Angelina Vorontsova

prima ballerina of the Mikhailovsky Theatre
Honoured Artist of Russia

Angelina Vorontsova graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in the class of Natalia Arkhipova in 2009. She began studying ballet at the Voronezh State Choreographic School, where her teachers were Marina Leonkina, Nabilya Valitova and Tatyana Frolova. In 2009, she joined the Bolshoi Theatre ballet company. Principal dancer of the Bolshoi Theatre Nikolay Tsiskaridze became Angelina’s first stage partner, as well as her coach.
In 2013, Angelina Vorontsova joined the ballet company of the Mikhailovsky Theatre as prima ballerina and made her debut as Diana Mireille in the ballet “The Flames of Paris”.
Critics note the ballerina’s unique artistic abilities and excellent technique: “Beautiful jump and silent landings, magnificent stable rotation and gigantic range of movements, calmness, confidence and a lot of charm”.
In 2024, she was awarded the title of Honoured Artist of Russia.

  • Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation (2024)
  • St Petersburg Government Award for Youth For Achievements in the Sphere of Theatre (2019)
  • Soul of Dance prize in the category Star (2014)
  • Exercise premium for the role in the ballet Paquita (2009)
  • Gold medal of the Moscow International Ballet Competition (2009)
  • Scholarship of the Galina Ulanova Foundation (2006, coach: N. Valitova)
  • Youth Scholarship Triumph (2009)
  • I prize at the Arabesque International Ballet Competition (Perm, 2008). At the competition she also received Natalia Makarova’s prize ‘Best Female Dancer of the Competiton’, Diaghilev House prize ‘Hope of Russia’, ‘Best Contemporary Piece’, diploma of the press jury
  • I prize at the The Crystal Shoe Youth international Ballet Competition (Kharkov, 2007)

Upcoming performances

December

10

December 19:00 Tue
Premiere
<B>STARRING IVAN VASILIEV</B>
STARRING IVAN VASILIEV
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Maurice Jarre

13

December 19:00 Fri
  • ballet in three acts and a prologue
  • music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  • choreography by Nacho Duato

27

December 19:00 Fri
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  • choreography by Nacho Duato

29

December 19:00 Sun
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  • choreography by Nacho Duato

January

03

January 18:00 Fri
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Rodion Shchedrin
  • choreography by Alexander Radunsky staging by Mikhail Messerer

06

January 18:00 Mon
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  • choreography by Nacho Duato

11

January 18:00 Sat
  • fantasy ballet in two acts
  • music by Adolphe Adam
  • ñhoreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa

22

January 19:00 Wed
Premiere
<B>STARRING IVAN VASILIEV</B>
STARRING IVAN VASILIEV
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Maurice Jarre

25

January 18:00 Sat
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold
  • choreography by Frederick Ashton

31

January 19:00 Fri
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  • ñhoreography by Nacho Duato

February

05

February 19:00 Wed
<B>STARRING IVAN VASILIEV</B>
STARRING IVAN VASILIEV
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Alexander Krein
  • ñhoreography by Vakhtang Chabukiani revised by Mikhail Messerer

07

February 19:00 Fri
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Sergey Prokofiev
  • ñhoreography by Nacho Duato

14

February 19:00 Fri
<B>STARRING IVAN VASILIEV</B>
STARRING IVAN VASILIEV
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Maurice Jarre

23

February 18:00 Sun
<B>STARRING IVAN VASILIEV</B>
STARRING IVAN VASILIEV
  • ballet in three acts and a prologue
  • music by Ludwig Minkus
  • choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky

27

February 19:00 Thu
  • ballet in three acts and a prologue
  • music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  • choreography by Nacho Duato

March

02

March 18:00 Sun
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold
  • choreography by Frederick Ashton

06

March 19:00 Thu
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  • ñhoreography by Nacho Duato

08

March 18:00 Sat
<B>STARRING IVAN VASILIEV</B>
STARRING IVAN VASILIEV
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Maurice Jarre

12

March 19:00 Wed
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Ludwig Minkus
  • choreography by Nacho Duato after Marius Petipa

15

March 18:00 Sat
<B>STARRING IVAN VASILIEV</B>
STARRING IVAN VASILIEV
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Boris Asafiev
  • choreography by Vasily Vaynonen revised by Mikhail Messerer

26

March 19:00 Wed
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Sergey Prokofiev
  • choreography by Rostislav Zakharov revised by Mikhail Messerer

30

March 18:00 Sun
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Rodion Shchedrin
  • choreography by Alexander Radunsky staging by Mikhail Messerer
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