Vladimir Malakhov (dancer)
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Vladimir Malakhov (born 1968 in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine), was a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre. He began his dance training at the age of four at a small ballet school in that region and remained there until continuing his training at the school of the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. From age ten on, he was under the tutelage of Peter Pestov and upon graduation in 1986 joined the Moscow Ballet as that company's youngest principal dancer.
In 1992, Malakhov joined the Vienna State Opera Ballet as a principal artist and later the National Ballet of Canada (1994). In the spring of 1995 he had his debut with the American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Since that time, he has remained a Principal Dancer with ABT and has continued to dance principal roles in Vienna as well as Stuttgart and Berlin. His repertory encompasses a wide range of styles from classical ballets to the works of today's contemporary choreographers.
Critically acclaimed globally for his artistic lyricism, he has won prestigious awards in his field from competitions in Varna, Moscow and Paris.
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[edit] Roles Performed
Adam in Creation of the World, Basil and Gamache in Don Quixote, a leading role in Natalie, Romeo and Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Prince Siegfried, Benno, and the Venetian Dance in Swan Lake, Albrecht in Giselle, Lensky in Eugene Onegin, Suite en Blanc, Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Prince Désiré in The Sleeping Beauty, both the Prince and the Snow King in The Nutcracker, La Fille Mal Gardée, Manon, Solor in La Bayadere, Fokine's Les Sylphides, Balanchine's Theme and Variations, Kasyan Golezovsky's Narcissus, and assorted classical pas de deux.
[edit] Awards
- Varna International Ballet Competition/ Grand Prize, junior level (1986)
- Moscow International Ballet Competition/ Gold Medal and Serge Lifar Prize (1989)
- International Ballet Competition, Jackson/ Bronze Medal, senior level (1990)
- Named "best male dancer in the world' for three consecutive years, 1992-1994 by Japan's Dance Magazine.
[edit] Television and Film
He has been the subject of films and broadcasts such as Bravo Malakhov by The Russian Television, Narcisse, the Dancer Malakhov by the European Cultural Network, and The True Prince by CB.
[edit] Further Endeavors
Malakhov currently holds the directorship of Staatsoper Unter den Linden Ballet in Berlin, Germany while still performing as a guest artist with international ballet companies.
