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 and parts in the 2026-27 season
Marguerite Gautier inLady of the camellias (John Neumeier)
Princess Natalia in Illusions – like Swan Lake (John Neumeier)

Previous roles and parts
Title role in Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
Title role in La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni)
Nikija in La Bayadère (Patrice Bart after Marius Petipa)
Female solo in the Grand Pas Classique from Paquita (Marius Petipa), as part of the Konstellationen multiple bill
Tatyana in Onegin (John Cranko)
Louise in Der Nussknacker (John Neumeier)
Marguerite Gautier and Manon Lescaut inLady of the camellias (John Neumeier)
Princess Natalia in Illusions – like Swan Lake (John Neumeier)
Solo in Boléro (Maurice Béjart), as part of theWaves and Circles triple bill
Female Soloist in Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)
Pas de deux from Radio and Juliet (Edward Clug), as part of the Konstellationen multiple bill

Autodance (Sharon Eyal), as part of the Duato/Skeels/Eyal triple bill
Bella Figura (Jiří Kylián), as part of the Wings of Memory and Common Ground triple bills
Tchaikovsky Overtures (Alexei Ratmansky)