Elena Chernova

Ballerinas

Born in Kurgan.
In 2008, graduated from the Russian Ballet Academy, where she studied under T. Udalenkova.

From 2008 to 2010, performed at Konstantin Tachkin's St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre.
From 2010 to 2011, performed at the Ballet Manila theatre (Philippines) as a guest soloist.
From 2011 to 2012, performed at the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre as a dancer.
From 2012 to present day, has been starring at the Saint-Petersburg State Academic Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre.
From 2015 to present day, has been starring at the Saint-Petersburg State Academic Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre as a soloist.

Has appeared in: La Bayadère (the Three Shades), Don Quixote (Flower Girl), Carmen (Female Bandit), The Corsair (Medora, Odalisque trio), Medea (Medea's Doubles), and Sleeping Beauty (Fairy of Tenderness, Fairy of Jewels).

Credits:
The Swan Lake (Odette/Odile, a friend of the Prince, Grown Swans, Swan Duo from Act 3) — choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov.
The Nutcracker (Masha, Snowflake duo) — choreography by Vasili Vainonen.
The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, the Lilac Fairy) — choreography by Marius Petipa and Jean-Guillaume Bart.
Pas de quatre (Leonid Yacobson's Choreographic Miniatures) — choreography by Leonid Yacobson.
Viennese Waltz — choreography by Leonid Yacobson.
Eternal Idol (choreographic miniature from the Rodin cycle) — choreography by Leonid Yacobson.
Don Quixote (Kitri, Mercedes) — production by Johan Kobborg, based on a ballet by Marius Petipa.
The Queen of Spades (Lizaveta, Polina) — choreography by Iñaki Urlezaga.
Giselle (Giselle, Myrtha, Mona, Zulma, inserted Pas de deux) — choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa.
Chopiniana (Mazurka, the Seventh Waltz) — choreography by Michel Fokine.
The Firebird (Princess) — choreography and libretto by Douglas Lee.