Kristóf Szabó

First Soloist

Born<br/> Székesfehérvár, Węgry

Education

  • Classes of contemporary dance under the direction of Katarzyna Kubalska, Otwock (2009-2011)
  • Roman Turczynowicz State Ballet School, Warsaw, Poland (2011-2013)

Important teachers

  • Katarzyna Kubalska, Walery Mazepczyk, Sergey Basalaev, Ewa Głowacka, Henryk Jeż

Engagements

  • Polish National Ballet, Warsaw, from 2013 as Dancer, Coryphée in 2015, Soloist in 2017

Gallery

Repertory

  • With the Polish National Ballet

    • Solo in Moving Rooms (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Faun in The Nutcracker (Toer van Schayk & Wayne Eagling)
    • Young Man in Le Sacre du printemps (Vaslav Nijinsky / Millicent Hodson)
    • Espada in Don Quixote (trad. / Alexei Fadeyechev)
    • Prince Czartoryski in Casanova in Warsaw (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Duet 1 in Adagio&Scherzo (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Pas de six in The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)
    • Hortensio in The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)
    • Mechanic in The Nutcracker (Toer van Schayk & Wayne Eagling)
    • Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker (Toer van Schayk & Wayne Eagling)
    • Horatio in Hamlet (Jacek Tyski)
    • Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (John Neumeier)
    • Parys in Romeo and Juliet (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Trio of Dogs in The Tempest (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Ariel in The Tempest (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Pas d’action in La Bayadère (trad. / Natalia Makarova)
    • Man in Persona (Robert Bondara)
    • Soloist in the Waltz of Flowers in The Nutcracker (Toer van Schayk & Wayne Eagling)
    • Count Moszyński in Casanova in Warsaw (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Soloist in Chroma (Wayne McGregor)
    • Bolero in Don Quixote (trad. / Alexei Fadeyechev)
    • Hungarian Lieutenant in Swan Lake (creation, with new libretto, Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Hunter in Świteziance (creation, Robert Bondara)
    • Soloist in Violin Concerto No. 2 (creation, Jacek Przybyłowicz)
    • Violin in On a Stave (Jacek Tyski)
    • Duet in Pupa (Anna Hop)
    • Prospero in The Tempest (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Armand Duval in The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)
    • Man in Returning Waves (Emil Wesołowski)
    • Spirit in And the Rain Will Pass… (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • The Reborn 2 in Chopin’s Concerto in F minor (creation, Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Alfred in Husband and Wife (Anna Hop)
    • Soloist in Andante (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Wicked Fairy Carabosse in The Sleeping Beauty (trad. / Yuri Grigorovich)
    • Prince Cheri in The Sleeping Beauty (trad. / Yuri Grigorovich)
    • Bridegroom in Les Noces (Bronislava Nijinska / Howard Sayette)
    • Soloist w Do Not Go Gentle… (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Soloist in Infra (Wayne McGregor)
    • Wacław in Sarmatian Parable (Conrad Drzewiecki / Emil Wesołowski)
    • Hungarian Officer 4. in Mayerling (Kenneth MacMillan)
    • Duet 4. in Exodus (creation, Anna Hop)
    • Captain “Bay” Middleton in Mayerling (Kenneth MacMillan)
    • Old Dracula in Dracula (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Renfield in Dracula (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Hilarion in Giselle (trad. / Maina Gielgud)
    • Couple 1 in Grosse Fuge (Hans van Manen)
    • Leading soloist in Seventh Symphony (Toer van Schayk)
    • Soloist in Kilar Concerto (creation, Krzysztof Pastor)
    • Main Soloist in Bolero (Krzysztof Pastor)
    • The Fox in Pinocchio (creation, Anna Hop)
    • The Teacher in Pinocchio (Anna Hop)
    • Deer in Peer Gynt (Edward Clug)

Awards

    • 2012: First Prize at the 2nd International Competition of Clasic and Contemporary Choreography ‘Mysl – Potok’ (category of the contemporary dance), Kiev, Ukraine
    • 2013: Second Prize at the 18th Polish Dance Competition (category of the contemporary dance in senior boys group), Gdańsk, Poland
    • 2013: Laureate of the 6th International Ballet Competition ‘Złote Pointy’ (Golden Pointe Shoes) and the Best Graduate of Polish Ballet Schools, Szczecin, Poland
    • 2013: Laureate at the Polish edition of the Competition ‘Young Dancer of the Year’, Warsaw, Poland
    • 2013: The Polish representative in the 13th edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, Gdańsk, Poland
    • 2013: Artistic Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Warsaw, Poland
    • 2023: Jan Kiepura Theatre Music Award for the best classical dancer in Poland