Kristina Kretova

Kristina Kretova (Russian: Кристина Кретова) is a Russian soloist of the Bolshoi Ballet.

Biography

Kretova was born in a city of Russia called Oryol. She was a graduate of the Moscow State Choreographic Academy in 2002 and after it joined the Kremlin Ballet Theater where she plays such roles as Odette-Odile in Swan Lake, Kitri in Don Quixote, Marie in the Nutcracker, and Emmy Lawrence in Tom Sawyer. She also played a double role of both Princesses Florina and Aurora in Sleeping Beauty and also played roles of main characters such as Giselle in the play of the same name and Esmeralda in La Esmeralda. In 2011 Don Quixote came back to the stage and there she played a role of Queen of Dryads and the same year replayed her previous roles from the Nutcracker and Giselle. In 2012 replayed her role in Swan Lake and the same year became a part of slaves dance in Le Corsaire.^[1]

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