Monday, 8 February 2010
I have 2 premieres on Saturday February 13th, in the matinee I'm doing my first 'Theme and Variations' with Taras Domitro and in the evening will be my first performance of 'Serenade' with Joan Boada
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Jerome Robbins' Opus 19/The Dreamer and Christopher Wheeldon's Ghosts'
I have 4 premieres this week (Opus 19/The Dreamer, Ghosts, Theme and Variations and Serenade). I'll be dancing my first Jerome Robbins ballet Opus 19/The Dreamer on the opening night of the Program 2 on
Tuesday night February 9th (partner Taras Domitro) and on
Sunday February 14th (partner Taras Domitro)
I will also be doing the Pas de Deux in new Chris Wheeldon's ballet ''GHOSTS" in the same Program
Wednesday 10th - partner Vitor Luiz
Friday 12th - partner Vitor Luiz
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Tuesday night February 9th (partner Taras Domitro) and on
Sunday February 14th (partner Taras Domitro)
I will also be doing the Pas de Deux in new Chris Wheeldon's ballet ''GHOSTS" in the same Program
Wednesday 10th - partner Vitor Luiz
Friday 12th - partner Vitor Luiz
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Sunday, 17 January 2010
San Francisco Ballet's Swan Lake 2010

I'm dancing Odette/Odile in the opening night of Swan Lake, January 23rd, 8pm and on Thursday, January 28th, 8pm
Reviews:
"As Odette and Odile, Maria Kochetkova danced both the fragile heroine and the evil temptress spectacularly, her arms moving with unique grace and beauty."
San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco Ballet 2010 Opening Night Gala

The ballet season kicks off this Wednesday night with the San Francisco Ballet Opening Night Gala in honor of Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson's 25th anniversary with the company.
I'll be dancing the Balcony Pas de Deux from Romeo & Juliet with Joan Boada.
Reviews:
"Maria Kochetkova, partnered with Joan Boada, was luminous in the Balcony Pas de Deux from Tomasson’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Even when she stands still, Kochetkova seems to be in elegant, gentle motion."
San Francisco Examiner
Labels: reviews, Romeo_and_Juliet
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Captured: Erik Tomasson Photographs San Francisco Ballet
There is an exhibition of Erik Tomasson's photos of the San Francisco Ballet over the past 5 years at the Museum of Performance & Design (January 12th - March 6th, 4th floor of the Herbst Theatre)

Museum of Performance & Design
Erik Tomasson's website

Museum of Performance & Design
Erik Tomasson's website
Labels: photos
Monday, 4 January 2010
Friday, 25 December 2009
Sunday, 20 December 2009
3rd week casting of The Nutcracker

Photo ©Erik Tomasson
Tuesday matinee, December 22nd - Grand Pas de Deux with Gennadi Nedvigin
Wednesday matinee, December 23rd - Sugar Plum Fairy
Thursday matinee, December 24th - Snow Queen with Gennadi Nedvigin
Saturday matinee, December 26th - Grand Pas de Deux with Gennadi Nedvigin
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After my matinee on Saturday I'm off to the airport to go to St. Petersburg for a gala with Gennadi here is information
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Nutcracker. 2nd week casting.
©Nikolai KrusserTuesday night, December 15th - Grand Pas de deux with Gennadi Nedvigin
Wednesday night, December 16th - Snow Queen with Gennadi Nedvigin
Thursday night, December 17th - Sugar Plum Fairy
Friday night, December 18th - Snow Queen with Gennadi Nedvigin
Labels: photos
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Nutcracker. 1st week casting.
Photo ©Erik TomassonWednesday night, December 9th - Grand Pas de Deux with Davit Karapetyan
Thursday night, December 10th - Sugar Plum Fairy
Friday night, December 11th - Snow Queen with Gennadi Nedvigin (premiere)
Sunday Matinee, December 13th - Grand Pas de Deux with Davit Karapetyan
Labels: photos
Monday, 30 November 2009
World Ballet Stars Gala in St Petersburg


I'll be dancing In the New Year's ballet gala on December 29th at the Oktyabrsky Grand Concert Hall (BKZ) in St Petersburg with Gennadi Nedvigin in Pas de Deux from 'Giselle' and Yuri Possokhov's Pas de Deux 'Diving into the Lilacs'. Among the dancers also Svetlana Zakharova, Vladimir Malakhov, Igor Zelensky and Maria Alexandrova. Here are some links (sorry, it's in russian, but has a pretty photo):
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Labels: photos
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
12th World Ballet Festival Calendar and Photos

Me and Daniil after Don Quixote that opened the Festival this year

With Daniil Simkin in Tchai Pas

after the Funy Gala with Natalia Osipova and Leonid Sarafanov

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Labels: photos
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Talk at the Bayer Ballet Academy

I will be giving talk on Sunday November 1st at the Bayer Ballet Academy for the kids and their parents. If you live near Palo Alto or Los Altos and interested in ballet come and ask me some difficult questions, it will be fun! :)
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Labels: photos
Sunday, 18 October 2009
SAN FRANCISCO BALLET on tour in CHINA
(right to left) Tom, Glenn McCoy, Debra Bernard, me and Tom who organized company's trip to the Great Wall. The best day I had in China!
Climbing up the Great Wall with Richard C. Barker
I get the best view of Forbidden city (with Tiit Helimets)
Helgi and Marlene
Labels: photos
Saturday, 10 October 2009
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Japan, Nagoya, Don Quixote!
I'm back to Japan again and going to dance Kitri with Ochi International Ballet on October 10th. I will be flying to Nagoya from China after two weeks tour with San Francisco Ballet, straight after my show of Swan Lake in Beijing. It will be three weeks away from home for me but I'm happy to go back to Japan and dance there again.
San Francisco Ballet China Tour: Beijing
I'll be dancing Odette/Odile in Swan Lake on the 3rd October in Beijing with San Francisco BalletPhoto ©Erik Tomasson
Labels: photos
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
San Francisco Ballet China Tour: Shanghai
Review of Christopher Wheeldon’s 'Within the Golden Hour' at the Shanghai Grand Theatre:
"In the final pas de deux, Maria Kochetkova was ecstatic and extraordinarily beautiful, wonderfully partnered by Ruben Martin Cintas. Kotchekova’s well-proportioned body, her beautiful line, and her supple upper-back were perfectly displayed in Wheeldon’s choreography." Ballet.co.uk











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