Tatiana Viktorovna Stepanova, also Tetiana Stepanova, (; , ''Tetiana Viktorivna Stepanova'') (born 1962,

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of the dance.

Biography

Tatiana Stepanova began her ballet training in the Special School of Ballet of Odesa (Ukraine) as a student of

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, who was a disciple of the great Russian dancer and teacher

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. She completed her dance training at the State School of Ballet and Choreography of

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² (Belarus) where she was a pupil of

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(distinguished disciple of Agrippina Vaganova), who danced in the Maly Theatre of

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(Russia) and in the

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(Latvia). Stepanova graduated in Choreographic Art from the

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³, Russia (The N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory), where she studied with Gabriella Komleva, Nikita Dolgushin and Nicolai Boyarchikov, great dancers of the

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(before

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) and of the

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(before Maly Theatre) both in Saint Petersburg. She danced as the soloist in the Odesa Opera and Ballet Theater¹ (Ukraine) and in the

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² (Belarus). Since 1985, is a Teacher of Ballet, giving classes in Odesa (Ukraine),

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and Saint Petersburg (Russia),

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and

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(Spain) and Ashiya and

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(Japan) Founder and artistic director of the Institute of Investigation and Studies of Dance (Instituto de Investigación y Estudios de Danza) in Madrid (Spain). Stepanova has published numerous articles of criticism in newspapers and weeklies in Ukraine ('' Vechirnia Odesa''), Russia ( Glásnost,

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and

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), Spain (

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of La Razón) and United States. As a teacher intent on purity and on the maintenance of choreographic heritage of classical ballet, Stepanova created a short version of The Sleeping Beauty (1h 20'), which best maintains the heritage of

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in the steps that are conserved as well as in those that are added in his style. This version premiered December seven, 2008, in the Hyogo Performing Arts Center⁴ (

, Japan), under the title of ''Sleeping Beauty Suite''. Currently, Tatyana Stepanova directs the Institute of Investigation and Studies of Dance in Madrid, (Spain) and is the artistic director of the AIS Ballet Japan in Ashiya (Japan).

Choreographic work

Miniature

* Incrustación carmesí (2002) Crimson Inlay * Dama rota (2002) Broken Lady * El Chocolate del loro (2003) The Chocolate of the parrot * Torre eclipsada (2005) Tower eclipsed * Jaula de vientos (2005) Cage of winds * Jaula de loros (2006) Cage of parrots * Suite azul (2006) Blue Suite * Remolinos de Naruto (2007) Swirls of Naruto * Arcadia (2007) Arcady * Nectar amargo (2007) Nectar bitter * The death of the nine swans (2009)

Madrid's Choreographic

* Arena (Sports Suite) (2004) music of D.

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. * Nieblas en Baden-Baden (Fogs in Baden-Baden) (2005) Recognized as one of the few

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that exist, where a detective investigation is danced, starred in by José Antonio Checa. * Mozarito (2006), with music of

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and for the purpose of honoring to the same one in the 250 anniversary of its birth, was starred in by the dancer José Antonio Checa and sponsored by the Department of the Arts of the

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. Dance and rolled in the Palace of the Duke of Ugena, historic headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Madrid (Cámara de Comercio e Industria de Madrid).

Ashiya's Diptych

Stepanova is known for the Ashiya's Diptych, a suite of works of

. She reinterpreted the pieces in such a way that her choreography seamlessly combines with that of Petipa. * Sleeping Beauty Suite (2008), (1h 20'), Music of

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* La Bayadède (2010), (1h 33'), Music of

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, This version premiered itself January 24, 2010 in the Grand Hall of Hyogo Performing Arts Center, (Nishinomiya, Japan)

References

Official page of Odesa Opera and Ballet Theater

Official page of National Academy of the Great Theater of Ballet of the Republic of Belarus

Official page of Saint Petersburg Conservatory Rimsky-Korsakov

Official page of Hyōgo Performing Arts Center

External links

* http://www.conservatory.ru Web site of Saint Petersburg Conservatory Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian and English. * http://www.ais-ballet.com Japanese. * http://www.gcenter-hyogo.jp Japanese and English. * http://www.nacbibl.org.by/ Web site of National Academy of the Great Theater of Ballet of the Republic of Belarus, Russian and English. * http://www.elcultural.es/version_papel/TEATRO/13991/Bailes_para_la_primavera/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Stepanova, Tatiana Ballet teachers Dancers from Odesa Russian ballet choreographers Spanish choreographers Russian women choreographers Spanish women choreographers Spanish ballerinas Russian ballerinas 1962 births Living people Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni