Raphael Schuster

Raphael Schuster

Demi-soloist
He began his ballet studies with Sarah Jane Miller at the Royal Academy of Dance (1996 – 2000). He graduated from the Ballet School of Wiener Staatsoper, Austria in 2009. In 2009/2010 season he was a trainee with the Wiener Staatsballet, Austria.
 
In 2010 he joined the SND Ballet and, in 2017, he was promoted to demi-soloist.
 
His repertory with the Ballet of the Slovak National Theatre includes solo parts such as Rothbart (Swan Lake, ch. R. Avnikian after M. Petipa, L. Ivanov), Clopin (La Esmeralda, ch. V. Medvedev, S. Fečo after M. Petipa), Stars, Baobabs (Little Prince, ch. O. Šoth), Photographer (Birthday, ch. Y. Ivanenko), Black Apostle (Slovak Dances, ch. N. Horečná), Russian dance (The Nutcracker, ch. R. Avnikian, J. Dolinský), Brother, Prince Peacock Eye (Bearskin, ch. J. Ďurovčík), Prince of Verona (Romeo and Juliet … Just Like Yesterday, ch. N. Horečná), Friend (Daphnis and Chloe, ch. R. Sato), Happy (Snow White and Seven Racers, ch. L. Vaculík), The Indus dance – solo (La Bayadère, ch. R. Avnikian after M. Petipa), Flute/Thisbe (Midsummer’s Night Dream, ch. Y. Vámos), The Tailor (From Fairytale to Fairytale, ch. J. Dolinský).