Ksenia
Ryzhkova

Benois de la Danse nominee

After graduating from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography (class of Marina Leonova) in 2013, she was accepted into the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Musical Theater troupe as lead soloist.

In 2016-2022, she was the prima ballerina of the Bavarian Ballet (Munich). The she worked with famous teachers and choreographers such as Natalia Makarova, Christopher Wheeldon, Ewan McGregor, Reed Anderson, etc.

She has been the prima ballerina of the Moscow Musical Theater since the beginning of the 2022/2023 season.
Her repertoire includes: Nikiya (La Bayadère, edited by N. Makarova and P. Barth), Odette/Odilia (Swan Lake by V. Burmeister and R. Barr), Giselle (Giselle by M. Petipa and P. Wright), Masha (The Nutcracker by V. Vainonen), Marie (The Nutcracker by Yu. Posokhov), Anna Karenina (in the ballet of the same name by K. Shpuk), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), Tatiana (Onegin), Katarina (The Taming of the Shrew) (all three – J. Kranko); Aegina and Phrygia (Spartacus by Yuri Grigorovich), Lisa (La Fille mal gardée by F. Ashton), Manon (in the ballet of the same name by K. Macmillan), Raymonda (in the ballet of the same name by R. Barra), Alice (Alice in Wonderland by K. Wheeldon), Hippolyta / Titania (A Midsummer Night's Dream by J. Neumeier), Diamonds (Jewels by J. Balanchine), Svanilda (Coppelia by R. Petit), Marya (Blizzard by A. Kaidanovsky). There are also solo roles in the ballets of F. Ashton, J. Robbins, J. Balanchine, L. Scarlett, W. McGregor.

Awards: Grand Prix of the Mikhailovsky Theatre (2011). The First Prize and Gold medal of the IV International Competition Young Ballet of the World (Sochi, 2012). The Second prize of the I All-Russian competition of young performers Russian Ballet (Moscow, 2013).

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