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Cristina Balaban

Cristina Balaban

first ballet master
 

Membership in the Hungarian State Opera since 2013

Education:
Colegiul Naţional de Coregrafie, Chișinău

Competitions:
International Ballet Competition ‘Serge Lifar’ in Kiev, Ukraine – Bronze Medal (2006)
International Ballet Competition in Perm, Russia – Diploma (2004)
International Competition ‘Artek Fouettes’, Ukraine – Grand Prix (1998)
International Ballet Competition in Constanta, Romania – Gold Medal (1997)

Awards and recognitions:
Silver Cross of Merit (2022)
Honoured Artist of the Republic of Moldova (2012)

Professional work:
Odessa Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine – Principal
Donetsk Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ukraine – Principal
National Opera and Ballet of Kiev, Ukraine – Soloist

Principal roles:
Dantzig/Schayk/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Pas de trois
Eagling/Solymosi/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Princess Maria, Chinese dance
Petipa/Tchaikovsky/Vainonen: The Nutcracker – Clara
Petipa/Gorsky/Minkus: La Bayadére – Nikiya, Gamzatti
Petipa/Ivanov/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Odette/Odile
Petipa/Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty – Princess Aurora, Princess Florina
Petipa/Adam: Le Corsaire – Gulnara
Petipa/Gorsky/Minkus: Don Quixote – Kitri
Bournonville/Løvenskiold: La Sylphide – Sylphide
Bournonville/Gielgud/Løvenskiold: La Sylphide – Sylphide
Corelli/Perrot/Petipa/Adam: Giselle – Giselle
Fokin/Chopin: Chopiniana
Litvinov/Prokofiev: Сinderella – Cinderella
Yaremenko/Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro – Suzanna
Inger/Pärt/Ravel: Walking Mad

Performances

September 28. 18:00
classic ballet rehearsal
Marius Petipa – Alexander Gorsky – Kasyan Goleizovsky – Michael Messerer / Ludwig Minkus

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Hungarian State Opera
September 30. 11:00
classic ballet
Marius Petipa – Alexander Gorsky – Kasyan Goleizovsky – Michael Messerer / Ludwig Minkus

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Hungarian State Opera
September 30. 19:00
classic ballet
Marius Petipa – Alexander Gorsky – Kasyan Goleizovsky – Michael Messerer / Ludwig Minkus

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Hungarian State Opera
21. Volf Katalin season ticket
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October 4. 19:00
classic ballet
Marius Petipa – Alexander Gorsky – Kasyan Goleizovsky – Michael Messerer / Ludwig Minkus

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Hungarian State Opera
12. Róka István season ticket
October 6. 19:00
classic ballet
Marius Petipa – Alexander Gorsky – Kasyan Goleizovsky – Michael Messerer / Ludwig Minkus

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Hungarian State Opera
22. Kaszás Ildikó season ticket
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October 7. 11:00
classic ballet
Marius Petipa – Alexander Gorsky – Kasyan Goleizovsky – Michael Messerer / Ludwig Minkus

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Hungarian State Opera
14. Berczelly István season ticket
October 8. 12:25
classic ballet
Marius Petipa – Alexander Gorsky – Kasyan Goleizovsky – Michael Messerer / Ludwig Minkus

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Hungarian State Opera
October 8. 19:00
classic ballet
Marius Petipa – Alexander Gorsky – Kasyan Goleizovsky – Michael Messerer / Ludwig Minkus

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Hungarian State Opera
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October 10. 19:00
classic ballet
Marius Petipa – Alexander Gorsky – Kasyan Goleizovsky – Michael Messerer / Ludwig Minkus

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Hungarian State Opera
November 23. 18:00
classic ballet 6 rehearsal
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
November 24. 11:00
classic ballet 6 rehearsal
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
November 24. 19:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
November 25. 11:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
November 25. 19:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
25. Rohonyi Anikó season ticket
November 26. 11:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
14. Berczelly István season ticket
November 28. 19:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
November 29. 19:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
22. Kaszás Ildikó season ticket
December 1. 11:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
December 1. 19:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
December 2. 11:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
December 2. 18:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
December 3. 11:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
December 5. 19:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
December 9. 11:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
December 9. 18:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
December 15. 18:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
December 17. 11:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
December 17. 18:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
Dynamic prices
December 22. 19:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
Dynamic prices
December 24. 11:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
Dynamic prices
December 25. 11:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
Dynamic prices
December 25. 18:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
Dynamic prices
December 26. 11:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
Dynamic prices
December 26. 18:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
Dynamic prices
December 28. 18:00
classic ballet 6
Wayne Eagling – Tamás Solymosi / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Hungarian State Opera
Dynamic prices
January 11. 18:00
neoclassic ballet 12 rehearsal
John Cranko / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Kurt-Heinz Stolze

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Hungarian State Opera
Youth Programme
info: operakaland@opera.hu
January 12. 19:00
neoclassic ballet 12
John Cranko / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Kurt-Heinz Stolze

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Hungarian State Opera
25. Rohonyi Anikó season ticket
January 13. 11:00
neoclassic ballet 12
John Cranko / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Kurt-Heinz Stolze

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Hungarian State Opera
January 13. 19:00
neoclassic ballet 12
John Cranko / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Kurt-Heinz Stolze

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Hungarian State Opera
05. Hágai Katalin season ticket
January 16. 19:00
neoclassic ballet 12
John Cranko / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Kurt-Heinz Stolze

