ICB Artist Bio
Anastasia Matvienko
Kirov Ballet
Anastasia was born on 2nd of September 1982 in Sevastopol, Ukraine. She studied from 1996 to 2001 at the Kiev State Choreographic School. She was a first soloist dancer at the Ukranian National Theatre of Ballet and Opera from April 2001 to October 2007. Since October 2007, Anastasia is a principal dancer of Opera and Ballet Mikhailovsky, St.Petersburg, Russia
Anastasia has received awards in major international ballet competitions including: a Silver Medal at the 2002, Fourth International Serge Lyfar Ballet Competition; the Best Duet Award and First Award of Press-Jury at the 2004 Varna International Ballet Competition; and the Gold Medal at the 2005, Tenth International Ballet Competition and Contest of Choreographers in Moscow.
She has guested as a principal dancer at such historical theaters as Arena di Verona and the Teatro alla Scala. Her repretoire includes: The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora), Swan Lake (Odette/Odille), La Bayadere (Nikia), The Nutcracker (Clara), La Sylphide (Sylphide), Giselle (Giselle), Raymonda (Raymonda), Don Quixote by Petipa/Gorsky (Kitri), Le Corsaire (Medora), Don Quixote by Rudolf Nureyev (Kitri), Spartacus by Georgy Kovtun (Sabina), and Romeo and Juliet by Leonid Lavrovsky (Juliet).