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.”

  • 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

June

20

June 19:00 Fri
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Maurice Jarre

29

June 18:00 Sun
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Boris Asafiev
  • choreography by Vasily Vaynonen revised by Mikhail Messerer

July

01

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

03

July 19:00 Thu
  • ballet in three acts and a prologue
  • music by Ludwig Minkus
  • choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky

12

July 18:00 Sat
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Aram Khachaturian
  • choreography by George Kovtun

13

July 18:00 Sun
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Aram Khachaturian
  • choreography by George Kovtun

17

July 19:00 Thu
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Sergey Prokofiev
  • ñhoreography by Nacho Duato

22

July 19:00 Tue
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Maurice Jarre
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