Irina Golub Movies and Career Information

Irina Golub (born 1980) is a Russian ballerina with the Mariinsky Ballet, once known as the Kirov Ballet. She should not be confused with the gymnast with the same name. Born in what was then Leningrad, and a graduate of the Vaganova Academy, Ms. Golub joined the company in 1998 at the age of eighteen. Known for her great beauty and acclaimed for her dancing by critics, she has been hailed in the Mariinsky production of George Balanchine's Jewels , in which she danced Rubies. She has also appeared in the leading roles in productions of Prokofiev's Cinderella and Romeo and Juliet. In 2001, she first danced the role of Masha (Clara) in Mikhail Chemiakin's controversial production of The Nutcracker, a performance which was recorded on digital video in 2007 and is available in Blu-ray on DVD. Ms. Golub has also danced the role of Masha in a revival of the much more traditional Vainonen version of the ballet, first staged in 1934. In February 2010, Ms. Golub began appearing as the Ballerina in the Mariinsky Ballet's new revival of Igor Stravinsky's Petrouchka. Ballerina Gallery