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Vyacheslav Lopatin

Principal Dancer

As James in La Sylphide. Photo by Damir yusupov.
As James in La Sylphide. Photo by Damir yusupov.
As Variety show compere in The Golden age. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Variety show compere in The Golden age. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Jerome in The Flames of Paris. Natalia Osipova as Jeanne. Photo by Elena Fetisova.
As Jerome in The Flames of Paris. Natalia Osipova as Jeanne. Photo by Elena Fetisova.
As Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet.Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet.Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Modest Alexeevich in Anyuta.Photo by Mikhail Logvinov.
As Modest Alexeevich in Anyuta.
Photo by Mikhail Logvinov.
As Philippe in The Flames of Paris. Photo by Mikhail Logvinov.
As Philippe in The Flames of Paris.
Photo by Mikhail Logvinov.
As Count N in Lady of the Camellias.Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Count N in Lady of the Camellias.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Gremio in The Taming of the Shrew. Olga Smirnova as Bianca. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Gremio in The Taming of the Shrew. Olga Smirnova as Bianca. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Count Albrecht in Giselle. Photo by Mikhail Logvinov.
As Count Albrecht in Giselle.
Photo by Mikhail Logvinov.
As Pechorin in A Hero of Our Time.Daria Bochkova as Vera.Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Pechorin in A Hero of Our Time.
Daria Bochkova as Vera.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As The Fugitive in Ondine. Diana Kosyreva as Ondine. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As The Fugitive in Ondine. Diana Kosyreva as Ondine. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Florizel in The Winter’s Tale. Photo by Natalia Voronova.
As Florizel in The Winter’s Tale. Photo by Natalia Voronova.

Awards

In 2004, he won the 2nd prize at the Arabesque Open Competition for Russian Ballet Dancers, in Perm, he also received the prize from OJSC “Permturist” for the best performance of a piece choreographed by G. Balanchine and the Press Jury prize established by the Theater Union of the Russian Federation.
In 2009, he was the recipient of The Golden Mask National Theatre Prize (Special Jury Prize) for the best duet (in La Sylphide with Natalia Osipova).
In 2011, he was awarded the Nina Ananiashvili the star Prize (Tbilisi)
In 2013, he was awarded the title of Merited Artist of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.
2019 – The Golden Mask prize for his interpretation of the part of The Pupil in Nureyev.

						

			
Biography

			
Vyacheslav Lopatin was born in Voronezh. He graduated from the Voronezh state college of choreography. After graduation he took a study course at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy of choreography. Having finished the course he joined the Bolshoi Ballet in 2003. At the present time his master-repetiteur is Boris Akimov. 

		

						

			
Repertoire

			

 2003 

 Harlequin (Nutcracker by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)




 2004 

 Pas d’action (A. Adam's Giselle. V.Vasiliev version) 

 Boys (La Sylphide by  H.S.Løvenskiold, choreography by A. Bournonville,  version) 

 Cipollino (Cipollino by K. Khachaturyan, G. Mayorov's choreography) 

 Spanish Doll, The Nutcracker-Prince (Nutcracker) 

 Gardeners (A Midnight’s Summer Dream to music by F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy and G. Ligeti, choreography by J.Neumeier) — among the creators at the Bolshoi Theatre




 2005 

 Pas d’action (La Fille du Pharao by C. Pugni, P. Lacotte production after M. Petipa) 

 Technician-adjuster (The Bolt by D. Shostakovich, choreography by A.Ratmansky) — creation at Bolshoi Theatre 

 Blue Bird (The Sleeping Beauty by P.Tchaikovsky, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich’s version) 

 Soloist (I. Stravinsky’s Jeu de cards, choreography by A. Ratmansky) — among the creators at the Bolshoi Theatre 

 Jester (Swan Lake by P.Tchaikovsky, choreography A. Gorsky, M.Petipa, L. Ivanov, second Y. Grigorovich's version)




 2006 

 Friend to Prince, Waltz’ Soloist (Cinderella by S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Possokhov, director Y. Borisov) 

 Friends to Boris (The Golden Age by D. Shostakovich, choreography by Y. Grigorovich) 

 Tarantella (music by L.M.Gottschalk, choreography by G. Balanchine)




 2007 

 Soloist (Misericordes to music by A. Part, choreography by Ch. Wheeldon) — among the creators  

 Soloist (In the Upper Room, music by Ph. Glass, choreography by T.Tharp) 

 The Bronze Idol (La Bayadère by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich's version) 

 Alain (La Fille mal gardée by L. Hérold, choreography by F. Ashton) 

 Pas d’Esclaves (Le Corsaire by A. Adam, production and new choreography by A. Ratmansky and Y. Burlaka after M. Petipa) 

 Soloist (Class Concert to music by A.Glazunov, A. Lyadov, A. Rubinstein, D. Shostakovich, choreography by A. Messerer)




 2008 

 James (H. Levenskiold’s La Sylphide, choreography by A.t Bournonville, J. Kobborg's version) — creation at Bolshoi Theatre 

