Evgeny Svetlitsa exquisitely dances the role of Prince Siegfried in this new production of Swan Lake.

Evgeny is a grand and stunning dancer having been recognized as Honored Artist of Ukraine since 2015.

Training with various dance groups since early childhood, he studied at the Lviv Choreographic School beginning at age 9. His divine musicality can, in part, be credited to the fact that he also plays the clarinet. In 2004, Evgeny graduated from the Kiev University of Culture and Arts with a degree in choreography.

For the last 20 years, he has been working at the Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater, but as a star soloist he never stops training. In 2018, he graduated from T. Shevchenko University in Lugansk with a master’s degree in choreography!

Winner of the Vadim Pisarev Prize and the International Competition Arabesque, Evgeny has been an honored guest soloist at theaters in France, China, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Italy, Sweden and Holland.

In 2016, Evgeny participated in the U.S. tour of Swan Lake as a guest soloist, and no doubt, his performance in this role will be beyond captivating once again.

A bright star on the ballet horizon, Nino has won multiple awards and gained international recognition with her impeccable technique (a nod to the Vaganova classical dance training) and remarkable emotionality. From Dubai Opera, Tour De France, the National Theater of Belarus, Spanish Factoria Cultural de Terrassa in Barcelona to Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo – Nino’s talent has been noticed everywhere she went.

Nino was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. She started her first ballet steps at the age of 6, but it wasn’t until the age of 10 that she started her proper training at the prestigious Vakhtang Chabukiani Tbilisi State Ballet School. Nino was the top student in the class of 2010 and started dancing with the State Ballet of Georgia, led by the legendary prima ballerina Nina Ananiashvili, in that same year. Following her graduation, she received a contract to join the State Ballet of Georgia, as a Corps de Ballet, in 2011. With exceptional talent, it did not take long for Nino to take on major roles with the company. In 2013, she debuted as Odette/Odile in the classical Swan Lake and since then she’s taken every leading role in Tbilisi and earned the position of Principal Dancer in 2014.

Aside from classic repertoire, Nino has also performed works by contemporary choreographers, such as Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Michael Fokin, and Jiri Kylian.

In roles that range from the dramatic to the lyrical, to the exotic, Nino is a leading light of the art.

Konstantin Geronik shines on stage as Jester leaving long-lasting impression on the audience with his witty and brilliant performance.

Upon graduating from the Belarusian State Choreographic College in 2010 with distinction, Konstantin has gradually gained international recognition and received multiple awards and nominations. In 2018 Konstantin received the title of The Honored Artist of Belarus.

Konstantin is a 1^st prize winner of Young ballet of the world competition in Sochi (2010), 1^st prize winner of Tanzolymp competition in Berlin (2011), 1^st prize winner of The 4 Beijing International Ballet Invitational for dance schools & International dance Performance Series (2012) and 3^d prize winner of The International Competition of The Ballet Artists in Astana in 2016.

Konstantin has toured Germany, France, Spain, China, Japan, Netherlands, Belgium, Mexico, Poland as a principal dancer. His repertoire includes Basil in Don Quixote, James in Sylphide, Slave in Corsar, Prince in Nutcracker,  Siegfried, Joker in Swan Lake, Pas-de-trois in Swan Lake, Chipollino in Chipollino, Desire, Blue bird in Sleeping Beauty, Peasant Pas – de – deux in Giselle, Frondoso in Laurencia, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet and more.

Konstantin had an artistic collaboration with the founder and director of the international festival World Ballet Stars Vadym Pysarev and has performed as a guest artist at Nina Ananiashvili’s Gala concert, who has been described by the Daily Telegraph as one of the twelve greatest ballerinas of all time and was named Best Ballerina of the Year by the US Dance Magazine in 2002.

For the past five years, Maria Timina has been working passionately with the Saransk State Musical Theater. Her wonderful career  includes roles in Swan Lake,  The Nutcracker, Seven Beauties, One Thousand and One Nights, The Little Humpbacked Horse and more.

Maria believes that work should be a joy and she loves what she does with all her heart.

Maria’s favorite part of all-time is the Russian Dance in Swan Lake. Maria says that the magic of Tchaikovsky’s music and elegant movements of this dance raise an incredible spectrum of emotions in her soul. 

Egor Azarkevich exclusively dances the role of fearsome and mysterious Rothbart with astonishing and skillful execution leaving the audience in awe every time.

Egor graduated from the Belarusian State Choreographic College and joined the ballet company of the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus in 2007. He is famous for his portraying of the Slave and Solor in La Bayadère, Ali in Le Corsaire, Siegfried and Von Rothbart in Swan Lake, Romeo, Tybalt and Paris in Romeo and Juliet, Soloist in Paquita, Spartacus and Crassus in Spartacus, The Prince in The Nutcracker, Khan Girey and Vaslav in The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, The Poet and Goliard in Carmina Burana, Rogneda`s brother in Passions (Rogneda), Phoebus in La Esmeralda, God and Adam in The Creation of the World, Prince in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Hans in Giselle, Gurn in La Sylphide, Shakhzaman in Scheherazade, Tristan in Tristan and Isolde, His Excellency and Student in Anyuta, Espada in Don Quixote, Prince and Désiré in The Sleeping Beauty, Dark Angel, and Boy in Serenade, The Vizier in Thamar, José in Carmen Suite, Soloist in Bolero, Ivan The Firebird, Bahram in Seven Beauties, The Pilot in Le Petit Prince and many others.

