Former principal dancer of the Hvorostovsky Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre Elena Svinko was included in the list of the most promising Russians under 30 drawn up by the Forbes magazine. And the readers’ voting resulted in her winning in the Art category. Nowadays, Elena is a principal dancer of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.

The performance of the Forbes rating winner can be seen very soon in Krasnoyarsk: on May 30, she will dance at the show dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the Krasnoyarsk Choreography College, which she graduated from in 2016. Along with the premier danseur of the ballet company of the Krasnoyarsk Theatre Georgy Bolsunovsky and college students, Elena Svinko will perform Diane and Actéon Pas de Deux of Cesare Pugni’s ballet La Esmeralda.

It’s worth reminding that last year, Elena Svinko won the Golden Mask Award in the Best Actress category for the role of Catarina in the ballet Catarina ou la Fille du Bandit to the music of Cesare Pugni staged at the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre.

The winners of the Russian Forbes rating are those who, by the age of 30, have received recognition in the professional community and become known at the all-Russian or even global level. In 2023, the magazine's editors received more than 600 questionnaires from potential winners. The ranking has 10 categories: Entrepreneurs, Management, Finance and Investment, Science and Technology, Social Practices, Sports and E-Sports, Music, Art, Fashion and Design, and New Media. The decision was made by experts’ and readers’ voting.