Buddy Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 (edited) Having only become interested after watching the final competition event, The Seniors Finals, I didn't focus on something that should have been evident. The competitions are dominated by Vaganova students and graduates. And perhaps the most interesting group is actually the Juniors Girls Solos where we can glimpse at several of the possible future stars of the Mariinsky. (Thanks to Enya and Sophia at Dansomanie for much of the following official information) Junior Group Girls, Solo Vaganova Students: I Prize -- Maria Koshkareva (Russia) (And officially a "Mariinsky Trainee" while only in her second year at the Vaganova) II Prize -- Yaroslavna Kuprina (Russia) III Prize -- Camilla Sultangareeva (Russia) The following performances have been cited and posted on the internet: (Thanks to Sophia at Dansomanie) Maria Koshkaryova (Russia) - Hebe Variation | XIV Moscow Ballet Competition, Junior Round 1 Yaroslavna Kuprina (Russia) - Raymonda Variation | XIV Moscow Ballet Competition, Junior Round 3 Kamila Sultangareeva (Russia) - Mistress Variation | XIV Moscow Ballet Competition, Junior Round 3 If I get a chance I'll try to find performances by these young women in the officially posted complete coverage. In the meantime if you might want to search for yourself, you can look here. It could be a trove. https://moscowballetcompetition.com/en/video/ Each girl performed six solos. (Thanks to Enya at Dansomanie for the following information) 1st round: solo candidates, 2 classical variations; duo candidates, 1 classical pas de deux with variations and coda. 2nd round: solo candidates, 1 classical variation and 1 contemporary dance; duo candidates, 1 classical dance and 1 contemporary dance. 3rd round: solo candidates, 1 classical variation and 1 variation of choreography by Grigorovich; duo candidates, 1 classic pdd. So in total 6 variations for the junior candidates in solo, and 4 pieces for those in duo. At the Seniors Competition -- Vaganova Gradates I Prize Maria Iliushkina (Russia) Women"s Duet (Mariinsky) II Prize (no First) Anastasia Smirnova (Russia) Women"s Solo (formerly Mariinsky, now again Mikhailovsky) III Prize Nikita Korneev (Russia) Men's Duet (Mariinsky) Maria Khoreva from the Mariinsky was scheduled to compete but I read on the internet that she posted at one of her sites that's she's sadly out because of an injury' II Prize Amanda Gomez (Brazil) Women's Duet II Prize Elena Svinko (Russia) Women's Duet diploma Marcello Pelizzoni (Italy) Men's Duet I Prize Dmitry Smilevsky (Russia) Men's Solo Edited June 13, 2022 by Buddy Link to comment
tutu Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 21 hours ago, Buddy said: II Prize (no First) Anastasia Smirnova (Russia) Women"s Solo (formerly Mariinsky, now again Mikhailovsky) From the few videos I’ve seen of Smirnova, she’s one of the most exciting youngsters in Russian ballet: powerful, charismatic, with extraordinary lines. I’ll have to track down video of her performances at this competition! Link to comment
Buddy Posted June 14, 2022 Author Share Posted June 14, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, tutu said: From the few videos I’ve seen of Smirnova, she’s one of the most exciting youngsters in Russian ballet: powerful, charismatic, with extraordinary lines. I’ll have to track down video of her performances at this competition! I'll see if I can find anything, Tutu. For the moment here's this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_3HOeZsXZM Maria Koshkaryova Only two years at the Vaganova Academy, she is officially listed as a "Mariinsky Trainee" (the only one at present) and has already danced a lead. From most comments that I've read she destined to be a Star. As expected, she won First Prize Gold in her grouping, Women's Solos Juniors. This is a very good chance to get a recent glimpse of her. She performed six solos at the XIV Moscow Ballet Competition. (I don't normally post unofficial videos, but these are all officially available at the competition site, just much easier to find this way.) Coppelia Variation (Junior Round 1)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS_-a_ZW8a4 Hebe Variation -- Le Rêve de Flore (Junior Round 1)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmuVFHL4iG0 Maestro (Junior Round 2)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JM1oGQR21A Aurora Variation (Junior Round 2)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eooHL7ZI7Pc Paquita Variation (Junior Round 3)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6UCmP_Hw3o Shirin Variation (Junior Round 3 )https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfhO0ZJEjHU Edited June 14, 2022 by Buddy Link to comment
Buddy Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 On 6/13/2022 at 4:38 PM, tutu said: From the few videos I’ve seen of Smirnova, she’s one of the most exciting youngsters in Russian ballet: powerful, charismatic, with extraordinary lines. I’ll have to track down video of her performances at this competition! I do agree with you from this performance that she's quite lovely. Once again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_3HOeZsXZM Here are two more very fine performances by the Second and Third Prize winners of the Junior Women Solos, both Vaganova students. Yaroslava Kuprina -- Raymonda https://youtu.be/tEcXclmC7pY Kamila Sultangareeva -- The Mistress of the Copper Mountain https://youtu.be/lbxhzEed8mY (Thanks to Sophia at Dansomanie for originally posting these) Link to comment
tutu Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 6/13/2022 at 11:03 PM, Buddy said: I'll see if I can find anything, Tutu. For the moment here's this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_3HOeZsXZM Thank you, Buddy! Also just saw this crop up — Carmen isn’t my favorite, but I like what she does with it here: Link to comment
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