Ruslan Skvortsov

Ruslan Skvortsov
As Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake. The Bolshoi. 2011
Born	Ruslan Skvortsov 31 January 1980 Yelets, USSR
Citizenship	Russian Federation
Occupation	Ballet dancer
Employer	Bolshoi Theatre

Ruslan Skvortsov (Russian: Руслан Васильевич Скворцов; born 31 January 1980)^[1] is a Russian principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet.

Ruslan Skvortsov was born in Yelets, Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, and trained at the Moscow Choreographic Academy with Vyacheslav Mikhaylov.^[2] Upon his graduation in 1998 he joined the Bolshoi Ballet, where he has worked under the tutelage of Valery Lagunov and Nikolai Fadeyechev. In 2001 he was awarded a bronze medal at the Moscow International Ballet Competition. He was appointed to the rank of principal dancer in October 2009^[3] and was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist of Russia in April 2014.^[4]

Repertoire

• La Sylphide (choreography: Johan Kobborg, after August Bournonville): James
• Giselle (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot): Count Albrecht^[5][6]
• Giselle (choreography: Vladimir Vasiliev, after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot): Count Albrecht
• Giselle (choreography: Ludmila Semenyaka, after Jean Coralli and Julies Perrot): Count Albrecht^[7]
• Coppélia (choreography: Sergei Vikharev, after Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti): Frantz (first interpreter at the Bolshoi)^[8][9][10]
• Swan Lake (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov): Prince Siegfried^[11]
• Swan Lake (choreography: Konstantin Sergeyev, after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov): Prince Siegfried^[12]
• Swan Lake (choreography: Kyozo Mitani and Terry Westmoreland, after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov): Prince Siegfried^[13]
• The Sleeping Beauty (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Marius Petipa): Prince Désiré^[14]
• Raymonda (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Marius Petipa): Jean de Brienne
• La Bayadère (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Marius Petipa): Solor
• Don Quixote (choreography: Alexei Fadeyechev, after Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky): Espada
• Le Corsaire (choreography: Yuri Burlaka and Alexei Ratmansky, after Marius Petipa): Conrad, grand pas des eventails
• Esmeralda (choreography: Yuri Burlaka and Vasily Medvedev, after Marius Petipa): Phoebus (first interpreter at the Bolshoi)^[15][16]
• Paquita, grand pas (choreography: Yuri Burlaka, after Marius Petipa): Lucien d’Hervilly (first interpreter at the Bolshoi)^[17]
• The Pharaoh's Daughter (choreography: Pierre Lacotte): Lord Wilson/Taor, Fisherman
• The Nutcracker (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich): Nutcracker Prince^[18]
• Legend of Love (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich): Ferkhad
• Romeo and Juliet (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich): Romeo
• The Golden Age (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich): Boris
• Notre-Dame de Paris (choreography: Roland Petit): Claude Frollo
• Onegin (choreography: John Cranko): Onegin
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream (choreography: John Neumeier): Demetrius
• The Lady of the Camellias (choreography: John Neumeier): Des Grieux
• The Bright Stream (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky): Ballet Dancer^[19][20]
• Flames of Paris (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky, after Vasily Vainonen): Antoine Mistral (first interpreter),^[21] Marquis de Beauregard,^[22] Louis XVI
• A Hero of Our Time (choreography: Yuri Possokhov): Pechorin, in "Princess Mary" (first interpreter)^[23]
• Chopiniana (choreography: Michel Fokine): Poet
• The Three-Cornered Hat (choreography: Léonide Massine): Miller
• Les Présages (choreography: Léonide Massine): The Hero
• Symphony in C (choreography: George Balanchine): Third Movement soloist, Fourth Movement soloist
• Agon (choreography: George Balanchine): pas de deux
• Carmen Suite (choreography: Alberto Alonso): Don José
• Passacaille (choreography: Roland Petit; Bolshoi premiere)
• Magrittomania (choreography: Yuri Possokhov)
• Misericordes (choreography: Christopher Wheeldon; world premiere)^[24]
• Dream of Dream (choreography: Jorma Elo; world premiere)^[25]

