Member of the Hungarian State Opera since: 2024
Education and training:
Vaganova Ballet Academy, St. Petersburg — BA in Ballet Pedagogy and Choreographic Arts, 2009–2012
Vaganova Ballet Academy, St. Petersburgh (1982-1991) – Ballet dancer
Awards and Distinctions
2014 — Grand Prix for Contemporary Choreography, Speaking in Tongues, Finnish National Ballet Competition
2010 — Prix for Contemporary Choreography, Chella llà, Finnish National Ballet Competition
2002 — Prix for Contemporary Choreography, Tango de Roxanne, Prague International Ballet Competition
2002 — Pro Dance Award
Professional Work Experience
Ballet Nacional de Costa Rica — Guest Ballet Master, (since 2023)
AfterPetipa Productions — Co-Artistic Director, (since 2019)
Danilova Ballet School — Artistic Adviser, Guest Teacher and Ballet Master, (since 2017)
Panamá Ballet Festival — Artistic Director of the International Ballet Gala and Ballet Master, (2019)
Kirov Academy of Ballet, Washington, D.C. — Assistant Artistic Director and Ballet Teacher, (2017–2018)
Royal Winnipeg Ballet School — Ballet Teacher, (2015–2017)
St. Petersburg Eifman Ballet — Guest Ballet Master, (2011–2012)
Helsinki Dance Institute (Helsingin tanssiopisto), Finland — Ballet Teacher, (2009–2015)
Finnish National Ballet School — Ballet Teacher, (2007–2015)
Ballet West, Salt Lake City — Guest Principal Dancer, (2003)
Universal Ballet, Seoul — Guest Principal Dancer, (2002)
Finnish National Ballet — Principal Dancer, (2000–2015)
Staatsoper Berlin — Soloist, (1997–2000)
Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg — Principal Dancer, (1991–1997)
Choreographies
Raymonda, Grand Pas — Hungarian National Ballet (2025). Staged by Anastasia Dunets and Stanislav Belyaevsky.
2021 — Coppélia (after Petipa) — Teatro Eugene O’Neill, Costa Rica. Staged by Anastasia Dunets and Stanislav Belyaevsky.
2020 — Les Ruses d’Amour (after Petipa) — Hermitage Theatre, St. Petersburg.
Main roles
Coralli/Perrot/Petipa/Kage/Guillem/Adam: Giselle – Albrecht
Petipa/Sergeyev/Vinogradov/Dantzig/Bart/Greve/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Prince Siegfried, Pas de trois, Rothbart
Petipa/Sergeyev/Nureyev/Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty – Prince Désiré
Petipa/Vainonen/Bart/Eagling/Schayk/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Prince
Petipa/Bart/Minkus: Don Quixote – Basilio
Vinogradov/Cranko/Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet – Romeo, Tybalt, Paris
Vinogradov/Hérold: La Fille mal gardée – Colas
Petipa/Holmes/McKenzie/Glazunov: Raymonda – Jean de Brienne
Fokine/Chopin: Les Sylphides – The Poet
Cranko/Tchaikovsky: Onegin – Lenski
Vinogradov/Stevenson/Prokofiev: Cinderella – Prince
Balanchine/Bizet: Symphony in C – First and Fourth Movement Soloist
Kylián/Mozart: Petit Mort – Fourth Solo
Bournonville/Helsted/Paulli/Gade/Lumbye: Napoli – Gennaro
Vainonen/Asafiev: Fountain of Bakhchisarai – Vatslav
Balanchine/Stravinsky: Prodigal Son – Prodigal Son
Balanchine / Stravinsky: Stravinsky Violin Concerto — Aria II
Neumeier/Shostakovich: The Seagull – Trigorin
Béjart/Le Bars: Le Concours – Ivy
Ratmansky/Shchedrin: Anna Karenina – Vronsky
Spoerli/Mendelssohn/Glass: A Midsummer Night's Dream – Oberon
Lander/Czerny: Études – Solo
