Anastasia Volochkova - ballerina, dancer, is an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. She also became famous for extravagant behavior, numerous scandals.
Biography
Anastasia Volochkova was born in St. Petersburg on January 20, 1976. Father is the USSR table tennis champion, was a coach of the State Sports Committee, his mother is an engineer. When Nastya was still small, changes occurred in the family - the parents separated.
The girl’s interest in ballet appeared after she visited the Mariinsky for the production of The Nutcracker. Parents were not opposed to hobbies daughter. After school, Volochkova was able to get to the Ballet Academy. She was assigned a probationary period, explaining this by the lack of talent in the girl.
One of the teachers oppressed Volochkova, but N. Dudinskaya noticed her. She supported Nastya, helped to achieve good results. In 1994 Volochkova graduated with honors from the Academy.
Career
Volochkova’s career began with the Mariinsky Theater. She performed the main parts in the ballets The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle. Anastasia went through a period of intrigue, because of which she was removed from the productions.
In 1998 V. Vasiliev invited Volochkova to the Bolshoi Theater. Anastasia participated in his production of Swan Lake. Then the ballerina collaborated with Yu. Grigorovich, received the parts in the ballets Sleeping Beauty and La Bayadere.
In 2000 Volochkova was given the Golden Lion Award at a competition held in Austria. Then she was invited to the National English Ballet. In 2002 A.Volochkova was awarded the title of Honored Artist.
In 2003 scandal erupted - the Bolshoi Theater did not sign a contract with Volochkova. The reason was the disagreement of some of the requirements of the ballerina and the interests of the troupe. The director of the theater also raised the question of the unsuitability of A. Volochkova due to physical data. Further trials followed, Volochkova performed solo, in 2003. left the theater.
Since 2004 Anastasia worked in the theater of Krasnodar. In the same year she was given a role in the film "Place in the Sun." In 2005 starred in the film "The Black Prince" and t / s "Do not be born beautiful." In 2009 her autobiography book, The History of the Russian Ballerina, was published. In 2011 Anastasia organized a creative center.
The cause for scandals are often candid photos Volochkova, which she puts on the Internet. In 2016 there was a scandal connected with Anastasia’s refusal to participate in the performance after Volochkova’s partner was changed without notifying her.
