Vladimir Shklyarov was born in Leningrad and graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in 2003 (class of Vitaly Afanaskov). He joined the Mariinsky the same year, promoted to principal in 2011. He has toured internationally with the company. At the start of the 2016/17 season, he joined Bavarian State Ballet as a principal, in addition to his position with the Mariinsky. His repertory includes leading roles in the classical, dramatic and contemporary repertories, including in ballets by Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, August Bournonville, John Cranko, Michel Fokine, William Forsythe, Alexander Gorsky, Leonid Lavrovsky, Wayne McGregor, Benjamin Millepied, Angelin Preljocaj, Alexei Ratmansky, Jerome Robbins, Vasili Vainonen and Christopher Wheeldon.
PROGRAMME:
THE YOUNG LADY AND THE HOOLIGAN
Music by Dmitry Shostakovich
Choreography by Konstantin Boyarsky (1962)
Libretto by Alexander Belinsky based on the play of Vladimir Mayakovsky
Performers:
The Young Lady: Maria Shirinkina
The Hooligan: Vladimir Shklyarov
MOZART AND SALIERI (premiere)
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Choreography by Vladimir Varnava
Performers:
Mozart: Vladimir Shklyarov
Salieri: Vladimir Varnava
Performed to recorded music
THE KINGDOM OF SHADES scene from the ballet LA BAYADÈRE
Music by Ludwig Minkus
Choreography by Marius Petipa (1877)
Revised choreography by Vladimir Ponomarev and Vakhtang Chabukiani (1941)
Costumes by Yevgeny Ponomarev
Set Design by Mikhail Shishliannikov
Performers:
Nikia: Viktoria Tereshkina
Solor: Vladimir Shklyarov
The Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Ovsyanikov
Age category 6+
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