The Sleeping Beauty Mikhailovsky Theater St. Petersburg
I will be dancing The Sleeping Beauty at the Mikhailovsky Theater on June 18th with Nikolay Korypaev. So happy to work on the role with Nikita Dolgushin, so many new details.
Romeo & Juliet in St Petersburg
I'm dancing Juliet at the Mikhailovsky Theater on Friday June 12th with Principal dancer Nikolay Korypaev
Rehearsal of Don Quixote at the Royal Opera House
© Andre Uspensky
Don Quixote ballet in Moscow
I am dancing Don Quixote at the New Opera Ballet Theatre in Moscow on June 6th at 19.00. My first show in Moscow after not dancing at home for very long time.
ГЦТМ им. А. А. Бахрушина
ГЦТМ им. А. А. Бахрушина Общество ''ДРУЗЬЯ БОЛЬШОГО БАЛЕТА'' встречa с прима-балериной Балета Сан-Франциско МАРИЕЙ КОЧЕТКОВОЙ 1 июня 2009 г. 19:00
Romeo & Juliet in St Petersburg
I'll be doing Juliet in St Petersburg at the Mikhailovsky Theater on June 12th
World Ballet Festival, Tokyo
I'll be performing at the World Ballet Festival in Tokyo, Japan this summer.
Jewels
I will be doing Emeralds with Nicolas Blanc on 9th of May at 2pm and Rubies with Taras Domitro in the last performance in the season on 10th of May at 2pm.
Fusion, Russian Seasons, Double Evil
Ratmansky's Russian Seasons
©Erik Tomasson
Tonight (May 8th) is the last show of Program 8. I will be doing Possokhov's 'Fusion' and Elo's 'Double Evil'
Jewels, Rubies
I will be doing Rubies tonight for the first time with Taras Domitro.
Famous Bolshoi ballerina Maximova dies at 70
Ekaterina Maximova handing me first prize at the International Ballet Competition in RomeShe was always my idol. When l was at the Bolshoi Ballet school people told me that I looked like her and that would make me the happiest person in the world. I remember coming back after long day at school and watching videos with her as Kitri, Anuta, Aurore... it was so inspiring. read article
Jewels, Fusion and Russian Seasons
I'll be doing Emeralds for the first time with Nicolas Blanc on Sunday April 26th at 2pm and also opening night of Program 8 Yuri Possokhov's 'Fusion' and San Francisco premiere of Ratmansky's 'Russian Seasons' on Tuesday April 28th at 8pm.
"On Sunday Maria Kochetkova and Frances Chung (partnered by Nicolas Blanc and Isaac Hernandez) were more closely bound to the music, not just in timing but also on a more mysterious level. With them, you could feel the radiance of choreography in three-dimensional space acquire a moment-by-moment drama that seemed akin to the music’s." New York Times
"At the Sunday matinee, Maria Kochetkova and Frances Chung realized the graceful solos of “Emeralds” with elegance and unpretentious dignity." San Francisco Examiner
Raymonda Pas de Deux, New York City Center
I'll be dancing Yuri Possokhov's Raymonda Pas de Deux at the New York City Center on Thursday night in 'Peter the Great: A Tribute to Peter Pestov'.Peter the Great: A Tribute to a Legendary Ballet Teacher
Within the Golden Hour
I'll be doing Chris Wheeldon's 'Within the Golden Hour' on the opening Friday April 3rd, Saturday matinee April 4th and Tuesday night on April 7th
"Weightless Maria Kochetkova and Joan Boada had the melting pas de deux to an interloping bit of Vivaldi, which integrates surprisingly well with the Bosso while lending a climactic gravitas." San Francisco Chronicle
'Ballerina' Mariinsky Ballet Documentary
If you live in San Francisco there is a great documentary about five Russian ballerinas (Alina Somova, Uliana Lopatkina, Evgenia Obraztsova, Diana Vishneva and Svetlana Zakharova) from the Mariinsky Theatre (formerly known as the Kirov) opening March 27th at Landmark's Opera Plaza Cinema in San Francisco, and Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley.I'll be answering questions with Ivan Popov after the 7:20pm screening at Landmark's Opera Plaza Cinema on Sunday 29th March.Bertrand Normand's 'Ballerina'
Time Out review
Sandpaper Ballet
I will be dancing in Mark Morris' 'Sandpaper Ballet' in San Francisco Ballet's Program 5 on Wednesday March 18th at 7:30pm and Thursday March 19th at 8pm.