Elena Evseeva

Elena Evseeva (born 13 December 1982, Izhevsk) is a Russian ballerina, soloist of the Mikhailovsky (2001—2008) and the Mariinsky (since 2008) theaters. People's Artist of the Republic of Udmurtia.

Biography Elena Evseeva was born in Izhevsk; her father is an economist and mother a master of sports in artistic gymnastics. During her childhood she moved to Perm, where she joined the Perm Ballet School. At the age of 14, a teacher from the Ballet theater of Boris Eifman noticed Elena at the International Ballet Competition held in Moscow and advised her parents to transfer her to the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. That’s how Elena came to study ballet in St. Petersburg. In 2001 she graduated from the Academy in the class of Honored Art Worker Marina Vasilieva and was taken to the ballet troupe of the Mikhailovsky Theatre. There she was a leading soloist from 2001 to 2008.

In 2009, dancing in a duet with Konstantin Zverev at Seoul International Ballet Competition, Evseeva won the first prize.

Also in the repertoire Pas de deux of Diana and Actaeon in La Esmeralda — choreography by Agrippina Vaganova; Pas de six in La Vivandiere — choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon; Grand Pas Classique — choreography by Victor Gsovsky; Torrents of Spring — choreography Kasyan Goleizovsky as amended by Vadim Desnitsky; Torrents of Spring — choreography by Asaf Messerer; Pas de deux in Flames of Paris — choreography by Vasili Vainonen; Bhakti — choreography by Maurice Béjart; Labyrinth — choreography by Kseniya Zvereva. Laurenci, Pase-de-sis in Laurencia — choreography by Vakhtang Chabukiani

Awards 2011: Honored Artist of the Republic of Udmurtia 2019: Golden Sofit Award 2023: People's Artist of the Republic of Udmurtia