Nadia Saidakova
Nadja Saidakowa ( Russian Надя Сайдакова , mostly Nadja Saidakova transcribed; born September 7, 1971 in Ischewsk as Nadeschda Pawlowna Saidakowa / Russian Надежда Павловна Сайдакова ) is a Russian ballet dancer . She is the first solo dancer at the Berlin State Ballet .
biography
Saidakowa received her ballet training at the State Ballet Academy in Perm . After her training, she first danced with the Moscow Classical Ballet . In 1991 she became a solo dancer with the ballet of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein . Since 1995, Saidakowa has been the first solo dancer in the ballet of the State Opera Unter den Linden (today's State Ballet Berlin ).
The dancer's repertoire includes the great romantic and classical roles, especially in the revisions by Rudolf Nurejew , Heinz Spoerli and Patrice Bart, but also modern pieces, among others by Maurice Béjart and William Forsythe .
As part of the Berlin State Ballet's Shut up and Dance project , Saidakowa regularly shows her own choreographies. In 2009 her full-length work Egopoint premiered at the Berliner Festspiele , a cooperation with DJ Luke Slater .
The dance photographer Gert Weigelt has made various short films with Saidakowa, including a. Spell evolution and ballerina . Saidakowa is Weigelt's most frequently photographed person.
Saidakova is married to an insurance professional and has a son named Bogdan.
Works
- Just a little bit (2005)
- A Tango (2005)
- Wake it (2007)
- Egopoint (2009)
Filmography
- The Nutcracker
- Part: Klara, ballet production of the State Opera Unter den Linden, DVD, Naxos 2000
- Great Dancers of our Time
- Part: Girls in Der Geist der Rose , ballet production of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, DVD, Euroarts 2005
- Tchaikovsky gala
- Part: Dance of the Sugar Fairy in The Nutcracker , Scala ballet production, DVD, Bel Air 2008
- Hamlet (ballet production)
- Spell evolution , sacrifice , peanuts and ballerina
- Video clips by Gert Weigelt on behalf of ZDF
literature
- Schwanensee und Techno-Beats , Deutschlandradio Kultur, accessed on December 29, 2009
- Biography and repertoire, Staatsballett Berlin, accessed on December 29, 2009
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saidakova, Nadja |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Сайдакова, Надя (Russian); Saidakova, Nadja (alternative transcription); Сайдакова, Надежда Павловна (full name, Russian); Saidakowa, Nadezhda Pavlovna (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | russian ballet dancer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th September 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Izhevsk |