Abashova Maria

Born in Lviv. 1997–1998 – a soloist with the Lviv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. 2002 – graduated from the Ballet Conservatoire Sankt-Poelten (Austria).

2002 to the present – a leading soloist with the Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg.

Featured roles since joining the Eifman Ballet:
Anna (Anna Karenina)
Tatyana (Eugene Onegin)
Camille, Rose Beuret (Rodin, Her Eternal Idol)
Grushenka (Beyond Sin)
Mother (Requiem)
Nicole Warren, Rosemary Hoyt (Up & Down)
Ballerina (Red Giselle)
Nadezhda von Meck, The Countess (Tchaikovsky. PRO et CONTRA)
The Empress (Russian Hamlet)
Tea (The Pygmalion Effect)
Madeleine (Molière Passion, or The Mask of Don Juan)
Irina Arkadina (The Seagull. A Ballet Story)
Dunya (Crime and Punishment)

Honors:
Honored Artist of Russia
International Ballet Competitions Laureate
Recipient of the Golden Mask Award
Recipient of the Golden Soffit Award