When I last saw Maria Khoreva in person, the Mariinsky First Soloist had only recently joined the company following her graduation from the Vaganova Academy. Time passes. This second conversation took place on Sunday, April 14 th , near Lincoln Center. Her father, who had accompanied her to New York, did not participate in or in any way interrupt the interview.
In deference to YAGP and its celebration, and to the fact that it had arranged this meeting, I decided to limit my questioning to matters relating to YAGP and dance, as well as, of course, Khoreva herself. Our conversation, lightly edited to make it read more fluidly and to eliminate irrelevant comments mostly by me , proceeded as follows:. JH: I was going to ask you whether and where you were taking classes, so you once again anticipated my question.
JH: Are you returning to Russia immediately after the second Gala, or are you performing elsewhere? JH: I got to know you through your Instagram posts back when you were at Vaganova. You had a large following then. Do you have any idea how many followers you have? MK: Yeah. On Instagram I have around , followers; on YouTube around , JH: Seems like a decent number.
JH: During our previous interview you said that you created your own Instagram posts. Do you still do that? Injuries β I take them as a way to stop and grow spiritually rather than physically, so I learned to take it as opportunities to grow further as an artist not being able to perform physically but taking time to think and develop your inner self.
I have too, but [sarcastically] in a different way. Now I can say that I love ballet so much more. And I see so many philosophical meanings in it; so many meanings that, you know, move us to the transcendental side of things.
