Ballett
Melissa Chapski
Coryphée

Nationality

US-American

Semperoper Ballett member since

2025

Acting jobs

Oregon Ballet Theatre (2024 – 2025)
Bavarian State Ballet, Munich (2020 – 2024)
Dutch National Ballet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2017 – 2020)
Dutch National Ballet junior company (2015 – 2017)

Education

Ellison Ballet School, USA (2013 – 2015)

Repertoire

Semperoper Ballett Repertoire
A Swan Lake (J. Inger)
Colossus (S. Lake)
Snow Queen, The Nutcracker (A.S. Watkin and J. Beechey after M. Petipa)

Further Repertoire
Odette/ Odile, Swan Lake (after M. Petipa und Lew Iwanow)
Sugar Plum Fairy, The Nutcracker (G. Balanchine)
Dew Drop Fairy, The Nutcracker (G. Balanchine)
Female lead, La Gioconda (M. Petipa)

Miscellaneous

Awards
1st prize, Senior Classical Women, Youth American Grand Prix Boston Regionals, 2015
1st Prize, Indianapolis International Ballet Competition, 2015

Film
Ballerina in the film Lake Forest (2023)
Emma in the film High Strung: Free Dance (2017)
Film Night Fall with the Dutch National Ballet, chor. P. Leung (2016)