In 2018, Vsevolod Maievskyi achieved his dream of becoming a member of the Mariinsky Ballet. For 4 years, Maievskyi was onstage evening after evening, dancing all the pieces from demanding corps components to Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, a job wherein he debuted at age 23. Initially from Kyiv, Ukraine, Maievskyi made the choice to go away the Mariinsky in 2022. He danced with Dresden Semperoper Ballett from 2022–23 and joined English Nationwide Ballet final yr as a junior soloist.
Maievskyi’s dancing is polished but relaxed (one thing he attributes to a background in ballroom dance), and imbued with innate charisma. And whereas he’s nonetheless settling into his new life in London, his ardour for ballet stays ablaze. “I usually ask myself why I do that, and the reply is straightforward: I simply find it irresistible,” he says.
Ballroom Beginnings
“My mother began me in ballroom dance at age 5—I didn’t even begin ballet till I used to be 12. There are such a lot of advantages to coaching in ballroom dance. It taught me tips on how to actually really feel every place, tips on how to join with my accomplice, and tips on how to diversify my actions.”
A Aggressive Edge
“I grew up in Kyiv, Ukraine, and I all the time had huge goals. Ballet competitions like Youth America Grand Prix helped me see a future in ballet. I competed in 2016 and 2018, and people scholarships helped begin my profession.”
A Singular Artwork Type
“The expertise of watching and dancing ballet is exclusive. It makes you are feeling alive. Life is so fragile, and something can occur. To me, it doesn’t matter how good your method is or in case you tousled throughout a present. What issues is that you simply danced with actual emotion and gave one thing to the viewers.”
Character Research
“When preparing for a job, music is all the pieces. After I hear it, I actually really feel it—generally, I can nearly begin to cry. I don’t even have to learn something concerning the character, I simply let the music encourage me. I additionally prefer to be taught from different dancers, and watching them carry out roles. You possibly can all the time be taught one thing about your self by means of one other individual’s dancing.”
The whole lot and Extra
“I wish to dance so many alternative ballets, from classics like Don Quixote, La Bayadère, and Études, to Edward Clug’s Radio and Juliet, or works by David Dawson and William Forsythe. I’m so open to all the pieces and am hungry to bounce and be taught.”
