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StageField Entertainment is a company with a global vision, that sees opportunities beyond borders. We believe that artists are successful when they follow their dreams with passion.

Management for such personalities is our main goal, because we believe in their growth. Artists are brands, and brands are born to be strong and memorable.

Our focus is to work with individuals, with exclusive services and strategies designed for each artist. Therefore, we concentrate on a selected group of interesting personalities to serve management in a boutique-style.

We understand management as the central point of contact where all the different threads come together. This allows our clients to focus solely on their activities and careers.

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Direct personal contacts at the highest levels to many of the world’s leading major studios, film production companies, record labels, tour promotors, theatres, publishing houses etc. combined with a reliable international network of entertainment lawyers ensure professional deal planning and execution.

Our relationships with major global brands and corporations have enabled us to successfully negotiate a substantial number of large deals and campaigns over the last years for our clients. These include:

  • an Under Armour endorsement deal (worldwide testimonial) including a campaign featuring “The Rock” Dwayne Johnson
  • a Hollywood movie deal with Working Title/Universal Studios
  • a worldwide book deal with Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
  • several record deals with major labels (Universal Music, Warner etc.)
  • several tour and leading TV-format deals (The Voice of Germany, X-Factor etc.).

Our objective for each of our clients is to create a long term sustainable future on and off the stage. By working closely with our clients, we identify and build strategies to maximize all commercial opportunities, which align with their profession and passions.

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Matthew Ball

Choreographer

Born in Liverpool, Matthew started at The Royal Ballet School at the age of 11 and successfully graduated. He joined the Company in the 2013/14 season and was quickly promoted to First Artist in 2015, Soloist in 2016, First Soloist in 2017, and Principal Dancer in 2018.

Matthew has collaborated with choreographers such as Wayne Mcgregor, Crystal Pite, Christopher Wheeldon, Hofesh Shechter, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Kim Brandstrup, and Cathy Marston to create parts for different productions. Natalia Osipova, Alina Cojocaru, Marianela Nunez, and Alessandra Ferri are among the worldwide names he has danced with and partnered with.

Matthew has also begun to create his own work, choreographing a trio for his colleagues called ‘Waveform’ that was recorded and streamed for The Royal Ballet’s ‘Draftworks’ program, a commercial campaign for the phone manufacturer ‘Xiaomi’ shot at the Natural History Museum, and a pas de deux called ‘(Re)Current’ that premiered in Dortmund, Germany in 2022.

In 2018/19, he featured as The Swan/Stranger in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake to critical acclaim in London, Tokyo, and New York.

He has worked on various fashion and film projects in recent years, including collaborations with Nick Knight OBE, Gareth Pugh, Erdem, and British Vogue, as well as articles in King Kong Magazine, Esquire, Hero, and Man About Town.

Film work includes two dance shorts with Pennefather productions co-starring with Francesca Hayward and Natalia Osipova and ‘Tybalt’ in the feature length film ‘Romeo and Juliet Beyond Words’.

On October 29, 2022, Matthew performed in the ballet ‘Mayerling’ as Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria. Sir Kenneth Macmillan, the celebrated choreographer, died on this same day, 30 years ago, during this identical performance.

Matthew is set to perform the lead role of ‘Basilio’ with The Royal Ballet in the cinema relay of “Don Quixote” at the end of 2023.

Constance Devernay-Laurence

Actress

Constance Devernay-Laurence is a Principal dancer, actress, yoga instructor and ballet coach currently working in London, NY and Paris.

Born in France, Constance trained at l’Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, and the English National Ballet School before joining the Scottish Ballet in 2008. She was promoted to Soloist in 2014 and to principal dancer in 2016.

In addition to her ability to embody the emotional depth of each character and transfer it into stunning movements in ballets like Swan Lake, Mayerling, Coppélia, etc., Constance is passionate about imparting her knowledge and skills to aspiring dancers, sharing her knowledge through seminars and workshops, encouraging the upcoming generation of dancers to pursue their dreams of becoming professional dancers and pushing themselves to new limits.

