmila Kovaleva’s student. I think all of Kovaleva’s graduates share a certain slickness (for lack of a better word) and clarity of technique. When I watch Borchenko, the one word that comes to mind is “style”. I think she is a stylish ballerina. Not sure if that makes sense.

Kimin Kim

First off, I think Kimin and Renata Shakirova are perfect together. I think they might be my favourite duet at the Mariinsky right now. Otherwise, my previous response still stands.

Andrey Ermakov

He’s a good danseur. Solid first soloist. I loved him as Vronsky, opposite Ulyana Lopatkina’s Anna Karenina, but I like him less in purely classical ballets like “La Bayadere” or “Raymonda”. I know that many people are upset that he hasn’t been made principal yet, but I can actually see why he’s still a soloist. 

I’ve mentioned before that it’s hard for me to review younger danseurs because my opinions are heavily influenced by years of watching Tsiskaridze (and other danseurs of his generation). I expect eloquence, precision, lyricism, musicality, passion, wit... In other words, I expect too much and am often left disappointed. In Ermakov’s case, my biggest complaints are his oftentimes laboured jumps and somewhat lacklustre delivery. 

Yana Selina 

To be honest, I don’t know much about Selina. This ask mentioned “The Fountain of Bakhchisarai”, so I watched those videos, and I found Yana very gentle, charming and expressive as Maria. A real pleasure to watch!

Yekaterina Chebykina 

I’m not overly familiar with the Mariinsky’s second soloists (except Shakirova). I know that Chebykina is a Ukrainian expat and is a relatively (2013) recent addition to the company. I’ve only seen a couple of clips, and I can’t say that I’m a fan. Her technique seems kind of sloppy and she lacks the “character” some of her character roles demand. For example, here’s Chebykina as the street dancer in “Don Q”:

Anastasia Soboleva 

One of the many gifted Bolshoi runaways who ended up at the Mikhailovsky... A charming and lively ballerina.

Evelina Godunova

I've never heard of her until the Moscow competition. She did a spectacular job! 

Miko Fogarty

Please have a look at my previous response.

Camilla Mazzi

Haven’t seen enough of her to form an opinion, but she must be really darn good if the Mariinsky hired her as a trainee. Not only is she a foreigner, but she studied at BBA. The Mariinsky only take in BBA grads once in a blue moon.

May Nagahisa

As in the case of Camilla Mazzi, I am first and foremost impressed that the Mariinsky hired a foreign graduate. Again, I have seen too little of May to form an opinion, but I’m excited to see how she’ll do in the future.

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