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 2014, Ivan Zaitsev became the theatre’s principal dancer.
- La SylphideJames
- La BayadèreSolor
- Giselle, ou Les WilisPeasants’ pas de deux
- Don QuixoteBasilio
- La Fille mal gardéeColas
- CipollinoCipollino, Count Cherry, Watch
- The Flames of ParisPhilippe
- LaurenciaFrondoso
- The Sleeping BeautyPrinces, Aurora’s suitors, Fairy of Candor' Suitor, Fairy of Wheat Flower's Suitor, Prince Désiré, The Bluebird, hunting scene
- Romeo and JulietRomeo, Harlequin
- The NutcrackerNutcracker/Prince, The Mouse King, Russian Dance, Rose Waltz pairs
- Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness
- Prelude
- White Darkness
- CinderellaPrince
- CoppéliaFranz
- SpartacusSpartacus
- The Little Humpbacked HorseIvan, Coral
- Swan LakeRothbart
- Hidalgo of La ManchaGypsy dance
- Le CorsaireConrad, Birbanto, Forban (soloist)
- The Bright StreamChairman
- Notre-Dame de ParisQuasimodo
Upcoming performances
February
22
- ballet in two acts
- music by Aram Khachaturian
- choreography by George Kovtun
- Spartacus — Ivan Zaytsev
Valeria — Irina Perren
Crassus — Mikhail Batalov
Sabina — Ekaterina Odarenko
Pompeius — Andrey Kasyanenko - Conductor — Philipp Selivanov
March
02
- ballet in three acts
- music by Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold
- choreography by Frederick Ashton
- Lise — Anna Kuligina
Colas — Ivan Zaytsev
Simone — Roman Petukhov - Conductor — Valentin Bogdanov
08
- ballet in two acts
- music by Maurice Jarre
- Esmeralda — Anastasia Soboleva
Quasimodo — Ivan Zaytsev
Claude Frollo — Mikhail Batalov
Phoebus — Ernest Latypov - Conductor — Mikhail Tatarnikov
19
- ballet in two acts
- music by Aram Khachaturian
- choreography by George Kovtun
- Spartacus — Ivan Zaytsev
Crassus — Mikhail Batalov
Sabina — Ekaterina Odarenko
Pompeius — Andrey Kasyanenko - Conductor — Philipp Selivanov
21
- ballet in two acts
- music by Aram Khachaturian
- choreography by George Kovtun
- Spartacus — Ivan Zaytsev
Valeria — Irina Perren
Crassus — Mikhail Batalov
Pompeius — Andrey Kasyanenko - Conductor — Philipp Selivanov
26
- ballet in three acts
- music by Sergey Prokofiev
- choreography by Rostislav Zakharov revised by Mikhail Messerer
- Cinderella — Angelina Vorontsova
Prince — Ivan Zaytsev
Stepmother — Marfa Fedorova - Conductor — Mikhail Tatarnikov
April
13
- ballet in two acts
- music by Sergey Prokofiev
- ñhoreography by Nacho Duato
- Romeo — Ivan Zaytsev
Juliet — Anastasia Soboleva
May
01
- ballet in three acts
- music by Dmitry Shostakovich
- choreography by Alexander Omar
- Zina — Prisca Zeisel
Pyotr — Nikita Tchetverikov
Ballerina — Irina Perren
Ballet dancer — Victor Lebedev
Chairman — Ivan Zaytsev
Chairman’s wife — Guilherme Vicente
Galya — Veronika Markova
Tractor driver — Mikhail Batalov
01
- ballet in three acts
- music by Dmitry Shostakovich
- choreography by Alexander Omar
- Zina — Prisca Zeisel
Pyotr — Nikita Tchetverikov
Ballerina — Anastasia Soboleva
Ballet dancer — Victor Lebedev
Chairman — Ivan Zaytsev
Chairman’s wife — Marat Shemiunov
Galya — Alexandra Trofimchuk (debut)
Tractor driver — Ernest Latypov
03
- ballet in two acts
- music by Maurice Jarre
- Esmeralda — Anastasia Soboleva
Quasimodo — Ivan Zaytsev
Claude Frollo — Mikhail Batalov
Phoebus — Ernest Latypov
10
- ballet in two acts
- music by Aram Khachaturian
- choreography by George Kovtun
- Spartacus — Ivan Zaytsev
Valeria — Irina Perren
Crassus — Danila Khamzin
Sabina — Ekaterina Odarenko
Pompeius — Denis Morozov
18
- ballet in three acts
- music by Sergey Prokofiev
- choreography by Rostislav Zakharov revised by Mikhail Messerer
- Cinderella — Anna Kuligina
Prince — Ivan Zaytsev