Marianna Ryzhkina graduated in 1989 from the Moscow Academic Choreography College (Elena Ryabinkina’s class) and joined the Bolshoi Theatre ballet troupe. She got her education at the Ballet Staging Faculty of Moscow State Choreography Institute. At the Bolshoi Theatre she worked with
Raisa Struchkova, now the ballerina works under the guidance of
Ekaterina Maximova. With the Bolshoi Theatre troupe she has been on tours of America, Japan, England, Italy, Spain, Austria, Germany, Brazil, Australia, Egypt, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Greece, the Bermuda Islands etc.
Repertoire includes: Nutcracker (Marie), Don Quixote (Kitri), The Legend of Love (Shirin), La Sylphide (Sylphide),
The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Florine), Chipollino (Little Radish), Chopiniana (Waltz),
La Fille mal gardee (Liza), Taming the obstinate (Katarina), Swan Lake (Odette-Odile),
Le Corsaire (Pas-de-deux), Giselle (Giselle), Pas de quatre, Diana and Acteon, etc.