Filmography

• Strictly Bolshoi, Bolshoi Ballet, 2007 (documentary includes a complete performance of Christopher Wheeldon’s Misericordes)
• Flames of Paris (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky), Bolshoi Ballet, 2010: as Antoine Mistral, with Natalia Osipova, Ivan Vasiliev, Nina Kaptsova, Denis Savin, Anna Antonicheva and Yuri Klevtsov
• Swan Lake (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich), Bolshoi Ballet, 2010: as Prince Siegfried,^[26] with Maria Alexandrova and Nikolay Tsiskaridze
• Symphony in C (choreography: George Balanchine), Bolshoi Ballet, 2010: as the Fourth Movement soloist, with Myriam Ould-Braham
• Esmeralda (choreography: Yuri Burlaka and Vasily Medvedev), Bolshoi Ballet, 2011: as Phoebus,^[27] with Maria Alexandrova, Ekaterina Krysanova and Denis Savin
• Le Corsaire (choreography: Yuri Burlaka and Alexei Ratmansky), Bolshoi Ballet, 2012: as Conrad, with Svetlana Lunkina and Nina Kaptsova
• The Bright Stream (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky), Bolshoi Ballet, 2012: as the Ballet Dancer,^[28] with Svetlana Lunkina, Maria Alexandrova and Mikhail Lobukhin
• Raymonda (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich), Bolshoi Ballet, 2012: as Jean de Brienne, with Maria Alexandrova and Pavel Dmitrichenko
• The Pharaoh's Daughter (choreography: Pierre Lacotte), Bolshoi Ballet, 2012: as Lord Wilson/Taor, with Svetlana Zakharova, Nina Kaptsova and Denis Medvedev
• Don Quixote (choreography: Alexei Fadeyechev), Bolshoi Ballet, 2016: as Espada,^[29] with Ekaterina Krysanova, Semyon Chudin and Anna Tikhomirova

References

1. "Skvortsov, Ruslan Vasilyevich". Actors of Russia Database. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
2. "Ruslan Skvortsov". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
3. "news feed for 15 October 2009". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
4. "news feed for 30 April 2014". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
5. Craine, Debra (27 July 2010). "Giselle, at Covent Garden". The Times. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
6. Mackrell, Judith (27 July 2010). "Bolshoi: Serenade/Giselle". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
7. "Teatro San Carlo, il ritorno di Svetlana Zakharova in Giselle". Napoli Post. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
8. "Coppélia premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
9. Jennings, Luke (1 August 2010). "Bolshoi: Coppélia". The Observer. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
10. Brown, Ismene (22 July 2010). "Coppélia, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
11. Citron, Paula. "Bolshoi steps up the dancing in Swan Lake". The Globe and Mail (16 May 2012). Retrieved 1 January 2015.
12. "Swan Lake cast list". Mariinsky Theatre. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
13. "Swan Lake". Asami Maki Ballet. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
14. Stults, Raymond (31 January 2012). "Bolshoi's Corps de Ballet in Top Form in 'Beauty'". Moscow Times. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
15. "Esmeralda premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
16. Stults, Raymond (11 January 2010). "Bolshoi’s ‘Esmeralda’ Production Fails to Inspire". Moscow Times. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
17. "Paquita premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
18. Citron, Paula. "The Original Nutcracker". The Globe and Mail (19 December 2005). Retrieved 1 January 2015.
19. Bochenski, Natalie (10 June 2013). "Collective high jinks in Bolshoi's joyful Bright Stream". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
20. Jones, Deborah (8 June 2013). "Bolshoi's Bright Stream choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky 'superb'". The Australian. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
21. "Flames of Paris premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
22. Brown, Ismene (19 August 2013). "The Flames of Paris, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
23. "A Hero of Our Time premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
24. Stults, Raymond (2 March 2007). "New World Ballet". Moscow Times. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
25. "Dream of Dream premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
26. Macaulay, Alastair (4 July 2011). "One Classic Ballet, Many Interpretations". New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
27. Macaulay, Alastair (11 October 2011). "A Gypsy Love Story, Now With a Happy Ending". New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
28. Macaulay, Alastair (1 May 2012). "Live From Moscow, Adulterers and a Ballerina With a Hairy Chest". New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
29. "Don Quixote cast sheet" (PDF). Fathom Events. Retrieved 14 April 2016.

External links

• Skvortsov's page on the website of the Bolshoi Theatre (English)
• Skvortsov's page on the website of the Bolshoi Theatre (Russian)