Prisca Zeisel
prima ballerina of the Mikhailovsky Theatre
winner of international competitions
Prisca Zeisel studied ballet at the school of the Vienna State Opera, at the Rosella Hightower School of Dance in Cannes and at the Princess Grace Academy in Monte Carlo. In 2011, the artist joined the troupe of the Vienna State Ballet, and in the 2016/2017 season she became a soloist of the Bavarian State Ballet (Munich). Already in March 2017, Priska Zeisel was promoted to first soloist, and in September 2019 she received the status of prima ballerina. While working in Munich, her repertoire included solo parts in ballets of the classical and modern repertoire.
In 2023, Prisca Zeisel made her debut on the stage of the Mikhailovsky Theatre as Gamzatti in the ballet La Bayadère. Soon after her debut, she was accepted into the theatre troupe as a prima ballerina. During the very first months of work at the theatre, the artist performed the main roles in almost all ballets of the current repertoire. “Prisca Zeisel is more than just a prima ballerina. She amazingly combines incredible performance, impeccable technique, accuracy, irrepressible energy and excellent training that Russian ballet masters gave her.”
- La BayadèreNikiya, Gamzatti, Grand Pas Classique
- Giselle, ou Les WilisGiselle
- CinderellaSummer Fairy
- Le CorsaireMedora
- Swan LakeOdette – Odile
- The Bright StreamZina
- The Sleeping BeautyPrincess Aurora
- The Little Humpbacked HorseThe Tsar Maiden
- The NutcrackerMasha
- The Lady of the CamelliasBoyarsky Dance
- Hidalgo of La ManchaQuiteria
- Don QuixoteKitri
- I prize of the Vienna International Arts Festival (2019)
- III prize of the I Xiamen International Ballet Competition (2019)
- II prize of the Shanghai International Ballet Competition (2018)
- Special prize of the jury at the V International ballet competition in Shanghai (2016)
- The White Hope Prize of Tanz Magazine (2017)
- Promotion Prize of the Ballet Club of the Vienna State Opera and Volksoper (2012)
- II prize of Roma Premio (2010)
- Karl Musil Prize
- Fanny Elßler Prize
Upcoming performances
07
- ballet in three acts
- choreography by Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, and Pyotr Gusev revised by Nikita Dolgushin
- Medora — Prisca Zeisel
Conrad — Victor Lebedev
Gulnara — Valeria Zapasnikova
Ali — Nikita Tchetverikov - Conductor — Valentin Bogdanov
08
- ballet in three acts
- music by Rodion Shchedrin
- choreography by Alexander Radunsky staging by Mikhail Messerer
- Ivan — Victor Lebedev
Tsar Maiden — Prisca Zeisel
Humpbacked Horse — Anna Kuligina
Sea Princess — Irina Perren - Conductor — Philipp Selivanov
11
- ballet in three acts
- music by Ludwig Minkus
- choreography by Nacho Duato after Marius Petipa
- Nikiya — Prisca Zeisel
Solor — Ernest Latypov
Gamzatti — Marfa Fedorova - Conductor — Anton Torbeev
19
- ballet in three acts
- music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- ñhoreography by Nacho Duato
- Odette — Marfa Fedorova
Odile — Prisca Zeisel
Prince Siegfried — Ernest Latypov
Rothbart — Ivan Zaytsev - Conductor — Pavel Klinichev
25
- ballet in three acts and a prologue
- music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- choreography by Nacho Duato
- Princess Aurora — Prisca Zeisel
Prince Desire — Victor Lebedev - Conductor — Pavel Klinichev
04
- ballet in two acts
- music by Aram Khachaturian
- choreography by George Kovtun
- Spartacus — Ernest Latypov
Valeria — Anastasia Soboleva (debut)
Crassus — Danila Khamzin
Sabina — Prisca Zeisel (debut)
Pompeius — Denis Morozov - Conductor — Karen Durgarian
13
- ballet in three acts
- choreography by Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, and Pyotr Gusev revised by Nikita Dolgushin
- Medora — Prisca Zeisel
Conrad — Ernest Latypov
Gulnara — Valeria Zapasnikova
Ali — Nikita Tchetverikov
Birbanto — Ivan Zaytsev - Conductor — Valentin Bogdanov
17
- ballet in three acts
- music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- ñhoreography by Nacho Duato
- Odette — Marfa Fedorova
Odile — Prisca Zeisel
Prince Siegfried — Ernest Latypov
Rothbart — Ivan Zaytsev - Conductor — Anton Torbeev
29
- ballet in two acts
- music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- choreography by Nacho Duato
- Masha — Prisca Zeisel
The Nutcracker/Prince — Ernest Latypov - Conductor — Pavel Klinichev