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Elina

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  • Connection to/interest in ballet** (Please describe. Examples: fan, teacher, dancer, writer, avid balletgoer)
    avid interest in ballet
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    Valkeakoski
  • State (US only)**, Country (Outside US only)**
    Finland
  1. Also, I remember reading an article about Ludmila Pagliero, POB's Argentinian etoile, in which it said that she had not attended the POB school. Correct if I'm wrong. And this happened obviously before Millepied's reign.
  2. Apparently Ida Viikinkoski was also first in her class during the POB selections in July 2013 when 5 students were employed by the company. She was the first ever Finnish student at POB school and first ever Finnish dancer to be permanently employed by the famous ballet company. Congratulations to Ida and all her former teachers!
  3. My sister and I loved those books! Moomins are hugely popular in Finland these days. They were not part of my childhood growing up although the books existed. It was propably only after the Japanese cartoon series came out when Moomins became more popular. Finnish National ballet's March Premiere of MOOMIN AND THE CORNET is apparently already sold out and was even given a couple of extra performances. The ballet is choreographed by Anandah Kononen who is a dancer in the Finnish National ballet.
  4. Daria (Vasnetsova) Makhateli will have her Finnish National Ballet debut on Thu 11/12/2014 in The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (chor. Wayne Eagling and Toer van Schayk). She will be dancing the role of Liisa, older sister of Clara. She is also scheduled to dance Mercedes in Don Quixote (Patrice Bart) next year (dates are not known yet). Finnish National ballet usually gives casting information one month before the show. The remaining program for season 2014-15 is following: THE NUTCRACKER AND THE MOUSE KING (Dec) DON QUIXOTE (Jan+Mar-Apr) Premiere KULLERVO (Tero Saarinen-Jean Sibelius) in Feb. Story is based on Kalevala, the national epic of Finland. Premiere MOOMIN AND THE CORNET (Anandah Kononen) based on a children's book by the Finnish author Tove Jansson in March on the smaller Alminsali stage. Premiere A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Jorma Elo) in Apr-May. A season celebrating Finnish talent. For those interested in visiting Helsinki, Helsinki is only a short train ride (3,5 hours) from St. Petersburg - the obvious main attraction in the area.
  5. I am happy to tell you that Daria (ex-Vasnetsova) Makhateli has now joined the Finnish National Ballet as a principal dancer. This is official news announced by the opera. She is greeted in Helsinki by other Vaganova/Mariinsky alumni - Sergei Popov and Stanislav Beljajevski.
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