Member of the Hungarian State Opera since: 2024
Education and training:
Vaganova Ballet Academy, St. Petersburgh (2009-2012) – Ballet Pedagogy, Choreographic Arts
Vaganova Ballet Academy, St. Petersburgh (1982-1991) – Ballet dancer
Awards and distinctions:
Grand Prix for Contemporary Choreography – Speaking in Tongues, Finnish National Ballet Competition (2014)
Prix for Contemporary Choreography – Chella lla, Finnish National Ballet Competition (2010)
Prix for Contemporary Choreography – Tango de Roxanne, Prague International Ballet Competition (2002)
Pro Dance Award (2002)
Professional work experience:
’After Petipa’ ballet intensives and heritage production (2019-present) – Director, International guest teacher
Ballet National de Costa Rica and Danilova Ballet School (2017–present) – Artistic Adviser, Guest Ballet Master
Panamá Ballet Festival (2019) - Artistic Director of the International Ballet Gala, Ballet Master
Kirov Ballet Academy, Washington D.C. (2017-2018) – Assistant artistic director, Ballet teacher
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet School (2015-2017) – Ballet teacher
Helsinki Dance Institute (2009–2015) - Ballet teacher
Finnish National Ballet School (2007-2015) – Ballet teacher
Eifman Ballet Company, St. Petersburg (2011-2012) – Guest Ballet Master
The Ballet West, Salt Lake City (2003) - Guest Principal Dancer
The Universal Ballet Company, Seoul (2002) - Guest Principal Dancer
Finnish National Ballet (2000-2015) – Principal dancer
Staatsballet Berlin (1997-2000) – Soloist
Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg (1991-1997) - Principal dancer
Main roles:
Coralli/Perrot/Petipa/Kage/Guillem/Adam: Giselle – Albrecht
Petipa/Sergeyev/Vinogradov/Dantzig/Bart/Greve/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Prince Siegfried, Pas de trois, Rothbart
Petipa/Sergeyev/Nureyev/Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty – Prince Désiré
Petipa/Vainonen/Bart/Eagling/Schayk/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Prince
Petipa/Bart/Minkus: Don Quixote – Basilio
Vinogradov/Cranko/Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet – Romeo, Tybalt, Paris
Vinogradov/Hérold: La Fille mal gardée – Colas
Petipa/Holmes/McKenzie/Glazunov: Raymonda – Jean de Brienne
Fokine/Chopin: Les Sylphides – The Poet
Cranko/Tchaikovsky: Onegin – Lenski
Vinogradov/Stevenson/Prokofiev: Cinderella – Prince
Balanchine/Bizet: Symphony in C – 1st and 4th Part Solo
Kylián/Mozart: Petit Mort – 4th Solo
Bournonville/Helsted/Paulli/Gade/Lumbye: Napoli – Gennaro
Vainonen/Asafiev: Fountain of Bakhchisarai – Vatslav
Balanchine/Stravinsky: Prodigal Son – Prodigal Son
Neumeier/Shostakovich: The Seagull – Trigorin
Béjart/Le Bars: Le Concours – Ivy
Ratmansky/Shchedrin: Anna Karenina – Vronsky
Spoerli/Mendelssohn/Glass: A Midsummer Night's Dream – Oberon
Lander/Czerny: Études – Solo
Choreographies:
Les Ruses D’Amour after Petipa (2020) – Hermitage Theater, St. Petersburg
Coppélia after Petipa (2021) - DBS and Teatro Eugene O’Neill, San Jose, Costa Rica
