Irina Ivanovna Golub (born 1980) is a Russian-born ballerina with the Mariinsky Ballet, once known as the Kirov Ballet. She should not be confused with the gymnast with the same name. Born in what was then Leningrad, and a graduate of the Vaganova Academy, Ms. Golub joined the Mariinsky in 1998 at the age of eighteen. Known for her great beauty and acclaimed for her dancing by critics, she has been hailed in the Mariinsky production of George Balanchine's Jewels, in which she danced Rubies. She has also appeared in the title role of Prokofiev's Cinderella and as Juliet in the same composer's Romeo and Juliet. In 2001, she first danced the role of Masha (Clara) in Mikhail Chemiakin's controversial production of The Nutcracker, a performance which was recorded on digital video in 2007 and is available in Blu-ray on DVD. [1] Ms. Golub has also danced the role of Masha in a revival of the much more traditional Vasili Vainonen version of the ballet, first staged in 1934. [2]
In February 2010, Ms. Golub began appearing as the Ballerina in the Mariinsky Ballet's new revival of Igor Stravinsky's Petrouchka. [3] She has recently been part of a ten member ensemble cast in choreographer Benjamin Millepied's ballet, Without, which uses the music of Frederic Chopin.[4] On July 29, 2011, she made her debut in Herman von Løvenskjold's La Sylphide. [5] Her noted performance in Balanchine's Jewels can be seen in an October 2011 DVD release of the Mariinsky Ballet's production. [6]
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