Denis MedvedevFirst SoloistDenis Medevedev was born in Moscow. He finished the Moscow College of Choreography(class of Peter Korogodsky), then he completed his studies at the Department of performing arts at the Institute of Choreography qualifying as a teacher-repetiteur (now the college and the institute are combined into the Moscow State Academy of Choreography). After graduation in 1994 he joined the Bolshoi Ballet. His master-repetiteur is Valery Lagunov. Repertoire1994 Four satyrs (Walpurgis Night. Ballet Divertissement from opera Faust. Choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky) 1995 Boys (La Sylphid by H.S.Løvenskiold. Choreography by August Bournonville in a version by E.M. von Rosen) 1996 Chinese doll (Nutcracker) 1997 Jester (Romeo and Juliet. Music by S. Prokofiev. Choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky) 1998 The Bronze Idol (La Bayadère by L. Minkus. Choreography by M. Petipa, Yuri Grigorovich production) 1999 Pas d’action (Giselle. Vladimir Vasiliev production) 2000 1st variation in Pas d’action (creator of the role), John Bull — Passiphonte (La Fille du Pharaon. Music by C. Pugni. Pierre Lacotte production after Marius Petipa) 2001 Jester (Swan Lake; choreography Alexander Gorsky, Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov in the version by Yuri Grigorovich) 2002 Alain (La Fille mal gardée by L. Hérold, choreography by F. Ashton) 2003 Dance with a drum (La Bayadere) 2004 Danse sarrasine (Raimonda. Music by A. Glazunov, choreography Marius Petipa in the version by Y.Grigorovich) 2005 Philostrat (Puck) (A Midnight’s Summer Dream to the music of F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy and G. Ligeti, choreography by John Neumeier) 2006 Friend to Prince, Waltz’ Soloist (Cinderella by S. Prokofiev, Y. Possokhov and Y. Borisov production) — was among the creators of this ballet 2007 Soloist (Philip Glass’ In the Upper Room; choreography by Twyla Tharp) — was among the creators of this ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre 2008 Pas de trois (Grand Pas classique for the ballet Paquita by L.Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, new choreographic version by Y. Burlaka) — was among the creators 2009 Gringoire (Cesare Pugni’s La Esmeralda; Choreography by M. Petipa, production and new choreographic version by Y. Burlaka, V. Medvedev) 2011 Ballet master (Illusions perdues. Music by Leonid Desyatnikov, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky) 2012 King Louis XVI (Boris Asfiev’s The Flames of Paris. Production and new choreography by Alexei Ratmansky after Vasily Vainonen) He danced Horseman (Polovtsian Dances in Prince Igor by A. Borodin, choreography by K. Goleizovsky) at the celebratory Bolshoi’s gala opening concert. In 2004 he danced the title role in Nijinsky ballet to music by S. Rachmaninoff (choreography L. Lavrovsky). In 2009 he performed the title role in Spartacus — the triumph of Rome (choreography K. Ivanov) at the International ballet festival n.a. Galina Ulanova in Ioshkar Ola. In 2010 he danced Stranger at the premier of Le Sacre du printemps ballet by I. Stravinsky (choreography S. Bobrov) at the Krasnoyarsk opera and Ballet Theater. The premier took place as part of the 1st International Forum “Ballet XXI century”. He also danced there the role of Shepherd in Spartacus with the ballet company of that theater. In 2011 he danced Mozart in Mozart and Salieri to music by W.I. Mozart and A. Salieri (choreography by V. Bokkadoro) on the stage of Krasnoyarsk opera and Ballet Theater in the course of the “Krasnoyarsk-Paris” Russian-French cultural festival. He has appeared in a number of gala-concerts and has a vast concert repertoire. In 2004 he danced the concert number Narcissus to music by N. Cherepnin (choreography by K. Goleizovsky) in the gala-concert in honor of the Ballet magazine Soul of Dance prize decennary. Vladimir Vasiliev, for whom the number was initially staged, stated that Denis Medvedev was one of its best performers In 2003, Denis starred in the film-ballet “Edith Piaf”, choreographed by Leonid Lavrovsky. © Bolshoi Theatre © Photo by Damir Yusupov, Andrei Melanyin, Alexei Brazhnikov, Mikhail Logvinov |
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