 | | | • Prizewinner at the Vaganova-Prix International Competition (St Petersburg, 2002).
• Prizewinner at the XI International Ballet Dancers Competition (Moscow, 2009).
• Holder of the Soul of Dance – 2008 prize, instituted by "Ballet" magazine, in the "Rising Star" nomination.
• Holder of the annual Leonid Myasin international prize For the Art of Dance (Positano, Italy, 2008).
• Holder of the Zegna – Mariinsky New Talent Awards grant (London, 2008).
Born in Leningrad.
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (class of Vitaly Afanaskov) in 2003. Joined the Mariinsky Theatre in the same year. Soloist since 2007.
Became a prizewinner at the Vaganova-Prix Competition while a 2nd year student of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet.
Repertoire includes:
La Sylphide (James and youth);
Giselle (Count Albert, classic duet from Act 1);
Ondine (Маttео);
Le Corsaire (Аli and Lankedem);
La Bayadère (Golden Idol), in Vakhtang Chabukiani's production;
The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Desire and suitor), in Konstantin Sergeyev's production;
The Nutcracker (Nutcracker-Prince), production by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov;
Swan Lake (Siegfried, pas de trois, jester and Neapolitan dance);
Raymonda (grand pas);
Don Quixote (Basilio);
Le Reveil de Flore (Zephyre), revival of the 1894 production;
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Vaslav and Polish youth);
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo);
The Legend of Love (friend of Ferkhad);
Carnaval (Harlequin), choreography by Mikhail Fokine;
Jewels (Emeralds – trio, Rubies – soloist);
Ballet Imperial (Piano Concerto № 2 – soloist, trio);
Symphony in C (3rd Movement);
Theme and Variations;
Tchaikovsky pas de deux, choreography by George Balanchine;
Etudes (soloist), ballet by Harald Lander;
Grand pas classique, choreography by Viktor Gzovsky;
Manon (beggars' leader and young gentleman), choreography by Kenneth MacMillan;
Cinderella (prince), choreography by Alexei Ratmansky;
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, chоreography by William Forsythe.
Vladimir Shklyarov gave the first performance of the role of the Zephyre in Le Reveil de Flore (revival of the 1894 production, choreography staged by Sergei Vikharev, 2007) and of the role of Harlequin in Carnaval (revival of the 1910 production, choreography staged by Sergei Vikharev, 2008).
Participant in gala-concerts: to mark the 70th birthday of the outstanding dancer Maris Liepa; "Great Ballerinas of the Mariinsky Theatre" ("Stars of the White Nights" Festival, 2008); "Malakhov and Friends" (Deutsche Oper, Berlin, 2008).
Has toured with the Mariinsky Theatre ballet company in Europe, America and China. |
