Elvina Ibraimova

First soloist

Elvina Ibraimova was born in Crimea in the city of Kerch in 1995. At the age of ten she moved to Moscow and became a student at the Bolshoi Academy. After receiving her diploma she danced at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow from 2013-2018. Since spring 2018 she is as First soloist part of the ensemble at Bayerisches Staatsballett.

(Information as of 2023)

Repertoire
Jewels (G. Balanchine)
The Bright stream (A. Ratmansky)
Street dancer in Don Quijote (M. Petipa, A. Fadeechev)
Gulnare in Le Corsaire (M. Petipa, Y. Burlaki)
A couple in Red in The Forgotten Land (J. Kilián)
Ondine in The Hero of Our Time - 2nd part of Taman (Y. Posokhov)
3rd shades variation in La Bayadère (M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich)
Fairy of Courage and the Fairy of Gold in Sleeping Beauty (M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich)
Rock in Carmen (A. Alonso)
Leading couple in Variations on the theme of Frank Bridge (H. van Manen)

Awards
Gold medal at the International Moscow Ballet Competition
Grand Prix of the Mikhailovsky Theatre St. Petersburg
Award of the Ulanowa Foundation

Debuts with the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Dancer in Paradigma: Bedroom Folk (S. Eyal)
Dancer in Junge Choreographen: To & From (M. Lou)
Dancer in Junge Choreographen: Waste (S. Pechar)
1st Solo-Pair in Jewels: Emeralds (J. Balanchine)
Pas de Trois in Jewels: Emeralds (J. Balanchine)
Solo-Pair, Soloist in Jewels: Rubies (J. Balanchine)
Dancer in Jewels: Diamonds (J. Balanchine)
Dancer in Sunyata and Kairos - Portrait Wayne McGregor (W. McGregor)
Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream (J. Neumeier)
Dolly in Anna Karenina (C. Spuck)
Clémence in Raymonda (R. Barra, M. Petipa)
Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (C. Wheeldon)
Prudence in The Lady of the Camellias (J. Neumeier)
Dancer in Borderlands -Portrait Wayne McGregor (W. McGregor)
Olga in Onegin (J. Cranko)
Dancer in Cecil Hotel (A. Kaydanovskiy)
Italian dance in Swan Lake (Ray Barra)
Pas de six in Swan Lake (Ray Barra)
Pas de six in Giselle (J. Coralli/J. Perrot/M. Petipa)
Dancer in Paradigma: With a Chance of Rain (L. Scarlett)
Edwina in Cinderella (C. Wheeldon)
Solist in winter in Cinderella (C. Wheeldon)
Myrtha in Giselle (P. Wright)
Soloist in Passages: Affairs of the Heart (D. Dawson)
Dancer in Passages: Pictures at an Exhibition (A. Ratmansky)
Gypsy woman/Rosalinde in Romeo and Juliet (J. Cranko)
Charlotte in Schwan Lake (Ray Barra)
Courtisane in Spartacus (Y. Grigorovich)
Emilia in A Jour: Othello (E. Faski)
Maid/Pledgee in Der Schneesturm (A. Kaydanovskiy)
Dancer in Schmetterling (Sol León und Paul Lightfoot)
Gamzatti in La Bayadère (P. Bart, M. Petipa)
Dancer in L´Éternité Immobile (N. Paul)
Coryphée in Paquita/Grand Pas Classique (M. Petipa)