ODETTE & PRINCE SIEGFRIED PAS DE DEUX

Uliana Lopatkina and Danila Korsuntsev during the Mariinski Ballet tour at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, March 2011.

Swan Queen (in the making)

Svetlana Zakharova in rehearsal for Swan Lake. Image from the film “Ballerina” by Bertrand Normand.

SWAN QUEEN

Prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova as Odette in Swan Lake - Teatro Alla Scala Milano, 2004.

SWAN QUEEN

Uliana Lopatkina, prima ballerina of the Mariinsky Theatre

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REAL BLACK SWAN

Prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova by Anders Brogaard at The Roma Opera

THE TEMPLE DANCER

Prima ballerina Uliana Lopatkina performing “Nikiya” in La Bayadère at the Mariinsky. Photo by Marc Olich.

Uliana Lopatkina and Farukh Ruzimatov in Scheherazade (2009)

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SWAN QUEEN

Uliana Lopatkina as “Odette” in Swan Lake - Opéra de Paris, 2010. (Photo by Anne Deniau)

REAL BLACK SWAN

Uliana Lopatkina as “Odile” in Swan Lake at the Mariinsky Theatre