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Artem Ovcharenko

Principal Dancer

As Nutcracker-Prince in Nutcracker. Anna Tikhomirova as Marie. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Nutcracker-Prince in Nutcracker. Anna Tikhomirova as Marie. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Jean de Brien in Raymonda. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Jean de Brien in Raymonda. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. Nina Kaptsona as Juliet. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. Nina Kaptsona as Juliet. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Taor in La Fille du Pharaon. Natalia Osipova as Aspicia. Photo from the artist’s archive.
As Taor in La Fille du Pharaon. Natalia Osipova as Aspicia. Photo from the artist’s archive.
As Prince Desire in The Sleeping Beauty. Photo by David Makhateli.
As Prince Desire in The Sleeping Beauty. Photo by David Makhateli.
As Count Albrecht in Giselle. Anna Nikulina as Giselle. Photo from the artist’s archive.
As Count Albrecht in Giselle. Anna Nikulina as Giselle. Photo from the artist’s archive.
As The First Danser in Lost Illusions. Photo by Elena Fetisova.
As The First Danser in Lost Illusions. Photo by Elena Fetisova.
As Apollo in Apollon Musagète. Evgenia Obraztsova as Terpsichore.Photo by Mikhail Logvinov.
As Apollo in Apollon Musagète. Evgenia Obraztsova as Terpsichore.
Photo by Mikhail Logvinov.
As Kurbsky in Ivan Grozny. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Kurbsky in Ivan Grozny. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Lensky in Onegin. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Lensky in Onegin. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
In the title part in Marco Spada. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
In the title part in Marco Spada. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
In the title part in Hamlet. Diana Kosyreva as Ophelia. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
In the title part in Hamlet. Diana Kosyreva as Ophelia. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Pechorin in Hero of Our Time. Part Taman. Ekaterina Shipulina as Undine.Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Pechorin in Hero of Our Time. Part Taman. Ekaterina Shipulina as Undine.
Photo by Damir Yusupov.
As Conrad in Le Corsaire. Photo by Pavel Rychkov.
As Conrad in Le Corsaire. Photo by Pavel Rychkov.
As Vronsky in Anna Karenina. Olga Smirnova in the title part. Photo by Natalia Voronova.
As Vronsky in Anna Karenina. Olga Smirnova in the title part. Photo by Natalia Voronova.
As Leontes in The Winter’s Tale. Yanina Parienko as Paulina. Photo by Natalia Voronova.jpg
As Leontes in The Winter’s Tale. Yanina Parienko as Paulina. Photo by Natalia Voronova.jpg

Nearest performances

Nutcracker 31 December8 January

Awards

2006 — he received the 1st prize (in one of the age groups of lassics category) at the International choreographic festival-competition for children and youth The Dancing Olympus (Berlin).

2008 — he won the 1st prize at the Open competition of Russian ballet dancers Arabesque in Perm, also he became the recipient of Marius Petipa prize established by The Ural Perl — the Perm Non-governmental foundation for support and development of the Perm Opera and Ballet theatre n.a. P.I. Tchaikovsky and the Press Jury prize For adherence to Moscow school of classical dance traditions;
the same year he won the youth grant of the award Triumph.
2009 — he won a Special prize To the best partner at the XI International  Ballet Competition in Moscow, and was awarded the Ballet magazine Soul of Dance prize (The Rising Star nomination).
2012 — The Best Duet (with Anna Tikhomirova) title of the Bolshoi Ballet project (TV, Russia – Kultura channel).
In November 2013, was voted "Dancer of the Month" by British magazine Dansing Times.
2020 – The Golden Mask National Theatre prize for his interpretation of the part of Leontes in The Winter’s Tale. 


						

			
Biography

			

	 Born in Dnepropetrovsk (Ukraine). He began to study dance at Dnepropetrovsk Ballet School, then he entered the Bolshoi Ballet Academy (class of Alexander Bondarenko). 

	 In 2007, after graduation from MCA he joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company where he started to rehearse with Nikolai Tsiskaridze. Then he rehearsed under Nikolai Fadeyechev. Now his master-repetiteur is Victor Barykin.

		

						

			
Repertoire

			

 2007 

 Policemen (Cipollino by K. Khachaturyan, choreography by G.Mayorov) 

 French Doll (Nutcracker by P. Tcaikovsky, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)




 2008 

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

 Fisherman (C. Pugni’s La Fille du Pharaon, P. Lacotte production after M. Petipa) 

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

 The Nutcracker-Prince (Nutcracker by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by Y. Grigorovich) 

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




 2009 

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

 Grand Pas (Raymonda by A.Glazunov, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich's version) 

 James (H. Levenskiold’s La Sylphide; choreography by A. Bournonville, J. Kobborg's version) 

 Little Count Cherry (Cipollino) 

