#vishneva

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Diana Vishneva. The Rubies.

[dozydawn]

[laurapetrie]

Diana Vishneva and Vladimir Shklyarov in the Mariinsky's production of Romeo and Juliet (2016)

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diana vishneva

[balletomaneblog]

Ok I'm sorry, I'm a huge huge fan of Diana Vishneva, but she really needs to retire from the Mariinsky. The fact that she's probably still receiving a huge salary, which could be reallocated to spots for new principals or soloists, when she only performs in one or two contemporary ballets a year is unfair. Her upcoming Zobeide is her first performance this season and I'm pretty sure she only performed once last year.

And even if she's no longer being paid as a full-time dancer at the Mariinsky it irks me when companies list dancers on their roster that don't/hardly ever perform with them any longer, like with Copeland at ABT.

[tikitania]

Ladies & Gentlemen, this is Diana Vishneva at….forty-eight! 👀 Scheherazade at the Mariinsky, October 26, 2024. 📸 Svetlana Avvakum.

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[heavenly-angell]

diana vishneva (mariinsky ballet prima) performing a duet from the ballet park at mariinsky theater's gala evening.

[balletretrospective]

My top 3 Mariinsky/Kirov Auroras

3. Diana Vishneva

She is sweet, playful, and carefree. Her personality suits aurora perfectly! I may have been fooled but it seems that this is but a fortunate coincidence. By nature, she embodies Aurora.

2. Evgenia Obraztsova

In my (perhaps controversial) opinion, she is the greatest dancer of her generation. The most absolute classical lines with such great charisma and personality. She has the sweet charm of youth, and the maturity to show the growth and change in responsibility by act three. An absolute fairytale princess.

1. Alla Sizova

The Aurora. yes, she has incomparable leaps, extraordinary technique, and is all around absolutely darling. But it's more than all that. Her seemingly effortless interpretation is unlike anyone else. I'm not sure it can be captured in words, at least, not by me. If you are yet unfamiliar, please enjoy the most perfect production of The Sleeping Beauty

honourable mentions

olesya novikova, stunning in the role but she has made such an impression in other roles that i don't automatically think aurora for her 

altynai alsmurtnova, again just beautiful in what i have seen, but there is such little video and none of very good quality that it’s hard to place her as a favourite

Even narrowing myself to this one company, I could go on adding so many incredible dancers. So, I will stop myself here. Please let me know your favourites!

[dance-world]

Marcelo Gomes and Diana Vishneva - American Ballet Theatre - photo by Souheil Michael Khoury - Dance Photography

[patricedumonde]

How do you know that vishneva replacing him opposed NT appointment? I didn't know?! Can i have the gossip?

Oh yeah. Among other people too https://archive.nytimes.com/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/04/more-turmoil-in-russian-ballet-world/

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[ballet-symphonie]

do you think it’s true that vishneva is being combed to eventually take over as AD at mariinsky?

There have long been rumours of this. I think she's absolutely ambitious enough to want it but she also has a lot going on with everything she's built associated with CONTEXT, which would have to take a back seat as MT AD. But Fayteev is unlikely to just go away, he's not that that old, and Vishenva has her own political web to get through. I can't see it happening anytime soon, especially now that Vishenva has announced her solidarity for Ukraine.

[theseimmortalcoils]

Russian Ballerina Diana Vishneva as Giselle in 2018 @dianavishnevapublic

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Favorite ballerinas in the Mariinsky?

My favorites at the Mariinsky overall are Novikova, Osmolkina, Skorik, and Shakirova. Also, Vishneva is obviously a legend, just not dancing much anymore. Finally, Ilyushkina and Khoreva are my favorite up-and-comers.

[tikitania]

It looks like Fadayev has managed to get Vishneva back on the playbill - not a full ballet but she's scheduled to dance in Schéhérazade on October 26.

I wonder if this is a sign of things to come under his management or if it's just a one-off/coincidence.

She danced in the very modern Bluebeard’s Castle last season…so she’s still hanging around. But Scheherazde is very exciting!