Egor Gerashchenko

Biography

Born in Moscow. He started his ballet education at the Moscow State Choreographic Academy (class of Mikhail Sharkov). In the autumn of 2015, at the beginning of the new school year, continued his studies at Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, St. Petersburg (class of Nicolai Tsiskaridze). After graduating in 2017, he joined the Ballet Company of the Bolshoi Theatre. At first his teacher-repetiteur was Yuri Vasyuchenko. Now he is coached by Vladimir Nikonov.

While studying he danced Pas de Deux from Le Corsaire by A. Adam (choreography by M. Petipa), Romeo part in Juliet to music by P. Tchaikovsky (choreography by L. Cannito), Pas de Deux from P. Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake (choreography by M. Petipa), solo part in M. Ravel’s Bolero (choreography by B. Nijinska, production by A. Liepa), solo part in Waltz and Mazurka (Polish Ball scene from Ivan Susanin, opera by M. Glinka, choreography by A. Lopukhov, S. Koren, production by I. Gensler), Lucien d’Hervilly part in Grand Pas from L. Minkus’ Paquita (choreography by M. Petipa) etc.

In 2017, took part in Gala des Écoles de Danse du XXIe Siècle (Schools’ Gala) at the Palais Garnierin Paris, and Charity Gala of La Scala Academy in Milan.

Repertoire

2017
Soloist in Dance with Fans (A. Adam's Le Corsaire, choreography by M. Petipa, production and new choreography by A. Ratmansky and Y.Burlaka)
Principal Dancer (Etudes to music by C. Czerny, choreography by H. Lander)
Final Waltz and Apotheosis (Nutcracker by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)

2018
The Evil genius (Swan Lake by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by M. Petipa, L. Ivanov, A. Gorsky in the 2^nd version by Y. Grigorovich)
Friend/ two friends (H. Levenskiold’s La Sylphide, choreography by A. Bournonville, J. Kobborg’s version)
Juliet’s Friends (S. Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
Bernard, Grand Pas (Raymonda by A.Glazunov, choreography by M. Petipa in the version by Y. Grigorovich)
Chevalier/ chevaliers at the Ball (Romeo and Juliet, choreography by A. Ratmansky)
Servant/ servants to the God of the River Nile (C. Pugni’s La Fille du Pharaon, choreography by P. Lacotte after M. Petipa)
Couple in White (Forgotten Land to music by B. Britten, choreography by J. Kylián)

2019
Solor (La Bayadère by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich production)
Fisherman (La Fille du Pharaon)
Blue Bird (The Sleeping Beauty by P.Tchaikovsky, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich production)
Friends to Ferkhad (A. Melikov’s A Legend of Love, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
part (‘two couples’) in part 2, in part 4; Soloist Part 2 (Symphony in C to music by G. Bizet, choreography by G. Balanchine)
Lover (Gaîté Parisienne to music by Jacques Offenbach and Manuel Rosenthal, choreography by Maurice Béjart)
Espada (Don Quixote by L.Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, A. Gorsky, A. Fadeyechev’s 2^ndversion)
Jean de Brienne (Raymonda)
Prince Kurbsky (Ivan the Terrible to music by S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
Soloist in Diamonds (Part III of Jewels to music by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by G. Balanchine)

2020
The Nutcracker-Prince (Nutcracker)
Crassus (A. Khachaturian’s Spartacus, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
Jose (Carmen Suite to music by G. Bizet and R. Shchedrin; choreography by A. Alonso) – debuted on the Bolshoi Theatre tour to Chersonesos
Prince Desire (The Sleeping Beauty)
Pechorin (A Hero of Our Time by I. Demutsky, Princess Mary part, choreography by Y. Possokhov, director K. Serebrennikov)