lion Posted March 30, 2012 Posted March 30, 2012 World Premiere SYMPHONIC DANCES Choreographer: Edwaard Liang Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov Conductor: Martin West Maria Kochetkova*, Vitor Luiz*
lion Posted April 1, 2012 Author Posted April 1, 2012 Maria Kochetkova - Official Facebook Page: The quick link for Facebook users is http://www.facebook....mariakochetkova
lion Posted April 28, 2012 Author Posted April 28, 2012 Maria Kochetkova in "Gisel"on may in Ekaterinburg state academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. Russia. Artistic director - Slava Samodurov http://www.uralopera...uals.php?id=123
lion Posted June 14, 2012 Author Posted June 14, 2012 Almost two weeks until Maria Kochetkova will be performing at the Bolshoi with @sfballet http://instagr.am/p/L0gvg1kUeW/ http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/
lion Posted June 23, 2012 Author Posted June 23, 2012 In Hamburg June 26, 27 and July 1, 2012 Maria Kochetkova will guest at Hamburg Ballet with SF Ballet on June 26 and 27, perform a mixed-bill program that includes Tomasson’s 7 for Eight with Joan Boada and Wheeldon’s Within the Golden Hour. Will also perform on Hamburg Ballet’s Nijinsky Gala XXXVIII on July 1. Hamburg ballet Gala 1 Juli 2012 from GHOST Music: C.F. Kip Winger Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon Maria Kochetkova, Joan Boada San Francisco Ballet http://www.hamburgba...t.de/e/gala.htm
lion Posted July 23, 2012 Author Posted July 23, 2012 Maria Kochetkova @balletrusse @RobertoBolle & Friends gala tonight at the Arena di Verona http://instagr.am/p/NaYEImEUe6/ 23.07.2012
lion Posted August 1, 2012 Author Posted August 1, 2012 Evan McKie`s article-interview for new @Dance_Magazine ft. @balletrusse@aliciaamatriain Julie Kent Xiao Nan Yu Aurélie Dupond -http://bit.ly/T2dsyT http://national.ball..._August2012.pdf
lion Posted September 3, 2012 Author Posted September 3, 2012 THE ROMANCE OF PERFECTION A Photographic Exhibition by James Ostrer Merchant Archive 19 Kensington Park Road, W11 2EU 13 Sep – Jan 2013 Private View 12 Sep 7pm-10pm Mon-Sat 10am-6pm; Sun 12noon-5pm Tel 020-7229 9006 Merchant Archive presents a series of atmospheric photographs by renowned artist James Ostrer of San Francisco Ballet principal dancer Maria Kochetkova dressed in Merchant Archive’s vintage clothing. The exhibition celebrates her appearance with the ballet at Sadler’s Wells, EC1, 14-23 September. James has been photographing Maria for 10 years and is inspired by her obsession with perfection and quirky passion for fashion. He uses his photographs as a canvas to symbolise and hint at hidden aspects of her character. As he says, “There is a containment of physical pain and control in ballet which is tightly interwoven with its grace and beauty. I wanted to suggest this through the images of birdcages and her being bound by vintage ribbons.” JAMES OSTRER James Ostrer is an artist using Neo Baroque techniques within the mediums of photography and film to examine the common thread of discomfort that underlines western culture. His first solo exhibition, “Death, Sex and Re-birth”, in 2009 explored themes such as gluttony, sexual compulsion and addiction. In “Journey”, curated by actor Emma Thompson and activist Sam Roddick in a campaign against sex- trafficking, his work was seen alongside that of leading international artists such as Anish Kapoor and Anthony Micallef as well as Oscar-winning costume designer Sandy Powell and art director Michael Howells. This ambitious exhibition toured New York, Vienna, Madrid and The Hague from 2009-2011. Nominated as curator’s choice for the Taylor Wessing awards at the National Portrait Gallery, James’s 2010 portrait of “Nicky Haslam in Lucian Freud’s chair” explored the intimate relationship between the ‘socialite’ and the ‘artist’. This year he has participated in the Bloom Festival Public Art Event in Verona. One of 40 international artists invited to convert political billboards into exhibition spaces, his photograph was selected to promote the event. MARIA KOCHETKOVA Moscow-born Maria Kochetkova joined San Francisco Ballet in 2007 as principal dancer after training at the Bolshoi ballet school and dancing with the Royal Ballet and English National Ballet. Kochetkova also won the American TV series ‘Superstars of Dance’ in January 2009 on NBC and performs internationally as a guest artist with the Bolshoi and Stanislavsky Theatres in Moscow, the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St Petersburg and the Tokyo Ballet in Japan. Maria will be performing with San Francisco Ballet when they present three eclectic programmes at London’s Sadler’s Wells over two weeks from 14 September. MERCHANT ARCHIVE Merchant Archive is a curated vintage and contemporary store located in London’s Notting Hill that has become firmly established in the little black books of designers, stylists and celebrities worldwide. www.merchantarchive.com/boutique For press enquiries, images and further information please contact Teri Grenert at [email protected] or telephone 07957 298276
lion Posted September 8, 2012 Author Posted September 8, 2012 Photos of Maria Kochetkova by James Ostrer. Visit the exhibit at Merchant Archive in London (19 Kensington Park Road) Sep13-Jan 2013 http://www.complex.c...chive-in-london
Stage Right Posted September 8, 2012 Posted September 8, 2012 Photos of Maria Kochetkova by James Ostrer. Visit the exhibit at Merchant Archive in London (19 Kensington Park Road) Sep13-Jan 2013 http://www.complex.c...chive-in-london Good heavens....I clicked on this link and the photo there looks like she's dead! Definitely a coffin theme there.....
