Nadezhda Pavlova

Education

Russian University of Theatre Arts.

Career

Nadia Pavlova liked to dance from an early age. At 7 she began to dance with a group at the House of Pioneers. In 1966 visitors from the Permanent choreographic school arrived in Cheboksary tasked with finding children of exceptional talent.

They saw Nadia and recommended that she study in Permanent, where she spent the next seven years — from 2nd year until graduation, in particular being coached by Lyudmila Pavlovna Saharova.

From the 2nd year Nadia Pavlova participated in concerts with the special numbers choreographed by M.Gazievym, — «the Girl and an echo», «the Small ballerina», "Mischievous person", and also was cast in various children"s parts at the Permanent opera and ballet theater. In 1970, during theater tours in Moscow, Nadia Pavlova was already noticed by reviewers.

Nadia Pavlova was already frequently touring, both at home and abroad, to countries including Italy, Japan, China, Austria, Germany, France and the United States of America. After graduation she became a soloist at the Permanent Academic Opera and Ballet Theater of P.I.Tchaikovsky, where she was given roles including Giselle (in statement BScherbinin) and Juliet («Romeo and Juliet», ballet master NBojarchikov). She then joined the Bolshoi Ballet.

She was taught by Asaf Messerer and coached by Marina Semenova.

Since 1983 Nadia Pavlova"s repertoire has included solos by M. Bejart and G. Balanchine, and she danced with all the leading soloists of the Bolshoi, including Alexander Bogatyryov, Valery Anisimov, and, later, Alexey Fadeechev, Yury Vasjuchenko, Irek Mukhamedov. She has given master-classes in France, Germany, Japan, Finland. From 1992 to 1994 Pavlova was the artistic director of Theatre of Pavlova"s ballet, and in 1995 the Renaissance-ballet.

She now continues to dance both classical and contemporary choreography, and also teaches in the Russian Academy of Theatrical Art (RATA).

She was also the youngest actress to be named as a National Actor of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. She lives in Moscow. С. Э. А. A. South. М. Photo-albums J.

Achievements

• Aged 15 years was awarded the first prize in the All-Union competition of ballet masters and ballet dancers, and a year later, in 1973, she won the Grand prize of II International competition of ballet dancers in Moscow. In 1999 Pavlova took part in the opening of the Russian cultural center in Washington, as well as being named winner of festival «Star of world ballet» in Donetsk.

Membership

She has also served as a member of the jury in international dance competitions in Luxembourg (1995) and Hong Kong (1996).