About Maria Mosina
Ballet Instructor
Ms.Mosina was born in Moscow and graduated from the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Russia. Upon graduation, Ms. Mosina joined the Bolshoi Ballet Grigorovich Company and was immediately chosen for principal roles. She toured the world appearing on all major European, American, African and Asian stages. She performed leading roles in all major productions as a member of the Company, as well as a guest artist with many other festivals, galas, and companies. Among the most memorable are the International Arts Festival in Spoletto, Italy, Gala Performance in Memory of Nureyev in Ufa, and Fernando Bujones Gala in Miami, FL. She also proudly holds a commemorative diploma for appearing in the Royal Variety Performance before Her Majesty the Queen of England.
Ms Mosina was invited to join Colorado Ballet as a lead principal dancer. In her 16 years with the company she has performed all major roles in classical productions such as Clara and Sugarplum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Sylphide in La Sylphide, Odette-Odille in Swan Lake, Aurora and Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle in Giselle, Swanhilda in Coppelia, Kitri in Don Quixote, Taglioni in Pas de Quatre, The Dying Swan, Le Spectre de La Rose and pas de deuxs from Le Corsaire, Talisman, Paquita, and Les Sylphides. Ms. Mosina has shown her talent in neoclassical, modern and contemporary choreography in master pieces such as Balanchine's Apollo, Rubies, Theme and Variations, Western Symphony, Serenade, Concerto Barocco, Stars and Stripes, and Who Cares? as well as Christopher Weeldon's A Midsummer Night Dream, Peter Pucci's Size Nine Spirit (as seen on PBS), Alvin Ailey' The River, Martha Graham's monumental Appalachian Spring, Agnes de Mille's Rodeo, Paul Taylor's Company B, Sir Frederick. Ashton's Facade, Anthony Tudor's The Leaves are Fading and Echoing of Trumpets, Twyla Tharp's Nine Sinatra Songs and In the Upper Room, Michael Pink's Dracula and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Stanton Welch's Of Blessed Memory, Martin Fredmann's Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, A Little Love, Mon Dieu, Sachertorte, Silent Woods, Dreamspace ( as seen on PBS), Donald McKayle's JamNation, Septime Webre's Where the Wild Things Are, C.Tippet's Bruch Violin Concerto No.1, L.Taylor-Corbett's Great Galloping Cottschalk and more. Ms. Mosina is constantly praised for her incredible talent and artistry as well as her sincere passion for dance.
Ms. Mosina has appeared as a guest artist at various prestigious dance festivals and galas across the United States. Additionally, she was featured on the cover of Dance Magazine and in an article in Dancer Magazine.
To add to her credits she also holds a master's degree in methodology and pedagogy from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography. She is now in her 16th season as a principal ballerina with Colorado Ballet and is excited to be sharing her knowledge of dance by teaching throughout the United States.
