Krysanova was born in
Moscow,
Russia in 1985. Her mother took her to ballet lessons when she was 8. She began studying ballet at the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Singing Center (Moscow) in 1995, then continued her studies at the Moscow State Choreographic School. L.M. Lavrovsky (teachers Galina Krapivina, Nina Speranskaya), and in 2001 - at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography (class of Tatiana Galtseva). She received a
gold medal in 2001 at the
Prix de Luxembourg International Ballet Competition and the same year was awarded a
bronze in the Junior Competition. In 2002 she was awarded another bronze in
Saint Petersburg and the same year attended
Bolshoi Ballet Academy from which she graduated in 2003. In the same year, she became a member of the Bolshoi Ballet. She was promoted to the rank of soloist in 2006, became a first soloist in 2008 and by 2009 had been promoted to Leading Soloist under the direction of
Svetlana Adyrkhaeva, appearing with the
Bavarian State Opera. She had appeared in such works as
In the Upper Room of
Twyla Tharp,
Class Concert,
Bolt by
Alexei Ratmansky,
Cinque,
Russian Seasons,
Ondine and many other contemporary works. Her first soloist role was as the
Spanish Doll in
The Nutcracker and was followed by the Fairy of Audacity in
Sleeping Beauty, as well as many other memorable roles, most of which were produced by
Yuri Grigorovich. In 2017, Krysanova appeared in
The Taming of the Shrew at the
David H. Koch Theater and in 2018 she performed in
Don Quixote. ==Awards==