Place of Birth
Moscow/Russia

Education
Bolshoi Ballet Academy (Moscow,Russia)

Engagements
Staatsballet Berlin 2002 – 2012,Principal Artist , since 2014 Resident Guest Principal Artist
American Ballet Theater 2012 – 2016 Principal Artist

Guest Engagement
American Ballet Theatre
Teatro alla Scala
Bolshoi Theatre
Mariinsky Theatre
English National Ballet
Bayerisches Staatsballett
Wiener Staatsballett
Stuttgart ballet
Zurich Ballet
Mikhailovsky Theatre
Semperoper Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Ballet of Rome
Ballet de L’Opera De Lyon
The Tokyo Ballet
Stanislavsky Theater
Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre
The Kremlin Ballet
Béjart Ballet Lausanne
Finnish National Ballet

Awards and Honours
Gold medal Laureate and «Anna Pavlova award» at the Moscow International Ballet Competition (Russia 2001)
First Prize at the «Vaganova Prix» International Ballet Competition. (St.Petersburg Russia 2002)
Junior Prize at Nagoya Intenational Ballet Competition. (Japan 2002)
«Daphne Prize» (Germany 2004)
Deutsche Tanzpreis, German Dance Prize «Future» (Germany 2005)
Female Dancer of the Year «Tanz » magazine (Germany 2007)
Heinz Spoerli Prize (2008 Switzerland)
Dance Open Award (2010 Russia)
Honorary Professor of the State Ballet School Berlin (Germany 2013)
«Prix Benois de la Dance» (2014 Russia)
«Berliner Kammertänzerin» (Germany 2017)
Female Dancer of the year «Tanz » magazine (Germany 2018) Repertoire
Odette-Odile «Swan Lake»(M.Petipa.L.Ivanov, P.Bart, Y.Grigorovich, K.McKenzie, P.Wright)
Tatiana «Onegin»(J. Cranko)
Marguerite Gautier «The Lady of the Camellias» (J.Neumeier)
Manon Lescaut «Manon»(K.MacMillan)
Juliet «Romeo and Juliet» (J.Cranko, K.MacMillan, L.Lavrovski, N.Duato)
Nikiya «La Bayadere»(M.Petipa, N.Makarova, V.Malakhov, A.Watkin)
Kitri «Don Quixote» (M.Petipa-А.Gorsky, V.Ullate, K.McKenzie)
Carmen «Carmen» (R.Petit)
Marie,Loise «The Nutcracker» (P.Bart, J.Neumeier)
Princess Aurora «Sleeping Beauty»( M.Petipa, R.Nureev, N.Duato, V.Malakhov, M.Haydee )
Giselle, Myrta «Giselle»(J.Coralli, J.Perrot)
Sylvia «Sylvia» (F.Ashton)
Anitra «Peer Gynt» (H.Spoerli)
Zobeide «Scheherazade» (M.Fokine)
Swanilda «Coppellia»(G.Harangozo)
Cinderella «Cinderella»(V.Malakhov)
Sieglinde,Brunhilde «Ring um den Ring»(M.Bejart)
Les Sylphides (M.Fokine)
Titania «Midsummer Night’s Dream» (J.Neumeier)
Emma Bovary «Bovary» (C.Spuck)
Principle Roles
«Bolero»(M.Bejart)
«Afternoon of a Faun» (J.Robbins)
«Ballet Imperial»,«Diamonds»,Terpsichore «Apollo» «Symphony in C»,«Theme and
Variations», «Midsummer Night’s Dream»,«Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, (G.Balanchine)
«The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude», «Herman Schmermann», «Approximate Sonata
2016», «Blake Works 1», «In the Middle Somewhat Elevated» (W.Forsyte)
«Multiplicity.Forms of Silence and Emptiness», «White darkness», «Arcangelo» (N.Duato)
«Return to the Strange Land» (J.Kilian)
«Bruch violin concerto N1» (C.Tippets)
«Symphony No 2», «Ein Lindentraum» (U.Scholz)
«Paquita» (M.Petipa)
«Garavaggio»,«Cinque» (M.Bigonzetti)
«Voices», «On the nature of daylight» (D.Dawson)
«Stars Like Moths» (S. Leon)
«Messa da Requiem» (C.Spuck)

Polina Semionova has also appeared in works by Twyla Tharp, Antony Tudor, Renato Zanella, Alexey Ratmanski, Vladimir Malakhov, Christian Spuck, Patrice Bart, Boris Eifman, Stephen Delattre, Crystal Pite, Pina Bausch and others. Other Appereances and Accolades
In 2002 Polina Semionova was invited to join the Berlin State Opera Ballet as a Principal Artist. Becoming the youngest principal in the company’s history
2003 Polina Semionova featured as the Ballerina in the music video of German rock/pop artist Herbert Grönemeyer «Demo» (Letzter Tag)
In 2006 Polina Semionova was one of the 100 people chosen in Germany to be included in «100 Köpfe von morgen Die Zukunft im Land der Ideen. 100 minds of Tomorrow-future in the Country of Ideas.» a project of the «German Historical Museum» and newspaper «Bild»
2010 Book release «Polina» (Autor Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg)
In 2012 Polina Semionova appeared in the Movie «Passion» ( Director Brian de Palma) And also made an appearance in the 2013 Film «The Girl from Nagasaki» ( Director Michel Comte)
13.08.2013 In Berlin’s Botanische Garten a new flower from the Rehmannia family was given the name «Polina S.»
In 2013 Polina Semionova was bestowed with the title of «Honorary Professor» of the
Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin ( The State Ballet School and School of Artistry.Berlin)
2014 Polina Semionova presented the Ballet Gala «Polina Semionova and Friends» at Lincoln Theatre Yountville USA
In 2015 in cooperation with Geza Schoen (where Polina was a muse) they created and released the Perfume-«Beautiful Mind series»,Volume 2 «Precision and Grace»
2013-2015 Polina Semionova became an official face of «Uniqlo» 0n the 17.05. 2018 Ballet Gala «Polina and Friends» took place on stage at the Staatsoper Berlin.