Bogdan
Verbovoy

Benois de la Danse nominee

Born in 2002, graduated with honors from the Almaty Choreographic School named after A. Seleznev in 2020.

Diploma winner of the Moscow International Ballet Competition (2022), laureate of the II World Ballet Grand Prix Award (Moscow, 2019). Winner of the III prize of The World Ballet Trial in the categories Classical Dance and Modern Choreography (Tokyo, 2018). Winner of the first prize of the International Competition Өrleu (Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2018). Participant of the International Vaganova Prix Competition (Saint Petersburg, 2018). Fellow of the Foundation of the First President of Kazakhstan (2019), winner of the state scholarship in the field of culture of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2022).

He has performed the roles of Romeo and Paris (Romeo and Juliet), the Prince and the French Doll (The Nutcracker), the Young Man (Chopiniana), Vaclav (The Fountain of Bakhchisarai), the Golden Idol (La Bayadère), the Blue Bird (The Sleeping Beauty), pas de trois (Swan Lake) at the Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theater named after Abay.