Born in St Petersburg. Graduated from the Perm Ballet School in 1984. Joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 1991.
Repertoire includes: La Sylphide (James); Giselle (Albrecht); La Bayadere (Solor); "Paquita" Grand Pas; The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Desire, Prince Fleur de Pois); The Nutcracker (Prince); Swan Lake (Siegfried); Raymonda (Jean de Brienne); Fokine?s Chopiniana, The Firebird (Ivan Tsarevich); The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Vaslav); Romeo and Juliet (Romeo); The Legend of Love (Ferkhad); Balanchine?s Apollo, Serenade, Symphony in C (1st Movement), Jewels (Emeralds); Robbin?s In the Night; Alexei Ratmansky?s Le Baiser de la Fee (Youth), Le Poeme de l?Extase.