Maxim Zyuzin

Born in Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan).
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2001.
Joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company in 2001.

His repertoire includes:
La Sylphide (Youths); choreography by August Bournonville,
Giselle (Classical Duet),
Le Corsaire (Lankedem); choreography by Pyotr Gusev after the composition by Marius Petipa,
La Bayadère (Magdaveya); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Vakhtang Chabukiani,
The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Désiré, Prince Chéri, Prince Fleur de Pois, the Blue Bird); choreography by Marius Petipa, revival of the 1890 production,
Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried, Pas de trois); choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Raymonda (Béranger, Grand pas); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Chopiniana (Nocturne, Mazurka, Seventh Waltz); choreography by Michel Fokine,
Le Sacre du printemps (Elders, Youths); choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky,
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Tatar Dance, Youths); choreography by Rostislav Zakharov,
Leonid Lavrovsky’s ballets Romeo and Juliet (Romeo, Troubadour), Walpurgisnacht (Satyr),
The Legend of Love (Ferkhad’s Friends); choreography by Yuri Grigorovich,
Leningrad Symphony (Youth); ballet by Igor Belsky to music by Dmitry Shostakovich,
Carmen (Bandit); choreography by Roland Petit,
George Balanchine’s ballets The Prodigal Son (Friends of the Prodigal), Jewels (Emeralds, Diamonds), The Four Temperaments (Melancholic), Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Piano Concerto No 2 (Ballet Imperial) and La Valse,
Études (Dancers); choreography by Harald Lander,
Grand pas classique; choreography by Viktor Gzovsky,
The Nutcracker (Nutcracker Prince, Pulcinella, Mother Gigogne); staging by Mihail Chemiakin and choreography by Kirill Simonov,
Alexei Ratmansky’s ballets Cinderella (Autumn, Winter) and The Little Humpbacked Horse (Ivan the Fool, Gavrilo), Anna Karenina (Levin),
William Forsythe’s ballets Approximate Sonata and The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude,
Come In!; choreography by Kirill Simonov,
Dolce, con fuoco; choreography by Svetlana Anufrieva,
The Magic Nut (Hungarian Groom, the Young Drosselmeyer); staging by Mihail Chemiakin and choreography by Donvena Pandoursky,
Princess Pirlipat (Turkish Grooms),
Metaphysics (The Man); choreography by Donvena Pandoursky,
The Ghostly Ball; choreography by Dmitry Bryantsev,
Simple Things; choreography by Emil Faski,
Bolero Factory (Envy); choreography by Yuri Smekalov,
and Without; choreography by Benjamin Millepied.

Has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet Company to Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, France, the USA, China, Japan and Azerbaijan.

Upcoming performances:
30 May The Sleeping Beauty
14 June Divertissement. Grand pas from ballet Paquita
17 June Giselle
30 June Anna Karenina
One undoubted discovery was the performance of Mariinsky Theatre dancer Maxim Zyuzin. His Prince, essentially performed to technical perfection, won a great deal from the performer’s acting skills and physical appearance.
Strastnoy Bulvar, 10