Ksenia Ryzhkova
guest prima ballerina of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre
Ksenia Ryzhkova is a graduate of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography (class of Marina Leonova). In 2011, the young ballerina won the Grand Prix at the Mikhailovsky Theatre, a competition for students of ballet schools. After graduating from the Academy in 2013, Ksenia joined the company of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Musical Theatre, where she performed principal and leading roles. In 2016, she joined the National Bavarian Ballet (Munich) as a prima ballerina, in 2022 she returned to Russia and from the beginning of the 2022/2023 season became a guest prima ballerina of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre. During her career, the ballerina has worked with such teachers and choreographers as Natalia Makarova, Olga Evreinova, Christopher Wheeldon, Liam Scarlett, Wayne McGregor, Ben Hughes, and Reed Anderson.
- First prize of the XII International Competition of Ballet Dancers and Choreographers (Moscow, 2013)
- Winner of the second prize of the I National Competition of Young Performers Russian Ballet (Moscow, 2013)
- First Prize at the International Competition Young Ballet of the World (Sochi, 2012)
- Grand Prix of the Mikhailovsky Theatre (St Petersburg, 2011)
Upcoming performances
July
06
- ballet in three acts
- choreography by Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, and Pyotr Gusev revised by Nikita Dolgushin
- Medora — Anastasia Soboleva
Conrad — Victor Lebedev
Gulnara — Ksenia Ryzhkova
Ali — Nikita Tchetverikov
