Dawid Trzensimiech
First Soloist with the Polish National Ballet
Dance Open: 2017, 2019
Dawid Trzensimiech studied at the National Ballet School in Bytom (Poland) and then at the Royal Ballet School in London. In 2006 he was a finalist at the prestigious Prix de Lausanne and was offered a scholarship at the Royal Ballet School, which opened the door to the world of the big ballet for him. In two years he joined the Royal Ballet Covent Garden where he proved his universality while performing equally well choreography by Petipa, Gorsky, Balanchine, Ashton, McGregor, Ratmansky and others.
In 2014 he was invited to join the National Romanian Ballet as the first soloist where he performed almost all the most important parties of the classical ballet repertoire.
In 2016 upon the invitation of K. Pastor he joined the Polish National Ballet as a Principal. Trzensimiech is one of those who prove the high status of the Polish ballet in the world.
Anna Tikhomirova
The First soloist of Bolshoi Theater of Russia
Dance Open: 2012, 2013
In 2005 graduated from the Moscow Ballet Academy and joined the Bolshoi Ballet. Rehearsed under the guidance of Marina Kondratieva. Now her teacher-repetiteur is Nadezhda Gracheva. The 3 rd prize winner of the International Ballet and Choreography Competition in Moscow (category “Junior Soloists”, 2005). In 2008 performed Kitri in Don Quixote at the Rostov State Musical Theater (Rostov-on-Don). Performs a wide classical and contemporary repertoire at the Bolshoi Theater.
Viktoria Tereshkina
Principal Dancer with the Mariinsky theatre
Dance Open: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017Dance Open Award: Miss Virtuosity 2010, Miss Virtuosity 2011
Bright, sparkling, absolutely technical, artistic and infinitely hard working, Viktoria Tereshkina is one of the symbols of our generation. She is appreciated by partners on stage for her ideal balancing and immaculate professionalism, by choreographers for her desire to try new pieces, participate in the creative process and bring any idea to perfection, by critics for her flawless technique, by spectators for the aesthetic pleasure and emotional charge that they receive from her.
Krasnoyarsk’s native, she graduated from the Vaganova Academy and joined the Mariinsky Ballet straight after the graduation. Her repertoire includes Giselle, Aurora, Nikia, Gamzatti, Raimonda, Odette-Odile, Kitri, Fire Bird, Juliet and many other parties. She was the first to perform the Queen of the See (Ondine by Lacotte, 2006), Phrygia (Spartacus by Yakobson, 2010) and Tsar Maiden (the Little Humpbacked Horse by Ratmansky, 2009).
She is the brilliant performer of the 20th century masterpieces by Ashton, Forsythe, McGregor and others. She has been working a lot with such contemporary choreographers as K. Simonov, P. Quanz, Y. Smekalov, A. Preljocaj, A. Miroshnichenko and many others.
In May 2014 she made her debut with American Ballet Theatre as Nikia in the ballet La Bayadère (Natalia Makarova’s version).
She is the winner of numerous awards, such as Arabesque (2006), the Spirit of Dance (2006), Golden Sofit( 2005, 2006), Golden Mask (2017) and Dance Open Award (2010, 2011).
Dinu Tamazlacaru
Principal Dancer of the Staatsballett Berlin
Dance Open: 2012, 2013, 2016Dance Open Award: Mister Expressivity 2012
Accepted to the Chisinau Ballet School in 1994. In 2000–2002 studied ballet at the ballet department of Vienna Conservatory. Prize winner of the International Ballet Competitions “Prix de Lausanne” (Switzerland) and Arabesque-2002 (Perm). Since 2003 he is a soloist of Staatsballet Berlin (Germany) He is a guest soloist with Tokyo Ballet Theater (NBS), Bucharest National Opera, Bratislava National Opera, Arcimboldi Theater (Milan), Opera di Roma, and others. Tours to Russia, Germany, Austria, Italy, Finland, Croatia.
Isabelle Ciaravola
Principal Dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet
Dance Open: 2011, 2012, 2013 Dance Open Award: Special Prize from Sberbank 2012
Having won the First prize of the National Supreme Dance Conservatoire in Paris in 1988, Isabelle Ciaravola entered the Paris Opera Ballet school. She studied there for two years and in 1990 joined Paris Opera Corps de Ballet. In 1993 she became Coryphée. She danced in many ballets both in France and abroad (Japan, USA, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Greece, Italy, Spain, China). In 2000 she became a soloist and in 2003 a First Soloist. After the premiere of Onegin (Сranko) where she danced the role of Tatiana, on April 16, 2009 she was promoted to the rank of «Etoile».
