Konstantin Ivkin
Demi-Soloist
Konstantin Ivkin was born in Leningrad. He graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2010 and joined the Mariinsky Ballet in the same year. Since the 2016/17 season he was a member of the corps de ballet at Bayerisches Staatsballett. On 22 November 2024, the opening night of La Sylphide, he was promoted to demi-soloist by ballet director Laurent Hilaire.
(Information as of November 2024)
Roles and parts in the 2025/26 season
Hilarion in Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
Dancing Lieutentant (Trepak) in The Nutcracker (John Neumeier)
Head of Carpenters and Clown in Illusions – like Swan Lake (John Neumeier)
Four Men in Love in Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)
La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte nach Filippo Taglioni)
Boléro (Maurice Béjart), as part of the Waves and Circles triple billOnegin (John Cranko)
Cacti (Alexander Ekman), as part of the Common Ground triple bill
IMPASSE (Johan Inger), as part of the Common Ground triple bill
Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)
Un trait d'union (Angelin Preljocaj), as part of theKonstellationen multiple bill
Subject to Change (Sol León & Paul Lightfoot), as part of the Konstellationen multiple bill
Previous roles and parts
Head of Carpenters and Clown in Illusions – like Swan Lake (John Neumeier)
Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
Hilarion in Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
Alain in La Fille mal gardée (Frederick Ashton)
Servant / Fish in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon)
Servant in The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)
Sancho Pansa in Don Quijote (Ray Barra after Marius Petipa)
Abderakhman’s companion in Raymonda (Ray Barra after Marius Petipa)
Summer Solo and Autumn Solo in Cinderella (Christopher Wheeldon)
Francis Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (John Neumeier)
Drummer in La Bayadère (Patrice Bart after Marius Petipa)
Un trait d'union (Angelin Preljocaj), as part of theWurzeln und Blätter multiple bill
Anna Karenina (Christian Spuck)
Chasm (Andrew Skeels), as part of the Duato/Skeels/Eyal triple bill
Coppélia (Roland Petit)
Le Grand Sot (Marion Motin), as part of the Sphären.01 multiple bill
Jewels (George Balanchine)
Marimba Dances (Anton Pimonov), as part of the Junge Choreographen 2017 multiple bill
Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)
The Nutcracker (John Neumeier)
Onegin (John Cranko)
Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)
The Rite of Spring (Pina Bausch), as part of the Wings of Memory triple bill
Romeo und Julia (John Cranko)
Schmetterling (Sol León und Paul Lightfoot), as part of the Schmetterling double bill
The Snow Storm (Andrey Kaydanovskiy)
Spartacus (Yuri Grigorovich)
Subject to Change (Sol León & Paul Lightfoot), as part of the Sphären.03 multiple bill
Swan Lake (Ray Barra after Ivanov/Petipa)
La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte nach Filippo Taglioni)
Tchaikovsky Overtures (Alexei Ratmansky)