Kristina Chochanova
Kristina Chochanova performs in numerous classical and contemporary ballet productions at the Sofia Opera and Ballet, including:
Carmina Burana – Ballet to the music of Carl Orff
Swan Lake – Ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Giselle – Ballet by Adolphe Adam
The Nutcracker – Ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Great Gatsby – Music by Philip Glass, Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, and others
Anna Karenina – Ballet to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty – Ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Le Corsaire – Ballet by Adolphe Adam
La Bayadère – Ballet by Ludwig Minkus
Carmen Suite, Paquita – Ballets to music by Georges Bizet-Rodion Shchedrin and Ludwig Minkus
A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Boléro – Ballets to music by Mendelssohn and Ravel
And many others…
Biography
Kristina Chochanova-Ivanova was admitted to the National School of Dance Art in 2000 and graduated in 2009. That same year, she joined the Sofia Opera and Ballet. She has taken part in the company’s international tours. Since 2013, she has been a soloist at the Sofia Opera and Ballet.
Awards:
Silver Medal at the International Children’s Competition – Grasse, France
Grand Prix at the Children’s Ballet Competition “Golden Slipper” – Paris, France
Grand Prize “Anastas Petrov” at the Bulgarian Youth Ballet Competition – 2006
Laureate of the International Ballet Competition “Sicilia Barocca” – Modica, Italy
Junior Division: 2nd prize in classical, 1st in contemporary
Senior Division: 1st prize in both classical and contemporary
Finalist at the 1st International Ballet Competition – Seoul, Korea
Twice semi-finalist at the International Ballet Competition – Perm, Russia
Bronze Medal and Nina Kiradjieva Award at the International Ballet Competition – Varna
Repertoire Highlights:
Don Quixote – Kitri, Friend’s duet, Red tutu
The Nutcracker – Marie, Spanish doll, Devil doll, Waltz of the Flowers (quartet soloist)
Tango – Black Rose
Carmina Burana – The Virgin, animalistic creature
Swan Lake – Pas de trois, Four little swans, Hungarian Dance soloist
La Bayadère – Indian Dance, Small quartet, Shadows trio
Giselle – Peasant pas de deux, Wilis duet
Sleeping Beauty – Princess Florina, Fairy of Courage, Fairy of Fertility, Brilliance
La Sylphide – Effie
Lady of the Camellias – Nichette, 2nd act pas de deux
Le Corsaire – Garden quartet, Odalisques
Zorba the Greek, Coppélia
Serenade – Balanchine
Carmen – Piquipam, women’s quartet
Rhapsody in Blue – R. Topalova
Suite Vardar – M. Mladenov – quartet of girls
Stepping Stones – Pas de six
Scheherazade – Catherine Pouzin
Scriabin Quintet – M. Mladenov
La Source – Balanchine
Concerto Barocco – Balanchine – Soloist
Classical Pas de Deux – Tchaikovsky – Balanchine
Antigone – Irynia / Choreography: S. Bobrov
Electra – Electra / Choreography: S. Bobrov
The Concert – J. Robbins – Music by Chopin