Born in Leningrad.
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2005 (class of B. Ya. Bregvadze).
Joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company in 2005; soloist since 2009.
His repertoire includes:
Don Quixote (Basil), choreography by Alexander Gorsky;
Le Corsaire (Ali, Lankedem);
La Sylphide (James, Youths);
Giselle (Classical Duet);
La Bayadère (Dance of the Golden Idol), choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Vakhtang Chabukiani;
Le Réveil de Flore (Zephyr), reconstruction of the 1894 production;
Swan Lake (Friend of the Prince);
Raymonda (Grand pas, Béranger);
Michel Fokine’s Chopiniana (Nocturne, Mazurka, Seventh Waltz), Le Carnaval (Harlequin), Le Spectre de la rose and Pétrouchka (Pétrouchka);
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Polish Youths);
Spartacus (Retiarius, A Dying Slave), choreography by Leonid Yacobson;
Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio, Troubadour), choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky;
George Balanchine’s Prodigal Son (Friends of the Prodigal), Symphony in C (3rd Movement, Soloist), Theme and Variations, Tarantella, Jewels (Emeralds, Rubies) and Piano Concerto No 2;
In the Night, choreography by Jerome Robbins;
Études, choreography by Harald Lander;
The Nutcracker (Fritz), staging by Mihail Chemiakin and choreography by Kirill Simonov;
Alexei Ratmansky's Cinderella (Spring, Hairdressers) and Anna Karenina (Levin);
William Forsythe’s Steptext and In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated;
The Magic Nut (Turkish Suitor), staging by Mihail Chemiakin and choreography by Donvena Pandoursky;
The Overcoat after Gogol (Two Officials);
The Golden Age (Sportsmen), choreography by Noah D. Gelber;
Aria Suspended (Soloist), choreography by Peter Quanz;
The Ring, choreography by Alexei Miroshnichenko;
Without, choreography by Benjamin Millepied.
Has performed in Mariinsky Theatre soloists’ gala concerts in St Petersburg and towns and cities throughout Russia and abroad.
Has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet Company to Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Finland, the USA, the Netherlands, Norway, Italy and Spain.
He has worked with choreographers such as Johnny Eliasen, Gary Chryst, Alexei Ratmansky, Ben Huys, Noah D. Gelber and Peter Quanz.