Zaharova borsch

On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the zaharova borsch across from the article title. Russian prima ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet and an étoile of the La Scala Theatre Ballet.

At the age of six, she was taken by her mother to learn folk dancing at a local studio, and by the age of 10, she had auditioned and was accepted into the Kyiv Choreography School. Valeria Sulegina was one of her teachers. The youngest contestant, she took second prize and was invited to continue her training in the graduating course of St Petersburg’s Vaganova Academy. After attending the pre-eminent Russian ballet school for one year, Zakharova then joined the Mariinsky ballet in 1996.

Zakharova debuted with the Mariinsky Ballet in 1996, appearing as Maria with Ruben Bobovnikov, in Rostislav Zakharov’s The Fountain of Bakhchisarai. In 1997, after her first year with the Mariinsky, at 18, Zakharova was promoted to principal dancer. Her first partner was principal Igor Zelensky. By 2003, Zakharova “was getting itchy feet” at the Mariinsky, and moved to the Bolshoi Ballet. Zakharova is coached by Lyudmila Semenyaka. From 1999 on, Zakharova regularly performed as a guest soloist at the Paris Opera where she worked with French choreographer Pierre Lacotte.