Marian Walter

Principal Dancer of the Staatsballett Berlin

Dance Open: 2012, 2016

From 1992 attended the Berlin State Ballet School and graduated in 2000. Danced from 2000-2002 at the Munich National Opera with the Bavarian State Ballet. In 2002 joined the Berlin State Ballet (Staatsballett Berlin) where in 2004 promoted to soloist and in 2010 to principal dancer. Awards: 1 prize Vienna Competition (2004), 3 prize at the International Ballet Competition in Helsinki (2005), 3 prize at the International Ballet Competition in Nagoya (2005), «Deutscher Tanzpreis Zukunft» (german dance prize future) (2007), nominated for the «Benois de la Danse» (2010).

Marian Walter dance leading parts of classical and contemporary repertoir. He performs in ballets by August Bournonville, George Balanchine, Frederick Ashton, Jerome Robbins, John Cranko, Pierre Lacotte, Angelin Preljocaj, Vladimir Malakhov and Patrice Bart.