Ballett
Elena Karpuhina
First Soloist

Born
Chişinău, Moldavia

Training
University for Music and Theater Munich, Germany
Municipal Ballet School Danzig, Poland

Engagements 
Semperoper Ballett (since 2015)
Bavarian State Ballet, Germany
Ballett Classique Munich, Germany

Repertoire
Grey Girl Les Biches (B. Nijinska); French Ballerina Série Noire, Odile Once Upon An Ever After (T. Kohler); Raymonda, Swan Lake (R. Barra); Olympia »The Lady of the Camellias, A Cinderella Story, The Nutcracker, Illusions – like ›Swan Lake‹ (J. Neumeier); The Sleeping Beauty (I. Liska); La Bayadere (P. Bart); Olga Onegin, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet (J.Crancko); Viola concert (M. Schläpfer); Der Sturm (J. Mannes); Migrant Birds (J. Kyliàn); Brahms/Schöneberg Concert (G. Balanchine); Artifact (W. Forsythe); Clara The Nutcracker (M. Petipa/R. Kovac-Pop)

Awards
Semi-Finalist Prix de Lausanne (2007)
Finalist, awarded Sylvia Co –Award (Promising young dancer) International Competition in Varna (2006)
2. Place Eurovision Young Dancer’s Competition (2005)
3. Place International Ballet Competition in Brno (2003)

Other
Professor for Classical Ballet at University of Music and Theater Munich, Academy of Ballet (2013-2015)
Teacher at Munich International Ballet School (2012-2015)
Teacher at Ballet School Vilsbiburg (2012-2013)

Repertoire

Semperoper Ballett Repertoire
Titania, Peaseblossom, The Dream (F. Ashton)
Lilac Fairy, Princess Florine, The Sleeping Beauty; The Shades, La Bayadère; Don Quixote (A.S. Watkin after M. Petipa)
Four Little Swans, Russian Princess, Pas de Sept Princess, Swan Lake (A.S. Watkin after M. Petipa and L. Ivanov)
Marie, The Sugar Plum Fairy, The Nutcracker (A.S. Watkin and J. Beechey after M. Petipa)
Worker, Carmen; Peer Gynt (J. Inger)
Manon (K. MacMillan)
Demi Soloist, Theme and Variations; The Four Temperaments; Serenade (G. Balanchine)
Artifact Suite, Impressing the Czar (W. Forsythe)
The Nutcracker; Illusions – Like Swan Lake; Eleonora Bereda, Nijinsky (J. Neumeier)
In The Upper Room (T. Tharp)
Colossus (S. Lake)

Creations
A Swan Lake (J. Inger)

Further Repertoire
Olympia, The Lady of the Camellias (J. Neumeier)
Olga, Onegin (J. Cranko)

Further Creations
French Ballerina, Série Noire; Odile, Once Upon An Ever After (T. Kohler)

Miscellaneous

Awards
Demi-finalist Prix de Lausanne (2007)
Sylvia Co-Prize” for promising young dancers, Varna International Dance Competition (2006)
2nd Prize Eurovision Young Dancer’s Competition (2005)
3rd Prize International Ballet Competition in Brno (2003) 

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