Stage Director & Choreographer
Movement becomes character. Space becomes drama.
PUSHKIN
The man inside the myth.
Pushkin’s life and imagination collide in a full-length ballet about passion, vulnerability and the distance between a public legend and a private life.
Pushkin’s life and imagination collide in a full-length ballet about passion, vulnerability and the distance between a public legend and a private life.
Full-length ballet · Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre · Premiere 2026
Direction · Choreography · Set, Costume & Lighting Design
CATHARSIS DANTE
How many selves live inside us?
An inner world breaks into conflicting selves. Inspired by Dante, the ballet turns desire, doubt and the search for freedom into a confrontation with the self.
An inner world breaks into conflicting selves. Inspired by Dante, the ballet turns desire, doubt and the search for freedom into a confrontation with the self.
Full-length ballet · Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre · Premiere 2023
Concept · Direction · Choreography · Set & Lighting Design
The Land of Faith — Bargujin Tukum
Love across lifetimes.
Two lovers search for one another across spiritual worlds and rebirths. Rooted in Buryat mythology, the ballet brings ritual, conflict and devotion into motion.
Two lovers search for one another across spiritual worlds and rebirths. Rooted in Buryat mythology, the ballet brings ritual, conflict and devotion into motion.
Full-length ballet · Buryat Opera and Ballet Theatre · Premiere 2023
Concept · Direction · Choreography · Set & Lighting Design
STAGE DIRECTION. MOVEMENT. LIGHT.
Nikita Dmitrievsky is a stage director, choreographer and lighting & visual designer working across ballet, opera, physical theater and multidisciplinary performance.
His productions bring movement, music, light, space and image into a single theatrical language — from intimate works to large-scale productions.
His professional experience includes collaborations with the Bolshoi Theatre, Mariinsky Theatre, Teatro di San Carlo, San Francisco Opera, Astana Ballet and other international companies and institutions.
Trained at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy and shaped early in his career by an experience with Jiří Kylián’s Nederlands Dans Theater, Dmitrievsky works between classical foundation and contemporary theatrical practice.
His productions bring movement, music, light, space and image into a single theatrical language — from intimate works to large-scale productions.
His professional experience includes collaborations with the Bolshoi Theatre, Mariinsky Theatre, Teatro di San Carlo, San Francisco Opera, Astana Ballet and other international companies and institutions.
Trained at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy and shaped early in his career by an experience with Jiří Kylián’s Nederlands Dans Theater, Dmitrievsky works between classical foundation and contemporary theatrical practice.
ARTISTIC APPROACH
ONE ARTISTIC VISION
Direction, choreography, light and visual dramaturgy are developed as parts of the same theatrical structure.
FROM CONCEPT TO STAGE
A work can begin with a story, a musical score, an image or a question. Its dramatic and visual language develops through rehearsal and production.
CLASSICAL FOUNDATION. CONTEMPORARY LANGUAGE.
Classical training meets contemporary movement, physical theater, cinematic composition and visual technology.
Direction, choreography, light and visual dramaturgy are developed as parts of the same theatrical structure.
FROM CONCEPT TO STAGE
A work can begin with a story, a musical score, an image or a question. Its dramatic and visual language develops through rehearsal and production.
CLASSICAL FOUNDATION. CONTEMPORARY LANGUAGE.
Classical training meets contemporary movement, physical theater, cinematic composition and visual technology.
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR
New Work Commissions
Original productions for ballet and dance companies, opera, theater and festivals.
Stage Direction & Choreography
New works and contemporary interpretations of existing repertoire.
Lighting & Visual Direction
Integrated lighting, space, projection and visual dramaturgy.
Artistic & Production Development
Creative development, production strategy and project-based leadership.
Original productions for ballet and dance companies, opera, theater and festivals.
Stage Direction & Choreography
New works and contemporary interpretations of existing repertoire.
Lighting & Visual Direction
Integrated lighting, space, projection and visual dramaturgy.
Artistic & Production Development
Creative development, production strategy and project-based leadership.
ALEM
Based on an ancient Turkic legend, Alem follows a soul on its journey from the heavens toward earthly life — through darkness, fear and trials.
The ballet transforms myth into a contemporary visual world of movement, ritual and light.
The ballet transforms myth into a contemporary visual world of movement, ritual and light.
The Birth of Soul
“A striking contemporary interpretation of ancient Turkic mythology.”
THE LITTLE PRINCE
A VISUAL JOURNEY THROUGH IMAGINATION AND LOSS.
The Little Prince brings together contemporary ballet, physical theater, 3D mapping, multimedia and complex lighting design.
Technology becomes part of the dramaturgy itself — shaping a fluid theatrical world of loneliness, connection, imagination and lost innocence.
The Little Prince brings together contemporary ballet, physical theater, 3D mapping, multimedia and complex lighting design.
Technology becomes part of the dramaturgy itself — shaping a fluid theatrical world of loneliness, connection, imagination and lost innocence.
“A world where movement, light and image become memory.”
The Little Prince combines contemporary ballet, physical theater, multimedia and light to create a fluid theatrical world where technology becomes part of the story itself.
Drei Kameraden
FRIENDSHIP ON THE EDGE OF A COLLAPSING WORLD
Inspired by Erich Maria Remarque’s Three Comrades, the production evokes the fractured atmosphere of the Weimar era through movement, live orchestral sound and video.
Friendship, memory and loss unfold inside a world shaped by Kurt Weill, political unrest and the fragile beauty of a generation between wars.
Inspired by Erich Maria Remarque’s Three Comrades, the production evokes the fractured atmosphere of the Weimar era through movement, live orchestral sound and video.
Friendship, memory and loss unfold inside a world shaped by Kurt Weill, political unrest and the fragile beauty of a generation between wars.
“A haunting portrait of friendship, memory and survival.”
“A devastatingly beautiful portrait of friendship, love and survival in a world on the brink.”
LET'S CREATE
Interested in developing a new work, commissioning a production, or discussing a collaboration?
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