Svetlana Lunkina

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Aleksandrovna and the family name is Lunkina.
Svetlana Lunkina

Svetlana Lunkina as Odette in Swan Lake, Bolshoi Theatre, 22 May 2011
Born Светлана Александровна Лунькина
(1979-07-29) July 29, 1979
Moscow, USSR (now Russia)
Education Moscow State Academy of Choreography
Occupation Ballerina
Employer Bolshoi Theatre, National Ballet of Canada
Known for Giselle, Swan Lake
Awards Meritorious Artist of Russia, Prix Benois de la Danse

Svetlana Aleksandrovna Lunkina (Russian: Светлана Александровна Лунькина; born 29 July 1979) is a Russian ballerina who is a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada.[1]

Biography

Svetlana Lunkina was born in Moscow and attended the Moscow Choreographic Academy. Upon her graduation in 1997, she joined the Bolshoi Ballet.[2] During her first season at the Bolshoi Theatre she was chosen to perform the title role in Giselle and thus, at the age of 18, became the youngest Giselle in the history of the Bolshoi.[3]

Over her 15-year career with the company, Lunkina danced many leading roles in both classical and contemporary ballets. In 2001 she was a Triumph Youth Award recipient, and the following year, Alexander Grant set the role of Lise in Frederick Ashton's La Fille mal gardée on her. Later she worked extensively with Roland Petit, who gave her the roles of Liza in La Dame de Pique and Esmeralda in Notre-Dame de Paris in their Bolshoi premieres. She also performed his La Rose Malade, which Petit updated for Lunkina for the first time since Maya Plisetskaya danced it. Lunkina was awarded Brilliance of the 21st Century award the same year. In 2010 she was awarded with the prize Ballerina of the Decade,[4] along with the three other well-known ballerinas: Diana Vishneva, Alina Cojocaru and Lucia Lacarra. During her career she also performed in such ballets as The Nutcracker, Don Quixote and The Sleeping Beauty, and appeared at such theatres as the Berlin and Vienna State Operas, and with the Paris Opera Ballet, among others.[4]

In 2002, Lunkina played one of the main characters in the feature film St.Petersburg-Cannes Express, by the American director John Daly; the world premiere screening took place in 2003 in Palm Springs, California.[5] In 2004, the Japanese portrait photographer Eichiro Sakata, included Lunkina in his photo gallery called "Piercing the Sky" as an outstanding contemporary personality.[6] In 2013 Lunkina became the main attraction and the “objet d'art” of a European art exhibit, created by the artist Anna Gaskell.

Lunkina joined the National Ballet of Canada as a principal guest artist[1][7] in August 2013 and as a permanent principal dancer the following year.[8] In 2014 she was invited as a guest dancer in South Korea,[9] and in April 2015 she performed in Taiwan.[10]

Personal life

Lunkina has two children: Maxim, born in January 2004, and Eva, born in April 2009.[3]

Repertoire

Filmography

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kelly, Deirdre. "Ballerina Svetlana Lunkina: from Russia, with star power". The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail Inc. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Svetlana Lunkina". Bolshoi Ballet. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Crabb, Michael. "Balancing Act". Dance Magazine (January 2014). Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Svetlana Lunkina". National Ballet of Canada. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  5. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296522/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
  6. ↑ Svetlana Lunkina
  7. ↑ "2013/14 Season Roster: Svetlana Lunkina and Evan McKie Principal Guest Artists" (PDF). National Ballet of Canada. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ Glassman, Dana. "A Fresh Start". Pointe Magazine (December 2014). Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "[기자메모]계약도 안된 출연진 내세운 입장권 판매". Kyunghyang Shinmun. Archived from the original on June 23, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  10. ↑ Baker, Diane (16 April 2015). "Flying feet and crossed fingers". Taipei Times. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  11. ↑ Rockwell, John (16 February 2005). "A Medley of Ballet Hits Delivered by Power Couples". New York Times. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  12. ↑ Perry, Jann (11 July 1999). "Red All Over". The Observer. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  13. ↑ Monahan, Mark (12 April 2006). "The price of unrequited passion". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "Svetlana Lunkina living the dream". Montreal Gazette. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  15. ↑ Crabb, Michael (9 March 2014). "Svetlana Lunkina brings love back to National Ballet’s Swan Lake". Toronto Star. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  16. ↑ "Swan Lake". Asami Maki Ballet. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  17. ↑ Crabb, Michael (8 June 2015). "How a ballet understudy becomes a prince". Toronto Star. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  18. ↑ Macaulay, Alastair (6 August 2007). "The Bolshoi’s Whiz Kids on Display in London". New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  19. ↑ Rockwell, John (25 July 2005). "A Soviet-Era Vision of a Rebellion by Roman Slaves". New York Times. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  20. ↑ Crabb, Michael (9 November 2014). "Manon, an intense production about ill-fated love". Toronto Star. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  21. ↑ Crabb, Michael (19 November 2014). "Nijinsky ballet is ‘quite kind’ to the character of Romola de Pulszky". Toronto Star. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  22. ↑ Citron, Paula (23 November 2014). "National Ballet’s Nijinsky: A triumph on all fronts". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  23. ↑ Crabb, Michael (17 March 2016). "Former Bolshoi and Stuttgart stars debut in National Ballet's Romeo and Juliet". Toronto Star. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  24. ↑ Jowitt, Deborah. "A Cat Can Look at a Queen". Arts Journal. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  25. ↑ Macaulay, Alastair (21 January 2016). "Review: Dark Suspicions in Jumps and Gestures in ‘The Winter’s Tale’". New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  26. ↑ Sulcas, Roslyn (20 March 2014). "Big Names, Good Looks and Nude Body Stockings". New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  27. ↑ Mackrell, Judith (7 May 2001). "Bolshoi back on form". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  28. ↑ Dunning, Jennifer (13 February 2008). "Power Couples Take Command With Quiet Romance". New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  29. ↑ Crabb, Michael (10 March 2016). "National Ballet’s Cacti packs a wallop". Toronto Star. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  30. ↑ Schabas, Martha (2 June 2015). "National Ballet’s Ratmansky & Côté showcases current directions in new choreography". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  31. ↑ Stults, Raymond (2 March 2007). "New World Ballet". Moscow Times. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  32. ↑ Schabas, Martha (6 March 2015). "National Ballet’s winter season a contemporary feast for the senses". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  33. ↑ Glassman, Dana (26 November 2013). "National Ballet’s Innovation is not barre for the course". National Post. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  34. ↑ Crabb, Michael (1 June 2015). "National Ballet impresses with its takes on Sartre and Alexei Ratmansky". Toronto Star. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  35. ↑ Glassman, Dana (1 June 2015). "Ratmansky & Côté review: National Ballet of Canada heads toward the light". National Post. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  36. ↑ Macaulay, Alastair (12 March 2012). "In a Pasha’s Seraglio, Even Flowers Turn Frisky". New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  37. ↑ Macaulay, Alastair (1 May 2012). "Live From Moscow, Adulterers and a Ballerina With a Hairy Chest". New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2014.

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