Ralitza Malehounova

– Ralitza Malehounova was born in Belgium in 1981, where she trained at the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp. After completing her studies, she received her first engagement with the Stuttgart Ballet under the direction of Reid Anderson (1999-2004). She then went to the Mannheim Ballet under Kevin O’Day for two years. From there she moved to Scapino Ballet Rotterdam under Ed Wubbe (2006–2013).

In her career she has worked with various choreographers and danced works from classical to contemporary repertoire, including by John Cranko, George Balanchine, Marica Haydée, John Neumeier, Jiri Kylián, Wayne McGregor, Christian Spuck, Marco Goecke, Ed Wubbe, Kevin O. ‘Day, Dominique Dumais, Georg Reischl, Felix Landerer, Guy & Roni. Since 2013 she has been working as a freelance performer and choreographic assistant. She is repetitor at Nederlands dans Theater, NDT 1 , also teaches and coaches at the Codarts Dance and Circus department, among others.

She regularly studies pieces by Marco Goecke for other companies, most recently at the Hessian State Ballet Wiesbaden SUITE SUITE SUITE . For the Dance Company Theater Osnabrück she directs Marco Goecke’s SUPERNOVA rehearsal for the dance evening DANSE MACABRE. 

Photo by Luis Rios Zertuche