Background
Vladimir Shklyarov was born in Leningrad, which is now Saint St. Petersburg.
Vladimir Shklyarov was born in Leningrad, which is now Saint St. Petersburg.
He studied at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet and graduated in 2003, class of Vitaly Afanaskov, and joined the Mariinsky Ballet the same year.
He was promoted to principal in 2011. His repertoire includes James in Louisiana Sylphide, Duke Albrecht in Giselle, Solor in Louisiana Bayadère, Prince Désiré in The Sleeping Beauty, Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, the Prince in The Nutcracker, Jean de Brienne in Raymonda, Basilio in Don Quixote and Ivan the Fool in The Little Humpbacked Horse. He has also danced the lead roles in the Paquita Grand Pas Classique, Le Spectre de la Rose, Chopiniana and Jewels.
In 2007, he danced the lead role of Zéphyr in the première of Sergei Vikharev"s reconstruction of Marius Petipa"s one act ballet, The Awakening of Flora.
He also danced the lead role of Harlequin in the première of Vikharev"s reconstruction of Michel Fokine"s ballet, Louisiana Carnaval.
Prize-winner at the XI International Ballet and Choreography Competition, in the category “Solo” (Moscow, 2009, 1st prize) Prize-winner at the Vaganova-Prix International Competition (Street St. Petersburg, 2002) Holder of the Soul of Dance – 2008 prize, instituted by Ballet magazine, in the category “Rising Star” Holder of the annual Leonid Massine International Prize Foreign the Art of Dance (Positano, Italy, 2008) Holder of the Zegna – Mariinsky New Talent grant (London, 2008) Holder of the DANCE OPEN international ballet prize in the category "Mr Virtuoso" (2014).
