Aleksandra Liashenko

First Soloist

Born

Kharkov, Ukraine

Education

  • The State Ballet School, Kharkov, Ukraine
  • The State Institute of Culture, Kharkov, Ukraine (diploma with honors)

Important teachers

  • Svetlana Kolyvanova, Theodor Popescu, Tamara Starikova

Engagements

  • National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Kharkov, Ukraine, 2002–2007
  • Ballet of the State Baltic Opera, Gdańsk, Poland, in 2007
  • Ballet of the Grand Theatre, Poznań, Poland, 2008–2009 as Soloist
  • Polish National Ballet, Warsaw, from 2009 as Soloist, since 2010 as First Soloist

Gallery

Repertory

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    With the Polish National Ballet

    • Isolde in Tristan (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Emil Wesołowski)
    • Berlin Requiem, Wie lange noch? & other solos in Kurt Weill (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Princess Aurora & Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty (trad. / Yuri Grigorovich)
    • Cinderella & Fairy Autumn in Cinderella (Frederick Ashton)
    • Nikiya, Shades-Soloists & Pas d’action in La Bayadère (trad. / Natalia Makarova)
    • Doll & Chinese Dance in The Nutcracker (Andrzej Glegolski)
    • Prince’s Friend (Pas de trois) & Neapolitan Dance in Swan Lake (trad. / Irek Mukhamedov)
    • Solange in Chopin, the Romantic Artist (creation, Patrice Bart)
    • Gavotte in In Light and Shadow (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Kitty in Anna Karenina (Alexei Ratmansky)
    • Our Couple in And the Rain Will Pass… (creation, Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Soloist in Grand pas classique (Victor Gsovsky)
    • Soloist in The Rite of Spring (Emanuel Gat)|
    • Her in Persona (creation, Robert Bondara)
    • Clara in The Nutcracker (Toer van Schayk & Wayne Eagling)
    • Soloist in the Waltz of Flowers in The Nutcracker (Toer van Schayk & Wayne Eagling)
    • Contemporary Seraphim in Six Wings of Angels (creation, Jacek Przybyłowicz)
    • Duet 2 in Century Rolls (Ashley Page)
    • Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (John Neumeier)
    • Ophelia in Hamlet (creation, Jacek Tyski)
    • Duet in The Kisses (Emil Wesołowski)
    • Duet 1 in Artifact Suite (William Forsythe)
    • Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Duet 3 in Adagio & Scherzo (creation, Krzysztof Pastor) 
    • Kitri-Dulcinea in Don Quixote (trad. / Alexei Fadeyechev) 
    • Cupid in Don Quixote (trad. / Alexei Fadeyechev) 
    • Duet 4 & Trio in Nevermore…? (creation, Robert Bondara) 
    • Young Girl in The Green Table (Kyrt Jooss) 
    • Quartet in Nevermore…? (creation, Robert Bondara)
    • Duet in Pupa (creation, Anna Hop)
    • Mme Binetti in Casanova in Warsaw (creation, Krzysztof Pastor)

      • and solos in
    • In Raspberry Brushwood (creation, Anna Hop, 2nd Choreographic Workshop)
    • In Search of Colours (creation, Jacek Tyski)
    • The Kisses (creation, Emil Wesołowski)
    • The Fear Theme (creation, Anna Hop, 3rd Choreographic Workshop)
    • 8m68 (creation, Robert Bondara, 4th Choreographic Workshop)
    • Chord (creation, Eduard Bablidze, 5th Choreographic Workshop)
    • Transfer Coefficient (creation, Robert Bondara, 6th Choreographic Workshop) 
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    Earlier

