Galina Stepanenko

Galina Olegovna Stepanenko (Russian: Галина Олеговна Степаненко; born 12 June 1966) is a Russian ballet teacher. She is a former prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet, and since 2013 has been head of the Bolshoi's ballet troupe.

Galina Olegovna Stepanenko
Galina Stepanenko as Aegina in Spartacus, with the Bolshoi Ballet
Born
Галина Олеговна Степаненко

12 June 1966
Moscow, Soviet Union
NationalitySoviet Union
Russia
EducationMoscow Academic Choreographic School
Occupation(s)Ballerina
Ballet teacher
Years active1984–present
Career
Current groupBolshoi Ballet
Former groupsMoscow Classical Ballet
Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre

Biography

Born in Moscow on 12 June 1966, Stepanenko studied rhythmic gymnastics, studying to the first grade and receiving an invitation to the Olympic Reserve School.[1][2][3] In 1976 she entered the Moscow Academic Choreographic School, studying under Professor Sofia Golovkina, and graduating with honours in 1984.[1] During her studies she danced several main roles in the school's performances: as Swanhilda in Coppélia, Lise in La fille mal gardée, and the soloist in the Paquita grand pas classique.[1][2]

Between 1984 and 1988 Stepanenko was a soloist of the Moscow Classical Ballet ensemble, studying under Marina Kolpakchi-Kuznetsova.[1] In 1988 Stepanenko joined the troupe of the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre, spending two years there under the tutelage of Nina Chkalova. In 1990 Stepanenko was accepted into the Bolshoi Ballet, where she was taught by, at first, Marina Semyonova, and later rehearsed with Marina Kondratyeva, Raisa Struchkova, and Ekaterina Maximova.[1][2]

In 1992 Stepanenko graduated from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts, having taken the course of Marina Semyonova, and received the specialty of a teacher-choreographer.[1][2] In December 2012 Stepanenko retired from dancing and became a teacher-coach for the Bolshoi Ballet.[1] On 22 January 2013 she became acting artistic director of the ballet troupe, and since autumn 2013 she has been head of the Bolshoi's ballet troupe.[1][3]

Repertoire

With the Moscow Classical Ballet

With the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre

With the Bolshoi Ballet
Tutus worn during the Bolshoi's 2009 production of Paquita, including Galina Stepanenko's (left) and Ekaterina Krysanova's (right)

Honours and awards

Notes
  1. "Галина Степаненко" [Galina Stepanenko]. Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. "Галина Степаненко" [Galina Stepanenko]. Bolshoi Theatre. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. "Биография Галины Степаненко" [Biography of Galina Stepanenko]. RIA Novosti. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

References

Further reading
  • Galina Stepanenko. 2007. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Kazakov, M (July 1995). "Zvezda plenitelnogo schastya" [The star of captivating happiness]. Extra M. No. 1. Moscow.
  • Krylova, M (June 1996). "Narodnaya artistka Rossii Galina Stepanenko" [People's Artist of Russia Galina Stepanenko]. Bolshoi Theatre. No. 28. Moscow.
  • Galayda, A (May 1999). "Rok romantizma" [The Rock of Romanticism]. Bolshoi Theatre. No. 13. Moscow.
  • Vulf, V (2001). "Tantsuet Galina Stepanenko" [Galina Stepanenko is dancing]. Ballet. No. 2. Moscow.
  • Novikova, L (2006). "Sama sebe podnimayu planku" ["I raise the bar for myself"]. Kultura. No. 25. Moscow.
  • Kuznetsova, T (May 2007). "Karemn i svita" [Carmen and retinue]. Kommersant. No. 3. Moscow.
  • Goryuk, O (November 2008). "Ya zamuzhem za baletom" [I am married to ballet]. Chelyabinsky rabochy. No. 12. Chelyabinsk.
  • Levkoeva, N (2011). "Koroleva" [Queen fouette]. Ballet. No. 3. Moscow.
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