#Yulia Somova

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Были ли бы Пушкин фашистом, живи он в наше время?

Были ли бы Пушкин сторонником "русского мира", живи он в наше время в России? На первый взгляд, вопрос риторический. Но, по видимому, его риторическим сочли бы как те, кто дали бы на него отрицательный ответ, так и те, кто дали бы положительный. И действительно, если оглянуться на XX век, а также посмотреть на тотальную фашизацию сегодняшней российской культуры, если оценить сложность личных путей деятелей культуры, не редкую противоречивость их воззрений, а также смесь посылов самого Пушкина, сегодня выдаваемых то за как-бы имперские, то за как бы свободно-демократические, то вопрос этот окажется не таким уж однозначным.

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Всё об Ирландии Discoveries... Ireland

(Jim Watt, Kelly Watt) 2001

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Милая Франция (10 серий из 10)

Douces Frances (Хавье Лефебре Xavier Lefebvre) 2011

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Waterfront Cities. Города у моря.

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Vertical City. Вертикальный город.

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China. Китай.

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CA V Project - Starchild (HD)

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Retake AI - самый красивый фотосет.

Юрий Каретин и Юлия Сомова в фотосете от AI

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Mariinsky prima ballerinas at Odette.

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Today (September 9), Vaganova Ballet Academy professor Ludmila Safronova would have been 90 years old. To mark the occasion, Vaganova Ballet Academy has shared some photos of Safronova from their archives.

Safronova studied under Agrippina Vaganova herself, graduating in 1947, and spent twenty years dancing with the Mikhailovsky Theatre.

Safronova started teaching classical dance at VBA in 1975, and was actively involved with the Academy till her death in 2018. Her students include Elena Pankova, Marina Chirikova, Irma Nioradzem Elena Vostrotina, Alina Somova, Marina Pavlova and Yulia Stepanova.

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Hi:)I wanna ask why do you think Yulia Stepanova is a bad dancer?I personally think she has regressed a lot since she re-appear in Bolshoi(I couldn't believe she was promoted so quickly either)Her late Vaganova years to early Mariinsky years was really promising,especially in her graduation performance. Although she might not deserve her principal status, I don't think she's as bad as you think? (eg. as Lilac fairy and Nikiya) still I think she regressed a lot but I dont see others saying that.

I’m sorry I really think that she is the worst principal in all of Russia by a lot right now (even worse than Alina Somova). I have a feeling her goal was always to be a principal rather than a good dancer who loved the art. I agree that her late Vaganova years were really promising but she has regressed so much. My biggest problem with her is that it looks like she has no control over her limbs, which make all her movements look awkward and uncoordinated and her acting skills are non-existent. 

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Retake AI - самый красивый фотосет.

Юрий Каретин и Юлия Сомова в фотосете от AI

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Retake AI - second generation. Второе поколение. В основе среди моих фоток одна не моя, исходные гены разбавлены больше

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Mariinsky prima ballerinas’ arabesques!

Click each gif for the name of the ballerina

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Ask Responses: Vaganova

I noticed that all the best-known Vaganova-grad ballerinas were the students of M. Vasilieva, L. Kovaleva or T. Udalenkova. Would you agree that the dancers who studied with them are technically more proficient or is this a prejudice?

Bolshoi Primas & prominent Soloists

Evgenia Obraztsova - Vasilieva

Olga Smirnova - Kovaleva

Yulia Stepanova - Safronova

Zakharova - Evteyeva (Sulegina in Kiev)

