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
- SpartacusSabina
- Notre-Dame de ParisEsmeralda
- The Flames of Paris Jeanne
- LaurenciaLaurencia, Pa de six
- Without Words
- Romeo and JulietJuliet
- 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
17
- ballet in one act
- ñhoreography by Nacho Duato
19
- Starring — Lucia Lacarra, Matthew Golding, Diana Vishneva, Roman Polkovnikov, Angelina Vorontsova, Prisca Zeisel, Anastasia Soboleva, Victor Lebedev, Ernest Latypov, Olesya Petrova, Svetlana Moskalenko, Margarita Shapovalova, Sergey Kuzmin, Semyon Antakov, Egor Martynenko
- Conductor — Alexander Soloviev
20
- ballet in two acts
- music by Maurice Jarre
- Esmeralda — Prisca Zeisel
Quasimodo — Roman Polkovnikov
Claude Frollo — Ernest Latypov
Phoebus — Danila Khamzin - Conductor — Alexander Soloviev
29
- ballet in three acts
- music by Boris Asafiev
- choreography by Vasily Vaynonen revised by Mikhail Messerer
- Jeanne — Prisca Zeisel
Philippe — Ernest Latypov
Diana Mireille — Irina Perren
Antoine Mistral — Victor Lebedev - Conductor — Valentin Bogdanov
July
01
- ballet in three acts
- music by Ludwig Minkus
- choreography by Nacho Duato after Marius Petipa
- Nikiya — Yulia Lukyanenko
Solor — Victor Lebedev
Gamzatti — Prisca Zeisel - Conductor — Anton Torbeev
03
- ballet in three acts and a prologue
- music by Ludwig Minkus
- choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky
- Kitri — Prisca Zeisel
Basil — Ernest Latypov
The Queen of Dryads — Marfa Fedorova - Conductor — Anton Torbeev
08
- Starring — Ivan Vasiliev, Sergei Leiferkus, Angelina Vorontsova, Prisca Zeisel, Anastasia Soboleva, Ernest Latypov, Victor Lebedev, Nikita Tchetverikov, Ivan Gyngazov, Boris Pinkhasovich, Olesya Petrova, Svetlana Moskalenko, Margarita Shapovalova, Sergey Kuzmin, Egor Martynenko, Semyon Antakov, Karlen Manukyan, Ekaterina Begunovich, Alexander Bezrukov, Yury Monchak, Damir Zakirov
- Conductor — Alexander Soloviev
12
- ballet in two acts
- music by Aram Khachaturian
- choreography by George Kovtun
- Spartacus — Ernest Latypov
Valeria — Anastasia Soboleva
Crassus — Mikhail Batalov
Sabina — Prisca Zeisel
Pompeius — Andrey Kasyanenko - Conductor — Philipp Selivanov
13
- ballet in two acts
- music by Aram Khachaturian
- choreography by George Kovtun
- Spartacus — Ernest Latypov
Valeria — Anastasia Soboleva
Crassus — Mikhail Batalov
Sabina — Prisca Zeisel
Pompeius — Denis Morozov - Conductor — Philipp Selivanov
17
- ballet in two acts
- music by Sergey Prokofiev
- ñhoreography by Nacho Duato
- Romeo — Danila Khamzin
Juliet — Prisca Zeisel - Conductor — Timur Zangiev
22
- ballet in two acts
- music by Maurice Jarre
- Esmeralda — Prisca Zeisel
Quasimodo — Roman Polkovnikov
Claude Frollo — Ernest Latypov
Phoebus — Danila Khamzin - Conductor — Mikhail Tatarnikov