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Svetlana Zakharova

1979 - Today

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Svetlana Yuryevna Zakharova (Ukrainian: Світлана Юріївна Захарова, Russian: Светлана Юрьевна Захарова; born 10 June 1979) is a Ukrainian-born prima ballerina who dances with the Bolshoi Ballet and is acting rector of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Svetlana Zakharova is the 92nd most popular dancer (up from 93rd in 2024), the 934th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 872nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ukrainian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Svetlana Zakharova ranks 92 out of 116. Before her are Doris Humphrey, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Hryhorii Chapkis, Dušanka Sifnios, Jin Xing, and Yamini Krishnamurthy. After her are Mrinalini Sarabhai, Balasaraswati, Robert Helpmann, Sonal Mansingh, Alessandra Ferri, and Antony Tudor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Svetlana Zakharova ranks 196. Before her are Florian Zeller, Lee Na-young, Maria Haukaas Mittet, Sergei Ignashevich, Artur Avila, and Nenad Đorđević. After her are Mehdi Hasan, Im Soo-jung, Lee Dong-gook, Kostas Katsouranis, Mickaël Landreau, and Ne-Yo.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Svetlana Zakharova ranks 934 out of 1,365. Before her are Raya Dunayevskaya (1910), Adam Papée (1895), Gersh Budker (1918), Steven Geray (1904), Vladimir Yashchenko (1959), and Mark Ivanir (1968). After her are Vadym Yevtushenko (1958), Andriy Kuzmenko (1968), Viacheslav Semenov (1947), Dmitry Gordon (1967), Mike Mazurki (1907), and Kyrylo Budanov (1986).

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Among DANCERS In Ukraine

Among dancers born in Ukraine, Svetlana Zakharova ranks 5. Before her are Vaslav Nijinsky (1889), Serge Lifar (1904), Olga Khokhlova (1891), and Natalia Dudinskaya (1912). After her are Sergei Polunin (1989), Artem Datsyshyn (1979), and Masha Dashkina Maddux (1986).

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