Jakob Feyferlik
anfPrincipal Dancer
Jakob hails from Vienna, Austria. He trained as a dancer at the ballet department of the Vienna Conservatory and at the Vienna State Opera Ballet School. In 2013 he joined the Vienna State Ballet, where he was promoted directly from corps de ballet to soloist in 2016. In February 2019, he was appointed principal dancer after a performance of Rudolf Nureyev's Swan Lake. In 2019, Jakob appeared as guest soloist at the Dutch National Ballet's annual gala, dancing Hans van Manen's iconic duet Trois Gnossiennes with former principal dancer Igone de Jongh. He then also danced the role of the Prince in The Nutcracker in December 2019. Following these performances, he joined the Dutch National Ballet as principal dancer in September 2020. Jakob joined Bayerisches Staatsballett as principal dancer at the start of the 2023/24 season. His awards include second place at the Premio Roma Danza (2012), third place at the 4th International Ballet Competition in Beijing, China (2012), the Karl Musil Memorial Award (2014) and the Sponsorship Award of the Vienna State Opera & Volksoper Ballet Club (2016).
(Information as of June 2025)
Roles and parts in the 2026/27 season
Armand Duval in Lady of the camellias (John Neumeier)
The King in Illusions – like Swan Lake (John Neumeier)
Previous roles and parts
James in La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni)
Albrecht in Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
Solor in La Bayadère (Patrice Bart after Marius Petipa)
Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
Title Role in Onegin (John Cranko)
Günther in The Nutcracker (John Neumeier)
The King in Illusions – like Swan Lake (John Neumeier)
Armand Duval in Lady of the camellias (John Neumeier)
Male Soloist in Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)
Pas de deux from Radio and Juliet (Edward Clug), as part of the Wurzeln und Blätter and Konstellationen multiple bills
Soloist in Subject to Change (Sol León & Paul Lightfoot), as part of the Sphären.03 and Konstellationen multiple bills
Jack / The Knave of Hearts in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon)
Prince Guillaume in Cinderella (Christopher Wheeldon)
Blake Works I (William Forsythe), as part of theWaves and Circles triple bill
Megahertz (Emma Portner), as part of theWaves and Circles triple bill
Solo in Boléro (Maurice Béjart), as part of theWaves and Circles triple bill
Bella Figura (Jiří Kylián), as part of the Common Ground and Wings of Memory triple bills
Cacti (Alexander Ekman), as part of the Common Ground triple bill
White Darkness (Nacho Duato), as part of the Duato/Skeels/Eyal triple bill