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Maria Tikhomirova Maria Tikhomirova was born in Moscow and was trained at the Moscow Classical Academy. In 2006, Ms. Tikhomirova received a PhD degree with high honors from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy as Choreographer/Master Ballet Teacher in Classical Dance, the Vaganova method and Character Dance, under the direction of legendary Choreographer and Professor Yuri Grigorovich. In 2006, she choreographed the ballet Song of the Rain for the Moscow Classical Ballet and in 2007, she choreographed The Nutcracker for the Moscow Ballet. During her student years at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Ms. Tikhomirova also staged several concert productions including the Albinoni Adagio in G minor by Remo Giazotto, Classical Symphony by Sergei Prokofiev, the Adagio from L'Arlesienne by Georges Bizet, Pas de deux by Rossini, Grand Pas and Trio to music by Gershwin, Flamenco Dance and Towards the Light to music by Howard Shore, Russian Folk Dance and Sprinters to music from Tarantino's Pulp Fiction sound track, Waltz by Johann Strauss, and a Passacaglia by Handel. In 2006, she choreographed the ballet Song of the Rain for the Moscow Classical Ballet and in 2007, The Nutcracker for the Moscow Ballet. From 2001 to 2006, Ms. Tikhomirova was a ballet dancer with the Moscow Classical Ballet Theater directed by Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasilyov. She toured as part of this company in the USA, France, Germany, Switzerland, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Spain, China, Greece and Turkey. Ms. Tikhomirova performed solo parts in ballets including Don Quixote, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, The Firebird, Spartacus, Cinderella, The Creation, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Holy Spring and many others. Her training for these roles was led by prominent Ballet Masters including Natalia Kasatkina, Tatiana Popko, Marina Kolpakchi and Natalia Taborko. Maria frequently collaborates with Ballet Masters throughout the world including Anna Tikhomirova (Bolshoi Theatre), Evgenia Savarskay (Kremlin Ballet Theatre), and Kirill Ermolenko (Kremlin Ballet Theatre), who are recipients of many prestigious awards, she prepares dancers for International Ballet Competitions and at the Olympic Reserve Sport School in Moscow, Russia she has given Ballet Master Classes to rhythmic gymnasts. |