Alexandra Tikhomirova, a native of Saratov, graduated from the Saratov Choreography School in 1991. In 1991 – 1995, she danced in the ballet troupe of the Mariinsky Theater’s Maly Ballet under the guidance of Oleg Vinogradov. In 2000, she graduated from the St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory (Choreography Department) majoring in coaching choreography. As an assistant pedagogue of the Department of Plastic Education of the State Academy of Theater Arts she taught the discipline of dance at the master shops of V. Filshtinsky, Yu. Krasovsky, and L. Dodin since 1997. As of January 2001, Tikhomirova has worked as pedagogue at the Department of Plastic Education of the State Academy of Theater Arts named after N. Cherkasov. She was the tutoring pedagogue for G. Trostyanetsky and V. Retsepter’s classes. In 2001 – 2006, she worked as coaching pedagogue at the ballet troupe under the guidance of Nikita Dolgushin at the State Opera and Ballet Theater of the St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory. Since February 2006, Tikhomirova is the coaching pedagogue of the St. Petersburg State Academy Yakobson Ballet under the guidance of Yu. Petukhov.

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As Assistant Choreographer, Tikhomirova participated in direction of following performances (director N. Dolgushin): “Esmeralda” (Samara Opera and Ballet Theater, 1998); “Chopiniana” (Samara Opera and Ballet Theater, 1997), “Chopiniana” (Samara Opera and Ballet Theater, 1998), “Esmeralda” (Estonian National Opera, Tallinn, 1999), “Esmeralda” (Bolshoy Minsk Opera and Ballet Theater, 1999), “The Sleeping Beauty” (Samara Opera and Ballet Theater, 2000), “Aurora’s Wedding” (Kazan Choreography School, 2002).
In 1997-2000, Tikhomirova took part in direction of ballet episodes for students of the Saratov Choreography School and Samara and Tallinn ballet schools.
As a choreographer she took part in the following performances: “A Ball at Fleur de Lys” (Ballet School at the Helsinki National Opera, Finland, 2000), “Le Comte de Monte-Cristo” (Riga Drama Theater, director A. Ozols, 2000), “Don Juan X” (Riga Dailes Drama Theater, director J. Jilinger, 2000), “Master Alexander” Riga Dailes Drama Theater, director P. Krylovs, choreographer, 2002), “Days of Our Life” (Riga Dailes Drama Theater, director M. Gruzdov, 2003), “A Green Bird” (Riga Dailes Drama Theater, director F. Deich, nomination “For the Best Choreography in a Dramatic Performance” of the Latvian Theater Award, 2003), “Two Novels” (St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts, director V. Retsepter, 2003), “There Lived a Poor Knight…” (St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts, director V. Retsepter, 2004), Shakespeare and Gogol Are There in the Mirrors” (St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts, director V. Retsepter, 2005), “A Mermaid” (Pushkin School Theater Studio, director V. Retsepter, 2006), musical “Another Sherlock Holms” (Riga Dailes Drama Theater, director A. Berzinsh, 2006), “Rigoletto” (Mariinsky Theater, director I. Gabitov, 2007).

In 2007, Tikhomirova released as choreographer the following performances: “A Mass” by L. Bernstein (Latvian State Academy Choir, director S. Tsyryuk), “Russian Spleen” (the Theater over the Black River,” director V. Vorobiev), “The Last Love” (Theater in Liteiny, director V. Vorobiev), “A Fly” after J. Brodsky and K. Chukovsky (Alexandrinsky Theater, director O. Yeremin).

(This article contains materials from the Mariinsky Theater website).