Marcus Nilson

(demi-soloist)

EDUCATION AND WORK
Marcus Nilson studied at Tallinn Ballet School (2012–2018) and joined the Estonian National Ballet after graduation.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In 2022, he was awarded the Annual Estonian Theatre Award in Ballet category for Farmhand’s role in Tubin’s ballet “The Goblin” and for Karenin’s role in Kesler’s “Anna Karenina”.

REPERTOIRE
Karenin, Vronsky, Rider (Kesler’s “Anna Karenina” to the music of Shostakovich)
Farmhand (Tubin’s “The Goblin”)
Rothbart (Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake”)
Paris (Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet”)
Father Confessor (Kask/Steiner/Mölder’s “Louis XIV – the Sun King”)
Black Angel (Balanchine’s “Serenade” in “Tchaikovsky’s Masterpieces”)
Dachhausen (Härm’s “Twilight Houses” to the music of Mahler)
Catepillar (Schiavoni’s “Alice in Wonderland”)
Alan (Meckler/Ochoa/Salem’s “Streetcar Named Desire”)
Old woman (Harangozó/Kocsák’s “Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs”)
Boy (Kesler’s “The Carnival of the Animals” to the music of Saint-Saëns)
Paša Saïd (Adam’s “The Corsair”)
Hilarion (Adam’s “Giselle”)
Soloist in Kozielska’s “Open Door”
Drosselmeier, Mr. Stahlbaum (Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker”)
Snow-Miller Oku (Kangur/Looris’ “Timbu-Limbu’s Court and the Snow-Millers”)
Man (Grib/Kruusmaa’s “Light from the End of the World”)
Director, Chief of the Bisons (Sumera/Lill/Kesler’s “Lizard”)
Actor (Looris’ “30.75”)


MEMORABLE MOMENT IN BALLET
“Touring the Bolshoy Theatre in the season 2019/20”.