Grigory Popov

• Prize-winner at the Vaganova-Prix International Competition (St Petersburg, 2002).

Born in Chelyabinsk.
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2002.
Joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company the same year.

His repertoire includes:
La Sylphide (James),
Giselle (Peasants’ Pas de deux),
Le Corsaire (Lankedem),
La Bayadère (Magdaveya, Golden Idol); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Vakhtang Chabukiani,
The Sleeping Beauty (Blue Bird, Puss in Boots, Hunter); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Swan Lake (Jester),
Raymonda (Saracen Dance, Grand pas),
Le Spectre de la rose; choreography by Michel Fokine,
Pétrouchka (Pétrouchka); choreography by Michel Fokine, staging by Gary Chryst,
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Nurali, Youths, Tatar Dance),
Leonid Lavrovsky’s ballets Romeo and Juliet (Jester, Owner of the Inn), Walpurgis Night (Pan);
The Legend of Love (Dance of the Jesters),
Prodigal Son (Friends of the Prodigal Son); choreography by George Balanchine,
The Young Lady and the Hooligan (Hooligan); choreography by Konstantin Boyarsky,
The Bedbug (Father Renaissance); choreography by Leonid Yakobson,
Études; choreography by Harald Lander,
Manon (Beggar Chief); choreography by Kenneth MacMillan,
Carmen (Bandit); choreography by Roland Petit,
The Nutcracker (Fritz, Chinese Dance, Dance of the Punches, Napoleon); staging by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov,
Alexei Ratmansky’s ballets Cinderella (Hairdresser) and The Little Humpbacked Horse (The Little Humpbacked Horse),
The Magic Nut (Cook, Royal Jester, Turkish Grooms); staging by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Donvena Pandoursky,
Ondine (Tarantella); choreography by Pierre Lacotte,
The Overcoat after Gogol (Bureaucrat delivering military correspondence),
Aria Suspended; choreography by Peter Quanz
and dances in the operas Aida (Military Commander), A Life for the Tsar (Cracovienne) and Prince Igor (Polovtsian Dances).

Has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet Company to Europe and America.