Maria Allash
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Maria Yevgenevna Allash | |
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Мария Евгеньевна Аллаш | |
| Born | March 9, 1976 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Notable work | La Bayadère, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Spartacus |
| Spouse | Alexei Loparevich |
| Awards | Honoured Artist of Russia (2002) People's Artist of Russia (2012) |
| Career | |
| Current group | Bolshoi Ballet |
Maria Yevgenevna Allash (Russian: Мария Евгеньевна Аллаш) (born 9 March 1976) is a Russian ballet dancer, and principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet since 1994.
Born in Moscow, then part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Union, Allash joined the Moscow State Academy of Choreography, under the tutelage of Professor Sofia Golovkina. Since 1994 she has been a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre. She has been tutored at different times by Tatyana Golikova and Nina Semizorova. She is married to fellow Bolshoi soloist Alexei Loparevich. She has been honoured with the titles Honoured Artist of Russia, in 2002, and People's Artist of Russia in 2012. Allash retired from the stage in 2020. Since 2018 she has been a ballet mistress at the Bolshoi.[1]
Allash's first appearance was in 1994, dancing the mazurka in the eleventh waltz in Chopiniana. The following year she appeared as the Dryad ruler in Don Quixote, as Countess Cherry in Cipollino, as Mirta in Giselle and as Aegina in Spartacus. Allash has gone on to appear in a number of ballet productions, including La Bayadère, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Raymonda, Mozartiana, The Legend of Love, The Little Humpbacked Horse, Symphony in C, The Golden Age, A Midsummer Night's Dream, La Esmeralda, Paquita and Jewels.
