Anastasia Nuikina
© Natasha Razina
Anastasia Nuikina was born in Samara. After her graduation from the Vaganova Ballet Academy she joined the Mariinsky Ballet in 2018. Her repertory includes The Prince's Friends in Sergeyev’s (after M. Petipa) Swan Lake, Queen of Dryads in A. Gorsky’s Don Quixote, Polyhymnia in G. Balanchine’s Apollo, Russian Girl in Balanchine’s Serenade, Masha in V. Vainonen’s The Nutcracker, Maria in R. Zakharov’s The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, Diamond in Sergeyev’s (after Petipa) The Sleeping Beauty and Petipa’s Talisman Pas de deux.