BIOGRAPHY AND REPERTORY

Sofia Gumerova was born in Moscow on October 10, 1977. She studied at the Vaganova Academy in St. Petersburg from 1987, joining the Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet upon graduation in 1995 (class of Ludmilla Kovaleva).

At the Mariinsky Theatre she worked with the ballet masters Gabriela Komleva, Olga Chenchikova, Elena Evteeva, Irina Chistyakova, and Yury Fateev.

Sofia Gumerova is a first soloist with the Mariinsky and currently a student at the State Academic Conservatoire (specialization: ballet master).

Her repertory includes:

Odette/Odile in Swan Lake (Petipa, Ivanov)
Giselle, 2 Willis in Giselle (Coralli, Perrot, Petipa)
Nikiya in La Bayadere (Petipa/Ponomarev and Vikharev)
Kitri, Street Dancer, Queen of the Dryads in Don Quixote (Petipa/Gorsky)
Fairy Candide, Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty (Petipa/Sergeev and Vikharev)
Grand Pas, Clémence in Raymonda (Petipa/Sergeev)
The Sylph in La Sylphide (Bournonville)
Medora and Pas de trois in Le Corsaire (Petipa/Gusev)
Mekhmene Banu in Legend of Love (Grigorovich)
Pas de Six from Esmeralda (Petipa)
Grand Pas and variations in Paquita (Petipa)
Mazurka, Prelude in Chopiniana (Fokine)
Soloist in Scotch Symphony (Balanchine)
Soloist in Theme and Variations (Balanchine)
Soloist (1st movement) in Symphony in C (Balanchine)
Calliope in Apollo (Balanchine)
Dark angel in Serenade (Balanchine)
The Siren in The Prodigal Son (Balanchine)
3rd Theme in The 4 Temperaments (Balanchine)
3rd duet in La Valse (Balanchine)
Emeralds, Rubies, Diamonds in Jewels (Balanchine)
2nd Duet in In the Night (Robbins)
Carlotta Grisi in Pas de Quatre (Dolin)
Duchess of Elba in Goya Divertissement (Antonio)
La Mort in Le Jeune Homme et la Mort(Petit)
Soloist in Poem of Ecstasy (Ratmansky)
Soloist in Cinderella (Ratmansky)
Soloist in Les Noces (Miroshnichenko)
Soloist in In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (Forsythe)
2nd Duet in Reverence (Dawson)