Mariia Pyzhova

Mariia Pyzhova

Soloist
She graduated at the State Choreographic Academy in Moscow (2012).
 
After graduation, she joined the Russian State Ballet (2010 – 2014). Since the 2014/2015 season, she has been with the SND Ballet as a demi-soloist and, in 2016, she was promoted to soloist.
 
Her repertory with the Ballet of the Slovak National Theatre includes principal roles and solo parts such as Giselle (Giselle, ch. R. Avnikian after J. Perrot, J. Coralli, M. Petipa), Odette/Odile, Brides, Big Swans (Swan Lake, ch. R. Avnikian after M. Petipa, L. Ivanov), Masha (The Nutcracker, ch. R. Avnikian after V. Vainonen), Gulnare, Odalisque (Le Corsaire, ch. V. Medvedev after M. Petipa), Romola de Pulszky (Nijinsky – God of Dance, ch. D. de Andrade), Fleur de Lys (La Esmeralda, ch. V. Medvedev after M. Petipa), Mabel Nomard (Chaplin, The Tramp – Homage to the Prodigy, ch. D. de Andrade), Goldilocks/Zlatovláska (From Fairytale to Fairytale, ch. J. Dolinský).