People's Artist of Russia Diana Vishneva - prima Mariinsky Theater and American Ballet Theater, winner of the most prestigious awards: "Benoit Dance", "Golden Spotlights", "Golden Mask".
Diana was born in 1976 in Leningrad, in a family of chemical engineers. Her parents gave their children the opportunity to develop in all areas where they have interests, so Diana played sports in her childhood, went to a math group, and was also a member of a children's dance group at the Palace of Pioneers. Teachers noted the girl’s high abilities, and mother decided to take her daughter to a choreographic school for viewing.
From the first time, Diana did not pass the selection to the Vagankov school, and for another year she danced in the choreographic studio of the Palace of Culture. Maxim Gorky, and the second attempt was successful - at 11 she began to practice ballet seriously.
As Vishneva herself says, then she still did not really understand what ballet was and what it means to be a ballerina - she just liked to dance. However, the school teachers so inspired the young artist that she firmly decided to go to professional ballet. In addition, very soon everyone began to notice her talent, supported and infected with enthusiasm.
Career in ballet
The beginning of the ballet biography of Diana Vishneva can be called a powerful take-off: as a student of the ballet school, she made a splash in the competition "Prize of Lausanne". Her numbers from the performances "Coppelia" and "Carmen" were staged by Igor Belsky, and for these performances the girl received the gold medal of the competition.
A year later, Dina, a graduate of the Academy of Russian Ballet, became a member of the corpses of the Mariinsky Theater. And then - the most responsible and interesting parties in their troupe and at the invitation of other theaters. For example, in 1996, she danced on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, then in the Italian La Scala, the legendary Paris Opera, the National Theater of Munich, the Berlin State Ballet, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and the Finnish Theater the city of Mikkeli.
Many of the overseas performances were introduced with the innovative edits of the famous Rudolf Nuriev, and this was interesting for the young ballerina. It was also nice to try to dance new roles that are not part of her role at the Mariinsky Theater.
For her work, Diana Vishneva in 2007 received the title of People's Artist of Russia.
Now Diana creates her projects - performances and solo programs. She also organized the "Context" festival, which aroused great interest among ballet fans. The festival was first held in 2013, and Vishneva herself took part in it as a dancer. In addition, she helps novice dancers through the Foundation for the Development of Ballet Art.
Talent is talent everywhere, and this Diana can also confirm: she became a model and actress in addition to her main profession. Since 2000, Vishneva - the face of the fashion house "Tatyana Parfyonova", the Louis Vuitton fashion house photographed her for the cover of Harper's Bazaar. As for the movie - Diana starred in the film "Meek", and paired with Renata Litvinova in the drama "Diamonds. Theft."
