Viktorina Kapitonova

Viktorina Kapitonova joined Boston Ballet as Principal Ballet Dancer in the season 2018/19. Kapitonova, who is a native of Russia, studied at the Kazan Ballet School and Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre Academy. A winner of “The Young Ballet of Russia” competition and of the “Arabesque” contest, Kapitonova danced from 2005 onwards at the Jalil Opera House in Kazan, performing solo roles in “Swan Lake“, “The Sleeping Beauty“, “Don Quixote“, “La Bayadère”, “Coppélia”  and “The Nutcracker“.

She was a member of the Stanislavsky Ballet for the 2008/2009 season; and she joined Ballett Zürich in 2010, since when her performances have included Odette/Odile in Heinz Spoerli’s “Swan Lake”, solos in Spoerli’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “Wäre heute morgen und gestern jetzt”, …und mied den Wind  and “Goldberg Variations”.

She has danced both Giselle and Myrtha in Patrice Bart’s “Giselle“, starring as Giselle alongside Roberto Bolle and Friedemann Vogel. In her career Kapitonova has also been seen in choreographies by Deane, Duato, Balanchine, Ek, Forsythe, Kylián, Lee, McGregor and Schläpfer. Spuck created the title role of Spuck’s “Anna Karenina” full length ballet for her.

In March 2016, Kapitonova opened a Giselle mini-festival for Staatsballet Berlin dancing with Denis Vieira. Other Giselles in the festival were Polina Semionova, Maria Eichwald and Iana Salenko. Kapitonova was also the recipient of the Friends of Ballett Zürich’s Dance Prize for 2015.

Kapitonova often performs in Galas around the world, such as Dance Open in St.Petersburg, Elisa Carillo & Amigos in Mexico City, and she is a regular partner, and performer with Roberto Bolle in his Roberto Bolle & Friends Galas throughout Italy.