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Ilze Liepa

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Ilze Marisovna Liepa (Russian: Илзе Марисовна Лиепа; born 22 November 1963 in Moscow) is a Russian ballet dancer and actress. She has been a soloist ballerina at the Bolshoi Theatre since 1981. She was invested with the title of Merited Artist of the Russian Federation in 1996, the People's Artist of Russia title in 2002, and was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 2003. She won a Golden Mask Award in 2003 for her performance in the ballet production Padaemand. She has also appeared in the films Bambi's Childhood (1985), Lermontov (1986), Parallel Voices (2005), and The Bottomless Bag (2017), and the miniseries Empire Under Attack (2000). She has further authored the books Liepa method. Philosophy of the body. (2012), and Theatrical Sculptures (2014).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Liepa held dual Lithuanian and Russian citizenship. After an interview where she expressed support for Vladimir Putin in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Liepa was illegally stripped of her Lithuanian citizenship in 2024.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ Chizhova, A. E. (1997). "Liepa, Ilze Marisovna". Russian Ballet: Encyclopedia (in Russian). Moscow. pp. 264–265.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "Ilze Liepa presented a play about her father in St. Petersburg KXan 36 Daily News". Tek Deeps. 17 February 2022. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Балерина ушла в мелодраму". www.ng.ru. Archived from the original on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Илзе Лиепа стала мамой в 46 лет". EG.RU (in Russian). Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Балерина Илзе Лиепа – о своей книге "Театральные сказки"". m24.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 8 July 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 15.04.2002 г. № 390". Президент России (in Russian). Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Илзе Лиепа, 1963 — Актриса". Кинопоиск. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Илзе Лиепа". 24SMI (in Russian). Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Russian ballet dancer Ilze Liepa stripped of Lithuanian citizenship". LRT televizija. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Балерину Илзе Лиепу лишили литовского гражданства". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 7 March 2024.