Olga Smirnova

Biography

She was born in St. Petersburg. In 2011 she graduated from Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, St. Petersburg (Lyudmila Kovaleva’s class) and joined the Ballet Company of the Bolshoi Theater.

At first her teacher-repetiteur was Marina Kondratieva. Now she is coached by Maria Allash.

While studying she was repeatedly awarded various scholarships. She constantly participated in the Vaganova Academy tours to Japan, Great Britain, Italy, Lithuania, Hungary, Greece and Portugal. In 2004 she took part in the joint concert of the Vaganova Academy and the UK Royal Ballet School in London. She has an extensive repertoire. So she danced Masha in Nutcracker by P. Tchaikovsky (choreography by V. Vainonen); the Queen of Water in the scene The Ocean bottom from The Little Humpbacked Horse to music by C. Pugni, R. Drigo, B. Asafiev (choreography by A. Gorsky, Y. Burlaka’s version); the 7^th waltz from Chopiniana (choreography by Mikhail Fokine), Grand Pas classique to music by D. F. E. Auber (choreography by V. Gzovsky); Jules Massenet’s Thais (choreography by R. Petit) and others. Mazur to music by F. Chopin was staged especially for her (choreography by V. Romanovsky)

Repertoire

2011
Friend/friends to Prince (Swan Lake by P. Tchaikovsky, Y. Grigorovich's second version)
2^nd variation in Grand Pas (Don Quixote by L.Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, A. Gorsky, A. Fadeychev's version)
Myrtha (Giselle by A. Adam, choreography by J. Coralli, J. Perrot, M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich's version)
Maids of onor, Lilac Fairy (The Sleeping Beauty by P.Tchaikovsky, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich's version)
Queen of the Dryads (Don Quixote)

2012
Nikia (La Bayadere by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich's version)
The Third Odalisque (Le Corsaire by A. Adam, production and new choreography by A. Ratmansky and Y. Burlaka after M. Petipa)
The Leading Couple in Diamonds to music by P. Thcaikovsky (among the creators at the Bolshoi Theatre), Two Leading Cuples in Emeralds to music by G. Faure (Part III and Part I of Jewels, choreography by G. Balanchine)
Two Wilis (Giselle, Y. Grigorovich's version)
Duet (Dream of Dream to music of S. Rachmaninov, choreography by J. Elo)
Aspicia (C. Pugni's La Fille du Pharaon, P. Lacotte production after M. Petipa)
Terpsichore (Apollon Musagète by I. Stravinsky, choreography by G. Balanchine) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre
Anastasia (Ivan the Terrible to music by Sergei Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)

2013
Odette-Odile (Swan Lake)
Tatiana (Onegin to music by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by J. Cranko) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre
Marchesa Sampietri (Marco Spada by D.-F.-E. Auber, P. Lacotte's production) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre

2014
Princess Aurora (The Sleeping Beauty )
Marguerite Gautier (Lady of the Camellias to music by F. Chopin, choreography by J. Neumeier)
Bianca (The Taming of the Shrew to music by D. Shostacovich, choreography by J.-Ch. Mailot) — creation

2015
Bela (A Hero of Our Time by I. Demutsky, choreography by Y. Possokhov, director K. Serebrennikov) — creation

2016
The title part (Raymonda by A. Glazunov, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich's version)
Kitri (Don Quixote, A. Fadeyechev's second version)

2017
The title part (Giselle, Y. Grigorovich's version)
Ballerina (Etudes to music by C. Czerny, choreography by H. Lander) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre
Carmen (Carmen Suite to music by G. Bizet and R. Shchedrin; choreography by A. Alonso)
Couple in White (Forgotten Land to music by B. Britten, choreography by J. Kylián) — among the creators at he Bolshoi Theatre

2018
The title part (Anna Karenina to music by P. Tchaikovsky, A. Shnitke, Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam, choreography by J. Neumeier)
Two couples (Artifact Suite to music by E. Crossman-Hecht and J. S. Bach, choreography by W. Forsythe)
— appeared in the opening night performance

2019
Aegina (A. Khachaturian’s Spartacus, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
Hermione (The Winter’s Tale by J. Talbot, choreography by Ch.Wheeldon) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre
Soloist Part 2 (Symphony in C to music by G. Bizet, choreography by G. Balanchine)
Giselle (Giselle, A. Ratmansky's version ) – creation

Tours

In May 2011 she took part in the gala-concert of stars in memory of Galina Ulanova from the cycle “Russian ballet icons” on the stage of the London Coliseum. There she danced Melody to music by A. Dvořák (choreography by A. Messerer, the partner — S. Strelkov).
In July 2011 she appeared in the gala-concert of international ballet stars under the auspices of the I International Competition of Ballet and Choreography in Beijing (Grand Pas classique to music by D. F. E. Auber).

May 2014 – debut with ABT in the part of Nikia (La Bayadere in N. Makarova’s version, Vadim Muntagirov as Solor).
October 2014 — Odette/Odile in Swan Lake at the Mariinsky Theatre (K. Sergeyev version, Semyon Chudin as Prince Siegfried).

December 2016 — La Belle/Princess in La Belle to music by P. Tchaikovsky (choreography by J.-C. Maillot, Semyon Chudin as Prince) with Les Ballets de Monte Carlo.

April 2017 — Nikia in La Bayadere at the Mariinsky Theatre in the framework of XVII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky (V. Ponomarev and V. Chabukiani´s version, Semyon Chudin as Solor).
May 2017 — Odette/Odile (Swan Lake, Nureyev version) with Vienna State Ballet (opposite Semyon Chudin).

May 2018 — Marguerite Gautier in Lady of the Camellias with the Hamburg Ballet (choreography by John Neumeier; Christopher Evans as Armand Duval).
June 2018 — title role in Giselle (E. Chernysheva’s version) with Vienna State Ballet (Semyon Chudin as Count Albrecht).

March 2018 – at the gala performances “Manuel Legris and Stars in blue” in Japan performed a fragment of Thaïs to music by J. Massenet (choreography by R. Petit, partner – Semyon Chudin), The Dying Swan to music by C. Saint-Saens (choreography by M. Fokin); appeared in the world premiere of the ballet Silk/Ochiba (choreography by Patrick de Bana, partner – Manuel Legris);
at the The XVIII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky appeared in the title role in Giselle (choreography by J. Perrot, J. Coralli, M. Petipa; Count Albrecht — Kimin Kim); the title role in Carmen Suite to music by G. Bizet – R. Shchedrin (choreography by A. Alonso; Jose – Kimin Kim).