Soloists

Elena Chernova

Elena Chernova

Ballerinas


Born in Kurgan. In 2008, graduated from the Vaganova Russian Ballet Academy, where she studied under T. A. Udalenkova. From 2008 to 2010, performed at Konstantin Tachkin's St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre. From 2010 to 2011, performed at Manila Ballet in the Philippines as a guest soloist. From 2011 to 2012, was part of the troupe at the Novosibirsk State Opera and Ballet Theatre. Notable performances include one of the Three Shades in La Bayadère, Flower Girl in Don Quixote, Female Bandit in Carmen, Medora, and Odalisque trio in Le Corsaire, Medea's Double in Medea, and Fairy of Tenderness and Gemstone in The Sleeping Beauty.

Became a ballerina at the St. Petersburg State Academic Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre in 2012. Principal at the Theatre since 2015.
 

Credits:
 

  • Kitri and Mercedes in Don Quixote (choreography by Johan Kobborg, based on a ballet by Marius Petipa);
  • Giselle, Myrtha, Mona, Zulma, and Inserted Pas de Deux in Giselle (choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa);
  • Odette, Odile, a Friend of the Prince, Grown Swans, and Swan Duo in Swan Lake (choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov);
  • Princess Aurora and the Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty (choreography by Marius Petipa and Jean-Guillaume Bart);
  • Masha and Snowflake Duo in The Nutcracker (choreography by Vasili Vainonen);
  • Princess Masha in The Nutcracker (choreography by Vasili Vainonen, reinterpreted by Nikolay Tsiskaridze);
  • Mazurka, the Seventh Waltz, the Eleventh Waltz, and Nocturne in Chopiniana (choreography by Michel Fokine);
  • Grand Pas and Trilby Variation in Paquita (choreography by Marius Petipa);
  • Viennese Waltz from the Genre Scenes cycle (choreography by Leonid Yacobson);
  • Princess (Tsarevna) in The Firebird (choreography by Douglas Lee);
  • Lizaveta and Polina in The Queen of Spades (choreography by Iñaki Urlezaga);
  • Puellae Gaditanae in Spartacus (choreography by Leonid Yacobson);
  • Pas de Quatre from the Classicism-Romanticism cycle (choreography by Leonid Yacobson);
  • The Kiss from the Rodin cycle (choreography by Leonid Yacobson);
  • Brilliant Divertissement (choreography by Leonid Yacobson).