Anastasia Volochkova

Together with the Mariinsky Ballet, she also got to tour all around the world, including Great Britain, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Austria, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Bahrain, South Korea, Japan, Canada and the United States,[2][5][6] making her US debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1995.

Volochkova performed in productions of Giselle, La Bayadère, Raymonda, Russian Hamlet, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, touring throughout Europe as well.

A Moscow court ruled that the Bolshoi Ballet had to reinstate Volochkova immediately and awarded her thousands of US dollars in back pay and damages.

[13] During the years, Volochkova has also given numerous gala performances and recitals in Moscow, Paris, London, Athens, Lausanne, Tel Aviv, Abu Dhabi, New York and many others.

[7] In 2010, Anastasia Volochkova formed a tandem with Ukrainian countertenor Alex Luna and organise a joint tour "Nine Stories of Love".

[20][21][22][23] As of 2010, Volochkova starred in her first tour of Chile, performing in Santiago, Antofagasta, La Serena, Viña del Mar, Talca, Temuco, Puerto Montt and Concepción.

[1][2][5][6] She has also supported a secondary school in Saint Petersburg, for example, with a benefit performance at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London.

[2] Volochkova is a celebrity in Russia, and has featured in newspapers, magazines, and TV shows, such as Ice Age, on a regular basis.

[33] In 2004, Volochkova filed a $1million dollar lawsuit against her former manager Anatoly Iksanov, claiming harm to her personal and professional reputation.

In an interview with Radio Liberty, she said that she decided to quit the party after United Russia had duped her into signing condemnation of the imprisoned oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

[34] In 2013, Volochkova compared Bolshoi Ballet to a brothel, citing that ballerinas were forced to have sex with the oligarchs, or, upon refusal, they would be expelled from the school or be banned from international tours.