Roman Skripkin

Born in Leningrad (St Petersburg).
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 1984.
Joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company the same year.

His repertoire includes:
La Sylphide (Madge, Old Man); choreography by Auguste Bournonville,
Giselle (the Duke),
Le Corsaire (Said Pasha),
La Bayadère (Dugmanta),
The Sleeping Beauty (Carabosse); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Swan Lake (the Prince’s Mentor, Spanish Dance, Mazurka); choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Raymonda (Ali, the Seneshal); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Don Quixote (Don Quixote, Gamache); choreography by Alexander Gzovsky,
Michel Fokine’s ballets The Firebird (Kashchei the Immortal) and Schéhérazade (Shakhezman, Eunuch),
Pétrouchka (the Magician); choreography by Michel Fokine, production by Gary Chryst,
Les Noces (the Bride’s Father); choreography by Bronislava Nijinska,
The Nutcracker (Herr Stahlbaum, Drosselmeyer); choreography by Vasily Vainonen,
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Prince Adam, Ghirei); choreography by Rostislav Zakharov,
Leonid Yakobson’s ballets Spartacus (Chrisogone, Buyer, Mimes), Shurale (Principal Matchmaker) and The Bedbug (Bayan),
Leonid Lavrovsky’s ballets Romeo and Juliet (Escalus, Laurence, Montague) and The Stone Flower (Severian’s Guards),
Cinderella (the Dance Master); choreography by Konstantin Sergeyev,
The Legend of Love (Stranger); choreography by Yuri Grigorovich,
The Prodigal Son (Father); choreography by George Balanchine,
Coppèlia (Franz’ Friends); choreography by Oleg Vinogradov,
The Nutcracker (Drosselmeyer, Kryselieu); production by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov,
The Old Photograph; choreography by Dmitry Bryantsev,
La Fille mal gardèe (Alain),
Alexei Ratmansky’s ballets Cinderella (Cinderella’s Father), Middle Duet, The Little Humpbacked Horse (the Tsar, Old Man) and Anna Karenina (Karenin),
Donvena Pandoursky’s ballets The Meek One (the Angel of Death) and The Magic Nut (Drosselmeyer),
Ondine (Matteo’s Father); choreography by Pierre Lacotte
and dances in the operas Mazepa (First Cossack) and The Queen of Spades (Amour).

Has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet Company to Europe, the USA and Japan.