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Yaroslavna Kuprina (Vaganova Ballet Academy)
Photo © Ira Yakovleva
Kristina Shapran in rehearsal for Ave Maya Gala, March 2016, London
Photo © Foteini Christofilopoulou
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Daria Pavlenko (2nd from right) and Svetlana Zakharova (2nd from left) during their 1996 Graduation Exam at Vaganova.
Alina Somova (Mariinsky Ballet)
Photo © Natasha Razina
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An Artistic Evening with Viktoria Tereshkina.
Juliana Missano (Atlanta Ballet)
Photo © Rachel Neville
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Daria Pavlenko (2nd from right) and Svetlana Zakharova (2nd from left) during their 1996 Graduation Exam at Vaganova.
Svetlana Lunkina was born in Moscow, Russia. Before joining The National Ballet of Canada as a Principal Dancer in 2014 she was a Principal with the Bolshoi Ballet
Photo © Karolina Kuras
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Daria Pavlenko (2nd from right) and Svetlana Zakharova (2nd from left) during their 1996 Graduation Exam at Vaganova.
Maria Shirinkina (Mariinsky Ballet) in “Giselle”
Photo © Sasha Gouliaev
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Konstantin Zverev and Oksana Skorik in Diamonds
Lucia Lacarra and Marlon Dino in “Swan Lake” (Bavarian State Ballet)
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Uliana Lopatkina in rehearsal.
Maria Shirinkina, “ Romeo and Juliet” Photo © Sasha Gouliaev
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An Artistic Evening with Viktoria Tereshkina.
Evgenia Obraztsova in “La Sylphide”, Bolshoi Ballet
Maria Shirinkina, “ Romeo and Juliet” Photo © Sasha Gouliaev
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Konstantin Zverev and Oksana Skorik in Diamonds
Le Tombeau de Couperin (NYCB)
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Daria Pavlenko (2nd from right) and Svetlana Zakharova (2nd from left) during their 1996 Graduation Exam at Vaganova.
Anastasia Kolegova (Mariinsky Ballet), “The Sleeping Beauty”
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Daria Pavlenko (2nd from right) and Svetlana Zakharova (2nd from left) during their 1996 Graduation Exam at Vaganova.
Viktorina Kapitonova and Filipe Portugal in “Anna Karenina”, Ballett Zuerich
Photo by Monika Rittershaus
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