Alla Mikhalchenko b. 1957 Bolshoi Ballet Photo: Alexander Orloff Photo: Alexander Orloff Photo: Alexander Orloff Photo: Vladimir Pcholkin Photo: Vladimir Pcholkin Photo: Vladimir Pcholkin All photos copyright by their respective owners. Alla Mikhalchenko was born in 1957. She graduated from the Moscow Ballet School. Came to the Bolshoi Theatre after winning first prize gold medal at the Third Moscow International Ballet Competition in 1977.