Margarita Shrayner (Dancer)
Biography
Born in Moscow. In 2011, she graduated from the Moscow State Choreographic Academy (class of Irina Prokofieva) and joined the Ballet Company of the Bolshoi Theatre.
In the graduating class she danced the role of Lise in Yuri Grigorovich’s production of La fille mal gardée by Peter Ludwig Hertel. In addition to the classical pas de deux and variations she performed a choreographic number staged by Italian choreographer D. Bombana to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach (Concertos for harpsichord and orchestra No. 1 in D minor).
She rehearsed under the guidance of Nadezhda Pavlova. Now her teacher-repetiteur is Marina Kondratieva.
Repertoire
2012 Cupid (Don Quixote by L.Minkus, choreography by Alexander Gorsky in the version by A. Fadeechev) Four swans (Swan Lake by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by Lev Ivanov in the version by Yuri Grigorovich) Cipolletta-sister (Cipollino by K. Khachaturyan, choreography by G. Mayorov) A part in Emeralds (Part I of Jewels, music by G. Faure, choreography by G. Balanchine) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre Two Nymphs (Apollon Musagète by I. Stravinsky, choreography by G. Balanchine) Raindrops (Moidodyr by E. Podgayts, choreography by Y. Smekalov) — appeared in the opening night performance
2013 Grand pas (La Bayadere by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa,Y. Grigorovich production) Columbine (Nutcracker by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich) Kitty (Moidodyr) Dance with Fans (A. Adam's Le Corsaire, choreography by M. Petipa, production and new choreography by A. Ratmansky and Y.Burlaka) Maids of Honour (The Sleeping Beauty by P. Tchaikovsky, Yuri Grigorovich production) Pas d’action (Giselle by A. Adam; choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa in the version by V. Vasiliev) Servants to the Marchesa, Harlequins (Marco Spada to music by D.-F.-E. Auber, P. Lacotte production) Friends to Swanilda (Coppelia by L. Délibes, choreography by M. Petipa and E. Cecchetti; revival and new choreographic version by S. Vikharev)
2014 French Doll (Nutcracker by P. Tcaikovsky, choreography by Y. Grigorovich) Cinderella (The Sleeping Beauty) interpolated Pas de deux (Giselle, Y. Grigorovich's version) Friends to Shireen (A Legend of Love by Arif Melikov, production by Yuri Grigorovich)
2015 Seven Gertrudes and Ophelias (Hamlet to music by D. Shostakovich, D. Donnelan and R. Poklitary production) — appeared in the opening night performance The Bride (Marco Spada) 2nd variation in Grand Pas (Don Quixote) Young Lady/ ladies in Princess Mary Part (A Hero of Our Time by I. Demutsky, Princess Mary part, choreography by Y. Possokhov, director K. Serebrennikov)
2016 1st variation in Raimonda’s Dreams (Raymonda by A. Glazunov, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich's version) Part in The Symphony of Psalms (music by I. Stravinsky, choreography by Jiri Kylian) Manu (La Bayadere) The Lively Garden, Pas d’esclaves (Le Corsaire) Jeanne (The Flames of Paris by B. Asfiev, production and new choreography by A. Ratmansky after V. Vainonen) Fairy of Silver, Fairy of Diamonds (The Sleeping Beauty) Sylphide (Herman Lovenskjold’s La Sylphide; choreography by August Bournonville, E. M. von Rosen’s version) Leading couple in Rubies (Part II of Jewels, music by I.Stravinsky, choreography by G. Balanchine) Kitri (Don Quixote) — debut on the Bolshoi Theatre tour to London 1st Variation in Grand Pas (Don Quixote) Pas de trois in Emeralds, part in Rubies ‘Girls’ (The Golden Age by D. Shostakovich, choreography by Y. Grigorovich) 2nd variation in The Shadows (La Bayadere) Couple in Violet (Russian Seasons by L. Desyatnikov, choreography by A. Ratmansky) Variation, 2nd variation in Raimonda’s Dreams (Raymonda) Marie (Nutcracker)
2017 1st variation in The Shadows scene (La Bayadere) Friends to Prince (Swan Lake) — debut on the Bolshoi Theatre tour to Japan Mireille de Poitiers (The Flames of Paris) — debut on the Bolshoi Theatre tour to Japan Friends to Zina (D. Shostakovich’s The Bright Stream, choreography by A. Ratmansky) Friends to Juliet (Romeo and Juliet by S. Prokofiev, choreography by A. Ratmansky) Komsomol Youth (Nureyev by I. Demutsky, choreography by Y. Possokhov, directed by K. Serebrennikov) — appeared in the opening night performance Chinese Doll (Nutcracker)
2018 Fairy of Sapphires (The Sleeping Beauty) Lidia Ivanovna (Anna Karenina to music by P. Tchaikovsky, A. Shnitke, Cat Stevens/ Yusuf Islam, choreography by J. Neumeier) Swanilda (Coppelia) Gamzatti (La Bayadere) Couple in Red (Forgotten Land to music by B. Britten, choreography by J. Kylián) Raymonda’s Daydreams scene (Raymonda) Guadalquivir, The Fisherman's Wife, The 1st Variation in Pas d'action (C. Pugni’s La Fille du Pharaon, choreography by P. Lacotte after M. Petipa)

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