Ksenia Ryzhkova

• Prize-winner at the XII International Competition of Ballet Dancers and Choreographers (Moscow, 2013; 1^st prize and Gold Medal)
• Prize-winner at the I All-Russian Competition of Young Performers Russian Ballet (Moscow, 2013; 2^nd prize)
• Prize-winner at the IV Yuri Grigorovich International Competition Young Ballet of the World (Sochi, 2012; 1^st prize)
• Recipient of the Grand Prix of the Mikhailovsky Theatre (St Petersburg, 2011)

Ksenia Ryzhkova graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography (class of Marina Leonova) in 2013. Was a leading soloist with the Moscow State Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre (2013–2016), a principal dancer with Munich’s Bayerisches Staatsballett (2016–2019, 2020–2022) and the Ballett Zürich (2019–2020). Since 2021 she has performed leading roles at the Sevastopol State Opera and Ballet Theatre, and since 2022 she has also appeared as a guest principal dancer at the Moscow State Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre. Has worked with distinguished teachers and choreographers including Natalia Makarova, Olga Evreinova, Christopher Wheeldon, Liam Scarlett, Wayne McGregor, Ben Hughes and Reid Anderson. In 2025 Ksenia Ryzhkova was appointed Artistic Director of Ballet at the Sevastopol State Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Her repertoire includes leading roles in:
Giselle (Giselle; choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, production by Peter Wright);
La Bayadère (Nikiya, Gamzatti; choreography by Marius Petipa, productions by Natalia Makarova and Patrice Bart);
Swan Lake (Odette–Odile; choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, productions by Vladimir Burmeister and Ray Barra);
Raymonda (Raymonda; choreography by Marius Petipa, production by Ray Barra);
Jewels (Diamonds) and Symphony in C (by George Balanchine);
In the Night and The Concert (by Jerome Robbins);
La Fille mal gardée (Lise) and Rhapsody (by Frederick Ashton);
Manon (Manon; by Kenneth MacMillan);
Coppélia (Swanilda; by Roland Petit);
Spartacus (Aegina, Phrygia; by Yuri Grigorovich);
Onegin (Tatiana), Romeo and Juliet (Juliet) and The Taming of the Shrew (Katherina; by John Cranko);
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hippolyta, Titania; by John Neumeier);
Anna Karenina (Anna Karenina; by Christian Spuck);
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Alice; by Christopher Wheeldon);
The Blizzard and Cecil Hotel (by Andrey Kaydanovskiy);
With a Chance of Rain (by Liam Scarlett);
Borderlands and Sunyata (by Wayne McGregor).