Intensio Ballet Gala, Tokyo
I'll be dancing Le Corsaire Pas de Deux with Daniil Simkin and Giselle Pas de Deux with Joaquin de Luz in Daniil's Intensio Ballet Gala in Tokyo on 24th & 25th November. Buy tickets
Maria Kochetkova and Daniil Simkin
San Francisco Ballet at Kennedy Center
I'll be performing Romeo and Juliet at the Kennedy Center with San Francisco Ballet's Washington DC Tour
Maria Kochetkova and Joan Boada in Tomasson's Romeo & Juliet (© Erik Tomasson)
Stars of the 21st Century Kremlin Gala
I'll be dancing Don Quixote Pas de Deux with Ivan Vasiliev at the Stars of the 21st Century Gala at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow on 7th October
San Francisco Ballet at Sadler's Wells
I'll be performing with San Francisco Ballet's London Tour at Sadler's Wells from 14th to 23rd September. Buy tickets
Time Out London interview with me about San Francisco Ballet's London Tour
Stars of Russian Ballet Gala
On my way to Michigan for the Stars of Russian Ballet Gala to dance Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux and Yuri Possokhov's Diving into the Lilacs, tomorrow at 7 pm!
Photo by Gene Schiavone
Roberto Bolle & Friends Gala
I'll be performing Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux with Dinu Tamazlacaru from Staatsballett Berlin in the Roberto Bolle & Friends Gala on 23rd July at the Arena di Verona.
Poster for Roberto Bolle & Friends Gala
Masha Preview Screening at The Vogue Theatre
Preview screening of 'Masha' documentary following my participation in the Bolshoi's 'Reflections' project on July 10th at the Vogue Theatre.
Tickets have sold out, but there may be a few available at the door.
Masha screening at San Francisco's Vogue Theatre
San Francisco Ballet in Sun Valley
I'll be dancing Don Quixote Pas de Deux with Joan Boada in San Francisco Ballet's Sun Valley performance on July 8th. Buy tickets
Standing with my poster in Sun Valley, Idaho
Hamburg Ballet's Nijinsky Gala XXXVIII
I'll be performing Christopher Wheeldon's 'Ghosts' Pas de Deux in Hamburg Ballet's Nijinsky Gala XXXVIII
Ghosts ©Erik Tomasson
San Francisco Ballet at The Bolshoi Theatre
I'll be performing with San Francisco Ballet at The Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
I'll be dancing Chris Wheeldon's 'Within the Golden Hour', Helgi Tomasson's 'Trio' and 'Romeo & Juliet Balcony Pas de Deux on June 29th and 30th.
Maria Kochetkova in Trio ©Erik Tomasson
San Francisco Ballet's Hamburg Tour
I'll be dancing Chris Wheeldon's 'Within the Golden Hour' and Helgi Tomasson's '7 for Eight' on June 26th and 27th in San Francisco Ballet's Hamburg Tour
Within the Golden Hour ©Erik Tomasson
Boris Eifman and Ballet Stars Gala at Mikhailovsky Castle
I'll be performing Don Quixote Pas de Deux with English National Ballet's Jonah Acosta at the open air Boris Eifman and Ballet Stars Gala at Mikhailovsky Castle on May 27th
Jonah Acosta and Maria Kochetkova performing at Boris Eifman and Ballet Stars Gala at Mikhailovsky Castle in St. Petersburg. Photo by Alexey Danichev
Don Quixote
Don Quixote ©Erik Tomasson
I'll be performing in San Francisco Ballet's Don Quixote from April 27th to May 6th
Helgi Tomasson's Romeo and Juliet
I'll be dancing Juliet with Joan Boada on March 6th, 8.00pm (opening night) and March 10th, 2.00pm
Golden Mask Festival performance at the Bolshoi Theater
I'm going to perform Mauro Bigonzetti's "Cinque" in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theater on February 28th. The ballet has been nominated for the best choreographer and the best production in the Golden Mask Awards.
World Premiere of Yuri Possokhov's Francesca da Rimini
Photo by Erik Tomassson
I'll be performing in the World Premiere of Yuri Possokhov's 'Francesca da Rimini' tonight in San Francisco Ballet's Program 3. The ballet is based on Dante’s epic poem 'The Divine Comedy' and the choreography references Rodin’s famous sculpture 'The Gates of Hell'.
Buy tickets:
Reviews:
"A lengthy pas de deux for Kochetkova and Boada forms the crux of the story, and it is one of the best parts of 'Francesca'. Boada partners a steely Kochetkova ardently and seamlessly, easily spinning pirouettes fraught with manic desperation into thrilling lifts." San Francisco Chronicle
"But a lengthy, beautiful pas de deux with Kochetkova and Boada, at their best and most believable, is at the heart of the piece." San Francisco Examiner
Chroma
Photo by Erik Tomasson
I'll be performing in Wayne McGregor's Chroma for San Francisco Ballet's Program 2 on Tuesday14th and Friday 17th February.
Buy tickets:
Tuesday, February 14th, 8pm
Friday, February 17th, 8pm
Thursday, February 23rd, 8pm
Reviews:
"Wayne McGregor's "Chroma" opens the program with a giddy savagery... From the outset, Maria Kochetkova, partnered by Jaime Garcia Castilla, served notice with a brash attack into hip swivels and dagger-like legs juxtaposed with a sinuous upper body." San Francisco Chronicle
John Cranko’s Onegin
Maria Kochetkova and Vitor Luiz in Onegin (photos by Erik Tomasson)
I'll be performing the role of Tatiana on Friday 27th January (opening night) and Tuesday 31st January in the US premiere of John Cranko's Onegin.
San Francisco Ballet opens its 2012 season with the intensely dramatic Onegin, John Cranko’s masterful adaptation of Alexander Pushkin’s heartbreaking tale of unrequited love between Russian aristocrat Eugene and the beautiful Tatiana.
Reviews:
"Of the three Tatianas, Kochetkova had the clearest grasp of natural trajectory of her role, from a childish romantic pulled in orbit around him in tiny bourrees, to a mature woman who finds the resolve to reject his advances. With darkened eyes set into a porcelain face, Kochetkova radiated a fragility so ethereal that she seemed to melt into Luiz's arms in duets that looked both risky and otherworldly. And yet, when she rose to confront Onegin after his duel with Lensky, her icy reproach was palpably human." San Francisco Chronicle
SF Ballet 2012 Opening Night Gala
Photo by Erik Tomasson
I'll be performing Sir Frederic Ashton's 'Voices of Spring' with Joan Boada tonight in San Francisco Ballet's 2012 'Bella Notte' Gala.
Reviews:
"Maria Kochetkova and Joan Boada gave the company premiere of Sir Frederick Ashton's deceptively lighthearted and fleet-footed "Voices of Spring," created in 1977 for a production of Johann Strauss' "Die Fledermaus." Boada makes a terrifically solicitous partner for the charming Kochetkova, who sprinkled petals from high aloft in his hands." San Francisco Chronicle
International Ballet Star Gala in Taipei
I'll be performing Don Quixote pas de deux with Daniil Simkin and Jorma Elo's solo One Overture in the Sixth International Ballet Star Gala in Taipei this weekend (January 7th and 8th).