Erick Swolkin

born in São Paulo, Brazil

Ballet Education

2001–2008 Bolshoi Ballet School in Brazil

Engagements

2009 Youth Company at the Bolshoi Theater School /// 2011 Bolshoi Theatre /// 2022 Staatsballett Berlin

Repertory

Vladimir Vasiliev: Giselle (Hilarion, Pas d’action), Don Quixote (Basilio), The Nutcracker (Nutcracker Prince, Russian Dolls, Spanish Dolls); Yuri Grigorovich: Giselle (Hilarion), The Nutcracker (Russian Doll, Indian Doll), La Bayadère after Petipa (Dance with a drum), The Legend of Love (Officers), The Golden Age (Friends of Boris), The Sleeping Beauty after Petipa (Retinue of the Lilac Fairy); Alexei Ratmansky: Giselle (Hans/Hilarion), Russian Seasons (Couple in red, Couple in blue), Romeo and Juliet (Cavaliers of the Ball); Alexei Fadeechev: Don Quixote after Petipa and Gorsky (Bolero); Christopher Wheeldon: A Winter’s Tale (Polyxenes, original role); Maurice Béjart: Gaȋté parisienne (Friends, Étoile Dancer); Jerome Robbins: The Cage (The Second Stranger); William Forsythe: Artifact (Principal Couple); Jiří Kylián, Forgotten Land (Couple in pink, Couple in black), Symphony of Psalms (Soloist); John Neumeier: Anna Karenina (The Man); Alberto Alonso: Carmen-Suite (Flamenco); Yuri Possokhov: Prokofiev Symphony (Four Pairs); T. Baganova: The Rite of Spring; Yuri Possokhov/Kirill Serebrennikov: A Hero of Our Time (Highlanders, Bela Officers, Princess Mary Scene, original cast), Grand Gala Nureyev (original cast); Vladimir Samodurov: Ondine (Reflections of the Fugitive, first soloists); Christian Spuck, Orlando (original cast)

Repertory in Berlin

Marcia Haydée: Sleeping Beauty (Wolf); Alexander Ekman: Cacti; Patrice Bart: Giselle (Hilarion); Christian Spuck: Messa da Requiem, Bovary (Monsieur Homais); William Forsythe: One Flat Thing, reproduced;

Galas

Le Corsaire Act 2 Pas de deux, Swan Lake Act 2 and 3, The Flame of Paris, La Bayadère Act 2, Raymonda Act 1, The Nutcracker (The Nutcracker Prince)