Just in: Gergiev’s prima ballerina retires

Just in: Gergiev’s prima ballerina retires

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norman lebrecht

June 18, 2017

Ulyana Lopatkina, prima ballerina of the Mariinsky Theatre, has announced her retirement on the company’s website. She has not danced at all in the past season due to injury.

Lopatkina, 44, one of the tallest ballerinas of modern times (175 cm), has appeared on all the world’s great stages.

 

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  • Alexander says:
    June 18, 2017 at 1:34 pm

    the Goddess

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