Polina Semionova
Born in Moscow, she studied at the Bolshoi Ballet School. In 2002-2012, she was a principal dancer of the Berlin Opera. In 2012, she became a principal dancer with ABT and guest dancer with the Mikhailovsky Theatre.
Semionova’s repertoire includes principal roles in Swan Lake, La Bayadère, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Coppélia, Don Quixote, Giselle, Onegin, Maurice Bejart’s Ring um den Ring, Manon, Romeo and Juliet, Roland Petit’s Carmen, Sylvia. She performed principal roles in Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun, George Balanchine’s Ballet Imperial, Apollo,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Diamonds, William Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude and Kylián’s Return to the Strange Land. She has also appeared in works by Mauro Bigonzetti, Uwe Scholz and Christian Spuck.
Semionova has appeared as a guest artist with the English National Ballet; Tokyo Ballet; Teatro alla Scala; Vienna State Opera Ballet; Maryinsky Ballet; Bolshoi Ballet; Stuttgart Ballet, Zurich Ballet.
Semionova’s repertoire includes principal roles in Swan Lake, La Bayadère, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Coppélia, Don Quixote, Giselle, Onegin, Maurice Bejart’s Ring um den Ring, Manon, Romeo and Juliet, Roland Petit’s Carmen, Sylvia. She performed principal roles in Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun, George Balanchine’s Ballet Imperial, Apollo,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Diamonds, William Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude and Kylián’s Return to the Strange Land. She has also appeared in works by Mauro Bigonzetti, Uwe Scholz and Christian Spuck.
Semionova has appeared as a guest artist with the English National Ballet; Tokyo Ballet; Teatro alla Scala; Vienna State Opera Ballet; Maryinsky Ballet; Bolshoi Ballet; Stuttgart Ballet, Zurich Ballet.
- Giselle (Giselle, ou Les Wilis)
- Odette – Odile (Swan Lake)
- Nikiya (La Bayadère)
- Kitri (Don Quixote)
- Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)
- Princess Aurora (The Sleeping Beauty)
- Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness
Semionova’s awards include Female Dancer of the Year according to the Tanz Magazine (2018), a gold medal at the Moscow International Ballet Competition in 2001, First Prize at the Vaganova-Prix Ballet Competition in St Petersburg and the Junior Prize at the Nagoya International Ballet Competition in 2002, Daphne Prize (2004), German Critics Choice Award (2005).
