Vladimir Ponomarev

• Honoured Artist of Russia (2002).
• Medal of the Order For services to the Fatherland, 2^nd class (2008)

Born in Leningrad.
Graduated from the Leningrad State Vaganova Ballet Academy in 1964.
Joined the Kirov (Mariinsky) Ballet Company the same year.

His repertoire includes:
Giselle (the Duke);
Le Corsaire (Said Pasha);
La Bayadère (High Brahmin);
Coppélia (Burgomaster) –choreography by Oleg Vinogradov;
The Sleeping Beauty (King Florestan XIV) – choreography by Marius Petipa, revival of the 1890 production;
Raymonda (René de Brienne);
Don Quixote (Don Quixote);
Michel Fokine’s ballets Schéhérazade (Shakhriar), The Firebird (Kashchei the Immortal) and Pétrouchka (Non-Commissioned Police Officer);
Le Sacre du printemps (Shaman);
Romeo and Juliet (Capulet);
Leonid Yakobson’s ballets Shurale (Chief Matchmaker) and Spartacus (Marcus Crassus);
Prodigal Son (Father) – choreography by George Balanchine;
Anna Karenina (Karenin) – choreography by André Prokovsky;
Manon (Governor) – choreography by Kenneth MacMillan;
Anna Karenina (Kapitonych) – choreography by Alexei Ratmansky;
The Nutcracker (Stahlbaum, Rat Emperor) – production by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov;
and The Golden Age (Sophia’s Father) – choreography by Noah D. Gelber.

Has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet Company to Germany, the Netherlands, China and Hong Kong.