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.
- La SylphideJames
- Giselle, ou Les WilisCount
- La BayadèreSolor
- Don QuixoteBasilio
- La Fille mal gardéeColas
- CipollinoCount Cherry
- The Flames of ParisAntoine Mistral, Fraternity (allegoric dance)
- LaurenciaPas de six
- The Sleeping BeautyPrince Désiré, Gold, Fairy of Wheat Flower’s Suitor
- The NutcrackerNutcracker/Prince
- Romeo and JulietRomeo
- Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness
- Prelude
- CinderellaPrince
- CoppéliaFranz
- Swan LakePrince Siegfried
- Hidalgo of La ManchaBasilio
- Le CorsaireConrad
- The Bright StreamBallet dancer
- Notre-Dame de ParisPhoebus
- 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
- ballet in three acts
- music by Ludwig Minkus
- choreography by Nacho Duato after Marius Petipa
- Nikiya — Yulia Lukyanenko
Solor — Victor Lebedev
Gamzatti — Ekaterina Odarenko - Conductor — Anton Torbeev
17
- ballet in three acts
- music by Boris Asafiev
- choreography by Vasily Vaynonen revised by Mikhail Messerer
- Jeanne — Angelina Vorontsova
Philippe — Danila Khamzin
Diana Mireille — Irina Perren
Antoine Mistral — Victor Lebedev - Conductor — Valentin Bogdanov
18
- ballet in three acts
- music by Sergey Prokofiev
- choreography by Rostislav Zakharov revised by Mikhail Messerer
- Cinderella — Anastasia Soboleva
Prince — Victor Lebedev
Stepmother — Marfa Fedorova - Conductor — Timur Zangiev
22
- ballet in three acts and a prologue
- music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- choreography by Nacho Duato
- Princess Aurora — Prisca Zeisel
Prince Desire — Victor Lebedev - Conductor — Pavel Klinichev
24
- ballet in three acts
- music by Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold
- choreography by Frederick Ashton
- Lise — Veronika Markova
Colas — Victor Lebedev
Simone — Gennady Yanin - Conductor — Valentin Bogdanov
27
- Special guests — Svetlana Zakharova, Vadim Repin
Starring — Maria Abashova, Olga Grishenkova, Roman Polkovnikov, Angelina Vorontsova, Prisca Zeisel, Victor Lebedev, Olesya Petrova, Svetlana Moskalenko, Margarita Shapovalova, Semyon Antakov - Conductor — Mikhail Tatarnikov
30
- ballet in three acts
- music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- ñhoreography by Nacho Duato
- Odette-Odile — Anastasia Soboleva
Prince Siegfried — Victor Lebedev - Conductor — Anton Torbeev
June
01
- ballet in three acts
- music by Rodion Shchedrin
- choreography by Alexander Radunsky staging by Mikhail Messerer
- Ivan — Victor Lebedev
Tsar Maiden — Prisca Zeisel
Humpbacked Horse — Anna Kuligina
Sea Princess — Irina Perren - Conductor — Philipp Selivanov
06
- ballet in two acts
- music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- choreography by Nacho Duato
- Masha — Anastasia Soboleva
The Nutcracker/Prince — Victor Lebedev - Conductor — Pavel Klinichev
17
- ballet in one act
- ñhoreography by Nacho Duato
22
- fantasy ballet in two acts
- music by Adolphe Adam
- ñhoreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa
- Giselle — Anastasia Soboleva
Count — Victor Lebedev
Queen of the Wilis — Marfa Fedorova - Conductor — Anton Torbeev
24
- ballet in three acts
- music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- ñhoreography by Nacho Duato
- Odette — Yulia Lukyanenko
Odile — Ekaterina Odarenko
Prince Siegfried — Victor Lebedev - Conductor — Anton Torbeev
29
- ballet in three acts
- music by Boris Asafiev
- choreography by Vasily Vaynonen revised by Mikhail Messerer
- Jeanne — Prisca Zeisel
Philippe — Ernest Latypov
Diana Mireille — Irina Perren
Antoine Mistral — Victor Lebedev - Conductor — Valentin Bogdanov
July
01
- ballet in three acts
- music by Ludwig Minkus
- choreography by Nacho Duato after Marius Petipa
- Nikiya — Yulia Lukyanenko
Solor — Victor Lebedev
Gamzatti — Prisca Zeisel
06
- ballet in three acts
- choreography by Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, and Pyotr Gusev revised by Nikita Dolgushin
- Medora — Anastasia Soboleva
Conrad — Victor Lebedev
Gulnara — Ksenia Ryzhkova
Ali — Nikita Tchetverikov
19
- ballet in three acts
- music by Sergey Prokofiev
- choreography by Rostislav Zakharov revised by Mikhail Messerer
- Cinderella — Anastasia Soboleva
Prince — Victor Lebedev
Stepmother — Marfa Fedorova
25
- ballet in three acts
- music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- ñhoreography by Nacho Duato
- Odette-Odile — Anastasia Soboleva
Prince Siegfried — Victor Lebedev