Alexander Omelchenko

First Soloist

Alexander Omelchenko graduated from the Belorussian State Ballet School (2011) and Moscow State Academy of Choreography (2012). He joined the Stanislavsky Ballet Company in 2012. From February 2017, he dances with the ensemble of the Bayerisches Staatsballett. As of the 2017/2018 season, Alexander Omelchenko was promoted to First Soloist rank. With the end of the 2017/18 season he left the Bayerisches Staatsballett. (Information as of July 2018)

Awards

• 3rd and 2nd prize at the International Ballet Competition Sochi (2010 / 2012)
• 1st prize International Ballet Competition in Kharkov (2011)
• 1st prize at the VII International Ballet Competition in Korea (2012)
• 1st prize at the National Ballet Competition in Moscow (2013)
• 3rd prize and special jury prize at the 16th Ekaterina Maximova Open Russian Ballet Competition "Arabesque" (2016)

Repertoire (selection)

La Valse (F. Ashton)
Espada in Don Quixote (A. Chichinadze)
Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake (V. Burmeister)
Hungarian officer in Mayerling (K. MacMillan)
Nutcracker Prince in The Nutcracker (V. Vainonen)

Debuts with the Bayerisches Staatsballett

Grand Pas Hongrois from Raymonda (M. Petipa/R. Barra)
Colas in La Fille mal gardée (F. Ashton)
Gardener in Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland (C. Wheeldon)
Lysander in A Midsummer Night´s Dream (J. Neumeier)
Hortensio in The Taming of the Shrew (J. Cranko)
Dancer in Borderlands – Portrait Wayne McGregor (W. McGregor)