Victor Lebedev

principal dancer of the Mikhailovsky Theatre
Honoured Artist of Russia

Victor Lebedev is a graduate of the Vaganova Ballet Academy, where his teacher was Mansur Yenikeev. Immediately after finishing his studies in 2010, he was accepted into the ballet troupe of the Mikhailovsky Theatre as a soloist and made his debut as Prince Désiré in the ballet The Sleeping Beauty.
In 2014, Viktor Lebedev took part in the Kings of Dance project, and a year later in the Bolshoi Ballet television contest together with Anastasia Soboleva.
In 2015, the artist became the principal dancer of the troupe. “Viktor Lebedev is an extra-class classical dancer; now there are only a few of them in the world,” says Mikhail Messerer, the theatre’s chief guest choreographer. “Noble”, “impeccable”, “perfect” — these epithets invariably accompany every mention of the artist in the press. Critics note his “aristocratic breed and high performing culture” and claim that he has no equal “in the attraction of virtuoso pirouettes and jumps, exquisite skids and dashing battements, lyrical adagios and desperate supports.”
In 2023, Viktor Lebedev was awarded the title of Honoured Artist of Russia.

  • Merited Artist of Russia (2022)
  • ‘Spirit of Dance’ Premium in the ‘Star’ category (2017)
  • St Petersburg Government Award for Young Artists (2013, 2016)
  • Premium of Farukh Ruzimatov (2007)
  • Prize-winner of the First All-Russian Festival Competition Alternative (2008)
  • First prize at the II All-Russian Competition Ballet XXI Century, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Yury Grigorovich

Upcoming performances

May

15

May 19:00 Thu
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Ludwig Minkus
  • choreography by Nacho Duato after Marius Petipa

17

May 18:00 Sat
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Boris Asafiev
  • choreography by Vasily Vaynonen revised by Mikhail Messerer

18

May 18:00 Sun
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Sergey Prokofiev
  • choreography by Rostislav Zakharov revised by Mikhail Messerer

22

May 19:00 Thu
  • ballet in three acts and a prologue
  • music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  • choreography by Nacho Duato

24

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

30

May 19:00 Fri
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  • ñhoreography by Nacho Duato

June

01

June 18:00 Sun
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Rodion Shchedrin
  • choreography by Alexander Radunsky staging by Mikhail Messerer

06

June 19:00 Fri
  • ballet in two acts
  • music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  • choreography by Nacho Duato

22

June 18:00 Sun
  • fantasy ballet in two acts
  • music by Adolphe Adam
  • ñhoreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa

24

June 19:00 Tue
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  • ñhoreography by Nacho Duato

29

June 18:00 Sun
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Boris Asafiev
  • choreography by Vasily Vaynonen revised by Mikhail Messerer

July

01

July 19:00 Tue
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Ludwig Minkus
  • choreography by Nacho Duato after Marius Petipa

06

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

19

July 18:00 Sat
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Sergey Prokofiev
  • choreography by Rostislav Zakharov revised by Mikhail Messerer

25

July 19:00 Fri
  • ballet in three acts
  • music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  • ñhoreography by Nacho Duato
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