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ANASTASIA VOLOCHKOVA OPENS FINE ARTS CENTRE IN YEREVAN
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10:12, 16 August, 2013
YEREVAN, AUGUST 16, ARMENPRESS. Merited Artist of the Russian
Federation Anastasia Volochkova has established centre of fine arts
bearing her name in Yerevan. The opening ceremony of the centre is
scheduled to be held on September 15 of the current year.
Anastasia Volochkova herself will attend the opening ceremony.
She has been engaged in the process of creation of the centre since
2011 along with a group of professionals. In a conversation with
"Armenpress" the co-founder of the centre Zara Mkheyan noted that
relevant construction and re-equipment activities are ongoing in
the centre.
Among other things the co-founder of the centre Zara Mkheyan
highlighted: "The centre offers a special program for harmonic
formation of the people, which is aimed at the development of
children's individual abilities and etiquette."
Anastasia Volochkova is a renowned Russian prima ballerina.
Between 1994 and 1998, Volochkova danced as a soloist with the
Mariinsky Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg,
performing in productions of Don Quixote, Giselle, La Bayadère,
Le Corsaire, Raymonda, Scheherazade, The Firebird, The Fountain of
Bakhchisarai, The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty. Together with the
Mariinsky Ballet, she also got to tour all around the world, including
Great Britain, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Austria, Germany,
Denmark, Norway, Bahrain, South Korea, Japan,Canada and the USA,
making her US debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1995.
>From 1998 to 2000, Volochkova danced as prima ballerina with the
Bolshoi Ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, guided by Ekaterina
Maximova. Volochkova performed in productions of Giselle, La Bayadère,
Raymonda, Russian Hamlet, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, touring
throughout Europe as well.
Additionally, she also headlined a performance at the Kennedy Center
in Washington, D.C., the USA.[7] In 2001, Yury Grigorovich personally
invited her to return to the Bolshoi Ballet to dance the double-role of
Odette-Odile in Swan Lake at the Bolshoi Theatre, for which Volochkova
was awarded the prestigious Prix Benois de la Danse in 2002. In the
same year, she was also awarded with the title of Honoured Artist
of Russia.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/729426/anastasia-volochkova-opens-fine-arts-centre-in-yerevan.html
10:12, 16 August, 2013
YEREVAN, AUGUST 16, ARMENPRESS. Merited Artist of the Russian
Federation Anastasia Volochkova has established centre of fine arts
bearing her name in Yerevan. The opening ceremony of the centre is
scheduled to be held on September 15 of the current year.
Anastasia Volochkova herself will attend the opening ceremony.
She has been engaged in the process of creation of the centre since
2011 along with a group of professionals. In a conversation with
"Armenpress" the co-founder of the centre Zara Mkheyan noted that
relevant construction and re-equipment activities are ongoing in
the centre.
Among other things the co-founder of the centre Zara Mkheyan
highlighted: "The centre offers a special program for harmonic
formation of the people, which is aimed at the development of
children's individual abilities and etiquette."
Anastasia Volochkova is a renowned Russian prima ballerina.
Between 1994 and 1998, Volochkova danced as a soloist with the
Mariinsky Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg,
performing in productions of Don Quixote, Giselle, La Bayadère,
Le Corsaire, Raymonda, Scheherazade, The Firebird, The Fountain of
Bakhchisarai, The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty. Together with the
Mariinsky Ballet, she also got to tour all around the world, including
Great Britain, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Austria, Germany,
Denmark, Norway, Bahrain, South Korea, Japan,Canada and the USA,
making her US debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1995.
>From 1998 to 2000, Volochkova danced as prima ballerina with the
Bolshoi Ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, guided by Ekaterina
Maximova. Volochkova performed in productions of Giselle, La Bayadère,
Raymonda, Russian Hamlet, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, touring
throughout Europe as well.
Additionally, she also headlined a performance at the Kennedy Center
in Washington, D.C., the USA.[7] In 2001, Yury Grigorovich personally
invited her to return to the Bolshoi Ballet to dance the double-role of
Odette-Odile in Swan Lake at the Bolshoi Theatre, for which Volochkova
was awarded the prestigious Prix Benois de la Danse in 2002. In the
same year, she was also awarded with the title of Honoured Artist
of Russia.