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.

Upcoming performances

February

22

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

March

02

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

08

March 13:00 Sat
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Maurice Jarre

19

March 19:00 Wed
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Aram Khachaturian
  • choreography by George Kovtun

21

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

26

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

April

13

April 18:00 Sun
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Sergey Prokofiev
  • ñhoreography by Nacho Duato

May

01

May 13:00 Thu
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Dmitry Shostakovich
  • choreography by Alexander Omar

01

May 18:00 Thu
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Dmitry Shostakovich
  • choreography by Alexander Omar

03

May 13:00 Sat
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Maurice Jarre

10

May 13:00 Sat
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Aram Khachaturian
  • choreography by George Kovtun

18

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