Nikita Kirbitov

corps de ballet

Ukrainian-born Nikita Kirbitov first trained at the school of Donetsk Ballet and Opera Theatre and in 2015 he graduated at Vaganova Ballet Academy with an excellence diploma. During his last years in Saint Petersburg he danced with the ensemble of Mariinsky Theatre. At the beginning of the 2015/2016 season, Nikita Kirbitov joined Bayerisches Staatsballett as a member of the corps de ballet.

(Information as of February 2026)

Roles and parts in the 2025/26 season
Gardener in Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)

Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
The Nutcracker (John Neumeier)
La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Taglioni)Onegin (John Cranko)
Illusions – like Swan Lake (John Neumeier)
Boléro (Maurice Béjart), as part of the Waves and Circles triple bill
Cacti (Alexander Ekman), as part of the Common Ground triple bill
Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)


Previous roles and parts
Core holder in The Blizzard (Andrey Kaydanovskiy)
Four Fates and Summer in Cinderella (Christopher Wheeldon)
Titania's Favourite Elf in A Midsummer Night's Dream (John Neumeier)
Spanish Dance in TheNutcracker (John Neumeier)
Gardener in Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon)
Anna Karenina (Christian Spuck)
The Blizzard (Andrey Kaydanovskiy)
Boléro (Maurice Béjart), as part of the Waves and Circles triple bill
Broken Fall (Russell Maliphant) as part of the Paradigma triple bill
Chasm (Andrew Skeels), as part of the Duato/Skeels/Eyal triple bill
Cinderella (Christopher Wheeldon)
Coppélia (Roland Petit)
Death and the Maiden (Edwaard Liang), as part of the A Jour (2019) triple bill
Don Quijote (Ray Barra after Petipa)
dunkelgrau (Özkan Ayik), as part of the Heute ist morgen (2022) multiple bill
La fille mal gardée (Frederick Ashton)
Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
Le Grand Sot (Marion Motin), as part of the Sphären.01 quadruple bill
Illusions – like Swan Lake (John Neumeier)
In fragments (Dimo Milev), as part of the Sphären.03 multiple bill
Jewels (George Balanchine)
Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)
The Nutcracker (John Neumeier)
Onegin (John Cranko)
Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)
Pictures at an Exhibition (Alexei Ratmansky), as part of the Passagen triple bill
Raymonda (Ray Barra after Petipa)
The Rite of Spring (Pina Bausch), a spart of the Wings of Memory triple bill
Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
Swan Lake (Ray Barra after Ivanov/Petipa)
Silent Screen (Sol León & Paul Lightfoot), as part of the Schmetterling double bill
Symphony in C (George Balanchine), as part of the Sinfonie in C / In the Night / Adam is triple bill
A Midsummer Night's Dream (John Neumeier)
Spartacus (Yuri Grigorovich)
Sweet Bones' Melody (Marco Goecke), as part of the Passagen triple bill
La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Taglioni)
Tag Zwei (Özkan Ayik), as part of the Heute ist morgen triple bill
The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)
Tchaikovsky Overtures (Alexei Ratmansky)
Waste (Štěpán Pechar), as part of the Junge Choreographen 2018 triple bill
White Darkness (Nacho Duato), as part of the Duato/Skeels/Eyal triple bill
With A Chance of Rain (Liam Scarlett), as part of the Paradigma triple bill