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
July
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
- сhoreography 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
September
05
- ballet in two acts
- music by Aram Khachaturian
- choreography by George Kovtun
- Spartacus — Ernest Latypov
Valeria — Anastasia Soboleva
Crassus — Danila Khamzin
Sabina — Prisca Zeisel
Pompeius — Andrey Kasyanenko
06
- ballet in two acts
- music by Aram Khachaturian
- choreography by George Kovtun
- Spartacus — Ernest Latypov
Valeria — Anastasia Soboleva
Crassus — Danila Khamzin
Sabina — Prisca Zeisel
Pompeius — Denis Morozov
12
- ballet in two acts
- music by Maurice Jarre
- Esmeralda — Prisca Zeisel
Quasimodo — Ivan Vasiliev
Claude Frollo — Ernest Latypov
Phoebus — Danila Khamzin
14
- ballet in three acts
- choreography by Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, and Pyotr Gusev revised by Nikita Dolgushin
- Medora — Prisca Zeisel
Conrad — Victor Lebedev
Gulnara — Viktoriya Safina
Ali — Nikita Tchetverikov
20
- fantasy ballet in two acts
- music by Adolphe Adam
- сhoreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa
- Giselle — Prisca Zeisel
Count — Victor Lebedev
Queen of the Wilis — Marfa Fedorova
25
- ballet in three acts
- music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- сhoreography by Nacho Duato
- Odette-Odile — Prisca Zeisel
Prince Siegfried — Ernest Latypov