Education
Moscow Choreographic Institute.
Moscow Choreographic Institute.
Joined Moscow Classical Company. Debut with Bolshoi Ballet in title role of Grigorovich’s Spartacus 1981. Other roles include Ivan IV in Ivan the Terrible, Jean de Brienne in Raymonda, Basil in Don Quixote, Romeo in Grigorovich’s Romeo and Juliet, Boris in Grigorovich’s The Golden Age.
Toured extensively with Bolshoi Ballet and made worldwide guest appearances. Joined The Royal Ballet 1990. Covent Garden debut in MacMillan’s pas de deux Farewell (with Darcey Bussell).
Married Maria Zubkova.