Natalia Somova rehearsals

Natalia Somova rehearsing for Nikiya, La Bayadere in Stanislavsky Theatre. Shot on 19.12.2014 one hour before the performance with Sergei Polunin in Solor role.

Natalia Somova (rus. Наталья Сомова) is senior principal with Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet Company. She was graduated from the Krasnodar State Institute of Choreography and Krasnodar State University of Culture. She was 1999-2001 soloist of the Krasnodar Music Theatre. From 2001 she became the soloist of Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet Company. Natalia is Honoured Artist of Russia since 2013.

Photos by Jack Devant © with kind permission of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre, special thanks Irina Gorbunova.