Alena Kovaleva - Kasenkova

Xenia Zhiganshina - Vasilieva

Eleonora Sevenard (will prob be promoted soon) - Udalenkova

Mariinsky Primas & prominent Soloists

Diana Vishneva - Kovaleva

Ulyana Lopatkina - Dudinskaya

Ekaterina Kondaurova - Udalenkova

Yulia Makhalina - Vasilieva

Alina Somova - Safronova

Viktoria Tereshkina - Vasilieva

Olesya Novikova - Vasilieva

Maria Khoreva - Kovaleva

Renata Shakirova - Udalenkova

This is an interesting breakdown. The three teacher you mentioned have been at the academy for a very long time. At the moment they more or less represent the entire school and Vaganova style as a whole. They have graduated countless ballerinas - we are only aware of a small fraction of their graduates. I think these teachers are remarkable and each has a unique style which their students can be identifies by. This doesn’t mean that the other teachers’ graduate are somehow lacking; Vasilieva, Kovaleva and Udalenkova have also had the benefit of very long teaching careers. I think this is partly a generational thing. Other teachers working with graduating classes - Sitnikova, Zhelonkina, Kasenkova, etc. - are younger and have their careers ahead of them. They will shape future generations of dancers.

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Do you know where is Vlad Belikov now? Did he leave VBA?

I don’t know, but people don’t vanish off the face of the internet when things are going well. Whatever’s going on, I hope he’s ok. I’ve always really like him.

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I think Anastasia Smirnova is a graduate of this year, but I can’t find her name on your post titled “ class of 2019.”

I’m pretty sure Smirnova is Professor Kovaleva’s student, and Kovaleva’s class is graduating in 2020.

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Besides Alexandra Khiteeva, who was the other girl who got red diploma?

@decadentwinnertoaddean: I have just seen the Vaganova graduation ceremony. Is it me or no one graduated with honors this year? Savalieva should not be sad: she is in the top three graduates!!

Red (honour) diplomas went to Alexandra Khiteeva and Valeria Sklotskaya. 

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I couldn’t help but notice Zoya Frolova was missing from the graduation ceremony. I would presume she is injured. Do you have any update about Zoya?

I have no idea where she is. Maybe back in Seoul? Tried to look her up recently but came up with nothing.

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Which graduates were invited to Mariinsky and didn't accept? Is there a chance that they will still go if other offers don't materialise or are they already listed as joining other companies? Hope the other graduates get good offers soon...

If there were such cases we will only find out about them if either the graduates themselves or Fateyev talk about it publicly. Usually such information isn’t publicly available (unless you count rumours; I don’t).

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Vale Professor Lyudmila Safronova - Vaganova Ballet Academy’s oldest-serving teacher.

Professor Safronova passed away on the 21st of April, at the age of 88. 

Safronova was one of Agrippina Vaganova’s students. She graduated from Vaganova Ballet Academy in 1947, and had danced with the Saratov Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre and Maly Opera Theatre (Mikhailovsky Theatre).

Professor Safronova had been teaching at Vaganova Ballet Academy since 1975. Her students included:

Irma Nioradze

Tatiana Kutina

Elena Pankova

Evgenia Obraztsova

Olesia Novikova

Alina Somova

Nadezhda Batoeva

Yulia Stepanova

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HAPPY 200TH BIRTHDAY TO MARIUS PETIPA!

In honor of the greatest choreographer to ever live, here are links to versions of some of his ballets performed by the Mariinsky and the Bolshoi. (I only posted links for sites that can be seen by all; if you have a VK account, there are loads more on there, but you can only see them if you have an account)

Sleeping Beauty: Olga Smirnova and Semyon Chudin Alina Somova and Vladimir Shklyarov Act 1 Alina Somova and Vladimir Shklyarov Act 2 Larissa Lezhnina and Farukh Ruzimatov Svetlana Zakharova and David Hallberg Act 1 Svetlana Zakharova and David Hallberg Act 2

Swan Lake: Uliana Lopatkina and Danila Korsuntsev Yulia Makhalina and Igor Zelensky Svetlana Zakharova and Denis Rodkin Anastasia Kolegova and Yevgeny Ivanchenko

La Bayadere: Viktoria Tereshkina and Vladimir Shklyarov Act 1, Act 2, Act 3 Alina Somova and Danila Korsuntsev Svetlana Zakharova and Vladislav Lantratov

