Semyon Chudin

Biography

Born in Barnaul. Graduated from Novosibirsk Choreographic College in 2003 (teacher Alexander Shelemov).
He joined the Universal Ballet Company under the direction of Oleg Vinogradov (Seoul, Republic of Korea) in 2003 and remained there until the year 2007 (teacher Evgeny Neff).


Repertoire with this company:

Prince (Nutcracker, choreography by V. Vainonen)
Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake, O. Vinogradov’s version)
Count Albrecht (Giselle)
Basilio (Don Quixote, O. Vinogradov’s version)
Mercutio, Paris (Romeo and Juliet, choreography by O. Vinogradov)
Prince Desire (The Sleeping Beauty)
Duende to music of C. Debussy (choreography by N. Duato)
All shall be to music of J.S. Bach (choreography by H. Spoerli)
Minus 7 to the music of different composers (choreography by O. Naharin)
Serious Variations to the music of F. Mendelssohn (choreography by C. Wheeldon)
K. B. Picard’s Shim Chung (choreography by A. Dellas-Thornton)
K. B. Picard’s Love of ChunHwang (choreography by B. Yoo, E. Neff) — creator of the leading male part (2007)

Toured with Universal Ballet Company in the USA and Japan.

In 2007-08, he was the principal with the Zurich Ballet (Switzerland), where he rehearsed under François Petit and Jean-François Boisnon.

Performed parts in ballet productions by Heinz Spoerli:

Prince (Nutcracker)
Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake)
Peer Gynt (Peer Gynt to music of E. Grieg, B. Deans, M.-A. Turnage) — creator
Soloist (The Winds in the Void to music of J.S. Bach)
Soloist (Farewell to music of A. Berg)

Being part of the Zurich Ballet, he toured in Thailand, Singapore, Egypt and Germany.

In 2008-11, he was the principal with the K. S. Stanislavsky and Vl. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre (teacher Arkady Nikolaev).

Repertoire at this theatre:

Prince (Swan Lake, V. Burmeister’s version)
Count Albrecht (Giselle, choreography by J. Coralli, J. Perrot and M. Petipa)
Basilio (Don Quixote, choreography by A. Gorsky, A. Chichinadze)
Prince (Cinderella, choreography by O. Vinogradov)
Phoebus (C. Puni’s Esmeralda, choreography by V. Burmeister)
Prince (The Nutcracker, choreography by V. Vainonen)
Gennaro (Naples, choreography by A. Bournonville)
Soloist (Grand Pas from Paquita, choreography by M. Petipa)
Soloist (Chopiniana, choreography by M. Fokine)
Armand (Marguerite and Armand to music of F. Liszt, choreography by F. Ashton)
Soloist (Illusive Ball to music of F. Chopin, choreography by D.Bryantsev)
Soloist (Na Floresta to music of H.Villa-Lobos, W. Tisso, choreography by N. Duato)
Soloist (Slice to Sharp to music of H. Biber, A. Vivaldi, choreography by J. Elo)
Soloist (La petite mort to music by W.A. Mozart, choreography by J. Kilian)
Edward/Prince (L. Auerbach’s The Little Mermaid, choreography by J. Neumeier)

Tours in Greece, Japan and Spain.

In the season 2011/12 joined the Bolshoi ballet (teacher Alexander Vetrov).

Repertoire

FOR THE BOLSHOI THEATRE

2011
Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake by P. Tchaikovsky, Y. Grigorovich's second version)
Basilio (L. Minkus' Don Quixote, choreography by M. Petipa, A. Gorsky, A. Fadeyechev’s version)
Prince Desire (The Sleeping Beauty by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich’s version)
Nutcracker-Prince (Nutcracker by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)

2012
Part in Remanso to music by E. Granados (choreography by N. Duato)
Solor (L. Minkus' La Bayadere, choreography by M. Petipa, Y Grigorovich’s version)
Count Albrecht (Giselle by A. Adam, choreography by J. Coralli, J. Perrot, M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich's version)
The Leading Couple in Diamonds (creation at the Bolshoi Theatre) to music by P. Tchaikovsky and Two leading couples in Emeralds to music by G. Fauré (Part III and Part I of Jewels, choreography by G. Balanchine)
Duet (Dream of Dream to music of S. Rachmaninov, choreography by J. Elo)
The Leading Couple (Classical Symphony to music of S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Possokhov)
Lord Wilson-Taor (C. Pugni’s Pharaoh’s Daughter, choreography by P.Lacotte after M. Petipa)
Apollon (Apollon Musagète by I. Stravinsky, choreography by G. Balanchine) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre
Piggy-wiggy (Moidodyr by E. Podgayts, choreography by Y. Smekalov) — creation

