Ivan Vasiliev

Ivan Vladimirovitch Vasiliev, born in 1989, is a Russian ballet dancer. He is already regarded as one of the world's greatest dancers as wells as one of the most famous male ballet dancers despite being only 30 years old. International guest star Ivan Vasiliev is constantly on the go, from Moscow to Milan to New York. He is a principal guest performer with the Bolshoi Ballet in addition to being a principal with the Mikhailovsky Ballet and American Ballet Theatre.

Ivan attended the Dnepropetrovsk Ballet School in Ukraine before transferring to the Belarus State Ballet School in Minsk, where he graduated in 2006. In 2006, he was invited to join the Bolshoi Ballet as a soloist, and at the age of 17, he made his debut as Basilio in Don Quixote. In 2010, he was elevated to principal dancer. He became a lead dancer with the Mikhailovsky Ballet in 2011. He has danced with the American Ballet Theatre since 2012, and he is now with the Mikhailovsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg.

At international ballet competitions in Varna, Moscow, and Perm, he has been acknowledged for his artistic prowess. Ivan Vasiliev also won the Triumph Youth Prize, the British Critics Circle National Dance Awards, and the Benois de la Danse Award. He has worked as a choreographer on a few occasions, and his future seems bright.

Born: 1989
Nationality: Russian