Sergei Popov
Born in Leningrad.
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2000 (Class of Professor Selyutsky).
Joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 2000.
Repertoire includes:
La Sylphide (Youth);
La Bayadère (Grand pas);
Le Reveil de Flore (Apollon), revival of the 1894 production;
Swan Lake (Mazurka, Hungarian Dance);
Raymonda (Variation, Four Youths);
Don Quixote (Fandango);
Fokine´s Chopiniana (Nocturne, Mazurka, Seventh Waltz), The Firebird (Ivan Tsarevich), Petrouchka (First Organ-Grinder);
Les Noces (Groom);
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Vaslav, Youth);
Paris, Romeo (Romeo and Juliet);
The Legend of Love (Friend of Ferkhad);
The Young Lady and the Hooligan (Guide);
Balanchine´s The Four Temperaments, Jewels (Diamonds), Serenade (Soloist), La Valse;
John Neumeier´s Now and Then;
Alexei Ratmansky´s Cinderella (Winter);
Ratmansky´s Middle Duet;
The Magic Nut (French Bridegroom), staged by Mihail Chemiakin and choreographed by Donvena Pandoursky;
Donvena Pandoursky´s Le Sacre du Printemps (Praying Mantis);
and the Waltz (from the opera A Life for the Tsar).