As Evil Genius in Swan Lake. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Evil Genius in Swan Lake. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Evil Genius in Swan Lake.Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Evil Genius in Swan Lake.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As James in La Silphide.Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As James in La Silphide.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
In Chopiniana. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
In Chopiniana. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Nutcracker-Prince in Nutcracker. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Nutcracker-Prince in Nutcracker. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Nutcracker-Prince in Nutcracker.Daria Khokhlova as Marie.Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Nutcracker-Prince in Nutcracker.
Daria Khokhlova as Marie.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Antoine Mistral/ Rinaldo in The Flames of Paris. Photo by Elena Fetisova.
As Antoine Mistral/ Rinaldo in The Flames of Paris. Photo by Elena Fetisova.
As Lensky in Onegin. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Lensky in Onegin. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Baptista in The Taming of the Shrew. Olga Smirnova as Bianca. Photo by Elena Fetisova.
As Baptista in The Taming of the Shrew. Olga Smirnova as Bianca. Photo by Elena Fetisova.
 Bridge Variations. Opposite Yulia Stepanova. Photo by Elena Fetisova.
Bridge Variations. Opposite Yulia Stepanova. Photo by Elena Fetisova.

Nearest performances

Four Characters in Search of a plot 16 November16 November17 November17 November
Swan Lake 23 November
La Bayadere 30 November

Awards

2010 — 2nd Prize of The Young Ballet Artists Competition, which took place in Krasnoyarsk within the framework of the 1st International Forum Ballet XXI century devoted to Galina Ulanova’s centennial.
2020 — Positano Léonide Massine Prize (in the Dancer of the Year on the International Stage nomination).
2022 — the Ballet magazine Soul of Dance prize (Star nomination).

						

Biography

In 2010, after graduation from Bolshoi Ballet Academy (Ilya Kuznetsov’s class) he joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company where he started to rehearse with Mikhail Lavrovsky and Valery Lagunov. Now his master-repetiteur is Alexander Vetrov. During his school-days he played the part of Colas in Yuri Grigorovich’s production of La fille mal gardee.

Repertoire

2010
Final Waltz and Apotheosis
(Nutcracker by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
Part in The Rubies (Part II of Jewels, music by I.Stravinsky, choreography by G. Balanchine)

2011
Part in Class Concert
to music by A. Glazunov, A. Lyadov, A. Rubinstein, D. Shostakovich (choreography by Asaf Messerer)
Part in Serenade to music by P.Tchaikovsky (choreography by G. Balanchine)
Albert, a friend to Phoebus (C. Pugni’s Esmeralda, choreography by M. Petipa, production and new choreographic version by Y. Burlaka, V. Medvedev)
Grand Pas (Raymonda by A. Glazunov, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich’s version)
Part in The Symphony of Psalms to music by I. Stravinsky (choreography by J. Kylian)
Pages of Lilac Fairy's Suite, Foreign Princes seeking Aurora's hand in marriage (The Sleeping Beauty by P.Tchaikovsky, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich’s version)

2012
Waltz
(Swan Lake by P.Tchaikovsky, Y. Grigorovich’s second version)
Policemen (Cipollino by K. Khachaturyan, G. Mayorov production)
Friend/friends to Juliet (Romeo and Juliet by S. Prokofiev. Production by Y. Grigorovich)
Part in Diamonds (Part III of Jewels, choreography by G. Balanchine) – among the creators at the Bolshoi Theatre
Beranger (Raymonda)
Four Couples (Classical Symphony to music by S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Possokhov)
Fisherman (C. Pugni’s La Fille du Pharaon, P. Lacotte production after M. Petipa)
Duet (Dream of Dream to music of S. Rachmaninov, choreography by J. Elo)
Broom, Comb (Moidodyr by E. Podgayts, choreography by Y. Smekalov) — creation
French Doll (Nutcracker)

2013
Grand Pas
(La Bayadere by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich’s version)
The Evil Genius (Swan Lake)
James (H. Levenskiold’s La Sylphide, choreography by A. Bournonville, J. Kobborg’s version)
Friend/friends to Marco Spada (among the creators at the Bolshoi Theatre), Prince Frederici, The Groom (Marco Spada by D.-F.-E. Auber, P. Lacotte production)

