Benois Center

CURRENT POSITION:
1991 to present: Founder and General Director International Ballet Prize Benois de la Danse.
Maître de ballet, Moscow Musical Stanislavsky Theatre.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
1977—1996: Maître de ballet, Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.
1960—1977: Dancer, Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.
1956—1960: Dancer, State Choreographic ensemble “Berezka”.

EDUCATION:
1946—1953: Student at the Moscow Ballet Academy.
1954—1957: Student of Art History at the Moscow State University.

AWARD:
2002: Honored figure in art of the Russian Federation.
1997: Medal of veteran.
1997: Medal “850 years City of Moscow”
1976: Medal for excellence in work of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR

MEMBERSHIPS:
Theatrical Union of Russia
Senior secretary of the International Union of Choreography

CURRENT POSITION:
1991 to present: Co-Founder and Artistic Director International Ballet Prize Benois de la Danse

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
1983—1997: Chief of Repertory and Artistic Programming department, Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.
1963—1983: Dancer, Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre of Russia.
1967—1993: Translator of French literature into Russian. Works included 15 novels and short stories of Prosper Merime, Maurice Druon, Hervé Bazin, Bernard Clavel, Alexandre Dumas, Georges Simenon, Françoise Sagan and others.

EDUCATION:
1954—1963: Student at the Moscow Ballet Academy.

AWARD:
1976: Medal for excellence in work of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of the USSR

MEMBERSHIPS:
Writers Union of Russia
Theatrical Union of Russia
Secretary of International Union of Choreography