Svetlana Zakharova

Multi award-winning, Svetlana Zakharova is Prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre, Principal dancer & the first and only Russian Etoile Teatro alla Scala, the main guest star Grand Opera and the National Theatre, Tokyo.

In this new production Svetlana Zakharova experiments with both classic and contemporary styles as she strives for perfection in constant search for new ways of artistic expression in dance. For her programme Svetlana have chosen three ballets by three world-renowned choreographers: Yuri Possokhov (San Francisco Ballet's choreographer), alongside Patrick De Bana (Vienna State Ballet's regular choreographer and honorary member of the National Board of German Ballet and Dance Theatre Directors), and Marguerite Donlon (Irish choreographer and artistic director currently based in Berlin).

Svetlana Zakharova will be accompanied with principal dancers of the Russian Ballet : Denis Rodkin, Mikhail Lobukhin, Denis Savin as well as other dancers of the Theater Bolshoi.