Born in Leningrad.
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 1993.
Joined the Mariinsky Ballet the same year.
Repertoire includes:
La Sylphide (Gurn, Old Man); choreography by August Bournonville, revised version by Elsa-Marianne von Rosen,
Giselle (Hans, the Duke); choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa,
La Fille du Pharaon (The Pharaoh, The Nile); choreography by Marius Petipa reconstructed by Toni Candeloro,
La Bayadère (High Brahmin); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Vladimir Ponomarev and Vakhtang Chabukiani,
Swan Lake (Hungarian Dance, Mazurka, the Prince’s Tutor); choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Raymonda (René de Brienne, Ali, Mazurka, Seneschal); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
The Sleeping Beauty (the King); choreography by Marius Petipa, revival of the 1890 production, staging by Sergei Vikharev,
The Sleeping Beauty (the King); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Don Quixote (Don Quixote, Lorenzo, Fandango); choreography by Alexander Gorsky after motifs of the composition and choreography by Marius Petipa (Fandango staged by Fyodor Lopukhov),
Michel Fokine's ballets Pétrouchka (Sorcerer, Coachman), Schéhérazade (Shakhriar),
Le Sacre du printemps; choreography by Millicent Hodson after motifs of the choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky,
Les Noces (The Groom Father); choreography by Bronislava Nijinska,
George Balanchine’s ballets Prodigal Son (Father) and La Valse,
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Ghirei, Prince Adam, Cracovienne, Head of the Guard, Polish Noblemen); choreography by Rostislav Zakharov,
Romeo and Juliet (Tybalt, Lorenzo, Montagues, Capulet, Escalus, Capulet Servants); choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky,
Leonid Yakobson’s ballets Shurale (Head Matchmaker, Matchmakers), The Bedbug (Mayakovsky) and Spartacus (Marcus Crassus, Customer),
Marguerite and Armand (the Duke); choreography by Frederick Ashton,
Yuri Grigorovich's ballets The Legend of Love (the Vizier) and The Stone Flower (An Old Gypsy Man),
Anyuta (His Excellency); choreography by Vladimir Vasiliev,
The Nutcracker (Herr Stahlbaum, Rat Emperor); production by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov,
Anna Karenina (Steve), Cinderella (Cinderella’s Father),
The Bronze Horseman (the Dutch Ambassador); choreography by Yuri Smekalov,
and Bambi (the Old Leader); choreography by Anton Pimonov,
Renard, Mavra; choreography by Maxim Petrov.
Repertoire also includes:
Reflections; choreography by Indra Reinholde,
The Meek One (Officer); choreography by Donvena Pandoursky
and dances in the operas Ruslan and Lyudmila (Lezginka), La traviata (Spanish Dance), Mazepa (First Cossack), The Queen of Spades (Dance Master), Betrothal in a Monastery (Bolero) and The Nose (Kovalyov’s Double).