Following a highly successful career at the Scottish Ballet, Constance is currently filming a dance series and pursuing new opportunities in her acting career.

Lawson Anderson

Bass-Baritone

Hailed for his “powerful, darkly-hued voice and nobility of phrasing and carriage” (Cleveland Classical), Lawson Anderson is quickly establishing himself as one of the leading bass-baritones of his generation. A former management consultant with an MBA from Columbia Business School, Anderson has made waves in the opera world coming off of his Top Prize finish at the 2018 George London Foundation Competition: First Prize award from the Gerda Lissner Foundation’s 2017 International Vocal Competition: 2017 Opera Index Top Prize Arthur E. Walters Memorial Award; representing the USA as a Finalist of the 2017 Hans Gabor Belvedere finals in Moscow and the 2018 Vinas Contest in Barcelona; Grand Finalist of the 2017 Anita Cerquetti Voice Competition: 2017 Grant Winner from the Giulio Gari Foundation; Grant recipient of the Olga Forrai Foundation for Dramatic Voices. and 2017 Eastern Region Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.

In 2019, Anderson joined the principal roster of the Semperoper Dresden. taking on the roles of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro). Guglielmo (Cosi fan Tutte), Leporello and Masetto (Don Giovanni), Colline and Schaunord (La bohème), AnQelotti (Tosca). Marcel (Les Huguenots), Sprecher (Die Zauberflöte). Barone Douphol and Marchese (La Traviata), Mandarino (Turandot), The Wolf and Cinderella’s Prince (lnto the Woods) and more.

Recent highlights include Donner (Das Rheingold). Steuermann (Tristan und lsolde), Oreste (Elektra), and Gunther/cover (Götterdämmerung) at the Semperoper Dresden under the baten of Christian Thielemann: Nick Shadow (The Rake’s Progress) in Concert with the Staatskapelle Dresden: debuts at the Bayreuther Festspiele as Steuermann (Tristan und Isolde) and the Deutsche Oper Berlin with the Staatsballett Berlin in Christian Spuck’s production of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem as bass soloist: and a return with the Atlanta symphony Orchestra for their annual Holiday Concerts featuring Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s Weihnachtsoratorium.

2025 will bring Lawson to Bern for a role debut as Alberich (Götterdämmerung) and back to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Nathalie Stutzmann conducting.

Anderson has grabbed headlines: “Lawson Anderson is irresistible” (Rupert Christiansen of The Telegraph London) as an interpreter of Mozart, particularly in the title roles of Le nozze di Figaro with Nevill Holt Opera at the grand opening of their new theater; with the Music Academy of the West under the baton of James Conlon: and at the Berlin Opera Festival and Don Giovanni with the Cleveland Opera. Additional highlights include a lauded interpretation of Nick Bottom in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Nevill Holt; his debut as Mephistopheles in Gounod’s Faust and Colline in La Boheme; and on the concert stage as bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah and Verdi’s Requiem. Anderson has also been heard at the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City as Rocco in Fidelio; in debut at Carnegie Hall singing Wotan from Das Rheingold; and in recital at the National Opera Center interpreting Schubert’s Die Winterreise.

NEBT

New English Ballet Theatre

New English Ballet Theatre (NEBT) is a vibrant professional ballet company committed to creating original works that capture the relevance and diversity of dance in modern society. NEBT has become well-known and respected for both its innovative, all-encompassing approach to ballet creation and its dedication to advancing exceptional talent.

Artistic Director Karen Pilkington-Miksa created NEBT in 2010 in response to what she saw as a lack of early-stage career opportunities in the dance industry and as a creative platform for upand-coming ballet dancers and choreographers.

The company’s original goal was to nurture and cultivate young talent in dance, music, and design by offering exceptional performance opportunities within a supportive and cooperative work environment.

The company has nurtured the careers of 120 dancers and presented 25 up-and-coming choreographers, 31 artists and designers, 86 musicians and singers, and produced 34 original ballets since its founding As the dance scene changes, NEBT, now in its second decade, is embarking on a new chapter.

From an early-career platform, they have transformed into a company committed to fostering the careers of choreographers, showcasing fresh work, and producing outstanding dance experiences for as many people as possible.

Constance Devernay-Laurence

International Guest Principal Dancer

Constance Devernay-Laurence is a Principal dancer, actress, yoga instructor and ballet coach currently working in London, NY and Paris.

Born in France, Constance trained at l’Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, and the English National Ballet School before joining the Scottish Ballet in 2008. She was promoted to Soloist in 2014 and to principal dancer in 2016.

In addition to her ability to embody the emotional depth of each character and transfer it into stunning movements in ballets like Swan Lake, Mayerling, Coppélia, etc., Constance is passionate about imparting her knowledge and skills to aspiring dancers, sharing her knowledge through seminars and workshops, encouraging the upcoming generation of dancers to pursue their dreams of becoming professional dancers and pushing themselves to new limits.

Following a highly successful career at the Scottish Ballet, Constance is currently filming a dance series and pursuing new opportunities in her acting career.

Iana Salenko

Prima Ballerina | Staatsballett Berlin

Iana was born and raised in Kyiv, Ukraine. She started with gymnastics and folk dancing and just started ballet when shewas 12. Though it was a late start, Iana began to focus on ballet. In 1995, she was invited to attend the Vaganova Academy in St. Petersburg, but her mother believed it was too far away, so she trained at Vadim Pisarev’s school in Donetsk. At age 15, she became one of Pisarev’s dance partners, and danced at his company Donetsk Opera and Ballet Theater. She graduated in 2000.

Iana became a soloist at Donetsk Opera and Ballet Theatre after her graduation. Two years later, in order to be closer to her family, she moved to Kyiv Ballet as a principal dancer. After meeting her futurehusband Marian Walter in a competition, Iana auditioned for the Berlin State Ballet where he was based. She was offered a demi-soloist contract in 2005, and became a soloist the following year. After dancing the title role in Cinderella, Iana became a principal dancer in 2007. In 2013, she made her Royal Ballet debut in Don Quixote, partnering Steven McRae and became a regular guest returning to dance in other productions, such as Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, The Two Pigeons and Giselle.

As a guest artist, Salenko has also performed in galas and companies in Croatia, Russia, Italy, Poland, The Netherlands, Taiwan, Germany, Slovakia and Slovenia.

Mic Donet

Singer | Songwriter

Born in Germany, Mic was always a creative and musical child.

With his amazing skill, he became renowned throughout Germany during the first season of The Voice of Germany and his following album PLENTY OF LOVE, which was praised as Grammy-worthy by Xavier Naidoo and stayed in the German Top 10 for almost 20 weeks.

His career began much earlier, though, as a break-dancer and back vocalist for some of the finest Soul musicians of his day. In Germany, when people talk about “soul music,” his name is a reference.

He signed his first record deal at the age of 19 and released his debut album STILLE WASSER (in German) in 2004, which is still considered cult in scene circles. His track JEMAND DA, which reached the top 100 of the German charts at the time, is still in many people’s ears.

His charisma and an incredible range of voices ranging from operatic theatricality to soft hip-hop romance to deep soul phrasing distinguish him as an international musician (Süddeutsche Zeitung).

Great performers like Erykah Badu, Stevie Wonder, and Carlos Santana, with whom Mic was allowed to tour, acknowledged this as well.

His second English-language album, RISE AND SHINE, was released in 2015. Mic then decided to take a longer artistic break, during which he traveled throughout the world alone, bearing only a backpack and flip-flops.

Mic has been involved in various projects since his return, including the singing voice of the Netflix production ‘ARLO THE ALLIGATOR BOY’ (German version), in collaborations with Sami Deluxe, and the release of the single ‘Panzerglas’ in March 2021.

Mic is currently working on single track releases as well as a new album.

Laylah

Acting | Singing | Modelling

Laylah was born in Munich into a sports & artists family, so she was immersed in both worlds from the very beginning.

She began dancing with her mother when she was 2 years old. With 4 she began gymnastics just like her father and added horseback riding in the same year. She found her passion in acting and singing once she joined a musical school based in Munich at the age of 6 continuing until now in her seventh year.

“The combination of acting, singing and dancing like at the musical school makes a lot of sense to me, even though I do see myself more acting in front of a camera rather than on stage. I’m still young and I am looking forward to learning and diving more into this fantastic artistic world.”

Laylah attends grade 7 at high school and apart from her current acting and singing activities she is part of a semi-professional gymnastics team.

Iñaki Urlezaga

Choreographer | International Guest Teacher

Iñaki began dancing at a young age in La Plata before enrolling in the Art Institute of the Colón theatre in Buenos Aires. His professional career began in 1991 as a Principal Dancer with the Argentinean Theatre of La Plata, and he joined the Teatro Colón in July 1993. Sir Anthony Dowel invited him to join the Royal Ballet as a Principal in March 1995, and he danced with the company from 1995 until 2005. Ted Brandsen asked him to join the Dutch National Ballet as a Principal Guest dancer in 2005.

Throughout his career, he danced on some of the world’s most prominent international stages, developing a broad repertoire that included all of the classicals as well as several original works. In addition to his career as a Principal, he founded his Argentinean Ballet Company “Ballet Concert” in 2000, and they have performed on renowned venues and worldwide festivals across Europe, America, Asia, Oceania, and Africa.

Parallel to his career as a Principal, Iñaki began his career as a choreographer in 2003, creating ballets that have received excellent praise from specialized press and have been performed on international stages – “La Traviata” Music by G. Verdi; “Romeo y Julieta” Music by Prokofiev; “Sylvia” Music by L. Delibes, “Floralis” Music by S. Prokofiev; “Chopin Tales” Music by F. Chopin and also his version of the classics “Nutcracker”, “Swan Lake”, “Giselle” and “Don Quixote”.

In 2013, the President of Argentina entrusted Iñaki with the creation of Argentina’s first National Ballet, where he served as creative director until December 2017. In 2018, he performed a farewell tour across the world as a dancer. In 2019, he was commissioned to choreograph “La Dame de Pique” in honor of Pushkin’s 225th birthday (collaborating with Ezio Frigerio and Franca Squarciapino) for a premiere at the Alexandrinski Theatre in Saint Petersburg, followed by performances at the Mariinsky Theatre (December 2019) and the Bolshoi Theater (May 2020). Iñaki choreographed a new version of Romeo and Juliet for the Theatro Argentino de la Plata in June 2023 and is preparing a new version of “The Nutcracker” for the same company.

Claudia Mota

Principal Dancer | International Guest Teacher

Born in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Claudia has been a Principal of Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro for over 20 years and has danced all of the first roles in classical and contemporary repertoire, receiving critical and public acclaim.

Claudia has collaborated with some of the most prominent figures in the ballet world, including: Natalia Makarova, Sir Peter Wright, Vladimir Vassiliev, Julio Bocca, Fernando Alonso, Márcia Haydee, Richard Cragun, Glen Tetley, Uwe Scholz, Dalal Achcar, Dennis Grey, Eugenia Feodorova, Tatiana Leskova, Jean Yves Lormeau, Elizabeth Platel, Patrícia Neary, Yelena Pankova, Olga Eveeinoff, David Parson to name a few.

Claudia was named the Latin American Dance Council’s “Best Dancer in Latin America” for her technical versatility and aesthetic promise.

She has been invited to perform at International Ballet Galas and Companies around South America, Latin America, the United States, and Canada.

Claudia is graduated in “Excellence of Cuban Technique” from the legendary Cuban master Fernando Alonso.

She regularly gives master-classes and workshops in Uruguay (Ballet Nacional Sodre), Portugal (Conservatório Nacional de Dança e Annarella Escola de Ballet), Germany (Dortmund Ballet), and other countries.

Claudia is an Ambassador of Tourism for the City of Rio de Janeiro, as well as an artistic supporter and enricher of numerous social programs such as the “Social Dance Project – Manguinhos Ballet” in Rio de Janeiro and the “Maria Cardoso Ballet School” in Natal.

Claudia has been a choreographer for various samba schools at Brazil’s Carnival for many years and has won multiple prizes in Rio de Janeiro.

Claudia also appears as a permanent dance judge on numerous TV shows carried on Rede Globo, one of the world’s largest television networks.

Reginaldo Oliveira

Ballet Director | Choreographer

Reginaldo grew up in Rio de Janeiro, completed his dance training at the Maria Olenewa School, at the Ballet Dalal Achcar and with Jorge Teixeira. In 1998, he won the first prize at the Russian Ballet Competition in São Paulo and received a scholarship to the Moscow State Academy of Choreography, affiliated with the Bolshoi Ballet. In 2000, he joined the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro and was appointed soloist in 2003. Reginaldo moved to Germany in 2006 to become a member of the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe.

Reginaldo choreographed his debut work, »Attempt«, in 2009 as part of the “Choreographers introduce themselves” series.

He created »Der Fall M« in 2014. Bruna Andrade got the German Theater Prize “Der Faust” in the category “Best Dance Actress” for her portrayal of Medea in his production.

For the same theater, Reginaldo developed his first full-length story ballet, »Anne Frank«, in 2016. He was nominated for “choreographer of the year” in the magazine “tanz” for this work.

Reginaldo has been the ballet director and house choreographer at the Salzburger Landestheater since 2017, where he choreographed »Othello«. He has been collaborating with Rolando Villazon as part of the Salzburg Mozart Week for several years.

Reginaldo choreographed for Matthias Hartmann’s opera “Idomeneo” at La Scala in Milan in 2018.

His repertoire in Salzburg today includes everything from current classic interpretations of »Romeo and Juliet« to »Balacobaco«, a ballet festival celebrating the Brazilian way of life, to an acknowledgment of diversity with the dance evening »Lili, the Danish Girl«.

Reginaldo made his version of »Romeo & Juliet« available online during Covid, and he also choreographed the drama »Anna Karenina«, which premiered in Mai 2022. He choreographed »Die Schöpfung – The Creation«, which premiered in October of that year.

In April 2023, he created a new version of »Jolanthe / Der Nusscknacker« to rave reviews. Reginaldo is developing a new production of »Sleeping Beauty« at the Salzburger Landestheater for 2024.

Laura Fernandez

Principal Dancer | State Ballet of Georgia

Laura was born in Switzerland and is half Ukrainian and half Spanish. She studied at the “Dance Academy Zurich” and was already widely renowned for her focus and hard work apart from her natural talent.

She competed in several international ballet competitions while still at the Academy, including the prestigious “YAGP” in New York and the “Prix de Lausanne.” She received multiple awards at the “Prix,” including the “Contemporary Dance Prize” and “Best Swiss Candidate.” She decided to continue her studies at the world-renowned “Vaganova Ballet Academy” in St. Petersburg after winning this competition.

She was the first Swiss dancer to be admitted to the Mariinsky Theatre, where she danced many solo roles while still in the Corps de Ballet before moving on to the Stanislavsky Theatre in Moscow as a First Soloist.

Due to the tragic situation between Russia and Ukraine, Laura had to make the difficult decision to leave her entire life in Russia behind and go to Georgia, where she is currently employed as a Principal Dancer at the “State Ballet of Georgia” under the guidance of ballet icon Nina Ananiashvili.

Within a few months, she had performed the lead parts in Swan Lake, Giselle, and Romeo & Juliet, as well as being a member of the new Carmina Burana creation.

Laura has been invited to perform in a number of international galas.

Gustavo Carvalho

Principal Dancer | Ballett am Rhein

Gustavo was born in Rio de Janeiro and began his studies in classical ballet at the Brazilian Dance Conservatory in his hometown in Brazil.

In 2009, he was invited to join the Brazilian Ballet Company, where he soon appeared as a soloist. At the age of 15 he began to dance leading roles of the classical and contemporary repertoire of this company. During this period, he won all the major ballet competitions in Brazil and abroad, including the bronze medal at the Beijing International Ballet Competition and the bronze medal and best couple award at the IBC in Jackson, USA.

In 2014, he was invited by ballet legend Julio Bocca to dance the roles of “Basilio / Don Quixote” and “Solor / La Bayadere” as guest principal at the National Ballet of Uruguay in Montevideo, where Julio was director at the time. At the end of the same year he joined the ballet as a soloist and was promoted to principal dancer in 2015.

Gustavo was only 21 years old when he was nominated for the Benois de la Danse in 2017, for the role of “Don José” in Marcia Haydee’s “Carmen”.”

In 2020, he was invited by the newly appointed artistic director Demis Volpi to join the ‘Ballett am Rhein.

His repertoire is very broad and includes all the great classical and neoclassical ballets such as “Le Corsaire”, “Onegin”, “Manon” and “The Merry Widow”, but also new creations that make him a very versatile dancer.

Apart from Düsseldorf, Gustavo is constantly guesting as a Principal Dancer at several ballet companies like the Greek National Opera and Ballet where he danced a new version of the ballet ‘Don Quixote’. He also performs in a number of major ballet galas, including the renowned Ballet Festival in Havana, where nearly the entire ballet world gathers to celebrate dancing in a unique setting.

Brendan Saye

Principal Dancer | Vienna State Ballet

Brendan was born in Vancouver, Canada. He started dancing at the age of 8 and received his education at Canada’s National Ballet School. He joined the National Ballet of Canada in 2008 and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2019. His extensive repertoire includes main roles such as Albrecht in ‘Giselle’, Siegfried in ‘Swan Lake’, Prince Florimund in ‘The Sleeping Beauty’, Oberon in ‘The Dream’, Romeo and Tybalt in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and many others. Furthermore, he danced in works by William Forsythe, Wayne McGregor, Jiří Kylián, Kenneth MacMillan, Justin Peck, Twyla Tharp, Robert Binet and Guillaume Côté.

In the 2022/23 season he joined the Vienna State Ballet as a principal dancer and made his debut at the Vienna State Opera as Prince Désiré in the world premiere of Martin Schläpfer’s ‘The Sleeping Beauty’, followed by the title role in John Cranko’s ‘Onegin’, duke Albrecht in Elena Tchernichovaʼs ‘Giselle’, Espada in Rudolf Nureyevʼs ‘Don Quixote’ and many more. In addition to his dancing career, Brendan has started working on his own choreography and is interested in branching out to modeling and acting projects.

Sasha De Sola

Principal Dancer | San Francisco Ballet

Born in Winter Park, Florida, Sasha studied the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C. on a full merit scholarship, where she studied under the tutelage of Ludmila Morkovina, Anatoli Kucheruk, Alla Sizova, and Vladimir Djouloukhadze. She began her career at San Francisco Ballet, where she advanced through the ranks and was appointed to Principal Dancer in 2017. She was named the Diane B. Wilsey Principal Dancer in 2020.

She has performed in a number of leading roles with the San Francisco Ballet. Highlights include Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle as the title character, and Kitri in Don Quixote. Christopher Wheeldon, Helgi Tomasson, Bridget Breiner, Val Caniparoli, Liam Scarlett, Yuri Possokhov, Myles Thatcher, Trey McIntyre, Nicolas Blanc, Stanton Welch, Arielle Smith, Danielle Rowe, and Dwight Rhoden have all cast her in works.

Sasha has also performed as a guest artist in a number of galas around the world and has won numerous competitions. She was named Dance Europe’s 2020 Dancer of the Year.

In November of 2019, she announced the launch of The Ascendant: a charity initiative in collaboration with the San Francisco based jewelry store, Fiat Lux. Together they released a jointly designed, dance-inspired jewelry line where all profits have benefited Dancin Power and San Francisco Ballet, two nonprofit organizations that are dear to her heart.

Victor Caixeta

International Guest Principal Dancer

Born in Uberlândia, Brazil, Victor began dancing at an early age. His talent and passion were obvious even as a young boy. After winning several dance competitions in his own country, he competed in all of the major ballet competitions throughout the world.

That includes the renowned ‘YAGP’ in New York and the prestigious ‘Prix de Lausanne’ in Switzerland at the age of 15, when he received 18 scholarships despite not winning the competition.

His professional dancing training continued at the Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin, where he graduated in 2017.

He joined the Mariinsky Ballet in St. Petersburg that same year and was promoted to Soloist in 2019.

Victor left the company in March 2022 due to the tragic situation between Russia and Ukraine.

Victor joined the Dutch National Ballet as a First Soloist after making the difficult decision to leave his life in Russia and go to the Netherlands. He recently debuted as Jean de Brien in “Raymonda,” as the Prince in “Sleeping Beauty,” partnering Russian star Olga Smirnova, and got promoted to principal after his premiere in Swan Lake.

Victor’s repertoire is incredibly diverse, making him a very versatile dancer and one of the most outstanding performers of his generation with a promising future.

Matthew Ball

Principal Dancer | The Royal Ballet

Born in Liverpool, Matthew started at The Royal Ballet School at the age of 11 and successfully graduated. He joined the Company in the 2013/14 season and was quickly promoted to First Artist in 2015, Soloist in 2016, First Soloist in 2017, and Principal Dancer in 2018.

Matthew has collaborated with choreographers such as Wayne Mcgregor, Crystal Pite, Christopher Wheeldon, Hofesh Shechter, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Kim Brandstrup, and Cathy Marston to create parts for different productions. Natalia Osipova, Alina Cojocaru, Marianela Nunez, and Alessandra Ferri are among the worldwide names he has danced with and partnered with.

Matthew has also begun to create his own work, choreographing a trio for his colleagues called ‘Waveform’ that was recorded and streamed for The Royal Ballet’s ‘Draftworks’ program, a commercial campaign for the phone manufacturer ‘Xiaomi’ shot at the Natural History Museum, and a pas de deux called ‘(Re)Current’ that premiered in Dortmund, Germany in 2022.

In 2018/19, he featured as The Swan/Stranger in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake to critical acclaim in London, Tokyo, and New York.

He has worked on various fashion and film projects in recent years, including collaborations with Nick Knight OBE, Gareth Pugh, Erdem, and British Vogue, as well as articles in King Kong Magazine, Esquire, Hero, and Man About Town.

Film work includes two dance shorts with Pennefather productions co-starring with Francesca Hayward and Natalia Osipova and ‘Tybalt’ in the feature length film ‘Romeo and Juliet Beyond Words’.

On October 29, 2022, Matthew performed in the ballet ‘Mayerling’ as Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria. Sir Kenneth Macmillan, the celebrated choreographer, died on this same day, 30 years ago, during this identical performance.

Matthew is set to perform the lead role of ‘Basilio’ with The Royal Ballet in the cinema relay of “Don Quixote” at the end of 2023.

Polina Semionova

Prima Ballerina | Staatsballett Berlin

Born in Moscow, Polina doesn´t need introductions. One of the greatest ballerinas of our time, Polina joined the Staatsballett Berlin as a Principal Dancer right after graduating at the Bolshoi Ballet School at only 17 after being invited by director Vladimir Malakhov. Since then, she has been making history.

She has been a Principal Guest in the world’s most prestigious ballet companies since 2012, including the American Ballet Theater, Teatro alla Scala, Stuttgart Ballet, and many more. Polina has collaborated with nearly every major choreographer alive today, and the majority of them have created roles specifically for her.

Her work has received numerous honors, including the “Benois de la Danse,” the most prestigious award in the dance industry.

Polina was named the Berlin State Ballet School’s youngest honorary professor in 2013.

She was also given a flower named after her, the ‘Polina S.’ – a new breed of a rare decorative plant from the Rehmannia family at the Berlin Botanical Garden.

Polina was also named “Berlin Chamber Dancer” by the Berlin Senate in 2017.

Aside from her exceptional career, Polina is interested in new collaborations with artists from other sectors, and via one of these partnerships, she produced her own perfume “Precision and Grace” from the ‘Beautiful Mind Series” with Master-Perfumer Geza Schön.

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