Ivan Zaytsev

principal dancer of the Mikhailovsky Theatre
diploma winner of the International competition

Ivan Zaitsev is a graduate of the Krasnodar Choreographic School. In 2007, he graduated from the St. Petersburg University of Culture and Arts, where he studied at the department of choreography, and was immediately accepted into the Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theater.
After participating in the XI Moscow International Competition of Ballet Dancers and Choreographers in 2009, the artist was invited to the Boris Eifman Ballet Theatre.
In 2011, Ivan Zaitsev joined the Mikhailovsky Theatre troupe as a soloist. Critics note that it was at the Mikhailovsky Theatre that Ivan Zaitsev “revealed himself as a virtuoso dancer, and the theatre acquired a unique partner.”
In 2016, Ivan Zaitsev became the theatre’s principal dancer.

Upcoming performances

November

08

November 19:00 Fri
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Aram Khachaturian
  • choreography by George Kovtun

30

November 18:00 Sat
  • ballet in three acts
  • choreography by Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, and Pyotr Gusev revised by Nikita Dolgushin

December

05

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

15

December 13:00 Sun
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Aram Khachaturian
  • choreography by George Kovtun

21

December 13:00 Sat
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  • choreography by Nacho Duato

January

12

January 13:00 Sun
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Sergey Prokofiev
  • choreography by Rostislav Zakharov revised by Mikhail Messerer

19

January 13:00 Sun
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Aram Khachaturian
  • choreography by George Kovtun

25

January 13:00 Sat
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold
  • choreography by Frederick Ashton

February

02

February 13:00 Sun
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Rodion Shchedrin
  • choreography by Alexander Radunsky staging by Mikhail Messerer

16

February 13:00 Sun
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Sergey Prokofiev
  • choreography by Rostislav Zakharov revised by Mikhail Messerer

22

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