Sergei Popov

foto by Anastasia Kadruleva

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).