Auditorium Theatre 2018-19 Issue 4 Eifman Ballet

BIOGRAPHIES MAY 17-19, 2019 | EIFMAN BALLET OF ST. PETERSBURG — THE PYGMALION EFFECT | 9 Oleg Gabyshev Born: August 10, 1985 in Volgograd, Russia. Graduated from the Novosibirsk State Choreographic College in 2003. Joined Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg as a soloist in 2014. Featured roles since joining the Eifman Ballet: Basil, Patient who imagined himself to be Don Quixote ( I, Don Quixote ); Don Juan ( Don Juan, or Moliere Passions ); Vronsky ( Anna Karenina ); Treplev ( The Seagull ); Onegin ( Eugene Onegin ); Rodin ( Rodin, Her Eternal Idol ); Dmitry Karamazov ( Beyond Sin ); Husband, Man ( Requiem ); Dick Diver ( Up & Down ); Partner ( Red Giselle ); Tchaikovsky ( Tchaikovsky. PRO et CONTRA ); The Heir ( Russian Hamlet ); Leon ( The Pygmalion Effect ) Honors: Honored Artist of Russia Laureate of the President’s Prize Golden Mask Award Laureate Golden Soffit Award Laureate Lilia Lishchuk Born: January 23, 1989 in Donetsk, Ukraine. Graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Saint Petersburg in 2008. Member of the Mariinsky Ballet Company from 2008-2013. Joined Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg as a soloist in 2014. Featured roles since joining the Eifman Ballet: Anna ( Anna Karenina ); Tatyana ( Eugene Onegin ) Rose Beuret ( Rodin, Her Eternal Idol ); Rosemary Hoyt ( Up & Down ); Ballerina ( Red Giselle ); Nadezhda von Meck, The Countess, Tatyana ( Tchaikovsky. PRO et CONTRA ); The Empress ( Russian Hamlet ); Greta ( The Pygmalion Effect ) Polina Pavlenko Born: November 14, 1997 in Moscow, Russia. Graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in 2016. Joined Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg as a dancer in 2016. Featured roles since joining the Eifman Ballet: Greta ( The Pygmalion Effect ) Alina Petrovskaya Born: September 21, 1995 in Minsk, Republic of Belarus. Graduated from the Belarusian State Choreographic College in 2014. Joined Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg as a dancer in 2014. Featured roles since joining the Eifman Ballet: Rose Beuret ( Rodin, Her Eternal Idol ); Mother ( Requiem ); Rosemary Hoyt ( Up & Down ); Nadezhda von Meck, The Countess ( Tchaikovsky. PRO et CONTRA ); The Empress ( Russian Hamlet ); Tea ( The Pygmalion Effect )