Svetlana Svinko the Street Dancer and Andrey Gudyma as Espada in Don Quixote

Svetlana Svinko (Rus Светлана Свинко) as Mercedes, the Street Dancer and Andrey Gudyma (Rus Андрей Гудыма) as Espada. Don Quixote, music by Ludwig Minkus, new version by Johan Kobborg. Yacobson Ballet. Shot on 14.12.2017 in the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre, St Petersburg.

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Svetlana Svinko the Street Dancer in Don Quixote 1

Toreadors in Don Quixote

Toreadors in Don Quixote 2

Andrey Gudyma as Espada in Don Quixote 1

Andrey Gudyma as Espada in Don Quixote 2

Svetlana Svinko the Street Dancer and Andrey Gudyma as Espada in Don Quixote 1

Svetlana Svinko the Street Dancer jete in Don Quixote

Svetlana Svinko the Street Dancer Don Quixote 5

Svetlana Svinko the Street Dancer and Andrey Gudyma as Espada in Don Quixote 3

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Svetlana Svinko (Rus Светлана Свинко)  is prima ballerina with Yacobson Ballet. She was born in Krasnoyarsk. In 2009, graduated from the Krasnoyarsk State Choreographic College, where she studied under S. P. Mikheeva. From 2009 to 2016, performed at the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre as a soloist. From 2016, has been starring as a principal at the Saint-Petersburg State Academic Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre. In 2008, won silver at the Galina Ulanova All-Russian Ballet Competition. In 2009, won bronze at the Moscow International Ballet Competition. Awarded with a diploma at the International Ballet Competition in Varna (2014).

Andrey Gudyma (Rus Андрей Гудыма) is a Soloist with the Yacobson Ballet. He was born in Saratov. In 2005, graduated from the Saratov Regional Art College (choreography department). From 2005 to 2007, performed at the Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint-Petersburg State Conservatory. From 2007 to present day, has been starring as a soloist at the Saint-Petersburg State Academic Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre.

Photos by Jack Devant ballet photography © with kind permission of Yacobson Ballet, Lidia Zernova and  Oksana Tokranova special thanks to Johan Kobborg.

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