Ulyana Lopatkina

Ulyana Lopatkina
Ульяна Лопаткина
Lopatkina at the curtain call of Swan Lake at the Royal Opera House, 2009
Born
Ulyana Vyacheslavovna Lopatkina

(1973-10-23) 23 October 1973 (age 51)
EducationVaganova Ballet Academy
OccupationBallet dancer
Known forSwan Lake, Giselle
SpouseVladimir Kornev (div. 2010)
Children1
AwardsSelected: Honored Artist of Russia (2000), People's Artist of Russia (2006)

Ulyana Vyacheslavovna Lopatkina (Russian: Ульяна Вячеславовна Лопаткина; born 23 October 1973) is a Russian prima ballerina who performed with the Mariinsky Theatre from 1991–2017. She studied at the Vaganova Academy with Natalia Dudinskaya. Upon graduation Lopatkina joined the Kirov/Mariinsky Theatre Ballet in 1991, and was promoted to principal dancer in 1995.[1][2] Lopatkina did not dance during the 2016–2017 season due to injury, and her retirement from the Mariinsky was announced on the company's website on 16 June 2017.[3]

  1. ^ Ulyana Lopatkina – Short Bio at the Mariinsky Theatre site. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  2. ^ Dyukova, L. and Haegeman, M. Ulyana Lopatkina. www.ballet.classical.ru. (in Russian). Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Новости". Mariinsky.ru. Retrieved 29 June 2019.