Polina Semionova in Cinque

Polina Semionova (Staatsballett Berlin) in Cinque, music by Antonio Vivaldi, choreography by Mauro Bigonzetti. Shot on 28 and 29.1.2023 in Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome. Les Etoiles Gala 2023, production by Daniele Cipriani Entertainment.

Polina Semionova (Russian: Полина Александровна Семионова) is a Russian ballet dancer, currently a principal dancer with the Berlin State Ballet. She is a professor at the Berlin State Ballet School. Semionova was born in and grew up in Moscow, Russia. She attended Bolshoi Ballet School with her older brother Dmitry Semionov, who is now a principal dancer with the Staatsballett Berlin. Graduating in 2002, Semionova joined the Berlin State Ballet as a principal upon the invitation of its artistic director Vladimir Malakhov, becoming the youngest principal in the company’s history at the age of 18.

Photos by Jack Devant ballet photography © with kind permission of Daniele Cipriani Entertainment, special thanks to Mrs. Simonetta Allder.