In the Spotlight: Diana Vishneva

You may know of Diana Vishneva, if not from her dancing, then possibly from this picture that is featured in most dance magazines.

Diana Vishneva was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1976. She graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy, joined the Mariinsky Theatre Ballet in 1995 and was promoted to principal in 1996. During her last year at the Academy, Vishneva began working at the Mariinsky Theatre. She is now a Principle dancer with ABT (and supposable Kirvo).

She has had roles such as Kitri in Don Quixote, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, and many many more! She was also on the cover of Dance Europe.

In the Spotlight: Ballet Ireland

Founded in 1997, Ballet Ireland is been putting on 2 major productions every year. Anne Maher and Günther Falusy founded the company. Anne was trained as in ballet from the age of 5, and appeared in the 1980 Irish production of the Eurovision Song Contest. Günther Falusy, trained with the Vienna State Theatre School of Ballet, and has roles in Sleeping Beauty to Giselle, Coppelia and Swan Lake.

Ballet Ireland is not only a company, it also offers classes and summer programs, and lecture demonstrations.
To find out more about Ballet Ireland please visit their website! http://www.ballet-ireland.com

Ballet Irelands Aim
"… to develop a full-time classical ballet company of the highest quality, with a wide-ranging repertoire of international standard, which promotes an appreciation of ballet amongst people of all ages and backgrounds and generates a significant audience for performances on both national and international stages".

All pictures were taken from Ballet Irelands website.

Enjoy!

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