Łukasz Bałoniak

corps de ballet

Łukasz hails from Poznań, Poland. He received his training at the Szkoła Tańca i Baletu “Fouetté” in his home town (2008-2011), at the National Ballet School «Olga Sławska-Lipczyńska» in his home town (2011-2018) and at the National Ballet School «Roman Turczynowicz» in Warsaw (2018-2020). During his studies, he took part in a semi-staged production of Rameau's ballet opera Naïs, which was performed at the Warsaw Philharmonic. In 2020, he took part in the Prix de Lausanne, having previously received the “Discovery of the Year” Award at the 2019 Balanchine Festival in Kutaisi (Georgia) and having won the Third Prize at thje Wojciech Wiesiołłowski Ballet Competition in Gdansk in 2019.
In 2020 he joined the Polish National Ballet in Warsaw under the direction of Krzystof Pastor, where he danced in Le Corsaire (Manuel Legris), Mayerling (Kenneth MacMillan), Don Kichot (Alexei Fadeyechev), Giselle (Maina Gielgud) and Nutcracker and The Mouse King (Wayne Eagling), among others. He took on the roles of Renfield in Krzystof Pastor's Dracula and Knot in Anna Hop's Pinocchio. Łukasz Bałoniak joined Bayerisches Staatssballett as a corps de ballet member at the beginning of the 2024/25 season.

(Information as of December 2025)

Roles and parts in the 2025/26 season
Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
The Nutcracker (John Neumeier)
La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Taglioni)
Boléro (Maurice Béjart), as part of the Waves and Circles triple bill
Illusions – like Swan Like (John Neumeier)
Onegin (John Cranko)
Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)

Previous roles and parts
Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
Illusions – like Swan Like (John Neumeier)
The Nutcracker (John Neumeier)
Onegin (John Cranko)
Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Taglioni)