THE STAR OF THE NATIONAL BALLET OF THE NETHERLANDS VICTOR CAIXETA AND THE BRILLIANT ELISABETH TONEV – IN SWAN LAKE ON 22 APRIL

On 22 April at 19.00 on the stage of the Stara Zagora Opera will be enlivened the mystical and moving story, embedded in the storyline of the ballet “Swan Lake” by P. I. Tchaikovsky. For the first time in the role of Odette/Odile on the Stara Zagora stage will dance the rising star of the National Ballet of the Netherlands Elisabeth Tonev. In the role of Prince Siegfried her partner will be the premier soloist of the National Ballet of the Netherlands Victor Caixeta from Brazil. The spectacle will be presented in the accompaniment of the Orchestra of the Stara Zagora Opera under the baton of Maestro Ivaylo Krinchev, concertmaster Yulian Stoyanov. Other participants are the soloists Ivaylo Yanev in the role of Rothbart and Tomoki Ishigo – in the role of the Jester, soloists and the corps de ballet of the Stara Zagora State Opera, children from the Children’s and Adolescents’ Studio for Opera and Ballet of the Stara Zagora State Opera.

ELISABETH TONEV was born in Berlin, Germany. She grew up in the family of ballet artists /her mother from Spain and her father from Sofia, Bulgaria/ and this determined her future as a ballerina since her earliest age.

Elisabeth graduated from the State Ballet School in Berlin and participated in several classical productions of the Staatsballet- Berlin. Her talent was noticed by the associated artistic director Rachel Beaujean and Elisabeth was invited to the cast of the youth troupe of the Netherlands National Ballet in 2019. She joined the company a year later. Skipping entirely her participation in the corps de ballet, Elisabeth walks with aspiration along the ballet hierarchy and was promoted by her director Ted Brendsen to the rank of Grand Sujet when she was 22 years old. By exception she got the chance to dance many soloist roles, working with leading choreographers such as Hans van Manen, David Dawson and Balanchine and performed soloists roles in the classical ballets “The Sleeping Beauty”, “The Nutcracker” and “The Mouse King” and “Raymonda”.

In 2012 Elisabeth and Victor were invited to dance pas de deux from “Romeo and Juliet” in Staatsoper Berlin.

VICTOR CAIXETA was born in Uberlandia, Brazil. He graduated from the State Ballet School in Berlin in 2017. He joined the Ballet of the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg the same year, soloist since 2019. Victor leaves the company in March 2022 because of the tragic situation between Russia and Ukraine.

After making the difficult decision to leave Russia and move to the Netherlands, Victor joined as the first soloist the Netherlands National Ballet, where he dances his first premiere in the role of Jean de Brienne in the ballet “Raymonda”. He was the partner of the Russian star Olga Smirnova in the role of Desire in the ballet “The Sleeping Beauty”. He is laureate of prestigious ballet competitions, among which stand out: The First Prize and the Prize of the Jury at the European Ballet Grand Prix 2017, third place at the Moscow International Ballet Competition 2017, first prize at Tanzolymp Berlin 2017.

Vitor’s repertoire is exceptionally rich, which makes him a very preferred dancer and one of the most talented dancers of his generation with a promising career.