Ekaterina Nikolaievna Shchelkanova (Russian: Екатерина
Риколаевна Щелканова, also spelled Chtchelkanova;
born May 2, 1970) is a Russian ballerina, singer and actress from
Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia). To American
audiences, she is best known as Hunyak, the Hungarian death row
prisoner, from the musical Chicago (2002). Chtchelkanova was also cast
as Darya in the Canadian film The End of Silence and held parts in the
films Odin's Shield Maiden, and Center Stage.Shchelkanova is a
graduate from the Vaganova Academy, where she studied under Ludmila
Safronova, then joined the Kirov Ballet. During a tour to the US in
1992, she defected. From 1995-2001, she was a member of the American
Ballet Theatre. She has appeared with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de
Montréal in 2008, and with the Space Coast Ballet in 2005. In 2010,
she founded the Open World Dance Foundation.
Риколаевна Щелканова, also spelled Chtchelkanova;
born May 2, 1970) is a Russian ballerina, singer and actress from
Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia). To American
audiences, she is best known as Hunyak, the Hungarian death row
prisoner, from the musical Chicago (2002). Chtchelkanova was also cast
as Darya in the Canadian film The End of Silence and held parts in the
films Odin's Shield Maiden, and Center Stage.Shchelkanova is a
graduate from the Vaganova Academy, where she studied under Ludmila
Safronova, then joined the Kirov Ballet. During a tour to the US in
1992, she defected. From 1995-2001, she was a member of the American
Ballet Theatre. She has appeared with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de
Montréal in 2008, and with the Space Coast Ballet in 2005. In 2010,
she founded the Open World Dance Foundation.
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