Viacheslav Samodurov
Viacheslav Samodurov | |
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 With the Golden Mask award, Moscow, April 2015 | |
| Born | Viacheslav Vladimirovich Samodurov 19 May 1974 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Citizenship | Russian Federation |
| Education | Vaganova Academy |
| Occupation(s) | Ballet dancer Choreographer |
| Years active | 1992 to present |
| Employer(s) | Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre |
Viacheslav Samodurov (Russian: Вячеслав Самодуров; born 19 May 1974) is a former Principal dancer of the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden in London. Prior to this, he was a Principal Dancer at the Mariinsky Ballet, St. Petersburg and the Dutch National Ballet, Amsterdam.
Career[edit]
Born in Tallinn in Estonia in 1974, Samodurov trained at the Vaganova Academy in St. Petersburg. Viacheslav joined the Mariinsky Ballet's corps de ballet in 1992. In 1996, he became a soloist, and won the 1st Prize at the Maya International Ballet Competition, St. Petersburg. He relocated to the UK to join the Royal Ballet in 2003,[1] and left the company in 2010.[2]
He is artistic director of the Yekaterinburg Ballet Company since 2011/12 season. He choreographed Amore Buffo after L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti; Cantus Arcticus to the music of Einojuhani Rautavaara; The Salieri Variations to the music of Antonio Salieri; Colordelic to the music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Arvo Pärt and Francis Poulenc; Curtain to the music of Ottorino Respighi; Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet (revision of the ballet mounted for the Royal Ballet of Flanders in 2014), and The Snow Queen by Artyom Vasiliev.[3]
In 2016 he staged Ondine by Hans Werner Henze at the Bolshoi Theatre.[4]
Selected repertoire[edit]
- Solor in La Bayadère
- Conrad in Le Corsaire
- Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
- Prince Désiré in The Sleeping Beauty
- Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake
- Paris in Romeo and Juliet
- The third movement in Symphony in C
- Rubies in Jewels
- Le jeune homme et la mort
Created roles[edit]
- Y. Petukhov's Postscriptum
- A. Ratmansky's Fairy kiss
- A. Ratmansky's Poem of ecstasy
Awards[edit]
- 1996: 1st prize at the Maya International Ballet Competition, St. Petersburg
- 2014: Golden Mask for the production of Salieri Variations, 2013
- 2015: Golden Mask for the production of Colordelic, 2013
- 2016: the prize «Soul of Dance», Moscow
- 2020: Golden Mask for the production of The King's order, 2018
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Bain, David, Viacheslav Samodurov, Principal Dancer, The Royal Ballet, balletassociation.co.uk
- ^ Cappelle, Laura
- ^ Vyacheslav Samodurov // Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
- ^ Ondine // Bolshoi Theatre
External links[edit]
- Vyacheslav Samodurov // Bolshoi Theatre