Anna Shchekaleva
Performer | Teacher | Choreographer
About Anna Shchekaleva
Anna Shchekaleva is an experienced ballet soloist, pedagogue, and ballet master. She trained in the Vaganova method at the Voronezh State Choreographic School, Russia, and performed leading roles in classical and modern repertoire
throughout Russia and Europe.
Performative Career
• Soloist in theatres across the Czech Republic (1993–2001)
Roles: Giselle (Giselle), Carmen (Carmen), Manon (Manon), Princess Aurora & Lilac Fairy (Sleeping Beauty), Clara (Nutcracker),
Odette/Odile (Swan Lake), Mercedes (Don Quixote), Marguerite
(Lady of the Camellias), Olympia (Tales of Hoffmann).
• State Opera Prague – Czech National Theatre (2001–2014)
Notable roles: Odette/Odile & Pas de trois (Swan Lake), Cinderella
(Cinderella), Titania & Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Marguerite Duplessis (Lady of the Camellias), Charlotte (Phantom of
the Opera), “She” (My Country).
• Twice nominated for the Thalia Award:
– Titania (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, music: F. MendelssohnBartholdy, chor. L. Vaculík)
– Odette/Odile (Swan Lake, music: P. Tchaikovsky, chor. M. Petipa,
L. Ivanov)
Pedagogy
• Ballet master: Moravian Theatre Olomouc (1997–1999), State Opera
Prague (2008–2010), F. X. Šalda Theatre Liberec (2012–2020)
• Teaching classical dance & stage practice-repertoire: Ivo Váňa Psota
Dance Conservatory (2002–2011), Dance Conservatory of Prague
(2012–present)
• Lecturer at New Prague Dance Festival (since 2005)
• Student competition preparation:
– Varna, Bulgaria – advanced to third round
– Szczecin, Poland – 1st place graduate category, pas de deux
– Brno, Czech Republic – 1st place women’s senior category, jury
special award, diploma
• Recipient of Best Teacher Award – Golden Pointe Shoes, Szczecin,
2018
• Frequent jury member at national and international competitions
