Krysanova was born in Moscow, Russia in 1985 and was trained at the Lavrovsky School of Ballet. She received a gold medal in 2001 at the Prix de Luxembourg International Ballet Competition and the same year was awarded a bronze in the Junior Competition. In 2002 she was awarded another bronze in Saint Petersburg and the same year attended Bolshoi Ballet Academy from which she graduated in 2003. In the same year, she became a member of the Bolshoi Ballet. She was promoted to the rank of soloist in 2006, became a first soloist in 2008 and by 2009 had been promoted to Leading Soloist under the direction of Svetlana Adyrkhaeva, appearing with the Bavarian State Opera. On 3 December 2011, after a performance of The Bright Stream, Krysanova reached the rank of Principal. She had appeared in such works as In the Upper Room of Twyla Tharp, Class Concert, Bolt by Alexei Ratmansky, Cinque, Russian Seasons, Ondine and many other contemporary works. Her first soloist role was as the Spanish Doll in The Nutcracker and was followed by the Fairy of Audacity in Sleeping Beauty, as well as many other memorable roles, most of which were produced by Yuri Grigorovich. In 2017, Krysanova appeared in The Taming of the Shrew at the David H. Koch Theater and in 2018 she performed in Don Quixote.
Repertoire
2003 Spanish Doll 2004 'two couples' in Part 3, Soloist Part 3 1st variation in The Shadows Part in Passacaille to music by A. von Webern Fairy of Audacity 1st pas de trois Girls — creation at Bolshoi Theatre Guadalquivir 2005 Friend/friends to Zina Grand Pas variation, 2nd variation in Raimonda’s Dreams Friend/friends to Shireen Typist/Typists Temptation Friend/friends to the Prince, Polish Bride Soloist in Part 4 Dryad/Three Dryads, 1st Variation in Grand Pas Friend to Giselle, Two Wilis Sylph/Sylphs Soloist 2006 Princess Aurora Autumn, Waltz Soloist/Soloists, Cinderella — creation Lyuska Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux Gamzatti — debut on the Bolshoi Theatre tour to Monte-Carlo Zina — debut on the Bolshoi Theatre tour to Novosibirsk Odette-Odile 2007 Soloist Soloist The part in Class Concert Pas de Trois des Odalisques, Gulnare 2008 The title part Amour, Mireille de Poitiers Kitri Variation — among the creators of this version of the ballet The Couple in Violet — among the creators at the Bolshoi Theatre Marie 2009 L’Aurore — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre Aegina The Couple in Yellow — debut on the Bolshoi Theatre tour to St.Petersburg Ballerina Fleur de Lys 2010 The part in Serenade by P. Tchaikovsky Juliet Medora Paquita Aspiccia The Leading Couple in Rubies 2011 Florine — creation Part in Chroma — among the creators at the Bolshoi Theatre 2012 Giselle Jeanne The Leading Couple in Diamonds The Leading Couple — among the creators at the Bolshoi Theatre Terpsichore 2013 Nikia Angela Swanilda 2014 Katharina — creation Mekhmene Banu 2015 Coralie 2016 Title part Part in Short time together to music by M. Richter and L. van Beethoven – among the creators at the Bolshoi Theatre Ondine Anyuta Rita 2017 Tatiana Novice Ballerina — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre Carmen Juliet – creation at the Bolshoi Theatre 2018 Ballerina – creation In 2007, she appeared in the ballet Old Ladies Falling Out to music by L. Desyatnikov, which was shown first at the Territory Festival, and then under the auspices of the Studio of New Choreography workshop. In 2011, she took part in a co-project of the Bolshoi Theatre and California Centre for the Arts.
Tours
2009 – Medora in Le Corsaire with Bavarian State Ballet ; Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty In Kazan, with the Tatar Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet within the framework of the Nureyev Ballet Festival. 2011 – Gamzatti in La Bayadere with the Tatar Opera and Ballet Theatre within the framework of the Nureyev Ballet Festival ; Kitri in Don Quixote with the Bavarian State Ballet ; Odette/Odile in Swan Lake with Berlin State Ballet and the title part in La Peri. The same year she appeared at the star gala-concert in memoriam of Galina Ulanova from the Russian ballet icons cycle on the stage of the London Coliseum — there she danced pas de deux from The Flames of Paris opposite Vladislav Lantratov. 2015 – Don Quixote and Swan Lake at the Mariinsky Theatre; Odette/Odile in Swan Lake at the Mariinsky Theatre in the framework of XXIII Music Festival Stars of the White Nights. 2017 — Katharina with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo.
Awards
In 2001, she won 1st prize at the Prix de Luxembourg International Ballet Competition and the 3rd at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow. In 2002, she won 3rd prize at Vaganova-Prix International Ballet Competition "Ваганова-prix". In 2005, she won 2nd prize at International Ballet Competition in Moscow. In 2008, she was awarded the Ballet magazine Soul of Dance prize in the Rising Star category. In 2013, she was awarded the title of People’s Artist of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. 2015 – The Golden Mask National Theatre prize in the Best ballet female part category for her interpretation of the role of Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew; Positano Léonide Massine Prize. 2016 – the twined Prize Benois-Massine Moscow-Positano. In 2018, Ekaterina Krysanova and Igor Tsvirko were awarded the prize of the international ballet festival Dance Open as "Best Duet"; awarded the title "Honored artist of the Russian Federation".
