Larissa Lezhnina

Larisa Lezhnina (Russian: Лариса Лежнина) is a principal dancer with Dutch National Ballet, Amsterdam. She was born on March 17, 1969 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia. She graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Leningrad in 1987 and joined the Kirov Ballet (now the Mariinsky Ballet). In 1990 she became its First Soloist. She left the Mariinsky in 1994 and joined the Dutch National Ballet as a principal.

Main Repertoire

The Nutcracker (with Kirov Ballet, 1994)
The Sleeping Beauty (with Kirov Ballet, coached by Irina Kolpakova)

Both are available on DVD.

The Swan Lake (Dutch National Ballet, 2011)

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Name	Lezhnina, Larisa
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