| Renata Shakirova | |
| Birth Date: | 1995 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Occupation: | ballet dancer |
| Current Group: | Mariinsky Ballet |
Renata Mukhametovna Shakirova (ru|Рената Мухаметовна Шакирова; born 5 April 1995 in Tashkent) is a ballet dancer, currently a principal with the Mariinsky Ballet.
Shakirova was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[1] She began her studies at the Bashkir Choreographic College, but then moved to Saint Petersburg with her family when she was admitted to the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet[2] and graduated in 2015; her teacher at the Academy was Tatiana Udalenkova.[3] As a student in the Academy, Renata was given the opportunity to dance roles with the Mariinsky Ballet.[4] She began rehearsing with the Mariinsky dancers as a way to stay in shape during the summer vacation from school and it was during those rehearsals she was asked to dance her first role in the theatre: Cupid in Don Quixote.[2]
Renata joined the Mariinsky Ballet upon her graduation and on October 11, 2015 she made her first principal role debut as Kitri in Don Quixote.[5] She was listed among 25 to Watch by Dance Magazine in 2015.[6] In 2016 Renata competed in the Bolshoi Ballet Competition hosted by Russian television network Russia-K with Mariinsky principal dancer Kimin Kim[7] and won first prize.[8]
Renata has danced ballets choreographed by Marius Petipa, Yury Grigorovich, Alexei Ratmansky, Michel Fokine, George Balanchine, etc.[1]
Marius Petipa
Yuri Grigorovich
Alexei Ratmansky
George Balanchine
Other choreographers