PRIMA BALLERINA LIUDMILA KONOVALOVA


Liudmila Konovalova Prima Ballerina Wiener Staatsballett, was born in Moscow (Russia). She graduated from Moscow Bolshoi Ballet Academy and joined the Russian State Ballet in 2002. In 2004 she was appointed Principal Dancer and danced the leading roles in „Giselle“, „Don Quixote“, „Schwanensee“, „Dornröschen“, „Der Nussknacker“, „Dance of the hours” and „Paquita“.


In 2007 she joined the Staatsballett Berlin and was appointed Soloist in 2009. In Berlin she performed the leading roles in Vladimir Malakhov’s „Dornröschen“, Patrice Bart’s „Schwanensee“ and „Der Nussknacker“, „Scheherezade“ (Fokin) as well as Pierre Lacotte’s „La Vivandière“ and Clark Tippet’s „Violin Concerto“ (Max Bruch Nr. 1) as well as other leading roles in Patrice Bart’s „Giselle“ and „Das flammende Herz“, Vladimir Malakhov’s „Cinderella“ and „La Péri“, „Paquita“ (Petipa), „Flower Festival in Genzano“ (Bournonville) and Frederick Ashton’s „Sylvia“.


In 2010 she joined the Wiener Staatsballett as a Soloist and was promoted to First Soloist in 2011.


REPERTOIRE - LEADING ROLES


Diamonds - G. Balanchine - Jewels
X. Wiest - Word premiere - Io que no puedes decir con palabras
X. Wiest - Word premiere - Rondo Capriccioso
X. Wiest - Word premiere - Casta Diva Duet, Rondo Capriccioso Solo
Odette/Odile - M. Petipa, L. Ivanov, A. Gorsky, P. Bart, C. Jude and R. Nureyev, R. Nunez - Swan Lake
The title role - M. Petipa, J. Perrot - Esmeralda
Clara in P. Bart, R. Nureyev, A. Amodio - Nutcracker
Kitri, Königin der Dryaden and Erste Brautjungfer in Nureyev’s Don Quixote
The title role in R. Nureyev’s Raymonda
The title role and Bauernpaar in E. Tchernichova’s Giselle
Prinzessin Aurora in M. Petipa, R. Nureyev, C. Jude, V. Malakhov and Sir P. Wright’s Dornröschen
Médora and Gulnare in M. Legris' Le Corsaire
Lise in Sir F. Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée
Marguerite in Sir F. Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand
Olga in J. Cranko’s Onegin
Titania in J. Elo’s Ein Sommernachtstraum
Mizzi Caspar in Sir K. MacMillan's Mayerling
Leading role in Sir K. MacMillan’s Concerto
Hamsatti und Nikia in M. Petipa and R. Nureyev’s La Bayadère
Tamara Karsawina in J. Neumeier's Le Pavillon d'Armide
Leading roles in G. Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, Symphony in C and Theme and Variations
I.Stravinsky „Violin Concerto“
S. Lifar - Suite en blanc
H. Lander - Études
J. Neumeier’s Verklungene Feste
J. Robbins’ In the Night and The Four Seasons
H. van Manen’s Adagio Hammerklavier, Trois Gnossiennes
T. Tharp’s Variationen über ein Thema von Haydn
N. Christe’s Before Nightfall
W. Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude
R. van Dantzig’s Vier letzte Lieder
J. Elo’s Glow – Stop
D. Dawson’s A Million Kisses to my Skin
J. Bubeníček’s Le Souffle de l’esprit
C. Wheeldon’s Fool's Paradise
P. Lacotte’s La Vivandiere
M. Fokine’s Scheherezade
C. Tippet’s Violin Concerto
Leading role in P. Bart’s Das flammende Herz
V. Malakhov’s La Peri
A. Bournonville’s Flower Festival in Genzano



GUEST TEACHER


2019 Vienna, Austria - Ballettakademie der Wiener Staatsoper - Master Class
2019 Vienna, Austria - Danceart - Master Classes
2018 Moscow, Russia - International Ballet Center - Master Class
2018 Prague, Czech - International Ballet Masterclasses
2017, 2018 Vienna, Austria - Danceart - Master Classes
2015, 2016 London, England - NK Summer Intensive Course
2008 California, Orange County - Summer Intensive Course


GUEST EMPLOYMENTS


2019 Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy
Invited by: Giuseppe Picone
2019 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, La Soirée des Etoiles
Invited by: Ivan Cavallari
2018 Cagliari Teatro Lirico, Cagliari, Italy
Invited by: Daniele Cipriani and Amedeo Amodio
2018 Staatsballett Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Invited by: Johannes Öhman
2018 Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, Italy, Homage to Rudolf Nureyev
Invited by Giuseppe Picone
2018 La Fenice, Venice, Italy, Gala Performance
Invited by Daniele Cipriani
2017 Staatsballett Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Invited by: Nacho Duato, Patrice Bart
2014, 2013, 2012 Ballet de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Invited by: Charles Jude
2014 Balletto Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Rome, Italy
Invited by: Miha van Hoecke, Patrice Bart
2013 Tokyo Ballet, Tokyo, Japan
Invited by: Manuel Legris, Tadatsugu Sasaki, Norio Takahashi
2013, 2012, 2011 Balet Slovenské Národni Divadlo, Bratislava, Slovakia
Invited by: Andrej Suchanov, Vladimir Malakhov