Ulyana Lopatkina / Ульяна Лопаткина “Diamonds“

Ballet: Diamonds Dancers: Ulyana Lopatkina / Ульяна Лопаткина and Igor Zelensky Music: Tchaikovsky Choreography: George Balanchine Performance Notes: Mariinsky 2006 Ulyana Lopatkina • People’s Artist of Russia (2005). • Recipient of the State Prize of Russia (1999). • Prize-winner at the International Vaganova-Prix Competition (St Petersburg, 1991). • Recipient of the following prizes: Golden Sofit (1995, 2015), Divine together with the accolade Best Ballerina (1996), Golden Mask (1997), Benois de la danse (1997), Baltika (1997 and 2001: the Grand-Prix for promoting the worldwide fame of the Mariinsky Theatre), Evening Standard (1998), Monaco World Dance Awards (2001), Triumph (2004). • In 1998 she was awarded the honorary title of “Artiste of Her Imperial Majesty, the Stage of Sovereign Russia” and the medal Mankind-Creator. Born in Kerch. Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (class of professor Natalia Dudinskaya). Joined the Mariinsky Bal