Anna Nikulina

Biography

Born in Moscow. In 2002, she completed her training at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography (teacher Elena Vatulya) with distinction and joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company. She rehearsed under Ekaterina Maximova, Nina Semizorova, Lyudmila Semenyaka.
Today her teacher-repetiteur is Olga Chenchikova.
In 2004, at the age of 19, she danced Odette-Odile for the first time. 

Repertoire

2004
Sylph/four sylphs (H. Levenskiold’s La Sylphide; choreography by A. Bournonville, E. M. von Rosen's version) )
2 ^nd variation in The Shadows Scene (L. Minkus' La Bayadere, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich's version)
Part in the ballet Passacaille to music by A. von Webern (choreography by R. Petit)
Friend/friends to Giselle, Two Wilis (Giselle by A. Adam, choreography by J. Coralli, J. Perrot, M.Petipa, Y. Grigorovich's version)
Odette-Odile (Swan Lake, choreography by A. Gorsky, L.Ivanov, Y. Grigorovich's second version)
Fairy of Audacity (The Sleeping Beauty by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
'two couples' in Part 3 (Symphony in C to music by G. Bizet, choreography by G. Balanchine)
Magnolia (K. Khachaturian’s Cipollino, choreography by G. Mayorov)

2005
Final Waltz and Apotheosis (Nutcracker by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
Congo (C. Pugni's La Fille du Pharaon, production by P. Lacotte after M. Petipa)
Friend/friends to Shireen (A Legend of Love by A. Melikov, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
Swan/Three Swans (Swan Lake)
Henriette (Raymonda by A. Glazunov, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich's version)
Temptation (Les Presages to music by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by L. Massine)
2^nd Variation in Grand Pas (L. Minkus' Don Quixote, choreography by M. Petipa, A. Gorsky, A. Fadeyechev's version)
Spanish Doll (Nutcracker)

2006
Friend/friends to Zina (D. Shostakovich’s The Bright Stream, choreography by . A. Ratmansky)
3^rd variation in The Shadows Scene (La Bayadere)
Lyuska (The Golden Age by D. Shostakovich, choreography by Y.Grigorovich)
Friend/friends to the Prince (Swan Lake)
The Queen of the Dryads (Don Quixote)
Fairy of Tenderness (The Sleeping Beauty) — debut on the Bolshoi Theatre tour to Novosibirsk
Soloist (Jeu de cards by I. Stravinsky, choreography by A. Ratmansky)
Marie (Nutcracker)

2007
Soloist (In the Upper Room, music by P. Glass, choreography by T. Tharp)
Pas de Trois des Odalisques (Le Corsaire by A. Adam, production and new choreography by A. Ratmansky and Y. Burlaka after M. Petipa)
Part in Class Concert to music by A. Glazunov, A. Lyadov, A. Rubinstein, D. Shostakovich, choreography by A. Messerer)
Summer (Cinderella by S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Possokhov, director Y. Borisov)

2008
Mime/mimes (Spartacus by A. Khachaturyan, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich)
Adeline (B. Asafiev’s The Flames of Paris, production and new choreography by A. Ratmansky after V. Vainonen)
Phrygia (Spartacus) — debut on the Bolshoi Theatre tour to Hong Kong
Title role (Giselle, V. Vasiliev's version)
Couple in Claret Red (Russian Seasons by L. Desyatnikov, choreography by A. Ratmansky) — among the creators at the Bolshoi Theatre

2009
Fleur de Lys (Esmeralda by C. Pugni, choreography by M. Petipa, staging and new choreographic version by Y. Burlaka and V. Medvedev)

2010
La Priere (Coppelia by L. Delibes, choreography by M. Petipa and E. Cecchetti; revival and new choreographic version by S. Vikharev)
Juliet (Romeo and Juliet by S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
Lilac Fairy (The Sleeping Beauty)
The title part (Raymonda)
The title part (Giselle, Y. Grigorovich’s version)
Quintet (Herman Schmerman to music by T. Willems; choreography by W. Forsythe)

2011
Nikia (La Bayadere)
Princess Aurora (The Sleeping Beauty)

2012
Soloist (Dream of Dream to music by S. Rachmaninov, choreography by J. Elo)
Polyhymnia (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
Medora (Le Corsaire)

2014
Shireen (A Legend of Love)

2015
Zina (The Bright Stream)
Couple in Green (Russian Seasons)

2016
Rita (The Golden Age)

2017
Ballerina (Etudes to music by Carl Czerny, choreography by H. Lander)
The Leading Couple in Diamonds (Part III of Jewels to music by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by G. Balanchine)
Sylph (La Sylphide by H. Levenskiold, production and new choreography by J. Kobborg)
Carmen (Carmen Suite to music by G. Bizet and R. Shchedrin; choreography by A. Alonso)

2018
Kitri (Don Quixote, A. Fadeyechev's second version)

2019
Aspicia (La Fille du Pharaon)
Soloist Part 2 (Symphony in C to music by G. Bizet, choreography by G. Balanchine)
Hermione (The Winter’s Tale by J. Talbot, choreography by Ch.Wheeldon)
Giselle (Giselle, A. Ratmansky's version )

She took part in the Bolshoi Theatre Studio of New Choreography workshop, dancing Aurora in Riccardo Drigo’s Rosary Pas de quatre from the ballet The Awakening of Flora (choreography by M. Petipa, reconstructed by Y. Burlaka) and the Carpets Pas de quatre from C. Pugni’s The Humpbacked Horse (choreography by A. Gorsky, reconstructed by Y. Burlaka; 2004), and likewise — with Denis Savin — she appeared in the number Acquisition to music by S. Rachmaninov, produced by Y.Klevtsov (2006).

In 2007, she appeared in the ballet Old Ladies Falling Out to music by L. Desyatnikov (choreography by A. Ratmansky), which was shown first at the Territory Festival, and then under the auspices of the Studio of New Choreography workshop.

Tours

2011 – Odette/Odile in Swan Lake with the Tatar Opera and Ballet Theatre (Kazan) within the Nureyev Ballet Festival (Alexei Stoyanov as Prince Siegfried).

2014 – Nikia in La Bayadere (G. Komleva’s version) with the company of the Samara Opera and Ballet Theatre within the Alla Shelest Festival of Classical Ballet (Vladimir Shklyarov as Solor).

2015 – Odette/Odile in Swan Lake (Y. Grigorovich’s version) with the Bashkir Opera and Ballet Theatre (Ufa) within the Rudolf Nureyev International Ballet Festival (Rustam Iskhakov as Prince Siegfried);
Nikia in La Bayadere (Y. Klevtsov’s version) at the Chelyabinsk Opera and Ballet Theatre within the Ballet Festival in honor of Ekaterina Maximova (Yasuomi Akimoto as Solor).

2016 – title part in Giselle (choreography by M. Petipa, staged by S. Pavlov) with Saratov Opera and Ballet Theatre in the framework of 29^th Musical Sobinov Festival (Count Albrecht – Mikhail Lobukhin).

2018 – Odette/Odile in Swan Lake (choreography by M. Petipa, L. Ivanov, staged by B. Pech) with Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Ballet Company (Prince Siegfried – Semyon Chudin).

2019 – Phrygia in Spartacus (choreography by Y. Grigorovich) with NOVAT/ Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre.