Principal of the Royal Ballet
She was born in London and trained at The Royal Ballet School (White Lodge and Upper School). As a student she won the «Young British Dancer of the Year» competition in 2009. She was nominated for Best Female Dancer at the 2018 Critic’s Circle National Dance.
Principal dancer of the Royal Ballet
Welsh dancer William Bracewell is a Principal of The Royal Ballet. He joined The Royal Ballet as a Soloist in 2017 and was promoted to First Soloist in 2018, Principal, 2022.
Awards while a student include the 2007 Young British Dancer of the Year Award and the grand
prix at the 2010 Youth America Grand Prix.
Bracewell’s other awards include Outstanding Male Performance (Classical) at the 2015 Critics
Circle National Dance Awards.
Principal dancer with the Berlin State Ballet. She is a professor at the Berlin State Ballet School
COMPETITIONS | AWARDS
Gold Medal Laureate Moscow International Ballet Competition (Russia 2001) /// Anna Pavlova Award Moscow International Ballet Competition (Russia 2001) /// First Prize Vaganova Prix International Ballet Competition (St. Petersburg / Russia 2002) /// Junior Prize Nagoya International Ballet Competition (Japan 2002) /// Daphne Prize (Germany 2004) /// German Dance Prize Future (Germany 2005) /// Female Dancer of the Year Tanz-Magazine (Germany 2007) /// Heinz Spoerli Prize (Switzerland 2008) /// Dance Open Award (Russia 2010) /// Honorary Professor Berlin State Ballet School (Germany 2013) /// Prix Benois de la Dance (Russia 2014) /// Berliner Kammertänzerin (Germany 2017) /// Female Dancer of the Year Tanz-Magazine (Germany 2018)
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
• Partners: Roberto Bolle, Friedeman Vogel, Marcello Gomes, Leonid Sarafanov, David Hallberg,
Vladimir Malakhov, Igor Zelensky, Denis Matvienko, Corry Sterns, Dmitry Semionov and others.
• 2002 Polina Semionova was invited to join the Berlin State Ballet at the age of 17 as a Principal Artist, becoming the youngest Principal Dancer in the company’s history.
• 2003 Polina Semionova featured as the Ballerina in the music video Demo (Letzter Tag) of German rock/pop artist Herbert Grönemeyer.
• 2006 Polina Semionova was included in 100 Minds of Tomorrow — The Future in the Country of Ideas, a project of the German Historical Museum and the tabloid Bild.
• 2010 Release of own book Polina (Author: Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg).
• 2012 Polina Semionova appeared in the movie Passion (Director: Brian de Palma).
• 2013 Polina Semionova appeared in the movie The Girl from Nagasaki (Director: Michel
Comte)
• A new breed of the rare ornamental plant from the Rehmannia family was named «Polina S.» in the Berlin Botanical Garden.
• Polina Semionova was appointed Honorary Professor at the Berlin State Ballet School.
• 2013−2015 Polina Semionova became the official face of the fashion brand Uniqlo.
• 2014 Polina Semionova presented the Ballet Gala Polina Semionova & Friends at Lincoln Theatre
Yountville (California / USA).
• 2015 Polina Semionova together with perfumer Geza Schoen created and released the perfume
Precision and Grace (The Beautiful Mind Series — Volume 2).
• 2018 Polina Semionova presented the Ballet Gala Polina & Friends at State Opera Berlin
(Germany)
Martin ten Kortenaar
Soloist at the Staatsballett Berlin
born in Toronto, Canada
BALLET EDUCATION
2008−2013 Canada’s National Ballet School
ENGAGEMENTS
2013 National Ballet of Canada /// 2014 Dutch National Ballet /// 2023 Staatsballett Berlin
REPERTORY
Rudi van Dantzig: Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Swan Lake (Siegfried, Rotbart); Sir Peter Wright: The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Florimund); Rachel Beaujean, Ricardo Bustamante: Giselle (Albrecht, pas de Quatre); Rachel Beaujean: Raymonda (Jean de Brienne); Ted Brandsen: Mata Hari (Vadim de Masloff), Copellia (Franz); Wayne McGregor: Yugen (The Boy); David Dawson: Tristan + Isolde (Tristan), The Four Seasons (Winter man, Summer man), Requiem; William Forsythe: Pas/Parts 2018; Christian Spuck: Messa da Requiem
COMPETITIONS | AWARDS
Hnatyshyn Developing Artist Grant (2013)
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Collaborator with Robert Binet’s Wild Space
Principal at the Paris Opera
BIOGRAPHY
• 2008: Enters the Paris Opera Ballet School.
• 2014: Joins the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet.
• 2016: Promoted to «Coryphée».
• 2017: Promoted to «Sujet».
• 2018: Promoted to «Premier Danseur».
AWARDS
• 2016: Gold medallist at the Varna International Ballet Competition.
• 2017: AROP Prize.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Paul Marque was named «Danseur Étoile» on December 13th 2020 on the Opéra Bastille stage,
following a live performance of La Bayadère (Rudolf Nureyev) on the streaming platform «l'Opéra
chez soi», in which he performed the Golden Idol.
As part of the Paris Opera Ballet’s official tours, he has performed in Spain (Madrid, 2019),
the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, 2019), Asia (Singapore, Shanghai, 2019) and Japan (Tokyo,
2020).
