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Interview with Maria Kochetkova, a Russian ballet dancer
Interview: Ally Ferraro & Guilherme Ferrari
Maria Kochetkova is a Russian ballet dancer.
She was a principal dancer with the San Francisco Ballet between 2007 and 2018, and with the American Ballet Theatre between 2015 and 2017.
You are in LA, working?
Yes, just for three weeks.
I'm helping my teacher and coach, Marat Daukayev, putting together his The Nutcracker for his school.
Tell us about your childhood growing up in Russia, and the Bolshoi. How old were you when you got in?
I was ten years old when I started ballet.
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Prior to that, I was doing gymnastics and figure skating. Russian school is considered one of the best schools for ballet. Studying ballet anywhere is quite difficult, but there's probably more competition in Russia than in some other places.
Was it hard?
You have to pass through three rounds of exams.
There is a lot of competition to enter, especially fo