Kristina Kretova and Ruslan Skvortsov in the duet from A Hero of Our Time, music Ilya Demutsky, choreography by Yuri Possokhov. Shot at Gala Dance Open 2016 on 25.4.2016 in Alexandrinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia.

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Kristina Kretova (Rus. Кристина Кретова) is the Leading Soloist with Bolshoi Theatre Ballet. She was born in Orel, Russia. In 2002 she graduated from the Moscow State Choreographic Academy (classes of Lyudmila Kolenchenko, Marina Leonova, Elena Bobrova) and joined the Kremlin Ballet Theater. In 2010 she took the position of a principal dancer at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre. In the season of 2011/2012 she joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company. Her teacher-repetiteur is Nina Semizorova (Rus. Нина Семизорова).

Photos by Jack Devant Ballet Photography with kind permission of the Dance Open, special thanks to Ekaterina Galanova and Adelia Mukhamedzhanova.

Kristina Kretova and Ruslan Skvortsov in A Hero of Our Time

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