Kaie Kõrb as Cleopatra in the ballet by Lazarev 'Anthony and Cleopatra'

KAIE KÕRB (born in 1961), one of the most outstanding dancers in Estonia of all times, was the prima ballerina of the Estonian National Opera from 1981 to 2005. She was highly appreciated both for her interpretation of classical roles such as Odette-Ottilie ('Swan Lake'), title roles in Cinderella, Giselle and Raymonda, Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) et al, as well as for more dramatic heroines as Carmen (by Bizet-Shchedrin), Cleopatra (Anthony and Cleopatra by Lazarev), Julie (Miss Julie produced by Birgit Cullberg) and Anna Karenina (by Shchedrin).

Together with the troupes of Maya Plisetskaya and Vyacheslav Gordejev, Kaie has toured in many countries all over the world and attracted attention with her brilliant technique and great dramatic talent. In 2005 she finished her career at the Estonian National Opera and gave birth to two sons. In 2009 she surprisingly returned to stage in a dance drama The Death Dance staged by the most famous Estonian choreographer Mai Murdmaa. In 2010 Murdmaa has created a new dance production specially dedicated to Kaie Kõrb Phaidra (to the music of Britten and Xenakis). See: http://www.opera.ee/43647

This video is recorded at a performance of "Anthony and Cleopatra" at the Estonian National Opera in 1988. Kaie Kõrb dances together with her partner of that time Victor Fedorchenko. The choreographer was Igor Chernyshov.