Bayerisches Staatsballett

Bayerisches Staatsballett
Bayerisches Staatsballett
General information
Name	Bayerisches Staatsballett
Year founded	1988
Founder	Konstanze Vernon
Location	Munich, Germany
Website	www.staatsoper.de/staatsballett.html
Senior staff
Director	Laurent Hilaire

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.

Ensemble 2025/2026

Principal dancers

Name	Nationality	Training	Other companies (inc. guest performances)
Yonah Acosta^[6]	Cuba	Cuban National Ballet School	Cuban National Ballet English National Ballet
Maria Baranova^[7]	Finland Ukraine	Helsinki Dance Institute Hamburg Ballet School	Hamburg Ballet Finnish National Ballet Boston Ballet
Jakob Feyferlik^[8]	Austria	Vienna Conservatory Vienna State Opera Ballet School	Vienna State Ballet Dutch National Ballet
Osiel Gouneo^[9]	Cuba	Cuban National Ballet School	Cuban National Ballet Norwegian National Ballet Paris Opera Ballet
Violetta Keller^[10]	Germany	Munich Conservatory Ballet Academy	Finnish National Ballet
Julian MacKay^[11]	United States	American Ballet Theatre Royal Ballet School Académie de Danse Princesse Grace, Monaco Bolshoi Ballet Academy	Bolshoi Ballet The Royal Ballet Mikhailovsky Ballet San Francisco 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 Bulgaria Germany	Berlin State Ballet School	Berlin State Ballet Dutch National Ballet
Jinhao Zhang^[15]	China	English National Ballet School Tongji University	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

References

↑ "Das Bayerische Staatsballett – Geschichte und Gegenwart" (in German). Bayerische Staatsoper. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
↑ Gradinger, Malve (9 September 2016). "Igor Zelensky und das "sehr große Erbe"". Münchner Merkur (in German). München. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
↑ "Ballettdirektor des Bayerischen Staatsballetts Zelensky tritt zurück [update, 19:00] – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2022.
↑ Hüster, Wiebke (4 April 2022). "Igor Zelensky verlässt München: Eine familiäre Angelegenheit". FAZ.NET (in German). Retrieved 6 April 2022.
↑ "Franzose Laurent Hilaire übernimmt Bayerisches Staatsballett – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). Retrieved 5 May 2022.
↑ "Acosta Yonah". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
↑ "Baranova Maria". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
↑ "Feyferlik Jakob". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
↑ "Gouneo Osiel". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
↑ "Keller Violetta". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
↑ "MacKay Julian". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
↑ "Shevtsova Ksenia". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
↑ "Summerscales Laurretta". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
↑ "Tonev Elisabeth". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
↑ "Zhang Jinhao". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.

External links

Official website (in German and English)

[Staatsballett-1] "Das Bayerische Staatsballett – Geschichte und Gegenwart" (in German). Bayerische Staatsoper. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.

[Merkur-2] Gradinger, Malve (9 September 2016). "Igor Zelensky und das "sehr große Erbe"". Münchner Merkur (in German). München. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[nmz-3] "Ballettdirektor des Bayerischen Staatsballetts Zelensky tritt zurück [update, 19:00] – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2022.

[GmbH_2022-4] Hüster, Wiebke (4 April 2022). "Igor Zelensky verlässt München: Eine familiäre Angelegenheit". FAZ.NET (in German). Retrieved 6 April 2022.

[nmz_2-5] "Franzose Laurent Hilaire übernimmt Bayerisches Staatsballett – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). Retrieved 5 May 2022.

[6] "Acosta Yonah". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.

[7] "Baranova Maria". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.

[8] "Feyferlik Jakob". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.

[9] "Gouneo Osiel". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.

[10] "Keller Violetta". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.

[11] "MacKay Julian". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.

[12] "Shevtsova Ksenia". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.

[13] "Summerscales Laurretta". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.

[14] "Tonev Elisabeth". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.

[15] "Zhang Jinhao". Bayerisches Staatsballett. Retrieved 19 June 2026.

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