1st soloist

Desislava Stoeva

Performances 2026/27 season

Le Corsaire


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Desislava Stoeva.

From

Bulgaria

Training

National School of Dance Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria

Other employments

Finnish National Ballet 2014-2017 as soloist and premiere dancer

Awards

Bronze medal 21st International Ballet Competition Varna
Louis Gallodier Scholarship

Employment at the Royal Swedish Ballet

2007
Appointed 1st Soloist 2012

Roles

Odette/Odile in Swan Lake (Natalia Conus after Petipa), Husan in The Nutcracker (Pär Isberg), Odette/Odile in The Dream of Swan Lake (Pär Isberg), Aurora, Florisse and the Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty (Marcia Haydée), the title role in La Sylphide (Frank Andersen, Eva Kloborg after August Bournonville), Myrtha and Bathilde in Giselle (Natalia Makarova), the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon), the Headmistress in Cinderella (Tamara Rojo), Mercedes in Don Quixote (Rudolf Nureyev), the Mother in Juliet & Romeo (Mats Ek), Lescaut’s Mistress in Manon (Sir Kenneth MacMillan) and Queen Louisa Ulrika in Gustavia (Pär Isberg).

Performed in works including Tyll, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Escapist (Alexander Ekman), Artifact Suite (William Forsythe), Moving Glass and SYNC (Nils Christe), The Grey Area (David Dawson), The Concert and In the Night (Jerome Robbins), Swan Lake (Rudolf Nureyev), A Cup of Coffee (Mats Ek), Romeo and Juliet (Sir Kenneth MacMillan) and Suite en blanc (Serge Lifar).

In autumn 2026, she dances the role of Zulmea in Le Corsaire (José Martinez).

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