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This is the music for my variation in the third act of Sleeping Beauty. It is part of the Blue Bird Pas de Duex and this is the Florine Variation. My role was Princess Florine!

"The Sleeping Beauty-Op. 66:Act III-Pas De Quatre:The blue bird 
And Princess Florine (Variation II)." 
Web. 23 Mar 2011. 
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZtgDXJWGtw>.

This is a picture of a very small fraction of the millions of dead pointe shoes that I own. "Dead pointe shoes" means that you can not dance in the pointe shoes anymore because they will not support your feet any longer. Dancers go through pointe shoes quite quickly!

Old Ballet Shoes-Marina Semyonova. 

Web. 23 Mar 2011. 

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/slr12009/3794851009/>.

Here is another picture of me dancing the Arabian role in the Nutcracker!

Ann Lauren: 20-21st Cent. Ballerina Marina Semyonova. 
Web. 23 Mar 2011. 
<http://ann-lauren.blogspot.com/2010/06/20-21st-cent-ballerina-marina-semyonova.html>.

Here is a picture of me dancing the Arabian Role in Nutcracker. What a fun role to play!

Ann Lauren: 20-21st Cent. Ballerina Marina Semyonova. 
Web. 23 Mar 2011. 
<http://ann-lauren.blogspot.com/2010/06/20-21st-cent-ballerina-marina-semyonova.html>.

Here is a picture of me dancing as Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty! What a fun show!

Ann Lauren: 20-21st Cent. Ballerina Marina Semyonova. 
Web. 23 Mar 2011. 
<http://ann-lauren.blogspot.com/2010/06/20-21st-cent-ballerina-marina-semyonova.html>.

Here is another picture of me dancing! I am dancing the Odette variation, this is the very last move I make! 

Ann Lauren: 20-21st Cent. Ballerina Marina Semyonova. 

Web. 23 Mar 2011. 

<http://ann-lauren.blogspot.com/2010/06/20-21st-cent-ballerina-marina-semyonova.html>.

Here is another video of me dancing as Odette in Swan Lake. This is the white swan pas de deux and my partner was Yuri Kondratov.

"SWAN LAKE - White Swan (Semenova-Kondratov)." 
Web. 23 Mar 2011.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXvWhC5lLq0&NR=1>.

Here picture of me dancing as Diane de Mireille in The Flames of Paris. I had such an amazing time and the costumes were very beautiful.

"Marina Semyonova as Diane de Mireille in The Flames of Paris." 

Legends << Vala Dancewear Blog. 

Web. 22 Mar 2011.

<http://valadancewear.com/blog/tag/legends>.

This is a picture of me performing Odette in Swan Lake. Sometimes dancing can be a lot like acting. Everyone's emotions went into making this performance look so spectacular!
And, not to mention, the costumes are so beautiful, they helped me get into the character as a swan queen!

"Marina Semyonova-Swan Lake." Ballerina Marina Semonova 
dies at 102 euronews, world news. Web. 
22 Mar 2011. 
<http://www.euronews.net/2010/06/10/ballerina-marina-semyonova-dies-at-102/>.

This is a video of me dancing a variation (solo dance) of Swan Lake as Odette.

"Marina Semyonova- Odette Variation." 
Web. 22 Mar 2011.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTmmMHemmbU&feature=related>.

Привет, мой друг! My name is Marina Semyonova, that's Марина Тимофеевна Семёнова in Russian. I am one of the first Russian trained prima ballerinas ever!
I was a student of Agrippina Vagonova (the originator of the Vagonova style of Ballet), then I went on to dance at the very famous Kirov Ballet. In 1930 I moved on to dance at the Bolshoi Theatre, one of the greatest ballet companies in the world, which was and still is some of the best years of my life.
I've danced many principal roles such as Odette/Odile in "Swan Lake," Princess Aurora and Princess Florine in "Sleeping Beauty," Giselle in "Giselle," and many more. I look forward to continue dancing until I truly can't dance any more. But, even then, I will stay in the world of dance as long as I can; maybe I'll teach or maybe I'll direct.
I enjoyed every day of dancing, though the life of a dancer is anything but easy. I love my art so much.
Well I'd better head off to rehearsal!
До свидания!