Leonid Sarafanov

• Prize-winner at the International Ballet Dancers’ Competition in Seoul (2004)
• Prize-winner at the IX International Ballet Dancers’ Competition in Moscow (1st place and Gold Medal, 2001)
• Prize-winner at the International Ballet Dancers’ Competition in Paris (1st place and Gold Medal, 2000)
• Prize-winner at the International Rudolf Nureyev Ballet Dancers’ Competition in Budapest (2nd place and Silver Medal, 2000)
• In 2006 he was awarded the International Benois de la Danse Prize, as well as Ballet magazine’s “Spirit of Dance 2006” prize in the category “Star”.

Born in Kiev. In 2000 he graduated from the Kiev State School of Choreography and the same year he became a soloist with National Ballet of Ukraine. With that company he performed a variety of roles including James (La Sylphide), Albrecht (Giselle), the Grand pas from Paquita, Désiré, Bluebird (The Sleeping Beauty), Siegfried (Swan Lake), the Prince (The Nutcracker), Basilio (Don Quixote), Pètrouchka (Pètrouchka) and Escamillo (Carmen Suite).

He joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company in 2002.

Repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre includes:
La Sylphide (James);
Giselle (Albrecht);
Pas de deux from the ballet The Flower Festival in Genzano – choreography by Auguste Bournonville;
Le Corsaire (Ali, Lankedem);
La Bayadère (Solor);
The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Désiré);
Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried);
Don Quixote (Basilio);
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo, Mercutio);
ballets by George Balanchine Symphony in C (III Movement), Theme and Variations, The Four Temperaments, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Jewels (Rubies) and Tarantella;
Etudes (Soloist) – choreography by Harald Lander;
The Nutcracker (Prince) – production by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov;
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude – choreography by William Forsythe;
Ondine (Matteo) – choreography by Pierre Lacotte;
Farewell to the Jungle – choreography by Olga Vorobieva to music by the group Stamp ;
The Little Humpbacked Horse (Ivan the Fool) – choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
and Flight of Angels (Soloist) – choreography by Edwaard Liang.

First performer of the role of Matteo (Ondine, choreography and staging by Pierre Lacotte, 2006).

In 2006 he made his debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in Pierre Lacotte’s version of the ballet La Sylphide (as James).

He has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet Company to Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, the USA and China.

 

Upcoming performances:
19 September The Little Humpbacked Horse

Changes to the playbill

Today Thu, 2 Sep 2010

Changes to the playbill

Information for audiences:

The concert featuring Nikolaj Znaider as listed on the playbill for 4 October will now take place on 1 October.
Tickets may be returned to the theatre’s box-offices

On 24 October, instead of the planned performance of the opera Duke Bluebeard’s Castle and an evening of piano music, at 15.00, the Mariinsky Theatre will now be staging a premiere of the opera Věc Makropulos (The Makropoulos Affair).
Tickets may be returned to the theatre’s box-offices

On 28 October, the opera Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Mariinsky Theatre will now commence at 18.00 and not at 19.00 as previously announced.
Tickets remain valid

On 29 October at the Mariinsky Theatre, instead of a recital there will be a concert performance of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera The Tsar’s Bride featuring Olga Borodina as Lyubasha.
Tickets remain valid

The performance of the ballet La Sylphide at the Mariinsky Theatre, previously planned for 30 October, has been moved to 31 October, starting at 19.00.
ickets may be returned to the theatre’s box-offices

The performance of the opera Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Mariinsky Theatre, previously planned for 31 October, has been moved to 30 October, starting at 17.00.
ickets may be returned to the theatre’s box-offices

The management would like to offer its apologies