Anastasia Volochkova - ballerina, dancer, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. She also became famous for her extravagant behavior, numerous scandals.
Biography
Anastasia Volochkova was born in St. Petersburg on January 20, 1976. Father - USSR table tennis champion, was a coach of Goskomsport, mother - engineer. When Nastya was still little, changes took place in the family - her parents separated.
The girl's interest in ballet appeared after she visited the Mariinsky Theater to stage The Nutcracker. Parents were not against their daughter's hobby. After school, Volochkova was able to get into the Ballet Academy. She was assigned a probationary period, explaining this by the girl's lack of talent.
One of the teachers bullied Volochkova, but N. Dudinskaya noticed her. She supported Nastya, helped to achieve good results. In 1994. Volochkova graduated with honors from the Academy.
Career
Volochkova's career began at the Mariinsky Theater. She performed the main roles in the ballets The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, and Giselle. Anastasia went through a period of intrigue, because of which she was removed from the performances.
In 1998. V. Vasiliev invited Volochkova to the Bolshoi Theater. Anastasia took part in his production of Swan Lake. Then the ballerina collaborated with Y. Grigorovich, got parts in the ballets "Sleeping Beauty", "La Bayadere".
In 2000. Volochkova was given the Golden Lion prize at a competition that took place in Austria. Then she was invited to the National English Ballet. In 2002. A. Volochkova was awarded the title of Honored Artist.
In 2003. a scandal erupted - the Bolshoi did not sign a contract with Volochkova. The reason was the disagreement between some of the ballerina's demands and the interests of the troupe. Also, the theater director raised the issue of A. Volochkova's professional inadequacy due to physical data. Later, litigation followed, Volochkova performed solo, in 2003. left the theater.
Since 2004 Anastasia worked at the theater in Krasnodar. In the same year she was given a role in the movie "A Place in the Sun". In 2005. starred in the film "Black Prince" and the TV series "Do not be born beautiful." In 2009. her autobiography book "The History of the Russian Ballerina" was published. In 2011. Anastasia organized a creative center.
The reason for scandals is often the candid photos of Volochkova, which she uploads to the Internet. In 2016. there was a scandal associated with Anastasia's refusal to participate in the play after Volochkova's partner was changed without informing her.
Personal life
Volochkov for 2 y. met S. Kerimov, an oligarch, they parted in 2003. In 2005, Anastasia had a child - a daughter Ariadna, a father was I. Vdovin, a businessman. In 2007. they got married, but separated a year later.
In 2013. A. Volochkova met B. Salimov, an oil businessman, but a year later the couple broke up. In 2015. Anastasia moved to an expensive mansion. At the beginning of 2018. Volochkova has a new lover - Mikhail Loginov, a programmer.
