Ballett
Svetlana Gileva
Principal

Born
Perm, Russia

Education
Perm Ballet School, Russia

Engagements
Semperoper Ballett (since 2008; since 2013 Principal)
Aalto Theater Essen
Vereinigte Städtische Bühnen Krefeld-Mönchengladbach
Mikhailovsky Ballet St. Petersburg, Russia

Repertoire

Semperoper Ballett Repertoire
Odette/Odile, Swan Lake (A. S. Watkin after M. Petipa and L. Ivanov), 
Sugar Plum Fairy, The Nutcracker (A. S. Watkin and J. Beechey after M. Petipa)
Louise, The Nutcracker (J. Neumeier)
Nikiya, Hamsatti, La Bayadère; Aurora, Lilac Fairy, The Sleeping Beauty (A. S. Watkin after M. Petipa)
Lescaut’s Mistress, Manon (K. MacMillan)
Bathilde, Giselle; Solo, The World According To Us; Lady Capulet, Romeo und Julia; The Four Seasons (D. Dawson)
Principal Couple, Symphony in C; Soloist in Emeralds and Diamonds, Jewels; The Four Temperaments (G. Balanchine)
Mazurka Girl, Les Sylphides (M. Fokine)
Bach (R. North)
Soloist parts in Impressing the Czar; The Second Detail; In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (W. Forsythe)
Forgotten Land; Petite Mort; Bella Figura; Gods and Dogs (J. Kylián)
Le Souffle de l’Esprit; Unerreichbare Orte (J. Bubeníček); 
Zoe, A Swan Lake; Walking Mad (J. Inger)
She was Black (M. Ek)
Heatscape (J. Peck)
White Darkness (N. Duato) 
Romola, Nijinsky (J. Neumeier)

Creations
Aldonza, Don Quixote (A.S. Watkin after M. Petipa)
First soloist couple, Tanzsuite (A. Ratmansky)
Potiphar’s wife, The Legend of Joseph (S. Celis)
COW (A. Ekman)
Songs for a Siren (J. Hernandez)

Further repertoire
Medora, Le Corsaire (P. Gusev after M. Petipa)
Soloist, Alles Walzer (R. Zanella)
Crime and Punishment (G. Koftun)

This season

 

Discover more