Anastasia Volochkova Biography | Anastasia Volochkova

Anastasia Volochkova is a Russian prima ballerina.  Born on January 20, 1976, in St.Petersburg, Anastasia Volochkova is a famous ballet dancer and very beautiful woman. Her father was a table tennis champion and coach, and her mother was a tour guide. Anastasia was a soloist of the Mariinsky Ballet. In 2003, she got major media attention worldwide, due to the fact that the Bolshoi Ballet had dismissed her for being too heavy and tall. In addition to her career as a dancer, Volochkova has also worked as an actress and a model, starring in films and TV series, as well as modeling for Chopard jewelry. One of the most famous celebrities in Russia, she has been always featured in newspapers, magazines, and TV shows. Volochkova has a daughter, Ariadna, born in 2005. And they live in Moscow.

Anastasia Volochkova had relationships with the oligarch Suleiman Kerimov for two and a half year. The couple broke up in 2003. In 2007, she married a businessman and a doctor of jurisprudence Igor Vdovin (1963) but later admitted that the wedding ceremony was fictitious and officially they have not been married.

According to Anastasia Volochkova, she lives in Moscow and St. Petersburg. On the night of April 29, 2013 mansion rented by Volochkova had been robbed, two safes with jewels had been stolen from the house. Anastasia at that time was on tour in Warsaw. After a robbery in a press interview evaluated the stolen jewelry – a few hundred thousand dollars.

Anastasia Volochkova Age

Anastasia Volochkova is 43 years old as of 2019. She was born on 20 January 1976, in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Anastasia Volochkova Height

She has a height of 1.68 meters tall

Anastasia Volochkova Family

• Igor Vdovin
  Former spouse
• Yuri Fedorovich
  Father
• Tamara Vladimirovna Volochkova
  Mother
• Ariadna Volochkova
  Daughter

Anastasia Volochkova Dead or Alive?

Famous Dancer Anastasia Volochkova is still alive

Anastasia Volochkova Net Worth

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Some Facts About Anastasia Volochkova

1. Anastasia Volochkova’s age 42 years.
2. Her daughter, Ariadna, was born in 2005.
3. Birthday January 20 and Born in 1976.
4. When she was five, her mother took her to a performance of The Nutcracker; after she left the theatre, she claimed to tell her mother that she could not imagine doing anything else with her life besides dance.
5. Birth Sign Aquarius.
6. She was mired in controversy after the Bolshoi Ballet fired her for allegedly gaining too much weight.

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Anastasia Volochkova published a family photo with her daughter and her ex-husband.

Today, Anastasia Volochkova celebrates her 43rd birthday. Dancer a couple of hours ago on her microblog, said that the celebration is scheduled for tomorrow and that today it will happen at home. Despite the fact that many fans of the dancers expected her to enjoy her birthday in the company of a mysterious lover, Volochkova unexpectedly published a photo with her daughter and her ex-husband.

“Having woken up this morning and having risen to the middle finger, on this birthday I could not even imagine it … How many friends do I have! How many bright and kind people who write to me and call me on this day … Dear, I really appreciate and value life with attention This day you make me happy! Thanks for being there! Today is my home day … Celebration tomorrow, but I have time to read pozdravlyalki and respond! “- wrote the dancer in her microblog on Instagram.

After some time, Volochkova published another photo. “And here are the congratulations of my loved ones! Arashi and Igor. We spent this day with our family, “said the dancer, specifying in a new publication that they decided to have a family dinner in the summer kitchen. Igor Vdovin Volochkova was not a member, admitting that the marriage was fictitious and that they never signed, even though they had arranged a wedding ceremony. The lovers were together for several years, from this relationship was born the only daughter, Volochkova. Ariadna.

As for the new lover, Anastasia Volochkova hides it carefully. However, the dancer continues to intrigue the audience, then placing pictures of her chosen legs, and then wearing expensive gifts. For example, a few days ago, Anastasia published an image in which was printed a huge ring with a scattering of precious stones, presented by her lover. And the next day Volochkova went with him to the Maldives.

Anastasia Volochkova has a luxurious ring with a ruby and diamonds of her lover.

By the way, a couple of weeks ago, she declared that her 13-year-old daughter had not yet accepted the chosen dancer. Anastasia’s reaction of the daughter, however, is not particularly embarrassing. “Now I’m happy to scream a pig, 2018 brought me a meeting with a man who is so dear to my heart that I do not even want to show it to anyone, he’s very sexy, he’s experienced a lot in life: both ups and downs. This is a person with whom I just feel good, “said the actress of the program” Secret to a Million. ”

Anastasia Volochkova Background

Volochkova was born into a middle-class family in Saint Petersburg. Her father was a table tennis champion and coach, and her mother was a tour guide. Volochkova has been married once, and she has a daughter, Ariadna, born in 2005. They live in Saint Petersburg and Moscow.

Anastasia Volochkova Training

Volochkova was five years old when her mother took her to see The Nutcracker at the Mariinsky Theatre. “When I left the hall, I told my mother I wanted to be a famous ballerina,” Volochkova has said, “On the face of it, I didn’t have the right build – I didn’t have long legs, and I wasn’t flexible, quick or springy – nothing. All I maybe had was a beautiful body and a big wish. I didn’t just take classes – I also had private lessons at home with a teacher. I worked very hard.”

