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Ekaterina Petina


Ekaterina Petina was born in Sevastopol/Crimea in 1983. At the age of ten, she was enrolled in the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg. In 2001 she graduated from the Vaganova Academy and joined the Mariinsky Ballet.

Ekaterina Petina's style is both athletic and graceful and she has been noted for her versatility, switching easily from classical to modern roles. She drew particular attention by her interpretations of modern choreographies. Since her breakthrough role in Approximate Sonata by William Forsythe in 2005 she has emerged as one of the specialists of the contemporary repertoire in the company.

Petina has been coached and mostly influenced by the company teachers Yuri Fateyev and Olga Moiseyeva. She took part in numerous tours with the Mariinsky Ballet, e.g. in Japan, UK, China, USA, Canada, Mexico, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Turkey.

Her partners include Anton Pimonov, Andrei Merkuriev, Maxim Khrebtov, Islom Baimuradov, and Nikolai Tsiskaridze.

Dmitry Marenkov


Her repertory includes:
  • Come in! (Simonov) 2001
  • Nutcracker’s Sister in The Nutcracker (Simonov) 2001
  • soloist in Now and Then (Neumeier) 2002
  • Middle Duet (Ratmansky) 2002
  • Ghirei’s second wife in The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Zakharov) 2002
  • Choleric in The Four Temperaments (Balanchine) 2003
  • Courtesan in Manon (Ashton)2003
  • Hindu Dance in La Bayadère (Petipa, staged by Ponomarev, Chabukiani) 2003
  • Folk Dance in Romeo and Juliet (Lavrovsky) 2003
  • Spanish Rat in Princess Pirlipat (Chemiakin/Simonov and Chemiakin/Pandoursky) 2003/2005
  • soloist in In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (Forsythe) 2004
  • Street Dancer, Flower Girl in Don Quixote (Petipa, Gorsky) 2004
  • soloist in Approximate Sonata (Forsythe) 2005
  • soloist in Reverence (Dawson) 2005
  • Daphnis et Chloe (Simonov) 2005
  • Pas des quatre in Diamonds/Jewels (Balanchine) 2005
  • Effie in La Sylphide (Bourneville) 2005
  • Friend in Pink, Pas de quatre in Ondine (Lacotte) 2006
  • soloist in Rubies (Balanchine) 2006
  • soloist in Steptext (Forsythe) 2006
  • Fairy Violente, Gold/Silver/Sapphire Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty (Petipa, staged by Vikharev) 2006
  • Sophie’s friends, Acrobat in The Golden Age (Gelber) 2006
  • Geba in Flora (Petipa, staged by Vikharev) 2007
  • 2nd & 3rd couple, La Valse (Balanchine) 2007
Copyright © 2008 Dmitry Marenkov
Photos of  Ekaterina Petina Copyright © 2005 Marc Haegeman. All rights reserved.