Ruslan Skvortsov
Ruslan Skvortsov (Russian: Руслан Васильевич Скворцов; born 31 January 1980)[1] is a Russian principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet.
Ruslan Skvortsov was born in Yelets, Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, and trained at the Moscow Choreographic Academy with Vyacheslav Mikhaylov.[2] Upon his graduation in 1998 he joined the Bolshoi Ballet, where he has worked under the tutelage of Valery Lagunov and Nikolai Fadeyechev. In 2001 he was awarded a bronze medal at the Moscow International Ballet Competition. He was appointed to the rank of principal dancer in October 2009[3] and was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist of Russia in April 2014.[4]
Repertoire
- La Sylphide (choreography: Johan Kobborg, after August Bournonville): James
- Giselle (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot): Count Albrecht[5][6]
- Giselle (choreography: Vladimir Vasiliev, after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot): Count Albrecht
- Coppélia (choreography: Sergei Vikharev, after Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti): Frantz (first interpreter at the Bolshoi)[7][8][9]
- Swan Lake (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov): Prince Siegfried[10]
- Swan Lake (choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev, after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov): Prince Siegfried[11]
- The Sleeping Beauty (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Marius Petipa): Prince Désiré[12]
- Raymonda (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Marius Petipa): Jean de Brienne
- La Bayadère (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Marius Petipa): Solor
- Don Quixote (choreography: Alexei Fadeyechev, after Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky): Espada
- Le Corsaire (choreography: Yuri Burlaka and Alexei Ratmansky, after Marius Petipa): Conrad, grand pas des eventails
- Esmeralda (choreography: Yuri Burlaka and Vasily Medvedev, after Marius Petipa): Phoebus (first interpreter at the Bolshoi)[13][14]
- Paquita, grand pas (choreography: Yuri Burlaka, after Marius Petipa): Lucien d’Hervilly (first interpreter at the Bolshoi)[15]
- The Pharaoh's Daughter (choreography: Pierre Lacotte): Lord Wilson/Taor, Fisherman
- The Nutcracker (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich): Nutcracker Prince[16]
- Legend of Love (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich): Ferkhad
- Romeo and Juliet (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich): Romeo
- The Golden Age (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich): Boris
- Notre-Dame de Paris (choreography: Roland Petit): Claude Frollo
- Onegin (choreography: John Cranko): Onegin
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream (choreography: John Neumeier): Demetrius
- The Lady of the Camellias (choreography: John Neumeier): Des Grieux
- The Bright Stream (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky): Ballet Dancer[17][18]
- Flames of Paris (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky, after Vasily Vainonen): Antoine Mistral (first interpreter),[19] Marquis de Beauregard,[20] Louis XVI
- A Hero of Our Time (choreography: Yuri Possokhov): Pechorin, in "Princess Mary" (first interpreter)[21]
- Chopiniana (choreography: Michel Fokine): Poet
- The Three-Cornered Hat (choreography: Léonide Massine): Miller
- Les Présages (choreography: Léonide Massine): The Hero
- Symphony in C (choreography: George Balanchine): Third Movement soloist, Fourth Movement soloist
- Agon (choreography: George Balanchine): pas de deux
- Carmen Suite (choreography: Alberto Alonso): Don José
- Passacaille (choreography: Roland Petit; Bolshoi premiere)
- Magrittomania (choreography: Yuri Possokhov)
- Misericordes (choreography: Christopher Wheeldon; world premiere)[22]
- Dream of Dream (choreography: Jorma Elo; world premiere)[23]
Filmography
- Strictly Bolshoi, Bolshoi Ballet, 2007 (documentary includes a complete performance of Christopher Wheeldon’s Misericordes)
- Flames of Paris (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky), Bolshoi Ballet, 2010: as Antoine Mistral, with Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev, Nina Kaptsova, Denis Savin, Anna Antonicheva and Yuri Klevtsov
- Swan Lake (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich), Bolshoi Ballet, 2010: as Prince Siegfried,[24] with Maria Alexandrova and Nikolay Tsiskaridze
- Symphony in C (choreography: George Balanchine), Bolshoi Ballet, 2010: as the Fourth Movement soloist, with Myriam Ould-Braham
- Esmeralda (choreography: Yuri Burlaka and Vasily Medvedev), Bolshoi Ballet, 2011: as Phoebus,[25] with Maria Alexandrova, Ekaterina Krysanova and Denis Savin
- Le Corsaire (choreography: Yuri Burlaka and Alexei Ratmansky), Bolshoi Ballet, 2012: as Conrad, with Svetlana Lunkina and Nina Kaptsova
- The Bright Stream (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky), Bolshoi Ballet, 2012: as the Ballet Dancer,[26] with Svetlana Lunkina, Maria Alexandrova and Mikhail Lobukhin
- Raymonda (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich), Bolshoi Ballet, 2012: as Jean de Brienne, with Maria Alexandrova and Pavel Dmitrichenko
- The Pharaoh's Daughter (choreography: Pierre Lacotte), Bolshoi Ballet, 2012: as Lord Wilson/Taor, with Svetlana Zakharova, Nina Kaptsova and Denis Medvedev
References
- ↑ "Skvortsov, Ruslan Vasilyevich". Actors of Russia Database. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ↑ "Ruslan Skvortsov". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ↑ "news feed for 15 October 2009". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ↑ "news feed for 30 April 2014". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ↑ Craine, Debra (27 July 2010). "Giselle, at Covent Garden". The Times. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ Mackrell, Judith (27 July 2010). "Bolshoi: Serenade/Giselle". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ "Coppélia premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ↑ Jennings, Luke (1 August 2010). "Bolshoi: Coppélia". The Observer. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ Brown, Ismene (22 July 2010). "Coppélia, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ Citron, Paula. "Bolshoi steps up the dancing in Swan Lake". The Globe and Mail (16 May 2012). Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "Swan Lake cast list". Mariinsky Theatre. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ Stults, Raymond (31 January 2012). "Bolshoi's Corps de Ballet in Top Form in 'Beauty'". Moscow Times. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "Esmeralda premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ↑ Stults, Raymond (11 January 2010). "Bolshoi’s ‘Esmeralda’ Production Fails to Inspire". Moscow Times. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "Paquita premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ↑ Citron, Paula. "The Original Nutcracker". The Globe and Mail (19 December 2005). Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ Bochenski, Natalie (10 June 2013). "Collective high jinks in Bolshoi's joyful Bright Stream". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ Jones, Deborah (8 June 2013). "Bolshoi's Bright Stream choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky 'superb'". The Australian. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ "Flames of Paris premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ↑ Brown, Ismene (19 August 2013). "The Flames of Paris, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ↑ "A Hero of Our Time premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ↑ Stults, Raymond (2 March 2007). "New World Ballet". Moscow Times. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "Dream of Dream premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
- ↑ Macaulay, Alastair (4 July 2011). "One Classic Ballet, Many Interpretations". New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ Macaulay, Alastair (11 October 2011). "A Gypsy Love Story, Now With a Happy Ending". New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ Macaulay, Alastair (1 May 2012). "Live From Moscow, Adulterers and a Ballerina With a Hairy Chest". New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
External links
- Skvortsov's page on the website of the Bolshoi Theatre (English)
- Skvortsov's page on the website of the Bolshoi Theatre (Russian)
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