Marseille Kazykhanov

Soloist

Born in Birsk.

In 2016, graduated from the Vaganova Russian Ballet Academy, where he studied under A. V. Ilyin.

In 2016, joined the St. Petersburg State Academic Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre as a danseur. Became principal in 2025.

Credits:

• Swan Lake (The Jester; Pas de Trois) — choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
• The Sleeping Beauty (The Blue Bird, Puss in Boots) — choreography by Marius Petipa and Jean-Guillaume Bart
• Giselle (Classical Duo) — choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa
• Don Quixote (Sancho Panza) — production by Johan Kobborg, based on a ballet by Marius Petipa
• The Nutcracker (The Prince, Classical Trio, Spanish Dance, Black Dancer) — choreography by Vasili Vainonen;
• The Queen of Spades (Count Tomsky) — choreography by Iñaki Urlezaga;
• Cheeky Chastushki — choreography by Vyacheslav Samodurov;
• 598 Beats — choreography by Vyacheslav Samodurov;
• Bruch. Suite — choreography by Igor Bulytsyn;
• The Firebird — choreography and libretto by Douglas Lee;
• The Rehearsal — choreography by Konstantin Keikhel;
• The Wedding Cortège (the poor Groom) — choreography by Leonid Yacobson;
• Brilliant Divertissement (Majordomo) — choreography by Leonid Yacobson;
• Eternal Spring (from the Rodin cycle) — choreography by Leonid Yacobson;
• Pas de trois by Gioacchino Rossini (from the Classicism-Romanticism cycle) — choreography by Leonid Yacobson;
• Mediaeval Dance with Kisses (from the Classicism-Romanticism cycle) — choreography by Leonid Yacobson;
• The Lovers, The Boot-Licker — choreography by Leonid Yacobson.