Music Composer:
Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy (Russian: Игорь Яковлевич Крутой),
born on July 29, 1954, is a Russian composer of Ukrainian descent, performer,
producer and musical promoter.
Krutoy was awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize in 1989.
Ballerina:
Anastasia Volochkova (Russian: Анастасия Волочкова; born January 20, 1976)is a Russian prima ballerina
In 1996, Volochkova won the first prize and gold medal at the 2nd Lifar International Ballet Competition in Kiev.
Between 1994 and 1998, Volochkova danced as a soloist with the Mariinsky Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Peter*****urg, performing in productions of Don Quixote, Giselle, La Bayadère, Le Corsaire, Raymonda, Scheherazade, The Firebird, The Fountain of Bakhchisarai,
The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty. Together with the Mariinsky Ballet,
she also got to tour all around the world, including Great Britain, Belgium, France, Spain,
Italy, Greece, Austria, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Bahrain, South Korea, Japan, Canada and the USA,
making her US debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1995.
Once described as one of the biggest names in Russian ballet
Volochkova started her solo career in the late 1990s.
She has since danced with the New National Theatre Ballet Tokyo,
the Bordeaux Ballet and the English National Ballet. In Russia,
Volochkova has danced as prima ballerina with the Hermitage Balletand the Grigorovich Ballet,
performing in Giselle, La Bayadère, Le Corsaire, Spartacus and Swan Lake.
With the Grigorovich Ballet, she has mainly performed at the Krasnodar Theater,
but also among others at the Mariinsky Theatre.
In addition to her career as a dancer, Volochkova has also worked as an actress and a model,
starring in films and TV series as well as modelling for Chopard jewellery.
