Ballet Mississippi is pleased to welcome Mikhail Ilyin

Mikhail Ilyin, a native of St. Petersburg, Russia, dances for American Ballet Theatre. He recieved his early training at the prestigious Vaganova Ballet Academy. Ilyin danced with Boston Ballet before becoming a soloist with Miami City Ballet in 2001. He was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2003. He has won many awards including a Silver Medal at the VI New York International Ballet Competition, a Bronze Medal at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, MS, and a Gold Medal at the IV Vaganova-Prix International Ballet Competition.

Mikhail has danced leading roles from Swan Lake, Paquita, Stars and Stripes, Sonatine, Alvin Ailey's Giggling Rapids, Giselle, Glinka pas de trois, Apollo, The Reassuring Effects of Form and Poetry, Symphony in C, Nutcracker, Donizetti Variations, and many others. He has toured Canada, Bahrain, Finland, Greece and the United Kingdom.

Margaret Severin-Hansen

Margaret Severin-Hansen is a founding member of Carolina Ballet. She grew up in Huntington, Long Island where she studied dance at the Huntington School of Ballet until she went to the School of American Ballet when she was 13. She also studied for six weeks with the Royal Danish Ballet. She joined Carolina Ballet in 1998 as a member of the corps de ballet and quickly rose through the ranks to principal dancer.

Featured Roles with Carolina Ballet
by Robert Weiss
Romeo and Juliet
Carmen
Coppelia
Swan Lake
Petruschka

By George Balanchine
Rubies
Square Dance
Allegro Brillante
Apollo
Agon
The Four Temperaments
Donizetti Variations
Steadfast Tin Soldier
Tarantella
Divertiment #15
Who Cares?
Valse Fantaisie
A Midsummer Night's Dream

By Peter Martins
Barber Violin Concert