Auditorium Theatre 2018-19 Issue 4 Eifman Ballet

10 | EIFMAN BALLET OF ST. PETERSBURG — THE PYGMALION EFFECT | MAY 17-19, 2019 BIOGRAPHIES Igor Polyakov Born: January 14, 1982 in Leningrad, Russia. Graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Saint Petersburg in 2000. Joined Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg as a dancer in 2000. Featured roles since joining the Eifman Ballet: Lorenzo, Kitri’s father ( I, Don Quixote ); Sganarel ( Don Juan, or Moliere Passions ); Buon ( Musagete ); Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov ( Beyond Sin ); Holmes ( The Pygmalion Effect ) Yulia Stolyarchuk Born: April 17, 1997 in Magadan, Russia. Graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in 2016. Danced with the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre from 2016-2018. Joined Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg as a soloist in 2018. Featured roles since joining the Eifman Ballet : Rosemary Hoyt ( Up & Down ); Tea ( The Pygmalion Effect ) Igor Subbotin Born: August 17, 1991 in Dnipro, Ukraine. Graduated from the Belarusian State Choreographic College in 2011. Member of the Dnepropetrovsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre from 2007-2009. Soloist with the Imperial Russian Ballet from 2011-2012. Soloist with the Russian State Ballet Theatre of Moscow from 2012-2013. Joined Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg as a soloist in 2013. Featured roles since joining the Eifman Ballet: Karenin, Vronsky ( Anna Karenina ); Onegin, General ( Eugene Onegin ); Dmitry Karamazov ( Beyond Sin ); Husband ( Requiem ); Tommy ( Up & Down ); Commissar ( Red Giselle ); Tchaikovsky’s Double, von Rothbart, Drosselmeyer, Onegin, Herman ( Tchaikovsky. PRO et CONTRA ); Favorite of the Empress ( Russian Hamlet ); Coach ( The Pygmalion Effect ) Sergey Volobuev Born: June 3, 1986 in Kovel, Ukraine. Graduated from the Kiev State Choreographic School in 2004. Joined Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg as a soloist in 2004. Featured roles since joining the Eifman Ballet: Patient who imagined himself to be Don Quixote ( I, Don Quixote ); Commandore ( Don Juan, or Moliere Passions ); Karenin, Vronsky ( Anna Karenina ); Trigorin ( The Seagull ); Onegin, General ( Eugene Onegin ); Rodin ( Rodin, Her Eternal Idol ); Ivan Karamazov ( Beyond Sin ); Father, Husband, Man ( Requiem ); Dick Diver, Nicole’s father ( Up & Down ); Commissar, Partner ( RedGiselle ); Tchaikovsky’s Double, von Rothbart, Drosselmeyer, Onegin, Herman ( Tchaikovsky. PRO et CONTRA ); Favorite of the Empress (Russian Hamlet); Leon, Coach ( The Pygmalion Effect ) Honors: Laureate of the President’s Prize