Vladimir Shklyarov

• Prize-winner at the XI International Ballet and Choreography Competition, in the category “Solo” (Moscow, 2009, 1^st prize)
• Prize-winner at the Vaganova-Prix International Competition (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 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 Ballet Company the same year. Soloist since 2007.

Repertoire includes:
La Sylphide (James and Youth);
Giselle (Count Albrecht, Classic Duo from Act 1);
Ondine (Маttео);
Le Corsaire (Аli, Lankedem);
La Bayadère (Solor, Golden Idol, additional role choreographed by Nikolai Zubkovsky in Vakhtang Chabukiani’s version of Marius Petipa’s ballet);
The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Désiré, Suitor); Konstantin Sergeyev’s version;
The Nutcracker (Nutcracker Prince); production by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov;
Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried, Pas de trois, Jester and Neapolitan Dance);
Raymonda (Grand Pas);
Don Quixote (Basilio);
Le Réveil de Flore (Zéphyr); revival of the 1894 production;
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Vaslav, Polish Youth);
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo);
The Legend of Love (Friend of Ferkhad);
Le Carnaval (Harlequin); choreography by Michel Fokine;
George Balanchine’s ballets Jewels (Emeralds – trio, Rubies, Diamonds), Ballet Imperial (Piano Concerto No 2 – Soloist, Trio), Symphony in C (III Movement), Theme and Variations, and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Scotch Symhony;
Jerome Robbins’ In the Night;
Harald Lander’s Études (Soloist);
Grand pas classique; choreography by Viktor Gzovsky;
Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon (Beggars’ Leader, Young Gentleman), Alexei Ratmansky’s Cinderella (Prince) and The Little Humpbacked Horse (Ivan the Fool);
William Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude;
Yuri Smekalov’s Parting and Requiem for Narcissus
and the Pas de deux from the ballet Venetian Carnival.

Vladimir Shklyarov gave the first performance of the role of the Zéphyr in Le Réveil de Flore (revival of Marius Petipa’s 1894 production, revived by Sergei Vikharev, 2007) and the role of Harlequin in Le Carnaval (revival of Michel Fokine’s 1910 production, revived by Sergei Vikharev, 2008).

Participant in gala-concerts including ones to mark the 70^th birthday of the outstanding dancer Maris Liepa (Moscow, Kremlin Palace, 2006), Mariinsky&Bolshoi Theatres (Tokio, 2007) Malakhov and Friends (Berlin, 2008), Ballettisimo (Guadalajara, 2008) and DANCE OPEN (St Peterburg, 2010).

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