Ksenia Shevtsova

PrincipalDancer

After graduating from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Irina Sitnikova's studio in 2012, Ksenia Shevtsova was engaged as a soloist at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre Ballet in Moscow. In the third season of the competition format ‘БОЛЬШОЙ БАЛЕТ’ produced by the television channel ‘Россия Культура’ in 2018, she was awarded the prize in the ‘Best Ballerina’ category. In 2019, she was awarded the ‘Душа танца’ (Soul of Dance) prize by the magazine ‘Балет’. In 2019, she was appointed prima ballerina at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre. In December 2023, Ksenia joined Bayerisches Staatsballett as a soloist. She was promoted to principal at the beginning of the 2024/25 season.

(Information as of January 2025)

Roles in the 2024/25 season (updated periodically)
Pas de deux aus Radio and Juliet (Edward Clug), as part of theWurzeln und Blätter Multiple Bill
Female Soloist in Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj), first appearance on October 22, 2024
Dancer in Autodance (Sharon Eyal), as part of the Duato/Skeels/Eyal Triple Bill
Title role in La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni)
Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
Title Role in Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
Dancer in Bella Figura (Jiří Kylián), as part of theWings of Memory Triple Bill
Princess Natalia and Odette in Illusionen – wie Schwanensee (John Neumeier)

Selected previous roles
The Tempest in Tchaikovsky Overtures (Alexei Ratmansky)
Nikija in La Bayadère (Patrice Bart after Marius Petipa)