Maria Kochetkova

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World Premiere

SYMPHONIC DANCES

Choreographer: Edwaard Liang

Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov

Conductor: Martin West

Maria Kochetkova*, Vitor Luiz*

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Maria Kochetkova - Official Facebook Page:

The quick link for Facebook users is

http://www.facebook....mariakochetkova

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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

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Almost two weeks until Maria Kochetkova will be performing at the Bolshoi with @sfballet

http://instagr.am/p/L0gvg1kUeW/

http://www.bolshoi.ru/en/

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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

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Maria Kochetkova @balletrusse @RobertoBolle & Friends gala tonight at the Arena di Verona http://instagr.am/p/NaYEImEUe6/ 23.07.2012

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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

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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 tgrenert@gmail.com or telephone 07957 298276

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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

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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.....

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Time Out says

http://www.timeout.com/london/dance/event/99714/the-romance-of-perfection

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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/

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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."

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"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.

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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.

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...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.

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"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 ...

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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«Kremlin Gala» Stars of the 21st Century is an annual International Ballet Gala.

https://twitter.com/...2FQg8OgCkUQz%2F

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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.

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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