Anastasia Stashkevich

Anastasia Stashkevich (Russian: Анастасия Сташкевич; born 20 November 1984) is a Russian principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet.

Anastasia Stashkevich was born in Leningrad, and studied at the Moscow Choreographic Academy with Tatyana Galtseva. Upon her graduation in 2003 she joined the Bolshoi Ballet, where she presently works under the tutelage of Svetlana Adyrkhaeva. She was promoted to the rank of soloist in October 2009, to first soloist in September 2011, to leading soloist in May 2012, and was appointed to the rank of principal dancer in July 2015.

Her guest appearances have included performing Kitri in Don Quixote with the Tokyo Ballet and Phrygia in Spartacus with the Royal Ballet of Flanders.

In 2018 Stashkevich received the Golden Mask theater award for her performance as the Novice in Jerome Robbins' The Cage.