In 1958 she danced Odette-Odile on the tour in Moscow and
won I prize at the All-Union festival of musical theaters.
In 1960 she brilliantly performed in Moscow under the auspices
of the Literature and Art of Northern Ossetia Decade and received
an invitation to dance Odette-Odile in the Bolshoi Theater.
In 1980 she graduated from the Ballet-master faculty of the Russian
University of Theatre Arts (GITIS) n.a. A.V. Lunacharsky (now RATI/ The
Russian Academy of theatrical arts) where she taught the technique
of classical dance in 1978-81. In 1995-2001she
taught the classical dance at the Dance Academy of the New
Humanitarian University of Natalia Nesterova.
Since 2001 she has been the teacher-repetiteur at the Bolshoi Theater.
Anna Antonicheva, Anastasia Yatsenko, Anna Leonova, Ekaterina Krysanova, Yulia
Grebenshchikova, Olga Stebletsova, Anastasia Stashkevich, Irina Yatsenko
rehearse under her guidance.
Repertoire
Odette-Odile (Swan Lake
by P. Tchaikovsky. Choreography by A. Gorsky, M. Petipa,
L. Ivanov, A. Messerer, 1960)
A street dancer (Don Quixote
by L. Minkus, choreography by A. Gorsky, 1960)
Zarema (Boris Asafiev’s The Fountain
of Bakhchisaray; choreography by R. Zakharov, 1962)
Gayane (Gayane (IV act of the ballet)
by A. Khachaturian, choreography by N. Anisimova, 1962)
Autumn (Cinderella by S. Prokofiev,
choreography by R. Zakharov, 1963)
The Mistress of the Copper Mountain (Stone
Flower by S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Grigorovich,
1963)
Mekhmene Banu (A Legend of Love. Music
by A. Melikov. choreography by Y. Grigorovich, 1965)
Brave Fairy (The Sleeping Beauty
by P.Tchaikovsky, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich
version, 1963)
Diamond Fairy, Princess Florina (The Sleeping
Beauty, 1964)
Queen of the Dryads (Don Quixote, 1964)
Aegina (A. Khachaturian’s Spartacus,
production by Y. Grigorovich, 1968)
Kitri (Don Quixote, 1972)
Odette-Odile (Swan Lake, in the version
by Y. Grigorovich, 1975)
Beatrice (Love for Love. Music
by T. Khrennikov. Vera Boccadoro production. Shakespeare’s Much Ado
About Nothing adaptation to the ballet, 1976)
Magnolia (Cipollino. Music
by K. Khachaturyan. G. Mayorov production, 1977)
Maid of honor (Leutenant Kije to music
by S. Prokofiev, choreography by A. Lapauri and
O. Tarasova, 1977)
In 1962 she was the first to dance at the Bolshoi Theater the
part of Soloist in the choreographic piece Waltz-Caprice,
included into the program of Choreographic miniatures
(to music by A. Alyabyev, M. Glinka, A. Dargomyzhsky, A.
Lyadov, P. Thcaikovsky, choreography by V. Varkovitsky).
Tours
In 1964 she danced Fairy Dragйe (Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker,
choreography by V. Vainonen) in the performances of the
Festival ballet troupe (London).
In 1965 she danced Odette-Odile at the Turkmen opera and ballet
theater n.a. Makhtumkuli, in 1971 she danced the same role in the
Tchelyabinsk opera and ballet theater, where she danced also Kitri
in 1976.
In 1979 the role of Tchbakhan was staged specifically for her
in the ballet Khetag at the North-Ossetia musical theater
(music by D. Khakhanov, choreography by A. Zakalinsky).
In 1985 she danced the title role in Giselle (choreography
by J. Coralli, J. Perrot, M. Petipa in the version
by A. Schelest) together with the troupe of the Kuibyshev opera
and ballet theater (now Samara).
In 1977 she staged Grand Pas classique from the ballet Paquita
together with her husband A. Zakalinsky on the stage of the
Tchelyabinsk Opera and Ballet Theater.
In 1991-96 she was the Artistic Director (together with
A. Zakalinsky) of Svetlana Adyrkhaeva Ballet Theater.