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Ulyana Lopatkina

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Ulyana Vyacheslavovna Lopatkina (Russian: Ульяна Вячеславовна Лопаткина; born 23 October 1973) is a Russian prima ballerina who performed with the Mariinsky Theatre from 1991–2017. She studied at the Vaganova Academy with Natalia Dudinskaya. Upon graduation Lopatkina joined the Kirov/Mariinsky Theatre Ballet in 1991, and was promoted to principal dancer in 1995. Lopatkina did not dance during the 2016–2017 season due to injury, and her retirement from the Mariinsky was announced on the company's website on 16 June 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ulyana Lopatkina is the 112th most popular dancer (down from 106th in 2024). (down from 4,878th in 2019)

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Among dancers, Ulyana Lopatkina ranks 112 out of 116. Before her are Isabelle Duchesnay, Anastasia Volochkova, Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Sergei Polunin, Tamara Rojo, and Diana Vishneva. After her are Theo Evan, Rozonda Thomas, Polina Semionova, Natalia Osipova, Geeta Kapur, and Wade Robson.

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Among people born in 1973, Ulyana Lopatkina ranks 726. Before her are Giuseppe Zappella, Jeyhun Bayramov, Sarah Wynter, Goro Inagaki, Zhang Enhua, and Armen Mkrtchyan. After her are Damjan Fras, Goran Vujević, Stanislav Pozdnyakov, Léonora Miano, Angela Bettis, and Yevgeny Sadovyi.

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