Maryna Vezhnavets

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Honoured Artist of the Republic of Belarus (2014)
Francysk Skaryna Medal (2011)

Maryna Vezhnavets graduated from the Belarusian State Choreographic College. She joined the ballet company of the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus in 1997.

In 2012, she graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy.

In 2023, she received a commendation from the Head of Administration of the Belarusian President.

Maryna Vezhnavets is a renowned ballet teacher: she is a teacher of the Belarusian State Choreographic College and founder of the Vezhnavets Ballet School.


REPERTOIRE

The Singer, the Pioneer Leader / Illusions of Love to the music by Dmitri Shostakovich, Frédéric Chopin, Leonid Shirin

The title role / Anna Karenina to the music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Odette/Odile / Swan Lake

Åse / Peer Gynt

Carmen / Carmen Suite

The Harlot / Carmina Burana

Kitri, Mercedes / Don Quixote

Aurora, the Lilac Fairy / The Sleeping Beauty

The Courtesan / Spartacus

Lady Macbeth / Macbeth by Vyacheslav Kuznetsov

Nikiya, Gamzatti / La Bayadère

Rogneda, Anna Bagryanorodnaya / Passions by Andrei Mdivani

Esmeralda / La Esmeralda

The title role, Myrtha / Giselle

Medora / Le Corsaire

Zarema / The Fountain of Bakhchisarai

The Fairy / Cinderella

The Sylph / La Sylphide

Soloist / Boléro

The title role / Thamar

Zobeide / Scheherazade

Dark Angel / Serenade

Grisi, Taglioni / Pas de Quatre

The title role / The Firebird

The Girl / Who Am I?

The title role / Paquita

Anna / Vitaut

The title role / Laurencia

Magnolia / Cipollino

Prelude / Chopiniana


CONCERT TOUR

With the company of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus, she has toured Thailand, South Korea, Poland, Turkey, the Netherlands, China, France, Bulgaria, Cyprus, etc.

Maryna Vezhnavets danced twice in the opening of the Days of Belarusian Culture in Russia (guest performances of Passions (Rogneda) in 2001 and Romeo and Juliet in 2004 at the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia).

She appeared with the company in the Days of Belarusian Culture in China in 2005 and Egypt in 2007.

In 2008, she performed the lead role in Swan Lake given as part of the opening of the Days of Belarusian Culture in Syria. 


 

 

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