Ballet Company

Igor Kolb graduated from the Belarusian State Choreographic College.

From 1996 to 2022, he was a member of the Mariinsky Ballet (St. Petersburg), where he quickly rose to become one of the company's leading principal dancers.

In 2022, Igor Kolb was appointed Principal Choreographer and Director of Ballet of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus.

His productions at the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus include:

• 2022 Adolphe Adam’s Giselle (choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, Igor Kolb; Peasant pas de deux choreography by Igor Kolb)
• 2023 Illusions of Love to the music by Dmitri Shostakovich, Frédéric Chopin, Leonid Shirin (libretto, choreography and staging by Igor Kolb); the ballet won the BRAVO International Professional Music Award in the category Classical Performer from a Partner Country
• 2024 Pathétique Memory Book, project based on the pieces by Belarusian composers and documentary evidence of the tragedy and heroism of the Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War (choreography); the production won the National Competition for the Best Cultural Project on a Patriotic Theme 2024 in the category Best Production on a Patriotic Theme
• 2024 Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (choreography)
• 2025 DANSES Evening of One-Act Ballets: Boléro. Danse macabre. Carmen to the music of Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Georges Bizet (concept, libretto, choreography and staging)
• 2025 The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (libretto, choreography and staging)
• 2026 La Bayadère by Ludwig Minkus (libretto, choreographic version and staging)

In July 2024, as part of the company’s tour to Nicaragua, he performed at the gala concert marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders and the 45th anniversary of the Nicaragua Revolution held at the Rubén Darío National Theater in Managua.

In April 2025, Pathétique Memory Book whose production team included Igor Kolb, was presented on the New Stage of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia. This performance, marking the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Belarus and Russia, was organized by the Ministries of Culture of both countries, the Standing Committee of the Union State, and ROSCONCERT.

In May 2025, Igor Kolb travelled to Nicaragua as a member of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus production team of the gala concert held at the Rubén Darío National Theater in Managua.

In May 2026, he participated in the company’s tour to Vietnam, serving as the choreographer and stager for the Bella Belarus gala concert at Ho Guom Opera in Hanoi.