2014
The Nutcracker-Prince
(Nutcracker)
Bluebird (The Sleeping Beauty)
Antoine Mistral (B. Asfiev’s The Flames of Paris, production and new choreography by A. Ratmansky after V. Vainonen)
Lensky (Onegin to music by P.Tchaikovsky, choreography by J. Cranko)
De Grieux (Lady of the Camellias to music by F. Chopin, choreography by J. Neumeier)
Baptista (The Taming of the Shrew to music by D. Shostakovich, choreography by J.-C. Maillot) — creation
Friend/friends to Ferkhad (A Legend of Love by A. Melikov, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)

2015
Two Couples
(Classical Symphony)
Student (Anyuta to music by V. Gavrilin, choreography by V. Vasiliev)
Seven Claudiuses, figments of imagination (Hamlet to music by D. Shostakovich, D. Donnellan’s & R. Poklitaru’s production) – among the creators
Two Leading Couples in Emeralds (Part I of Jewels, music by G. Faure, choreography by G. Balanchine)
Grushnitskу (A Hero of Our Time by I. Demutsky, Princess Mary part, choreography by Y. Possokhov, director K. Serebrennikov)
The Leading Couple (Classical Symphony)
Pechorin (A Hero of Our Time by I. Demutsky, Taman part)
Gaston Rieux (Lady of the Camellias)

2016
Solor
(La Bayadere)
Tybalt (Romeo and Juliet)
Pas d’Esclaves (Le Corsaire) — debuted on the Bolshoi Ballet tour to London

2017
Romeo
(Romeo and Juliet)
Soloist in Dance with Fans (Le orsaire)
Principal Dancer (Etudes to music by Carl Czerny, choreography by H. Lander)
Ballet Dancer (The Bright Stream by D. Shostakovich, choreography by A. Ratmansky)
Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake)
Couple in Black (Forgotten Land to music by B. Britten, choreography by J. Kylián)
Crassus (Spartacus by А. Khachaturyan, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
Romeo (Romeo and Juliet, choreography by A. Ratmansky)
Grand Gala (Nureev by I. Demutsky, choreography by Y. Possokhov, staged by K. Serebrennikov)

2018
Alexei Vronsky, Levin
(Anna Karenina to music by P. Tchaikovsky, A. Shnitke, Cat Stevens / Y. Islam, choreography by J. Neumeier)
Frantz (Coppelia by L. Delibes, choreography by M. Petipa and E. Cecchetti, S. Vikharev’s version)
The leading couple in Diamonds
Lord Wilson – Taor
(La Fille du Pharaon)
Jean de Brienne (Raymonda)
Jose (Carmen Suite to music by G. Bizet and R. Shchedrin, choreography by A. Alonso)
Basilio (Don Quixote by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, А. Gorsky, А. Fadeyechev’s second version)

2019
Prince Desire (The Sleeping Beauty)
Ferkhad (A Legend of Love)
Soloist Part 2, Soloist Part 1 (Symphony in C to music by G. Bizet, choreography by G. Balanchine)
Count Albrecht (Giselle by A. Adam, choreography by J. Coralli, J. Perrot, M. Petipa, A. Ratmansky's version) – creation

Tours

In 2016, he appeared as Student in Anyuta with the Chelyabinsk Opera and Ballet Theatre Company in the framework of In honor of Ekaterina Maximova festival and took part in the Dance Platform workshop (Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre) performing his own piece, Sospiri, to music by E. Elgar.
In 2017,  he performed Count Albrecht in Giselle (L. Lavrovsky version) with Sofia Opera and Ballet Theatre Company (opposite Daria Khokhlova); 
appeared as Conrad in Le Corsaire (choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich version) with the Bashkirian Opera and Ballet Theatre Company in the framework of XXI International Festival of Ballet Art named after Rudolf Nureyev (opposite Angelina Karpova).
2018 – appeared as Prince Desire in The Sleeping Beauty (choreography by M. Petipa, staged by М. Ilieva) at the Sofia Opera and Ballet (Daria Khokhlova as Princess Aurora).