Egor has toured Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Italy, China, Mexica, South Korea, Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon as a principal dancer.

Egor obtained a diploma in Rudolph Nureyev International Ballet Competition (RNIBC) in Budapest as a finalist in 2008.

Anastasia Rodina performed in Dwight Rhoden’s renowned ballet, The Great Gatsby immediately upon graduation from the Serge Lifar Kyiv Municipal Dance Academy.

Performances came one after another as she danced in Edward Klug’s Stabat Mater and G. Pergolesi’s opera Radio & Juliet staged to the music of Radiohead.

She says, dancing in such modern productions has freed her spirit and given her even more appreciation, comfort and love to glide her way through classical choreography.

In 2016 Anastasia was invited by Mariinski’s Denis Matvienko to the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater to perform modern repertoire created by choreographers as: Nacho Duato, Mikhail Messerer, Edward Klug, and more.

Kyunsun Park was born in Korea, yet received a Russian Ballet education which gives her performances their own unique fabric.

She was trained at the Russian Ballet Academy in Japan, spent three years at the Vaganova Ballet Academy and performed with the Odessa State Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Most majestic for her, thus far, has been her time as a soloist at the Yekaterinburg State Academical Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Kyunsun’s finesse and prowess no doubt comes from her training with Irina Sytnilova (formerly a Mariinksy soloist and Associate Professor at the Vaganova Russian Ballet Academy) and “Sir of Dance,” Gennady Selutsky, one of the most honored professors at the Russian Ballet Academy who danced for over 35 years with the Mariinsky Ballet.

Kemal Khalikov began practicing ballet when he was ten years old. He went to the Krasnodar Choreographic School, and since then, ballet became an essential part of his life: “I enjoy my work a lot. I live on stage, I become a different person while on stage.”

Since graduation from college, Kemal extensively tours around the world. He believes that there are no limits to perfection and constantly keeps honing his skills with everyday practice. Kemal says that the greatest pleasure for him is when people are delighted with what they see on stage.

Born in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, Anastasia Pavlova obtained her ballet training at Vaganova Ballet Academy under the direction of Nikolay Tsiskaridze, followed the training at Finnish National Opera Ballet School.

Anastasia danced with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet as an apprentice from 2016 to 2018 and with Konstantin Tachkin’s Ballet Theatre in Saint-Petersburg from 2015 to 2016 and in 2018 as a member of the corps de ballet. She joined Cononov Concept Dance Theatre in 2020 as a soloist dancer. In the summer of 2021, Anastasia performed at Gala Concert hosted by the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Highlighted roles of her career include Pas de Trois, Big Swans’ dance, Walz, Bride’s dance, Spanish dance, Russian dance in Swan Lake; Waltz of Snowflakes (Solo), Waltz of the Flowers (Leading couples), Russian dance in The Nutcracker; Grandpas in Paquita; Grandpas, Dryads in Les Sylphides; Shadows and Jumper in La Bayadère; Priestesses, Variation in The Sleeping Beauty; Candide in Coulante – Fleur de Farine.

Following both his parents and his grandfather, an Honored Artist of the USSR, Kirill Kruglov has chosen a ballet path for his career. In 2014 he joined the prestigious Ukrainian National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre immediately upon graduation from Kyiv State Choreography College.

Two years after, Kirill’s great artistry was recognized by Mariinski’s Denis Matvienko, who invited him to the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater (NOVAT) to perform in a wide variety of productions including Swan Lake, La Bayadere, Spartacus, Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote, Peer Gynt and more.

From 2019 Kirill continues to enriching his spectacular ballet experience on tours through the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France, Switzerland, Belgium, and the USA by joining RBT.

Darika Dunganova is an acclaimed ballet dancer of Kyrgyzstan. In 2016 she graduated from the Bishkek Choreographic School named after Cholponbek Bazarbaev and decided to continue her ballet training in the Kyrgyz State University of Culture and Arts.

The same year she joined the Kyrgyz National Opera and Ballet Theatre as a ballet dancer of the highest category. Three seasons after Darika moved to Moscow to perform a dream role of Juliet in the modern production of Romeo and Juliet.

Amal Khalikov is a dancer with over 10 years of experience in classical ballet. 

Throughout his career, he has performed and toured with numerous acclaimed dance troupes around Europe, Israel, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Singapore, Taiwan, and the US.

Amal possesses a Bachelor’s degree in the field and always works hard to achieve perfection in each dance step. 

In 2019, Amal joined the Russian Ballet Theatre and is very excited about the opportunity to perform with the company again. 

Very elegant and magnetic Natalya Bogdan started dancing in her early childhood. Her dancing instructor saw a certain talent in young Natalya and suggested she pursue a professional ballet career. 

In 2015, she successfully graduated from the Kyiv Choreographic College and has joined the Ukrainian National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. During her career, Natalya worked with many admirable ballet dancers and choreographers, including a former artistic director of the Berlin State Ballet – Vladimir Malakhov.

In 2019, Natalya became a part of the RBT team and joined us in her first USA tour: “I loved everything – the atmosphere and dancing on different stages of the US”.