2013
TV, Waltz (Kvartira, music by Fleshquartet, choreography by M. Ek)
— among the creators at the Bolshoi Theatre
Lensky (Onegin to music by P.Tchaikovsky, choreography by J. Cranko) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre
Prince Frederici (Marco Spada by D.-F.-E. Auber, P. Lacotte production) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre

2014
De Grieux (Lady of the Camellias to music by F. Chopin, choreography by J. Neumeier) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre
Lucentio (The Taming of the Shrew to music by D. Shostacovich, choreography by J.-Ch. Mailot) — creation
James (H. Levenskiold’s La Sylphide, choreography by A. Bournonville, J. Kobborg’s version)

2016
Part in Short time together to music by M. Richter and L. van Beethoven (choreography by by P. Lightfoot and S. León) – among the creators at the Bolshoi Theatre
Pyotr (D. Shostakovich’s The Bright Stream, choreography by A. Ratmansky)
Jean de Brien (Raymonda by A.Glazunov, choreography by M. Petipa in the version by Y. Grigorovich)

2017
Principal Dancer (Etudes to music by Carl Czerny, choreography by H. Lander) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre Couple in White (Forgotten Land to music by B. Britten, choreography by J. Kylián)
— appeared in the opening night performance

2018
Romeo (Romeo and Juliet, choreography by A. Ratmansky)
Karenin (Anna Karenina to music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Alfred Shnitke, Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam, choreography by John Neumeier) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre
two couples (Artifact Suite to music by E. Crossman-Hecht and J. S. Bach, choreography by W. Forsythe)
– appeared in the opening night performance

2019
Lover (Gaîté Parisienne to music by Jacques Offenbach and Manuel Rosenthal, choreography by Maurice Béjart) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre
Soloist Part 3 (Symphony in C to music by G. Bizet, choreography by G. Balanchine)

2021
Elizabeth I/ Shelmerdine (Orlando to music by E. Elgar, P. Glass, L. Auerbach and E. Kats-Chernin, choreography by Ch. Spuck) – creation

Tours

In 2007-2011, he was a guest soloist with Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, among the roles in this theatre — Count Albrecht (Giselle), Orgeat Prince (Nutcracker, choreography by L. Ivanov, V. Vainonen, S. Vikharev), Prince Desire (The Sleeping Beauty, K. Sergeyev’s version), Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (choreography by G. Balanchine).

In 2008 he danced as a guest soloist at the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St.Petersburg. Amongst his parts there — the title part in Romeo and Juliet (premiere, choreography by O. Vinogradov), Count Albrecht (Giselle, N. Dolgushin’s version).

In 2011, performed the role of Count Albrecht in Giselle with the Tokyo Ballet (opposite Diana Vishneva).

Projects and Festivals:

2010, 2011 — Vladimir Malakhov and Friends (Berlin State Ballet)
2010 — International Festival of Classical Ballet named after Rudolf Nureyev (Kazan); the Festival in honor of the centenary of Vakhtang Chabukiani (Tbilisi); gala in honor of Maya Plisetskaya (Paris, Moscow).
2011 — Dance Open Festival (St. Petersburg), Diana Vishneva gala (Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg) and others.
2014 — Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake at the Mariinsky Theatre (K. Sergeyev version, Olga Smirnova as Odette/Odile).
2016 — Prince in La Belle to music by P. Tchaikovsky (choreography by J.-C. Maillot, Olga Smirnova as La Belle/Princess ) with Les Ballets de Monte Carlo.
2017 — Solor in La Bayadere at the Mariinsky Theatre in the framework of XVII International Ballet Festival Mariinsky (V. Ponomarev and V. Chabukiani's version, Olga Smirnova as Nikia);
Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake, Nureyev version) with Vienna State Ballet (opposite Olga Smirnova).
2018 – Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake (choreography by M. Petipa, L. Ivanov, staged by B. Pech) with Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Ballet Company (Odette/Odile – Anna Nikulina).