1. Maria Olegovna Kochetkova is a Russian ballet dancer.
14 Facts About Maria Kochetkova
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Maria Kochetkova was a principal dancer with the San Francisco Ballet between 2007 and 2018, and with the American Ballet Theatre between 2015 and 2017.
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Maria Kochetkova danced with the English National Ballet from August 2021 until January 2021.
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Maria Kochetkova trained at The Bolshoi Ballet Academy from 1994 until her graduation in 2002.
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In 2007, after Maria Kochetkova took classes with the San Francisco Ballet, she joined the company as a principal dancer at the invitation of Helgi Tomasson.
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Maria Kochetkova created roles such as David Dawson's Anima Animus and Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour.
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Maria Kochetkova danced the title role in the US premiere of Wheeldon's Cinderella.
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Maria Kochetkova performed the Grand Pas de Deux in San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker which was broadcast by PBS in 2008 and won the solo gold medal in the NBC series Superstars of Dance.
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Maria Kochetkova starred as Juliet in the 2015 filmed version of Romeo and Juliet.
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Maria Kochetkova is known for her social media presence, with hundred of thousands of followers around the world.
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In 2015, Maria Kochetkova joined the American Ballet Theatre but remained a principal dancer in San Francisco Ballet, and split her time between San Francisco and New York City.
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In 2018, Maria Kochetkova left San Francisco Ballet after the company's Unbound Festival because she wanted more freedom and to be closer to her mother, who lives in Moscow.
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Maria Kochetkova danced with the Norwegian National Ballet and Dresden Semperoper Ballett as a principal guest artist, and returned to English National Ballet as a guest artist.
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On February 7,2023, Maria Kochetkova revealed on Instagram that she is pregnant with her first child.