lion Posted September 10, 2012 Author Posted September 10, 2012 Time Out says http://www.timeout.com/london/dance/event/99714/the-romance-of-perfection
lion Posted September 10, 2012 Author Posted September 10, 2012 Maria Kochetkova – San Francisco Ballet – Principal By Aimee Tsao on September 10, 2012 in Interviews · 0 Comments Whenever I see Maria Kochetkova off-stage I am always surprised by how diminutive she is, so sparrow-boned and delicate that she could be a Dresden porcelain figurine. http://www.dancetabs...llet-principal/
lion Posted September 11, 2012 Author Posted September 11, 2012 The Romance of Perfection — September 10, 2012 — Text by Edwina Langley http://www.anotherma...e_of_Perfection "Ostrer shot Kochetkova in a series of poses which suggest vulnerability, playfulness, rebellion; characteristics repressed daily by the requirements of her trade."
Quiggin Posted September 11, 2012 Posted September 11, 2012 "vulnerability, playfulness, rebellion; characteristics repressed daily by the requirements of her trade." Those characteristics didn't seem terribly repressed when MK danced in Giselle, Emeralds and Rubies.
trieste Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 That is a rather bizarre blanket statement of ballet. Methinks the source of the quote is none too familiar with the art. Still, love that shoot and hope to have a chance to see Kochetkova some day, either live or in a live-in-cinema situation.
PeggyR Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 ...hope to have a chance to see Kochetkova some day, either live or in a live-in-cinema situation. If you can beg or borrow a copy of the SFB DVD of the Nutcracker that came out a few years ago, she dances the GPdD. She is lovely.
puppytreats Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 "vulnerability, playfulness, rebellion; characteristics repressed daily by the requirements of her trade." Those characteristics didn't seem terribly repressed when MK danced in Giselle, Emeralds and Rubies. vulnerability - any of the dying or tragic heroes -Swan Queen, Giselle, R&J, Tatiana, Marguerite... playfulness - Sylphide, Giselle before madness, Manon ... rebelliousness - Rubies, R&J, Siegfried ...
lion Posted September 13, 2012 Author Posted September 13, 2012 (edited) Opening at the Merchant Archiv vintage store in London tomorrow, The Romance of Perfection is a stunning atmospheric photography exibition of San Francisco Ballet principal dancer Maria Kochetkova from artist James Ostrer. Ostrer has been photographing the Moscow-born dancer for 10 years after being inspired by her obsession with perfection and quirky passion for fashion http://think-work-pl...n-james-ostrer/ ...runs alongside her appearance with San Francisco Ballet at Sadler’s Wells from 14-23 September. Edited September 13, 2012 by lion
lion Posted September 21, 2012 Author Posted September 21, 2012 Classical Symphony San Francisco Ballet - Programme C photo - © Dave Morgan Courtesy of San Francisco Ballet Maria Kochetkova & Hansuke Yamamoto in Classical Symphony http://www.flickr.co...57631577147581/ This photo was taken on september 19, 2012
lion Posted September 23, 2012 Author Posted September 23, 2012 Welcome to the John Ross Ballet Gallery - all photographs © John Ross San Francisco Ballet - Programme A - SWT - September 2012 San Francisco Ballet - Divertimento No. 15 - Symphonic Dances - Number nine http://www.johnrossb...a_luiz_1000.jpg Maria Kochetkova and Vitor Luiz in Symphonic Dances
lion Posted September 24, 2012 Author Posted September 24, 2012 September 23, 2012 8:21 pm San Francisco Ballet, Sadler’s Wells, London By Clement Crisp The succeeding Classical Symphony is set to eponymous Prokofiev by the former Bolshoi dancer Yury Possokhov. It is buoyant, playfully snook-cocking, despatched with brightest verve by a cast led by the splendid Hansuke Yamamoto and Maria Kochetkova, and the choreography sits happily, saucily in its music, given with almost tangible delight by its cast. http://www.ft.com/in...l#axzz27Mgebw1j
lion Posted September 27, 2012 Author Posted September 27, 2012 There is a sweepingly lyrical pas de deux for Maria Kochetkova and Vitor Luiz, full of complex lifts that accent Ms. Kochetkova’s gorgeously pliant back and beautifully articulate arms. By ROSLYN SULCAS Published: September 25, 2012 The New York Times DANCE REVIEW Insouciant Elegance and Nonchalant Fireworks, Fueled by Ballet Power http://www.nytimes.c...l?smid=fb-share
lion Posted October 8, 2012 Author Posted October 8, 2012 «Kremlin Gala» Stars of the 21st Century is an annual International Ballet Gala. https://twitter.com/...2FQg8OgCkUQz%2F
pherank Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Ballet Stars of the 21st Century Gala last night at the Kremlin in Moscow. Thank you very much for these videos links. Maria just radiates FUN. A wonderful personality, and a technical marvel.
lion Posted October 22, 2012 Author Posted October 22, 2012 Trio ch: Helgi Tomasson - San Francisco Ballet Maria Kochetkova in Trio ch: Helgi Tomasson. Photo: Dance Europe http://www.danceeuro...rancisco-ballet Number Nine ch: Christopher Wheeldon - San Francisco Ballet Maria Kochetkova in Number Nine ch: Christopher Wheeldon. Photo: Dance Europe http://www.danceeuro...rancisco-ballet
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