[1] In June 2000, she played a double role in Don Quixote as street dancer for the first act and as soloist in third.

In 2005 and 2007, she performed numerous soloist roles and made her debuts as Odette-Odile in Swan Lake, Medora in Le Corsaire and the Pupil in The Lesson.

"Bolshoi Theater has confirmed resignation of one of the ballet company stars, internationally acclaimed prima ballerina Maria Alexandrova.

"On January 19, 2017, People's Artist of Russia Maria Alexandrova filed a request for voluntary resignation," a spokesperson for the theater said.

Alexandrova was a leader of the Bolshoi Theatre's performer's union, and on 14 September 2014 she ran unsuccessfully for election to the Moscow City Duma as a candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, finishing second in the 41st electoral district.