Elvina Ibraimova
Soloist
Elvina Ibraimova was born in Kerch on the Crimea Peninsula in 1995. At the age of ten she moved to Moscow and became a student at the Bolshoi Academy. She received a Gold medal at the International Moscow Ballet Competition, a Grand Prix of the Mikhailovsky Theatre St. Petersburg and an Award from the Ulanowa Foundation.
After receiving her diploma she danced at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow from 2013 to 2018. Since spring 2018 she is a soloist at Bayerisches Staatsballett.
(Information as of September 2024)
Roles in the 2024/25 season (updated periodically)
Olga in Onegin (John Cranko)
Solo "Spiele der Annäherung" (KV 571/4) in Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)
Effie in La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni)
Rosalinde in Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
Dancer in Schmetterling (Sol León und Paul Lightfoot), as part of the Schmetterling Double Bill
Myrtha in Giselle (Peter Wright after nach Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
Dancer in Bella Figura (Jiří Kylián), as part of theWings of Memory Triple Bill
Dancer in The Rite of Spring (Pina Bausch), as part of the Wings of Memory Triple Bill
Queen Mother in Illusionen – wie Schwanensee (John Neumeier)
Selected previous roles
Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream (John Neumeier)
Dolly in Anna Karenina (Christian Spuck)
Clémence in Raymonda (Ray Barra after Marius Petipa)
Titlre role in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon)
Gypsy woman/Rosalinde in Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
Charlotte in Schwan Lake (Ray Barra)
Gamzatti in La Bayadère (Patrice Bart after Marius Petipa)
Stepsister Edwina, Winter Solo, Stepmother in Cinderella (Christopher Wheeldon)