It often happens that the name of a famous person becomes more stable reputation in connection with various scandalous or okoloskandalnymi events. And this "glory" is almost always unfairly overshadows the achievements of man, by which he became interested in public. So in many cases with outstanding ballerina Anastasia, which at the turn of XX and XXI centuries was considered the queen of Russian ballet, but which soon became the talk of the town because of the scandal with the dismissal of the Bolshoi Theatre and its active social life.

Five-year girl with a clear purpose in life

Childhood - is a time of carefree fun when a man knows no worries, no problems, no thoughts about the future, not thinking about the meaning of life, or the hardships of responsibility - in short, lives happily. This is when it comes to an ordinary childhood. Childhood same people who decided to link their lives to the art of ballet, standard childhood in no way resembles what an example and may be a story of Anastasia Volochkova.

Future celebrity was born on January 20, 1976 in Leningrad, in the sports and intellectual family: her father was engaged in youth table tennis, won the national championship in this sport, after became a coach in school sports; Mom worked as a guide, the guide of the main attractions of the northern capital and its environs .  Before the age of 5 years, life was a life of Nasty usual Soviet child - but only until the day when my mother took her to the ballet "The Nutcracker" at the renowned Mariinsky Theatre .  Still, the fate of Anastasia Volochkova little has been solved - now she knew that he wanted to deal only with the ballet, she, quite yet nesmyshlenogo child has already been articulated goal in life, for the sake of which it is possible and we had so many to donate .  And she sacrificed: virtually all of its conscious childhood and youth in the walls of Leningrad and then St. Petersburg Academy of Russian Ballet, where she mastered the basics and then honed his mastery of the art of ballet under the mentorship of the famous ballet dancer in the past and an outstanding teacher Natalia Dudinka .  For Volochkova was no question that that is not an ordinary children's entertainment, or pranks, but just about the ordinary children's food - from an early age she complied with a strict diet that can save so important for ballerinas form .  All this is not in vain - at the Mariinsky Theatre Anastasia Volochkova debut in the ballet "Swan Lake" even as students of the Academy of Russian Ballet, and in 1994 she became a full-fledged soloist famous theater .

The scandals are remembered easier than performances

Volochkova very quickly became one of the main stars of the Mariinsky Theatre from 1994 to 1998. Her repertoire includes roles in such famous and complex ballet productions as "Giselle", "The Firebird", "Nutcracker", "Don Quixote" and other .  At the Mariinsky Theatre, it is no exaggeration to tour around the world, finding not only Russian but also international fame .  This recognition is truly wide since 1996, when Anastasia becomes the winner of the International Ballet Competition named after Serge Lafarya in Kiev .  In 1998, she was invited to work at the Bolshoi Theatre to perform the lead role in the play "Swan Lake" .  In 2000, Ballet Competition in St. Polten, Austria Volochkova received the "Golden Lion" as the most talented ballerina in Europe .  Because of the many suggestions from abroad (particularly from Britain and other countries) Volochkova in 2000 temporarily he left the Bolshoi Theatre, but in 2001 again resumed cooperation with it .  In 2002, the ballet dancer awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia .

But then she began her professional fate of fracture. In 2003, the administration of the Bolshoi Theatre, not wanting to continue to tolerate a headache Headache   because of the soloist, which has a lot of offers from outside, I decided to break the agreement with Volochkova. When a dancer has protested the decision, with the filing of the then General Director of the Bolshoi Theater Alexander Iksanova was launched version, if the dismissal was due to poor physical shape Anastasia, because of the inability to choose her partner, able in a purely physical plane to work with her. This formulation and the subsequent numerous clarify relationships in the press have drawn increased, but too much attention to the scandalous Volochkova.

As a result of the two-year trial, the court sided with the ballerina, and restored it to the troupe of the Bolshoi Theater, but to work there for obvious reasons she could not. Anastasia took an active social life, participation in various television projects submitted to politics, becoming a member of the party "United Russia". In 2005, she gave birth to a daughter Ariadne by businessman Igor Vdovin, married which was subsequently in 2007-2008. Returning to the scene Volochkova took place in mid-2009, presenting a solo dance program called Nerve in London, and in December of the same year brought her to Moscow. However, unfortunately, in Russia over the past few years, it is perceived more as a secular character, and not as a truly outstanding ballerina.

Alexander Babitsky