Born in Moscow, Nicole Ignatieva entered the G.Ledyakh Classic Dance College in 2010. From 2015 she studied at the Dance School with the Gzhel Moscow State Academic Dance Theatre.
In 2016 she took part in Ilze Liepa’s Theatre Tales choreographed by Elena Baryshnikova (Golden Shoe, How the Skirt Fell in Love with Colette).
In 2017 she won the 3rd prize in nomination of contemporary choreography at the Moscow Mayor Grant Competition.
From 2018 to 2020 Nicole Ignatieva was on tour in Spain, France, America, Finland, Bulgaria, India, and China and visited many Russian cities. In 2019 she took part in The Summer Ballet Seasons at the Russian Academic Youth Theater.
Since January 2021, Nicole Ignatieva has been working in the Ballet Company of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre.
Repertoire at the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre includes:
The Swan Lake (Waltz/Polonez, Swans, Hungarian Dance, Mazurka); choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised choreography by Konstantin Sergeyev,
The Sleeping Beauty (The Sapphire Fairy, Waltz, Suite Lilac Fairy, Mazurka, the Nereids); choreography by Marius Petipa revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev and Eldar Aliev,
The Nutcracker (Snowflakes, Waltz of the Flower); choreography by Eldar Aliev,
La Bayadère (Priestesses, Parrots, Shades); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised choreography by Vladimir Ponomarev and Vakhtang Chabukiani,
Don Quixote (Dream, Seguidilla, Gypsy Dance, Grand pas); choreography by Alexander Gorsky based after Marius Petipa,
Giselle (Giselle’s Girlfriends, Peasant Dance, Waltz, the Willis); choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa,
Le Corsaire (Seid Pasha’s retinue, Harem, Le Jardin animé); choreography by Eldar Aliev using fragments of Marius Petipa’s choreography,
A Thousand and One Nights (Orgy, Mourning, The Marketplace Scene, Final); choreography of Eldar Aliev,
The Little Humpbacked Horse (Gypsy Dance),
Phaedra (Women); choreography by Flemming Flindt,
Raymonda (Waltz, Grand pas, Girls in the Dream Scene); choreography by Marius Petipa revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev and Eldar Aliev,
Visions fugitives (Girls); choreography by Dmitry Pimonov,
Serenade (Women); choreography by George Balanchine.