Volochkova was trained at the prestigious Vaganova Ballet Academy by Natalia Dudinskaya. Still a student, Volochkova became the youngest soloist of the Mariinsky Ballet, making her debut as Odette-Odile in Swan Lake at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1993. She was a prima ballerina and student at the same time, the first in the history of the Mariinsky. The following year, she received her diploma with honors and became a soloist of the Mariinsky Ballet. In 1996, Volochkova won the first prize and gold medal at the 2nd Lifar International Ballet Competition in Kiev.

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Anastasia Volochkova Mariinsky Ballet 1994–1998

Between 1994 and 1998, Volochkova danced as a soloist with the Mariinsky Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, performing in productions of Don Quixote, Giselle, La Bayadère, Le Corsaire, Raymonda, Scheherazade, The Firebird, The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty. Together with the Mariinsky Ballet, she also got to tour all around the world, including Great Britain, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Austria, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Bahrain, South Korea, Japan, Canada and the United States, making her US debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1995.

Anastasia Volochkova Bolshoi Ballet 1998–2000

From 1998 to 2000, Volochkova danced as prima ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, guided by Ekaterina Maximova. Volochkova performed in productions of Giselle, La Bayadère, Raymonda, Russian Hamlet, Swan Lake, and The Sleeping Beauty, touring throughout Europe as well. Additionally, she also headlined a performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the USA. In 2001, Yury Grigorovich personally invited her to return to the Bolshoi Ballet to dance the double-role of Odette-Odile in Swan Lake at the Bolshoi Theatre, for which Volochkova was awarded the prestigious Prix Benois de la Danse in 2002. In the same year, she was also awarded the title of Honoured Artist of Russia.

After various disagreements with the Bolshoi Ballet over the years, Volochkova’s contract was terminated in 2003. It became a major news story worldwide as it was reported that the Bolshoi Ballet had dismissed her for being too tall and heavy. A Moscow court ruled that the Bolshoi Ballet had to reinstate Volochskova immediately and awarded her thousands of US dollars in back pay and damages.  Although the Bolshoi Ballet is officially Volochkova’s employer, she has not been offered a single role by the company since 2004.

On being fired by the Bolshoi Ballet, Volochkova has said: “At that time, I was not dancing either at the Mariinsky or the Bolshoi, and I knew that I had two options – the first was to be afraid of the world of ballet, and the second was to create something new and unusual that would let me stand in front of an audience of my own, independently. I wanted to be a ballerina by my own right and to create in my own name.”

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Anastasia Volochkova Solo career 1998–present

Once described as one of the biggest names in Russian ballet, Volochkova started her solo career in the late 1990s. She has since danced with the New National Theatre Ballet Tokyo, the Bordeaux Ballet and the English National Ballet. In Russia, Volochkova has danced as prima ballerina with the Hermitage Ballet and the Grigorovich Ballet, performing in Giselle, La Bayadère, Le Corsaire, Spartacus and Swan Lake With the Grigorovich Ballet, she has mainly performed at the Krasnodar Theater, but also among others at the Mariinsky Theatre.

During the years, Volochkova has also given numerous gala performances and recitals in Moscow, Paris, London, Athens, Lausanne, Tel Aviv, Abu Dhabi, New York, and many others. Solely in London, she has headlined performances at the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Opera House, Coliseum, Palladium and Sadler’s Wells Theatre, where she made her debut in Rodion Shchedrin’s Carmen Suite, based on the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. The ballet was originally staged for Maya Plisetskaya at the Bolshoi Theatre by choreographer Alberto Alonso, and Plisestkaya personally directed the role for Volochkova. In New York, Volochkova has performed at the Alice Tully Hall of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

As of 2010, Volochkova starred in her first tour of Chile, performing in Santiago, Antofagasta, La Serena, Viña del Mar, Talca, Temuco, Puerto Montt, and Concepción. The Tales of Destiny show included fragments and highlights of some of the most famous ballets, including Don Quixote, Giselle, and Swan Lake, as well as contemporary choreographies set to music by Nino Rota, Charles Dumont, Ara Gevorgyan and Karl Jenkins. In the show, Volochkova was supported by principal dancers and soloists of both the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Ballets.

With her benefit performances, Volochkova has helped to contribute funds for various causes, especially for Russian children, including children with health problems, orphanages of Saint Petersburg and the Beslan victims. She has also supported a secondary school in Saint Petersburg, for example, with a benefit performance at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London.

Other work

In addition to her career as a dancer, Volochkova has also worked as an actress and a model, starring in films and TV series as well as modeling for Chopard jewelry.

In 2010, Volochkova graduated with an MBA from the Higher School of Economics. “I plan to create a network of schools of creative education, which will teach the choreography, visual arts, music, and ethics”, she has said regarding her future plans.

Anastasia Volochkova Media personality

Around the new millennium, Volochkova became one of the most famous celebrities in Russia and has since been featured in newspapers, magazines and TV shows, such as Ice Age, on a regular basis. In 2003, she got major media attention worldwide, as well, as it was reported that the Bolshoi Ballet had dismissed her for being too heavy and tall.

She has been outspoken against the annexation of Crimea to Russia in 2014 and stated that, for her, Crimea would always be a part of Ukraine.