    With the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Kharkov
    • Clara & Doll in The Nutcracker (Vasily Vainonen)
    • Cinderella in Cinderella (Igor Tchernichov)
    • Radish in Cipollino (Gienrik Maiorov)
    • Cupid & Kitri’s Friend in Don Quixote (trad. / Alexander Gorsky)
    • Peasant pas de deux in Giselle (trad. / Marius Petipa)
    • Pas de quatre & Neapolitan Dance in Swan Lake (Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov)
    • D’jampée Soloist & Pas d’action in La Bayadère (trad. / Vladimir Troshenko)
    • Fairy of Diamonds & Fairy of Canaries in The Sleeping Beauty (Marius Petipa)
    • Grand pas from Paquita (Marius Petipa)
    • Young Lady’s Friend in The Young Lady and the Hooligan (Konstantin Boyarsky)
    • Marie’s Friend in Halte de Cavalerie (Marius Petipa)
    • and more
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    With the Ballet of the State Baltic Opera in Gdańsk
    • Peasant Pas de deux in Giselle (trad. / Roman Komassa)
    • and more
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    With the Ballet of the Wielki Theatre in Poznań
    • Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Emil Wesołowski)
    • Swanilda in Coppélia (Sławomir Woźniak)
    • Good Fairy & Doll in The Nutcracker (Sławomir Woźniak)
    • Four Swans in Swan Lake (Ewa Wycichowska & trad. / Liliana Kowalska)
    • Beauty in Master Twardowski (Henryk Konwiński)
    and solos in
    • Krzesany (Emil Wesołowski)
    • Moderato of Karol Szymanowski (Beata Wrzosek)
    • and more
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    With other companies
    • Odette-Odile in Swan Lake (Ewa Wycichowska & trad. / Victor Smirnov-Golovanov)
    • Clara in The Nutcracker (trad. / Valery Nekrasov)
    and solos in
    • Pas de six from La Vivandière (Arthur Saint-Léon / Pierre Lacotte)
    • Diana and Actaeon pas de deux from La Esmeralda (Marius Petipa)
    • Lise and Colas pas de deux from La fille mal gardée (Alexander Gorsky)
    • Kitri and Basilio pas de deux from Don Quixote (Marius Petipa)
    • Pas de deux from Flames of Paris (Vasily Vainonen)
    • Escamillo (Norbert Schmucki)
    • Fantaisie-Impromptu of Fryderyk Chopin (Beata Wrzosek)
    • and other concert pieces
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    Guesting
    • Ukraine: Kiev, Odessa, Sevastopol, etc.
    • Poland: Bydgoszcz, Bytom, Gdańsk, Kielce, Koszalin, Kraków, Poznań, Sanok, Rzeszów, etc.
    • France: Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris (Gala des Etoiles du XXIè siècle), Vichy
    • Germany: Berlin, Frankfurt on the Oder, Regensburg (Schlossfestspiele)
    • Russia: Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Bielgorod, etc.
    • Austria: Vienna; Norway: Bergen; Egypt: Cairo
    • Spain: Madrid, Alicante, Bilbao, Cordoba, Marbella, Sevilla, Velencia, Saragossa, Palma on the Majorca, Canary Islands, etc.
    • Taiwan (tour)
    • Japan: Tokyo, Osaka, etc.
    • China: Shanghai (with the Polish National Ballet, World Expo, 2010)
    • Norway: Bergen (with the Polish National Ballet, 2010)
    • Latvia: Riga (Ballet Gala,16th International Baltic Ballet Festival, 2011)
    • Netherlands: Amsterdam (Ballet Gala, 2011)
    • Spain: Seville (with the Polish National Ballet, 2012)
    • Finland: Kupio (with the Polish National Ballet, 43rd International Dance Festival, 2012)
    • USA: Houston (with the Polish National Ballet, Dance Salad Festival, 2013)
    • Spain: Barcelona (with the Polish National Ballet, 2013)
    • Lithuania: Vilnius (with the Polish National Ballet, 2013)

Awards

    • 2002: First Prize and Special Prize for creativity and individuality at the International Ballet Competition ‘Fouette of Artek’ in Crimea, Ukraine
    • 2004: First Prize at the International Ballet Competition ‘Cristal Shoe’ in Kharkov, Ukraine
    • 2007: Second Prize at the International Ballet Competition in Kiev, Ukraine

     

     

     

    • 2009: First Senior Prize at the 16th Dance Competition in Gdańsk, Poland
    • 2011: Nominated for the prestigious dance award ‘Benois de la Danse’ for her interpretation of the role of Cinderella in ‘Cinderella’ by Frederick Ashton
    • 2014: Silver Medal for Merit to Culture ‘Gloria Artis’ in Warsaw
    • 2015: Jan Kiepura Theatre Music Award for the best dancer in Poland