Ivan Surodeev

Introducing Ivan

Born in Russia, Ivan trained at the Perm State Ballet School. After competing at the prestigious Prix de Lausanne in 2018, Ivan was offered a contract at Ural Opera Ballet, in Yekaterinburg, as a Soloist. Ivan danced many principal roles in both classical and modern works and swiftly rose to the rank of Principal in 2021. 

Ivan later joined Astana Ballet as a Soloist before moving to Australia to join Queensland Ballet.

Repertoire Highlights  

• 'Lucien' in Marius Petipa and Pierre-Frédéric Malavergne's Paquita 
• 'Basilio' in Marius Petipa's Don Quixote
• 'Colas' in Alexander Gorsky's La fille mal gardée 
• 'The Nutcracker Prince' in Vasily Vainonen's The Nutcracker
• 'Golden Idol' Vladimir Ponomarev and Vakhtang Chabukiani's La Bayadere
• Ocean in Arthur Saint-Léon's The Little Humpbacked Horse
• 'Rose' in Michel Fokine's Le Spectre de la rose
• Principal Dancer in Vyacheslav Samodurov's Salieri Variations
• 'The Flower' in Vyacheslav Samodurov's The Snow Queen
• Pas de six in August Bournonville's Napoli
• 'Albrecht' in Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot's Giselle
• 'The Teacher' in August Bournonville's Le Conservatoire
• 'Prince Siegfried' Pas de trois in Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov's Swan lake
• 'Giuseppe' in Marius Petipa's The Naiad and the Fisherman
• ‘Romeo’ and ‘Mercutio’ in Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet
• ‘Franz’ in Greg Horsman’s Coppélia
• ‘First Soloist’ and ‘Second Soloist’ in Greg Horsman’s Rhapsody in Motion
• ‘Puck’ in Liam Scarlett’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• ‘Summer’ in Natalie Weir’s Four Seasons
• ‘Snow Prince’, ‘Sugar Prince’ and ‘Russian Dance’ in Ben Stevenson’s The Nutcracker
• ‘Azolan’ and ‘Danceny’ in Liam Scarlett’s Dangerous Liaisons
• ‘Claudius’ in Leo Mujić’s Hamlet
• Christian Spuck’s Messa da Requiem