 Albert (creation at Bolshoi Theatre), Phoebus (C. Pugni’s La Esmeralda, choreography by M. Petipa, production and new choreographic version by Y. Burlaka, V. Medvedev)




 2010 

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

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

 Jean de Brienne (Raymonda) 

 Lord Wilson/Taor (La Fille du Pharaon) — debuted on Bolhsoi Theatre’s tour to Beijing




 2011 

 Count Albrecht (A. Adam's Giselle, choreography by J. Coralli, J. Perrot, M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich's version) 

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

 The First Ballet Dancer (Illusions perdues by L. Desyatnikov, choreography by A. Ratmansky) — creation  

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

 Part in The Symphony of Psalms to music by I. Stravinsky (choreography by J. Kylian) — among the creators at the Bolshoi Theatre 

 Prince Desire (The Sleeping Beauty)




 2012 

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

 Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake by P.Tchaikovsky, second Y. Grigorovich's version) 

 Soloist in Dance with Fans (A. Adam's Le Corsaire, choreography by M. Petipa, production and new choreography by A. Ratmansky and Y.Burlaka) 

 Two couples (Classical Symphony to music by S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Possokhov) 

 Duet (Dream of Dream to music by S. Rachmaninov, choreography by J. Elo) 

 Apollon (Apollon Musagète by I. Stravinsky, choreography by G. Balanchine) 

 Prince Kurbsky (Ivan the Terrible to music by S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Grigorovich) 

 Piggy-wiggy (Moidodyr by E. Podgayts, choreography by Y. Smekalov) 

 

 2013 

	 The Leading Couple (Classical Symphony) — debuted on the Bolshoi Ballet tour to Yekaterinburg 

	 The leading couple in Diamonds (Part III of Jewels, music by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by G. Balanchine) 

 Lensky (Onegin to music by P.Tchaikovsky, choreography by J. Cranko) 

 The title part (Marco Spada by D.-F.-E. Auber, P. Lacotte production) 

 

 2014 

	 Armand Duval (Lady of the Camellias to music by F. Chopin, choreography by J. Neumeier) 

 Lucentio (The Taming of the Shrew to music by D. Shostacovich, choreography by J.-Ch. Mailot) 

 

 2015 

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

 Pechorin (A Hero of Our Time by I. Demutsky, Taman part, choreography by Y. Possokhov, director K. Serebrennikov) — creation 

 

 2016 

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

 

  2017 

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

 The Leading Couple in Rubies (II part of Jewels) to music by I. Straivinsky (choreography by G. Balanchine) 

 Conrad (Le Corsaire) 

 Nureyev (Nureyev by I. Demutsky, choreography by Y. Possokhov, director K. Serebrennikov) 

  

	 2018 

	 Alexei Vronsky (Anna Karenina to music by P. Tchaikovsky, A. Shnitke, Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam, choreography by J. Neumeier) 

  Petrushka (Petrushka, choreography by E. Clug ) 

  

	 2019 

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

  Soloist Part 1 (Symphony in C) 

  Crassus (Spartacus by A. Khachaturian, choreography by Y. Grigorovich) – debuted on the Bolshoi Theatre tour to Brisbane

 Count Albrecht (Giselle, A. Ratmansky's version) 


 In 2009, he took part in the opening night performance of G. Getty’s The Oath of the Ushers (choreography by V. Vassiliev) on the New Scene of the Bolshoi Theatre as part of the Russian National Orchestra festival. He danced Edgar.		

						

			
Tours

			In 2011, he appeared as Phoebus in La Esmeralda (production by Y. Burlaka and V. Medvedev) with the Berlin State Ballet (Yana Salenko as Esmeralda). 


 


 In 2015, he performed the part of Armand in Lady of the Camellias (choreography be J. Neimeier) with Bavarian State Ballet (Daria Sukhorukova as Marguerite); 


 performed Count Albrecht at the XIII festival In Honor of Galina Ulanova (Yoshkar-Ola) with the ballet company of Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre (Olga Chelpanova as Giselle); 


 also performed Prince Siegfried at the XLIII May Opera Evenings festival with Macedonian Ballet (Skopje, Nina Kaptsova as Odette/Odile). 


 


 In December 2015 – January 2016, performed Romeo’s part in Jean-Christophe Maillot’s production of Casse-Noisette Compagnie to music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and B. Maillot with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo (Olga Smirnova as Juliet) – creation at Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo. 


 


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


 


 2018 – Armand Duval in Lady of the Camellias with the Hamburg Ballet (Alina Cojocaru as Marguerite Gautier ); 


 Kostya in The Seagull (choreography by John Neumeier, to music by Dmitri Shostakovich, Evelyn Glennie, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Alexander Scriabin, based on Anton Chekhov’s play) with the Hamburg Ballet and within Hamburg Ballet’s tour at the Theater an der Wien (Alina Cojocaru as Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya).		

								
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