Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lopatin (russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Лопатин; born 4 May 1984) is a Russian
principal dancer
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with the
Bolshoi Ballet
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.
Vyacheslav Lopatin was born in
Voronezh
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,
Russia
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, and studied at the Voronezh Choreographic College, after which he apprenticed at the
Moscow Choreographic Academy
The Moscow State Academy of Choreography (russian: Московская государственная академия хореографии), commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of ball ...
. In 2003 he joined the Bolshoi Ballet, where he presently works under the tutelage of
Boris Akimov
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.
He was promoted to the rank of first soloist in October 2009, to leading soloist in September 2011 and appointed to the rank of principal dancer in July 2017.
In 2009 Lopatin and
Natalia Osipova
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Early life and training
Born in Moscow, Osipova began ...
received a special prize from the jury of the
Golden Mask award for their partnership in the Bolshoi's production of ''La Sylphide''.
Repertoire
*''
La Sylphide'' (choreography:
Johan Kobborg
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, after
August Bournonville
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): James
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*'']Giselle
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'' (choreography: Vladimir Vasiliev, after Jean Coralli
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and Jules Perrot
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): Albrecht, pas d'action
*''Giselle'' (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot): peasant pas de deuxCoppélia
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'' (choreography: Sergei Vikharev
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Sergei Vikharev was born in Saint Petersburg and trained at the ...
, after Marius Petipa
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and Enrico Cecchetti): Frantz[
*'']Swan Lake
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'' (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
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): Jester
*'' The Sleeping Beauty'' (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Marius Petipa): Prince Désiré, Bluebird
*'' La Bayadère'' (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Marius Petipa): Bronze Idol
*''Don Quixote'' (choreography: Vladimir Vasiliev, after Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky): Basilio
*'' Le Corsaire'' (choreography: Yuri Burlaka Yuri may refer to:
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and Alexei Ratmansky, after Marius Petipa): pas d'esclaves
*'' Esmeralda'' (choreography: Yuri Burlaka and Vasily Medvedev
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, after Marius Petipa): Acteon[
*'']Paquita
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''Paquita'' is the creation of French compo ...
'', grand pas (choreography: Yuri Burlaka, after Marius Petipa): pas de trois
*''La Fille mal gardée
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'' (choreography by Frederick Ashton
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Determined to be a dancer despite the oppositi ...
): Colas, Alain[
*''Marco Spada'' (choreography: Pierre Lacotte): Groom
*'']The Pharaoh's Daughter
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'' (choreography: Pierre Lacotte): Lord Wilson/Taor,
*''The Nutcracker
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'' (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich): Nutcracker Prince, Harlequin[
*'']Romeo and Juliet
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'' (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich): Mercutio
*''The Golden Age
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'' (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich): Compere
*''Anyuta'' (choreography: Vladimir Vasiliev): Modest Alexeyevich
*''Cipollino'' (choreography: Genrikh Mayorov): Cipollino[
*''The Lady of the Camellias'' (choreography: ]John Neumeier
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): Count N. (first interpreter at the Bolshoi)
*''The Bright Stream
''The Limpid Stream'' (russian: Светлый ручей, also translated as ''The Bright Stream'') is a ballet in 3 acts, 4 scenes, composed by Dmitri Shostakovich on the libretto by Adrian Piotrovsky and Fyodor Lopukhov, with choreography by Fy ...
'' (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky): Pyotr, Accordionist
*''Flames of Paris
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'' (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky, after Vasily Vainonen
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): Philippe, Jerome
*''Lost Illusions'' (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky): Lucien
*''Romeo and Juliet'' (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky): Romeo
*''The Taming of the Shrew
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'' (choreography: Jean-Christophe Maillot
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): Gremio (first interpreter)
*''Hamlet'' (choreography: Radu Poklitaru
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): Yorick
*''A Hero of Our Time'' (choreography: Yuri Possokhov): Old Woman/Yanko in "Taman" (first interpreter), Pechorin, in "Princess Mary"
*''Nureyev'' (choreography: Yuri Possokhov): Pupil/Letter to Rudi (first interpreter)
*'' Ondine'' (choreography: Viacheslav Samodurov): the Fugitive
*''The Winter's Tale
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'' (choreography: Christopher Wheeldon
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Born in Yeovil, Somerset, to an engineer and a physical therapist, Wheeldon began training to be a ballet dan ...
): Florizel
*'' Petrushka'' (choreography: Michel Fokine
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): Petrushka[
*'' Études'' (choreography: Harald Lander)
*''Glinka Pas de Trois'' (choreography: ]George Balanchine
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* born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze; ka, გიორგი მელიტონის ძე ბალანჩივაძე; January 22, 1904 (O. S. January 9) – April 30, 1983) was ...
)
*'' Tarantella'' (choreography: George Balanchine)[
*'']Jewels
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'' (choreography: George Balanchine): Emeralds, Rubies (Bolshoi premiere)
*''In the Upper Room'' (choreography: Twyla Tharp
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)[
*''Herman Schmerman'' (choreography: William Forsythe)][
*''Forgotten Land'' (choreography: ]Jiří Kylián
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Jiří Kylián was born in 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to his father Václav who was a banker and to his mother Markéta, who was as a ...
): Couple in Red
*''Class Concert'' (choreography: Asaf Messerer
Asaf Mikhailovich Messerer (Russian: Асаф Михайлович Мессерер, November 19, 1903 - March 7, 1992) was a highly influential Soviet ballet dancer and ballet teacher. He was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. From 1919 until 1921 he tra ...
)[
*''Jeu de cartes'' (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky; Bolshoi premiere)][
*'' Russian Seasons'' (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky): Couple in Yellow, Couple in Claret
*''Misericordes'' (choreography: Christopher Wheeldon; world premiere)][
*''Classical Symphony'' (choreography: Yuri Possokhov)
*''Remanso'' (choreography: Nacho Duato)
*'' Chroma'' (choreography: ]Wayne McGregor
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; Bolshoi premiere)[
*''Faun'' (choreography: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui; Bolshoi premiere)
]
Filmography
*''Coppélia'' (choreography: Sergei Vikharev), Bolshoi Ballet, 2011: as Frantz
References
External links
Lopatin's page on the website of the Bolshoi Theatre (English)
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1984 births
Living people
Bolshoi Ballet principal dancers
People from Voronezh
Recipients of the Golden Mask
Russian male ballet dancers
21st-century Russian ballet dancers