
Gergő Ármin Balázsi
male principal, Étoile of the 2022/2023 season
Member of the Hungarian State Opera since: 2014
Education and training:
Hungarian Dance Academy (2005-2014)
Teachers:
Gyula Fodor, Béla Balogh, Sándor Túri, Tamás Solymosi, Zoltán Solymosi, Gábor Keveházi, Imre Dózsa
Courses:
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's Intensive Summer Programme (2013)
Wolfsegg International Dance Course (2012)
Hungarian Dance Academy International Summer Course
Competitions:
Golden Point Shoes International Ballet Competition – First Prize (2014)
Rudolf Nureyev International Ballet Competition (2013)
Hungarian Dance Academy Intramural Competition (2008-2012); First Prize (2010)
New Generation Ballet Competition (2008)
Awards and recognitions:
Best Dancer of the Year Award (2023)
Étoile of the 2022/2023 season
Zoltán Nagy Jr. Award for the Best Performance (2022)
Bronze Cross of Merit (2021)
Junior Prima Award, Teatre and Films Arts Category (2019)
Best New Dancer of the Season (2016)
Graduate of the Year (2014)
Principal roles:
Eagling/Solymosi/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Nutcracker Prince
Dantzig/Schayk/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Prince Siegfried, Pas de six
Vainonen/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Flower Waltz
Harangozó/Delibes: Coppélia – Eighth Friend
MacMillan/Massenet/Yates: Manon – Three Dancing Boys
Eifman/Rachmaninoff/Mussorgsky/Wagner: The Karamazovs – Corps de ballet
Seregi/Delibes: Sylvia – Corps de ballet
North/Downes: Troy Game
Seregi/Khachaturian: Spartacus – Crassus
Cranko/ Tchaikovsky/Stolze: Onegin – Lensky
Pártay/ Tchaikovsky/Rácz: Anna Karenina – Vronsky
Harangozó Jr./Kocsák: Snow White and The 7 Dwarfs – Prince
Petipa/Wright/ Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty – Prince Florimund
MacMillan/Massenet/Yates: Manon – Des Grieux
Lander/Riisager: Etudes – First soloist
Manen/Piazzola: 5 Tangos – Solo couple male
Manen/Massenet/Mascagni/Stravinsky/Janáček/Csajkovszkij: Black Cake – 1st pas de deux solo male
Balanchine/Tchaikovsky: Theme & Variations – Main male soloist
Kylián/Mozart: Petite Mort
Education and training:
Hungarian Dance Academy (2005-2014)
Teachers:
Gyula Fodor, Béla Balogh, Sándor Túri, Tamás Solymosi, Zoltán Solymosi, Gábor Keveházi, Imre Dózsa
Courses:
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's Intensive Summer Programme (2013)
Wolfsegg International Dance Course (2012)
Hungarian Dance Academy International Summer Course
Competitions:
Golden Point Shoes International Ballet Competition – First Prize (2014)
Rudolf Nureyev International Ballet Competition (2013)
Hungarian Dance Academy Intramural Competition (2008-2012); First Prize (2010)
New Generation Ballet Competition (2008)
Awards and recognitions:
Best Dancer of the Year Award (2023)
Étoile of the 2022/2023 season
Zoltán Nagy Jr. Award for the Best Performance (2022)
Bronze Cross of Merit (2021)
Junior Prima Award, Teatre and Films Arts Category (2019)
Best New Dancer of the Season (2016)
Graduate of the Year (2014)
Principal roles:
Eagling/Solymosi/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Nutcracker Prince
Dantzig/Schayk/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Prince Siegfried, Pas de six
Vainonen/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Flower Waltz
Harangozó/Delibes: Coppélia – Eighth Friend
MacMillan/Massenet/Yates: Manon – Three Dancing Boys
Eifman/Rachmaninoff/Mussorgsky/Wagner: The Karamazovs – Corps de ballet
Seregi/Delibes: Sylvia – Corps de ballet
North/Downes: Troy Game
Seregi/Khachaturian: Spartacus – Crassus
Cranko/ Tchaikovsky/Stolze: Onegin – Lensky
Pártay/ Tchaikovsky/Rácz: Anna Karenina – Vronsky
Harangozó Jr./Kocsák: Snow White and The 7 Dwarfs – Prince
Petipa/Wright/ Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty – Prince Florimund
MacMillan/Massenet/Yates: Manon – Des Grieux
Lander/Riisager: Etudes – First soloist
Manen/Piazzola: 5 Tangos – Solo couple male
Manen/Massenet/Mascagni/Stravinsky/Janáček/Csajkovszkij: Black Cake – 1st pas de deux solo male
Balanchine/Tchaikovsky: Theme & Variations – Main male soloist
Kylián/Mozart: Petite Mort
Performances
September 2. 18:00
ballet
12
rehearsal
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW

September 4. 11:00
ballet
12
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
September 9. 19:00
ballet
12
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
October 8. 19:00
ballet
14
MAYERLING
October 14. 19:00
ballet
14
MAYERLING
October 19. 19:00
ballet
14
MAYERLING
October 22. 11:00
ballet
14
MAYERLING
December 10. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 11. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 14. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 17. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 29. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 31. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
January 6. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
January 7. 14:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
January 15. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
February 9. 18:00
contemporary
opera
rehearsal
THE WOODEN PRINCE /
BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE
February 11. 19:00
contemporary
opera
premiere
THE WOODEN PRINCE /
BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE
Premier
February 17. 19:00
contemporary
opera
THE WOODEN PRINCE /
BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE
March 29. 18:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
March 31. 18:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
April 2. 11:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
April 8. 11:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
April 19. 19:00
ballet
DON QUIXOTE
April 21. 19:00
ballet
DON QUIXOTE
June 9. 19:00
contemporary
ballet
12
rehearsal
THE PYGMALION EFFECT
June 10. 19:00
contemporary
ballet
12
premiere
THE PYGMALION EFFECT
June 14. 19:00
contemporary
ballet
12
THE PYGMALION EFFECT
June 20. 19:00
contemporary
ballet
12