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Hungarian State Opera
January 17. 19:00
neoclassic ballet 12
John Cranko / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Kurt-Heinz Stolze

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Hungarian State Opera
15. Szakály György season ticket
January 18. 19:00
neoclassic ballet 12
John Cranko / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Kurt-Heinz Stolze

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Hungarian State Opera
06. Dózsa Imre season ticket
January 19. 19:00
neoclassic ballet 12
John Cranko / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Kurt-Heinz Stolze

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Hungarian State Opera
16. Kincses Veronika season ticket
January 20. 11:00
neoclassic ballet 12
John Cranko / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Kurt-Heinz Stolze

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Hungarian State Opera
09. Pongor Ildikó season ticket
January 21. 11:00
neoclassic ballet 12
John Cranko / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Kurt-Heinz Stolze

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Hungarian State Opera
January 24. 19:00
neoclassic ballet 12
John Cranko / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Kurt-Heinz Stolze

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Hungarian State Opera
22. Kaszás Ildikó season ticket
April 11. 18:00
classic ballet 16 rehearsal
Tamás Solymosi – Albert Mirzoyan – Irina Prokofieva – Jiří Kylián – Harald Lander

CLASSICAL BRAVURA

Hungarian State Opera
April 13. 11:00
classic ballet 16
Tamás Solymosi – Albert Mirzoyan – Irina Prokofieva – Jiří Kylián – Harald Lander

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Hungarian State Opera
April 14. 11:00
classic ballet 16
Tamás Solymosi – Albert Mirzoyan – Irina Prokofieva – Jiří Kylián – Harald Lander

CLASSICAL BRAVURA

Hungarian State Opera
April 14. 19:00
classic ballet 16
Tamás Solymosi – Albert Mirzoyan – Irina Prokofieva – Jiří Kylián – Harald Lander

CLASSICAL BRAVURA

Hungarian State Opera
April 20. 11:00
classic ballet 16
Tamás Solymosi – Albert Mirzoyan – Irina Prokofieva – Jiří Kylián – Harald Lander

CLASSICAL BRAVURA

Hungarian State Opera
April 20. 19:00
classic ballet 16
Tamás Solymosi – Albert Mirzoyan – Irina Prokofieva – Jiří Kylián – Harald Lander

CLASSICAL BRAVURA

Hungarian State Opera
05. Hágai Katalin season ticket
April 21. 19:00
classic ballet 16
Tamás Solymosi – Albert Mirzoyan – Irina Prokofieva – Jiří Kylián – Harald Lander

CLASSICAL BRAVURA

Hungarian State Opera
27. Pártay Lilla season ticket
April 24. 19:00
classic ballet 16
Tamás Solymosi – Albert Mirzoyan – Irina Prokofieva – Jiří Kylián – Harald Lander

CLASSICAL BRAVURA

Hungarian State Opera
06. Dózsa Imre season ticket
May 3. 20:00
contemporary ballet
Johan Inger – William Forsythe – Hans van Manen – Sol León – Paul Lightfoot

FRENETIC DANCE

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
35. Pászthy Júlia season ticket
May 5. 17:00
contemporary ballet
Johan Inger – William Forsythe – Hans van Manen – Sol León – Paul Lightfoot

FRENETIC DANCE

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
36.Medveczky Ádám season ticket
May 11. 19:00
contemporary ballet
Johan Inger – William Forsythe – Hans van Manen – Sol León – Paul Lightfoot

FRENETIC DANCE

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
33. Misura Zsuzsa season ticket
May 12. 17:00
contemporary ballet
Johan Inger – William Forsythe – Hans van Manen – Sol León – Paul Lightfoot

FRENETIC DANCE

Eiffel Art Studios – Miklós Bánffy Stage
May 16. 18:00
contemporary ballet 12 rehearsal
Boris Eifman / ifj. Johann Strauss

THE PYGMALION EFFECT

Hungarian State Opera
Youth Programme
info: operakaland@opera.hu
May 17. 11:00
contemporary ballet 12 rehearsal
Boris Eifman / ifj. Johann Strauss

THE PYGMALION EFFECT

Hungarian State Opera
June 20. 18:00
classic ballet 12 rehearsal
Anna-Marie Holmes – Tamás Solymosi / Adolphe Adam

LE CORSAIRE

Hungarian State Opera
June 22. 11:00
classic ballet 12
Anna-Marie Holmes – Tamás Solymosi / Adolphe Adam

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Hungarian State Opera
09. Pongor Ildikó season ticket
June 22. 19:00
classic ballet 12
Anna-Marie Holmes – Tamás Solymosi / Adolphe Adam

LE CORSAIRE

Hungarian State Opera
05. Hágai Katalin season ticket
June 28. 19:00
classic ballet 12
Anna-Marie Holmes – Tamás Solymosi / Adolphe Adam

LE CORSAIRE

Hungarian State Opera
06. Dózsa Imre season ticket
June 29. 11:00
classic ballet 12
Anna-Marie Holmes – Tamás Solymosi / Adolphe Adam

LE CORSAIRE

Hungarian State Opera
18. Kiss-B. Atilla season ticket
June 30. 19:00
classic ballet 12
Anna-Marie Holmes – Tamás Solymosi / Adolphe Adam

LE CORSAIRE

Hungarian State Opera
15. Szakály György season ticket