Soloist at the Paris Opera
Biography
2011/2012: Double curriculum at the Paris National Conservatory (CRR).
2013: Enters the Paris Opera Ballet School.
2019: Joins the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet.
2021: Promoted to «Coryphée».
2022: Promoted to «Sujet».
Repertory (soloist roles, entries to the repertoire, creations)
D’après Jean CORALLI et Jules PERROT
Giselle / Pas de deux des paysans, Deux Wilis 2022
Nicolas PAUL
Degas Danse / Ambigramme 3 — création (Musée d’Orsay) 2019
Rudolf NOUREEV
Don Quichotte / La Première Demoiselle d’Honneur 2021
La Bayadère / Manou, Quatre Petites / Deuxième variation des Ombres 2022
Alexei RATMANSKY
Flammes de Paris / Jeanne (Spectacle «Jeunes Danseurs») 2021
First soloist at the Bayerisches Staatsballett
The canadian dancer Shale Wagman trained in Toronto and in Monte Carlo at the Académie Princesse Grace. His first engagement was with the English National Ballet in London under the direction of Tamara Rojo. Since 2015, Shale Wagman has repeatedly choreographed, including works for the Académie Princesse Grace, Les Rencontres Philosophiques de Monaco and the Gala de Danza, Mexico.
He has been engaged by the Bayerisches Staatsballett since spring 2021 and was promoted to first soloist for the 2022−23 season.
COMPETITIONS | AWARDS
Prix de Lausanne 2018 1st Prize (Gold Medalist, Rudolf Nureyev Foundation award for
Artistry)
Youth America Grand Prix 2014 Junior division (Youth Grand Prix Award)
New Name to Watch and Spectacular Young Dancer in Dance Europe’s Annual Roundup
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
He was the youngest guest ever invited to perform in a principal role (James in La Sylphide) at the Mariinsky Theater.
He has performed in many gala performances, including the International Ballet Festival in St.
Petersburg Dance Open (2019) or the Gala de Danza in Los Cabos, Mexico.
Soloist of the Bavarian State Ballet
AWARDS
• 2014 she was awarded the best classical dancer at the Festival de Dança de Joinville
(Brazil) and was one of the finalists at the Prix De Lausanne that
year.
• 2016 she received the silver medal at the Youth America Grand Prix.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
• 2016/2017 season, joined the Polish National Ballet in Warsaw, as a demi-soloist.
• From 2019 she danced with San Francisco Ballet, where she danced in productions such as The
Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Etudes, Sandpaper Ballet,
Cinderella.
• At the beginning of the 2021/2022 season, she was engaged as a soloist
at the Bavarian State Ballet where she performed many solo and lead roles until
now.
Principal dancer of the Hungarian National Ballet
AWARDS
• International Ballet Competition, Moscow — 2nd prize (2013)ROLES
In 2006 she graduated from the Perm State Choreographic School. From 2006 to 2013 she worked at the Moscow State Regional Theater «Russian Ballet», under the direction of V. M. Gordeev. Since 2013 she has been a soloist with the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Musical Theatre. Laureate of the III Prize at the Arabesque International Competition of Ballet Dancers and Choreographers (2012) and the II Prize of the International Competition of Ballet Dancers and Choreographers in Moscow (2013). Since 2015 she has been the prima ballerina of the Hungarian National Ballet. Performs leading roles in Cinderella, La Bayadère, Giselle, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and others.Soloist at the Budapest Opera
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
John Cranko Schule, Stuttgart (2016−2019)
Mitsuko Inao Ballet School, Japan (2003−2016)
AWARDS
Best corps de ballet of the season (2022/23)
MAIN ROLES
• Petipa/Messerer/Minkus: Don Ouixote — Basil
• Eagling/Solymosi/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker — Nutcracker Prince, Russian dance, Chinese dance
• MacMillan/Liszt/Lanchbery: Mayerling — Bratfisch
• Eifman/Strauss: The Pygmalion Effect — Father
• Seregi/Khachaturian: Spartacus — Gad
• Seregi/Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet — Clown
• Dantzig/Schayk/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake — Pas de six
• Forsythe/Schubert: The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude
• León/Lightfoot/Prado/Dominguez/Lecuona/Barretto/LosPanchos: Sad Case
• Ekman/Karlsson/Satie/Brun: Episode 31 — Solo boys
• Kylián/Mozart: Six Dances
* The casting can be changed
DIANA AND ACTEON
Bianca Teixeira and Shale Wagman
Choreography by Agrippina Vaganova
Music by Cesare Pugni
LUMINOUS
Tatiana Melnik and Motomi Kiyota
Choreography by András Lukács
NUTCRACKER
Inés McIntosh and Paul Marque
Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev
Music by Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
ROMEO AND JULIET
Yasmine Naghdi and William Bracewell
Choreography by Kenneth McMillan
Music by Sergei Prokofiev
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Polina Semionova and Martin ten Kortenaar
Choreography by Marius Petipa
Music by Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
INTERMISSION 20 MINUTES
2 ACT
DON QUIXOTE
Tatiana Melnik and Motomi Kiyota
Choreography by Marius Petipa
Music by Leon Minkus
IN THE NATURE OF DAYLIGHT
Polina Semionova and Martin ten Kortenaar
Choreography by David Dawson
BLACK SWAN
Yasmine Naghdi and William Bracewell
Choreography by Marius Petipa
Music by Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
FINAL
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