Galina Stepanenko Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

In 1992 Stepanenko graduated from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts, having taken the course of Marina Semyonova, and received the specialty of a teacher-choreographer. In December 2012 Stepanenko retired from dancing and became a teacher-coach for the Bolshoi Ballet. On 22 January 2013 she became acting artistic director of the ballet troupe, and since autumn 2013 she has been head of the Bolshoi’s ballet troupe.

Between 1984 and 1988 Stepanenko was a soloist of the Moscow Classical Ballet [ru] ensemble, studying under Marina Kolpakchi-Kuznetsova [ru]. In 1988 Stepanenko joined the troupe of the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre, spending two years there under the tutelage of Nina Chkalova. In 1990 Stepanenko was accepted into the Bolshoi Ballet, where she was taught by, at first, Marina Semyonova, and later rehearsed with Marina Kondratyeva [ru], Raisa Struchkova, and Ekaterina Maximova.

Galina Olegovna Stepanenko (Russian: Галина Олеговна Степаненко; born 12 June 1966) is a Russian ballet teacher. She is a former prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet, and since 2013 has been head of the Bolshoi’s ballet troupe.

Born in Moscow on 12 June 1966, Stepanenko studied rhythmic gymnastics, studying to the first grade and receiving an invitation to the Olympic Reserve School. In 1976 she entered the Moscow Academic Choreographic School, studying under Professor Sofia Golovkina, and graduating with honours in 1984. During her studies she danced several main roles in the school’s performances: as Swanhilda in Coppélia, Lise in La fille mal gardée, and the soloist in the Paquita grand pas classique.