Raymonda: Natalia Bessmertnova and Yuri Vasychenko Maria Alexandrova and Ruslan Skvortsov Olesya Novikova and Timur Askerov (only soloist roles)

The Nutcracker: Alina Somova and Vladimir Shklyarov Eleonora Sevenard and Egor Gerashchenko (Vaganova) Renata Shakirova and David Zaleev Ekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev (search results with full program divided into several videos) Anna Nikulina and Denis Rodkin

Don Quixote Olesya Novikova and Leonid Sarafanov Viktoria Tereshkina and Kimin Kim Ekaterina Krysanova and Semyon Chudin Svetlana Zakharova and Andrei Uvarov

Paquita Grand Pas Alina Somova and Danila Korsuntsev Eleonora Sevenard and Egor Gerashchenko (Vaganova) Yulia Makhalina and Igor Zelensky Maria Alexandrova and Alexander Volchkov Svetlana Zakharova and Andrei Uvarov

Giselle (put in because he is credited with bringing it to Russia) Svetlana Lunkina and Dmitry Gudanov Svetlana Zakharova and Sergei Polunin Svetlana Zakharova and Nikolai Tsiskaridze Natalia Bessmertnova and Mikhail Lavrovsky Olesya Novikova and Mathieu Ganio Diana Vishneva and Vladimir Malakhov Ludmila Semenyaka and Valery Anisimov

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Are there dancers you think are overrated?

Um… yes…. 

*cough* Misty Copeland *cough* *cough* Sergei Polunin *cough* *cough* Alina Somova *cough* *cough* Yulia Stepanova *cough* 

There are others but those are the big ones…

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Rank the Mariinsky primas from favourite to least favourite.

It’s a tough one. My absolutely favourite ballerina (Mariinsky or otherwise) is Ulyana Lopatkina. And while Diana Vishneva isn’t necessarily a favourite of mine, I still think she’s in a league of her own and cannot and shouldn’t be compared to anyone else. I would struggle to rank the rest.

Yulia Makhalina and Daria Pavlenko are living legends and stunning ballerinas, but they hardly dance anymore. Alina Somova and Ekaterina Kondaurova are beautiful and unique in their own individual way. I don’t particularly like Oksana Skorik or Viktoria Tereshkina, but this has more to do with personal preference and taste rather than anything else.

I can give you my Top 3 Mariinsky ballerinas:

Ulyana Lopatkina

Diana Vishneva

Olesya Novikova (not a prima but should be one)

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About Olesya Novikova, is it possible she hasn't been promoted because there are only a certain amount of spots for principle dancers? Skorik's promotion surprised me, and I don't want to be mean, but Yulia Makhalina barely performs with the Mariinsky and mostly teaches at the Vaganova, and, it's hard to say this because she is such a legend, but wouldn't it be fair to younger dancers to get promoted like Novikova if Makhalina left completely?

I’m not privy to the Mariinsky’s promotions policy, so I can’t give you a definitive answer. Dancers get promoted to primas once in a blue moon:

Oksana Skorik promoted in 2015

Ekaterina Kondaurova promoted in 2012

Alina Somova promoted in 2008 

Viktoria Tereshkina promoted in 2008

The rest (Vishneva, Lopatkina, Pavlenko, Makhalina) have been principal dancers since the 1990s and aren’t as active anymore.

It appears that the Mariinsky are very selective and careful when it comes to promoting dancers to principals, though soloists and coryphees progress through the ranks quickly and get plenty of great opportunities. 

As far as Olesya Novikova is concerned: she has had three children in the past seven years. Given how many maternity leaves she’d taken (2009, 2013, 2015), Mariinsky’s decision to promote other ballerinas isn’t that surprising. I think Olesya is next in line for promotion (provided that she doesn’t decide to have another baby). Given that promotions happen every 3-4 years, we may see her as a prima within the next two years.

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