Maria Allash

Maria Yevgenevna Allash (Russian: Мария Евгеньевна Аллаш) (born 9 March 1976) is a Russian ballet dancer, and principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet since 1994.

Born in Moscow, then part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, in the Soviet Union, Allash joined the Moscow State Academy of Choreography, under the tutelage of Professor Sofia Golovkina. Since 1994 she has been a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre. She has been tutored at different times by Tatyana Golikova and Nina Semizorova. She is married to fellow Bolshoi soloist Alexei Loparevich. She has been honoured with the titles Honoured Artist of Russia, in 2002, and People's Artist of Russia in 2012. Allash retired from the stage in 2020. Since 2018 she has been a ballet mistress at the Bolshoi.