Bayerisches Staatsballett
German ballet company
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The Bavarian State Ballet (German: Bayerisches Staatsballett) is a professional ballet company in Munich, Germany. It was founded in 1988 by Konstanze Vernon as an independent company.[1] The ballet had previously been part of the Bayerische Staatsoper. In a broader sense, Bavarian State Ballet is sometimes used for the Bavarian State Opera Ballet before 1988. Vernon was the director of the independent company for the first 10 years, succeeded by Ivan Liška. From 2016 to 2022, Igor Zelensky was director of the ballet.[2][3][4] In 2022, Laurent Hilaire took over the ballet.[5] The company is formed by international dancers and has a repertory of more than 80 works from Romantic ballet to the 21st century. It is considered as a leading company in Europe.
| Bayerisches Staatsballett | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Name | Bayerisches Staatsballett |
| Year founded | 1988 |
| Founder | Konstanze Vernon |
| Location | Munich, Germany |
| Website | www |
| Senior staff | |
| Director | Laurent Hilaire |
Ensemble 2025/2026
Principal dancers
| Name | Nationality | Training | Other companies
(inc. guest performances) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yonah Acosta[6] |  Cuba |
Cuban National Ballet School | Cuban National Ballet |
| Maria Baranova[7] |  Finland Ukraine |
Helsinki Dance Institute | Hamburg Ballet |
| Jakob Feyferlik[8] |  Austria |
Vienna Conservatory
Vienna State Opera Ballet School |
Vienna State Ballet |
| Osiel Gouneo[9] | Cuba |
Cuban National Ballet School | Cuban National Ballet |
| Violetta Keller[10] |  Germany |
Munich Conservatory Ballet Academy | Finnish National Ballet |
| Julian MacKay[11] |  United States |
American Ballet Theatre
Académie de Danse Princesse Grace, Monaco |
Bolshoi Ballet |
| Ksenia Shevtsova[12] |  Russia |
Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet | Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre |
| Laurretta Summerscales[13] |  United Kingdom |
English National Ballet School | English National Ballet |
| Elisabeth Tonev[14] |  Spain
|
Berlin State Ballet School | Berlin State Ballet |
| Jinhao Zhang[15] |  China |
English National Ballet School | English National Ballet |
Soloists
- Carolina Bastos
- Clark Eselgroth
- Zhanna Gubanova
- Elvina Ibraimova
- Ariel Merkuri
Demi-Soloists
- Lizi Avsajanishvili
- Maria Chiara Bono
- Severin Brunhuber
- Matteo Dilaghi
- Rhiannon Fairless
- Ana Gonçalves
- Yago Gonzaga
- Margarita Grechanaia
- Konstantin Ivkin
- Jeanette Kakareka
- Zachary Rogers
- Soren Sakadales
- Phoebe Schembri
- Robin Strona
Corps de Ballet
- Łukasz Bałoniak
- Tommaso Beneventi
- Polina Bualova
- Alexey Dobikov
- Madeleine Dowdney
- Finn Falconer
- Dani Gibson
- Noah Hak
- Jasmine Henry
- Aurélien Hoguet
- Oscar Kempsey-Fagg
- Zarek King
- Nikita Kirbitov
- Mariia Malinina
- Pablo Martínez
- Marina Mata Gómez
- Polina Medvedeva
- Elisa Mestres
- Jasper Metcalfe
- Mikaela Milić
- Laura Orsi
- Capucine Perrot
- Viktor Shinichiro Prokofiev
- Lulu Rose
- Florian Ulrich Sollfrank
- Frederick Stuckwisch
- Chelsea Thronson
- Anastasiia Uzhanskaia
- Daniella Venter
- Chiara Vitali
- Margaret Whyte
- Sabrina Yap
Character dancers
- Zoltan Mano Beke
- Séverine Ferrolier
- Norbert Graf
- Stefan Moser