Nadja saidakova biography

Nadja was born in Ishewsk (Russia). After her training at State Ballet Academy in Perm she started her dancing career at the Moscow Classical Ballet. In 1991 she settled to Germany, where she was invited by Heinz Spoerli to join the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Duesseldorf as Principal Dancer.

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Since 1995 she is Principal Dancer with the ballet company of Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, since 2004 with Staatsballett Berlin, when this company was founded under Artistic Director Vladimir Malakhov.

She danced a huge number of the classical leading parts and dramatic roles, she also feels at home in the neoclassical and contemporary repertoire, she inspired many choreographers to create on her personal skills.

She danced in ballets by Rudolf Nureyev, Maurice Béjart, Patrice Bart, Pierre Lacotte, John Cranko, Boris Eifman or Vladimir Malakhov, in choreographies by Peter Martins, Uwe Scholz, Nacho Duato, Christian Spuck, Itzik Galili or William Forsythe.

She still is per