Ksenia Ryzhkova and Matthew Golding in Don Quixote Pas de deux

Ksenia Ryzhkova and Matthew Golding in Don Quixote Pas de deux, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Marius Petipa. Weltstar Gala, shot in Volkstheater Vienna on 29.10.2017.

Ksenia Ryzhkova as a Principal Dancer with Bayerisches Staatsballett. Ksenia was born in Moscow in 1994 and started dancing at the age of six. In 2004 she became a student of the Bolshoi Academy in Moscow, where she worked with Marina Leonova amongst others. After her diploma she was engaged at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre in Moscow. In 2016/2017 Ksenia Ryzhkova joined the Bayerisches Staatsballett as a Principal.

Photo by Jack Devant ballet photography © special thanks to Olga Esina and Kirill Kourlaev