Born in Leningrad. Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2000 (Class of Professor Selyutsky). Joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 2000.
Repertoire includes: Youth (La Sylphide); Grand pas (La Bayadere); Mazurka, Hungarian Dance (Swan Lake); Variation, Four Youths (Raymonda); Fandango (Don Quixote); Fokine?s Nocturne, Mazurka, Seventh Waltz (Chopiniana), Ivan Tsarevich (The Firebird), First Organ-Grinder (Petrouchka); Groom (Les Noces); Vaslav, Youth (The Fountain of Bakhchisarai); Paris, Romeo (Romeo and Juliet); Friend of Ferkhad (The Legend of Love); Guide (The Young Lady and the Hooligan); Balanchine?s The Four Temperaments, Diamonds (Jewels), Soloist ( Serenade), La Valse; John Neumeier?s Now and Then; Alexei Ratmansky?s Winter (Cinderella); Ratmansky?s Middle Duet; French Bridegroom (The Magic Nut, staged by Mihail Chemiakin and choreographed by Donvena Pandoursky)and the Waltz (from the opera A Life for the Tsar).