 Variety show compere (The Golden Age by D. Shostakovich, choreography by Y. Grigorovich) 

 Jerome (B. Asfiev’s The Flames of Paris, production and new choreography by A. Ratmansky after V. Vainonen) 

 Couple in red (Russian Seasons to music by L. Desyatnikov, choreography by A. Ratmansky) — among the creators at the Bolshoi Theatre 

 Pas de trois (Grand Pas classique for the ballet Paquita by L.Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, new choreographic version by Y. Burlaka)




 2009 

 Frantz (L. Delibes' Coppelia, choreography by M. Petipa and E.Cecchetti, revival and new choreographic version by S.Vikharev) 

 Basilio (Don Quixote by L.Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, A. Gorsky, A. Fadeyechev’s version)




 2010 

 Mercutio (Romeo and Julie by S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)  

 The title part (Petrushka by I. Stravinsky, choreography by M. Fokine, new choreographic version by S. Vikharev) 

 Colas (La Fille mal gardée by L. Hérold, choreography by F. Ashton) 

 The Leading Couple in Rubies (Part II of Jewels, music by I.Stravinsky, choreography by G. Balanchine) — among the creators at the Bolshoi Theatre 

 Quintet (Herman Schmerman to music by T. Willems; choreography by W. Forsythe)




 2011 

	 Lucien (L.d Desyatnikov's Illusions perdues, choreography by A. Ratmansky) 

 Part in Chroma to music by J. Talbot and J. White (choreography by W. McGregor) — among the creators at the Bolshoi Theatre




 2012 

 Modest Alexeyevich (Anyuta to music of V. Gavrilin, choreography by V. Vasiliev) 

 Philippe (The Flames of Paris) 

 Pas de trios in Emeralds (Part I of Jewels, music by G. Faure, choreography by G. Balanchine) 

 The Leading Couple (Classical Symphony to music of S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Possokhov) 

 

 2013 

	 The Groom (Marco Spada by D.-F.-E. Auber, P. Lacotte production) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre 

 

	 2014 

	 Count N. (Lady of the Camellias to music by F. Chopin, choreography by J. Neumeier) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre  

 Pyotr (Bright Stream) 

 Gremio (The Taming of the Shrew to music by D. Shostakovich, choreography by J.-C. Maillot) — creation 

	 Count Albrecht (Giselle, V. Vasiliev’s version) 

 

 2015 

	 Yorick (Hamlet to music by D. Shostakovich, D. Donnelan and R. Poklitary production) 

 Old Woman/Yanko (Taman part, creation), Pechorin (Princess Mary part; A Hero of Our Time by I. Demutsky, choreography by Y. Possokhov, director K. Serebrennikov) 

 The Couple in Yellow (Russian Seasons) 

 

 2016 

	 The Fugitive (Ondine by H. W. Henze, choreography by V. Samodurov) 

 

 2017 

	 Principal Dancer (Etudes to music by Carl Czerny, choreography by H. Lander) 

 Couple in Red (Forgotten Land to music by B. Britten, choreography by J. Kylián) — among the creators at the Bolshoi Theatre

 Romeo (Romeo and Juliet, choreography by A. Ratmansky) 

  The Pupil(Nureyev by I. Demutsky, choreography by Y. Possokhov, director K. Serebrennikov) – creation 

 

 2018 Prince Desire (The Sleeping Beauty ) Fisherman (La Fille du Pharaon,) 

  Two Couples (Artifact Suite to music by E. Crossman-Hecht and J. S. Bach, choreography by W. Forsythe) 

 Charlatan (I. Stravinsky’s Petrushka, choreography by E. Clug) 

 

 2019 

	 Lord Wilson/Taor (La Fille du Pharaon) 

 Florizel (The Winter’s Tale by J. Talbot, choreography by Ch.Wheeldon) 

 Soloist Part 3, Soloist Part 1 (Symphony in C to music by G. Bizet, choreography by G. Balanchine) 

 Offenbach (Gaîté Parisienne to music by J. Offenbach and M. Rosenthal, choreography by Maurice Béjart) 

 

 

	 He took part in the Bolshoi Theatre Studio of New Choreography workshop (Choreographers at Bolshoi, 2005), danced the part of Snake (one of five young warriors) in the ballet Tamashi (choreography by M. Ivata) to music of KODO group. He also appeared in Déjà vu to music by W.Mertens,choreography by N. Dmitrievsky (2006).


 
In 2011, he participated in the joint project of the Bolshoi Theater and the Californian Segerstrom Center for the Arts (Remansos to music by E. Granados, choreography by N. Duato); Pas de Trois to music by M. Glinka, choreography by G. Balanchine) 

 		

						

			
Tours

			2014 — performed the part of Basilio (Anastasia Stachkevich as Kitri) with the Tokio Ballet (Don Quixote in V. Vasiliev’s version).

2017 –  performed the part of Modest Alexeyevich in Anyuta with the Tatar Opera and Ballet Theatre Company in the framework of the Nureyev Ballet Festival (Kazan).
		

								
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