Bolshoi State ballet of Belarus

Anna Fokina

Anna Fokina was born in Minsk. She graduated from the Belarusian State Choreographic College. In 2002, she graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory (Nikita Dolgushin’s studio) where she had majored in ballet directing and teaching.

From 1996 to 2002, Fokina was a soloist of the State Opera and Ballet Theatre of St. Petersburg Conservatory. In 2002, she joined the Mussorgsky Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (Mikhailovsky Theatre) in St. Petersburg.

Anna Fokina joined the ballet company of the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus in 2008.

In 2024 she was appointed manager of the ballet company.

REPERTOIRE
  • White-haired Solveig, Solveig’s mother / Peer Gynt
  • Dolly, Betsy / Anna Karenina to Pyotr Tchaikovsky's music
  • Gamzatti / La Bayadère
  • Maria, Zarema / The Fountain of Bakhchisarai
  • Anna / Passions (Rogneda) (choreography by Valentin Elizariev)
  • Princess Florine, the Lilac Fairy / The Sleeping Beauty
  • Giselle, Myrtha, Bathilde / Giselle
  • French Dance / The Nutcracker (choreography by Valentin Elizariev)
  • Snow White / Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (choreography by Natalia Furman)
  • 7th waltz, prelude, 11th waltz, Mazurka / Chopiniana
  • Magnolia / Cipollino
  • Juliet / Romeo and Juliet (choreography by Valentin Elizariev)
  • The Shrew / Cinderella (choreography by Yury Puzakov)
  • Fleur de Lys / La Esmeralda
  • Pas de trois / Swan Lake
  • The title role, Effie / La Sylphide
  • Isolde / Tristan and Isolde
  • Waltz / Serenade
  • Grahn, Grisi / Pas de Quatre
  • The Beautiful Tsarevna / The Firebird
  • The Beloved / Carmina Burana (choreography by Valentin Elizariev)
  • Soloist / Boléro (choreography by Valentin Elizariev)
  • Jacinta / Laurencia
  • Soloist / Sechs Tänze
  • The Girl Student / Anyuta
  • Dulcinea / Don Quixote
  • Trio / La Bayadère
  • Soloist / Petite Mort
  • Variations / Paquita
  • Baijan / Love and Death (choreography by Olga Kostel)
  • The Girl / opera Pagliacci (choreography by Olga Kostel)
  • The White Angel / Sonnets (choreography by Aleksandra Tikhomirova)
  • Gulnare / Le Corsaire
  • Miniatures: The Swan, Russian Dance, Libertango (choreography by Olga Kostel), Conscience (choreography by Olga Kostel)

    Anna Fokina’s roles with the Opera and Ballet Theatre of St. Petersburg Conservatory and the Mikhailovsky Theatre included Swan Lake (Odette/Odile, pas de trois); The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, Princess Florine); La Sylphide (the title role); Romeo and Juliet choreographed by Nikolai Boyarchikov (the lead role); The Nutcracker choreographed by Nikolai Boyarchikov (Masha); The Nutcracker, choreography by Lev Ivanov revived by Nikita Dolgushin (the Sugar Plum Fairy); Le Corsaire (Gulnare); Giselle (Myrtha); Carmen Suite choreographed by Nikita Dolgushin (the lead role); Apollon musagète (Polyhymnia); Le Pavillon d'Armide (the lead role); Chopiniana (Prelude); Don Quixote (the Queen of the Dryads); Pas de Quatre; The Moor's Pavane (Desdemona); The Little Mermaid (the title role) and The Games (the Girl) choreographed by Sharonov, etc.; choreographic miniatures The Swan (Michel Fokine’s choreography); One Day; Chaffaut; Threshold; Pas Step pas de deux (Sharonov’s choreography); Siesta choreographed by Vladimir Romanovsky.

CONCERT TOUR

Anna Fokina has toured Japan, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Italy, the USA, South Korea, Canada, Lithuania, Poland, Yugoslavia, etc.

 

 

 

 

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