Nikita
Ksenofontov

Benois de la Danse nominee

Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2017. Has been a soloist of the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater since 2015.His repertoire includes about 40 solo and leading roles, including: Romeo, Mercutio and friends of Romeo (Romeo and Juliet, choreographed by Oleg Vinogradov), Romeo and Mercutio (Radio and Julie, choreographed by Edward Kluge), Ali and Lankedem (Le Corsaire), The Fool (Swan Lake, staged by M. Messerer), Soloist (Rubies) and pas de trois (Emeralds) (both by G. Balanchine), Magedavea and the Golden Idol (La Bayadère, choreography by Nacho Duato), Frollo and Quasimodo (Notre Dame de Paris by Roland Petit), Cipollino, The Three Guards and Uncle Pumpkin (Cipollino by Heinrich Mayorov), The Nutcracker, the Moor, and the Chinese Dance (The Nutcracker, choreography by Nacho Duato), Alain (La Fille mal gardée, choreography by F. Ashton), Ivan (The Hunchback Horse, choreography by A. Radunsky edited by M. Messerer), etc.

Has won numerous All-Russian ballet dancers’ and choreographers’ competitions in Moscow (2014, 2016). Diploma winner of the XIII International Competition of Ballet Dancers and Choreographers (Moscow, 2017). Winner of the First Prize, Audience Choice Award, Diploma of the press jury of the XV Open Russian Ballet Competition Arabesque (Perm, 2018). Laureate of the Novosibirsk Theater Award Paradise (2018, 2022). Won the State scholarship of the Government of the Russian Federation for young cultural and art workers in 2019. Won the First Prize and Gold Medal at the Yuri Grigorovich International Competition Young Ballet of the World which took place in Sochi in 2019.