Taranda Elizaveta

Born in Moscow in the family of the Bolshoi Theater soloist, Honored Art Worker Gediminas Leonovich Taranda and cultural commentator, Marina Vladimirovna Baranova, the lead author of the National Treasure program. She graduated from the State Choreographic School at MGATT “Gzhel” class A. A. Evdokimova.

GASK higher education is a ballet critic.

More than 6 years of work as a correspondent in the “Ballet” magazine, the “Liniya” newspaper, and the “Antre Studio” magazine. Columnist of Victoria Davydova’s online magazine “Sportchic”. The nominal scholarship of the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation “Talented Children of Russia”.

Trained in the troupe of Vyacheslav Gordeev “Russian Ballet” 2012/2013 Internship at Russian Ballet College Genoa, Italy 2013/2014 Participated in the tour of the troupe “Classical Russian ballet” Hassan Usmanov 2014/2015 Ballet dancer of the State Academic Theater “Classical Ballet” Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasilev 2015/2019 Leading ballerina of the Theater “Classical Russian Ballet” under the direction of Hassan Usmanov since 2018.

Repertoire:

Ballet Swan Lake Odette-Odile M.Petipa

Variation of Kitri 1,2,3 acts of the ballet Don Quixote

Fairy of the Lilac Ballet “Sleeping Beauty” by M. Petipa

Variation of Aurora ballet “Sleeping Beauty” by M. Petipa

Variation of Giselle, Mirta from the ballet “Giselle” J. Coralli J. Perro

Nikiya’s monologue from the ballet La Bayadere by M. Petipa

Adagio Zobeida and the Golden Slave “Scheherazade” M. Fokin

Adagio of the Firebird and Tsarevich Ivan “The Firebird” M. Fokin

Pas de deux from the ballet The Nutcracker by M. Petipa

Pas de deux from the ballet Sleeping Beauty by M. Petipa