#artem ovcharenko

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Eleonora Sevenard and Artem Ovcharenko in La Fille du Pharaon.

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Olga Smirnova and Artem Ovcharenko in John Neumeier’s ‘Lady of the Camellias’ at the Bolshoi Theatre.

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Svetlana Zakharova & Edvin Revazov

Olga Smirnova & Artem Ovcharenko

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Artem Ovcharenko

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Anna Tikhomirova as Juliet Capulet and Artem Ovcharenko as Romeo Montague, "Romeo and Juliet", choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky, music by Sergey Prokofiev, libretto by Adrian Piotrovsky, Sergey Prokofiev, Sergey Radlov and Leonid Lavrovsky, based on the romantic tragedy of the same name by William Shakespeare, Gran Gala de las Estrellas Rusas del Ballet Clásico 2024 Russian Classical Ballet Stars Gala, Sala Carlos Piantini, Teatro Nacional Eduardo Brito, Eduardo Brito National Theatre, Plaza de la Cultura Juan Duarte Juan Duarte Cultural Center, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana (August 23, 2024)

Photographer was not credited by the source of this photographs.

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Casting is Out For Premiere of Lavrosky's Romeo and Juliet at the Bolshoi!

April 4th (opening night):

Juliet: Elizaveta Kokoreva Romeo: Daniil Potaptsev Mercutio: Daniil Lopatin Tybalt: Mikhail Lobukhin

April 5th:

Juliet: Evgenia Obraztsova Romeo: Artem Ovcharenko Mercutio: Alexei Putintsev Tybalt: Alexander Vodopetov

April 6th (matinée):

Juliet: Eleonora Sevenard Romeo: Denis Rodkin Mercutio: Mark Chino Tybalt: Nikita Kapustin

April 6th (evening):

Juliet: Svetlana Zakharova Romeo: Artemy Belyakov Mercutio: Dmitry Smilevsky Tybalt: Denis Savin

April 7th:

Juliet: Ekaterina Krysanova Romeo: Vladislav Lantratov Mercutio: Denis Zakharov Tybalt: Igor Pugachev

Very excited about some of the line-ups! I'm especially excited about Sevenard performing Juliet as well as the Kokoreva-Potaptsev pairing, and Krysanova-Lantratov will be lovely. But I'm not as crazy about Zakharova performing Juliet. I just don't see her as the youthful and sweet fourteen-year-old Juliet anymore. I know her and Krysanova are relatively similar in age, but for me I see Krysanova far more as Juliet. Still, it's Svetlana Zakharova, so I'm sure she'll pull it off.

Anyway, I'm very excited for this premiere!

P.S. Would love to see Vinogradova and Maymula as Juliet in this ballet at some point as well!

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Olga Smirnova and Artem Ovcharenko in John Neumeier’s ‘Lady of the Camellias’ at the Bolshoi Theatre.

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Do you find it weird that a bunch of Bolshoi dancers have had kids together? Eg Klim Efinov & Ksenia Zhiganshina, Daria Kholokova & Artemy Belyakov, Anna Tikhomirova & Artem Ovcharenko, Maria Vinogradova & Ivan Vasiliev?

I don’t know if they’re banging each other to get promotions and better roles, or if it’s a personal choice, but it’s super weird that they would all get down and dirty in recent years…especially Vinogradova. I thought Osipova/Vasiliev would be married and do their thing, but the universe/God has other plans.

(Side note: From what I’ve read, Osipova really wants to have a child! I’m praying for her every night so that she can conceive and give birth healthily)

I don't find it weird, I think it's a side-effect of the profession. A lot of super-expressive, emotional people spend all of their time dancing together and it's super easy for feelings to develop in this kind of situation.

But I certainly don't think it's that nefarious at all most of the time. There are certainly exceptions to this, I'm thinking of Balanchine's numerous relationships, as well as some of the more political relationships that have happened. But for most of the average couples? I think they simply fell in love due to convenience, common lifestyle and understanding, and the romance of ballet and the performing arts in general.

Osipova/Vasiliev had their own problems that have been discussed to no end, and I think their super similar personalities probably contributed a lot to it, but luckily they both seem quite happy in their respective partnerships.

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Ekaterina Krysanova and Artem Ovcharenko in Alexei Ratmansky’s Giselle (Bolshoi Ballet)

Photographed by Marfa Fyodorova

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Evgenia Obraztsova and Artem Ovcharenko in La Dame aux Camelias (Bolshoi Ballet) 

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Diana Vishneva and Artem Ovcharenko

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Marco Spada Updates!

The Bolshoi has released their casting for the revival of Marco Spada in June and I’m excited for 99% of them!

I am excited for all the Angelas: Evgenia Obraztsova, Ekaterina Krysanova, Eleonora Sevenard, and Elizaveta Kokoreva.  I am sad that Kristina Kretova isn’t cast as Angela because she did dance her in 2013, but oh well.

I’m excited for 3 out of 4 of the Marco Spadas: Artemy Belyakov, Artem Ovcharenko, Dmitry Smilevsky, and Igor Tsvirko.  This role doesn’t seem to suit Tsvirko because it’s so elegant petit allegro and he is not that type of dancer.  Idk, maybe he’ll be amazing.

The Marquise Sampietris are okay: Eva Sergeyenkova, Alena Kovaleva, Maria Vinogradova, and Kristina Kretova.  I don’t really have feelings about this except for my general feelings about these dancers as a whole.

Prince Fredericis are cast okay: Semyon Chudin, Klim Efimov, Dmitry Vyskubenko, and Denis Zakharov.  Obviously it’s amazing Chudin is dancing this role again because he’s so good at it.  I like Zakharov, don’t know much about Vyskubenko, and Efimov never impresses me.  

So as a whole, I think it’s shaping to be a great showing and I’m so glad Marco Spada is back!!!

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Artem Ovcharenko | Bolshoi Theatre

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Artem Ovcharenko - Principal with Bolshoi Ballet

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Artem Ovcharenko

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Anna Tikhomirova and Artem Ovcharenko - Bolshoi Ballet - photo by Ian West