• Born in Talgar, Kazakhstan
• Ballet training at the National Ballet School in Alma-Ata
• After grauduation joined the National Ballet of Kazakhstan
• Promoted to principal Dancer
• 1994: Moved to Germany and danced with the company f the Theatre Krefeld-Mönchengladbach in CDB
• Until 1996 performed as Soloist
• 1996-1997 season: Joined the Bavarian State Ballet Munich as Soloist
• 1999: Promoted to Principal Dancer
• 2000-2001 season: Invited by Alicia Alonso to dance with the Cuban National Ballet
• April 2003: Danced the title role in Manon with the Royal Danish BAllet
• January 2004: Joined the Stuttagrt Ballet as Principal Dancer

Awards and Honours

• 2001: Danced at the "Gala des Etoiles du XXeme siecle" in Paris with Alen Bottaini
• 2002: Nominated for Prix Benois for the title role in Manon and Kitri in DQ
• 2006: Named in the category "Oustanding dancer" in the critics' choice of the magazine ballettanz for the role of Olimpia.
• 2010 and 2011: Named in the same category for the leading role in Siebte Sinfonie and for tatiana in onegin.
• April 2012: Danced at the XI St Petersburg International Ballet Award Dance Open, Pas de Deux from The Taming of the Shrew with Filip Barankiewicz