Vladimir Shklyarov

Vladimir Shklyarov (Russian: Владимир Шкляров, born 9 February 1985) is a principal dancer of Mariinsky Ballet and a guest principal with the Bayerische Staatsballett and The Royal Ballet.

Vladimir Shklyarov
Solor in La Bayadère, Mariinsky Theatre (2017)
Born (1985-02-09) 9 February 1985
Leningrad, Russia, Soviet Union
EducationVaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
OccupationBallet dancer
SpouseMaria Shirinkina (m. 2013)
Children2
Career
Current groupMariinsky Ballet, Bayerische Staatsballett, Royal Ballet
DancesSwan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, The Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadère

Biography

Vladimir Shklyarov was born in Leningrad, which is now Saint Petersburg. He studied at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet and graduated in 2003, class of Vitaly Afanaskov, and joined the Mariinsky Ballet the same year. He was promoted to principal in 2011.

His repertoire includes James in La Sylphide, Duke Albrecht in Giselle, Solor in La Bayadère, Prince Désiré in The Sleeping Beauty, Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, the Prince in The Nutcracker, Jean de Brienne in Raymonda, Basilio in Don Quixote and Ivan the Fool in The Little Humpbacked Horse. He has also danced the lead roles in the Paquita Grand Pas Classique, Le Spectre de la Rose, Chopiniana and Jewels.

In 2007, he danced the lead role of Zéphyr in the première of Sergei Vikharev's reconstruction of Marius Petipa's one act ballet, The Awakening of Flora. He also danced the lead role of Harlequin in the première of Vikharev's reconstruction of Michel Fokine's ballet, La Carnaval.

In September 2016, Shklyarov and his wife took a one-year sabbatical from the Mariinsky and joined the Bayerisches Staatsballett in Munich, Germany as principals with the invitation of Igor Zelensky, the theater's new artistic director.[1] They returned to Saint Petersburg in 2017, but continue to dance as guests in Munich.

In 2017, Shklyarov joined the Royal Ballet in London as a guest principal after he filled in for Sergei Polunin, who withdrew at the last minute, in Frederick Ashton's Marguerite and Armand.[2]

Personal life
Shklyarov and Maria Shirinkina at the Ravello Festival in The Sleeping Beauty, 2013

Shklyarov is married to fellow Russian ballerina, Maria Shirinkina.[3] In February 2015, two days before his 30th birthday, he became a father for the first time when his wife gave birth to their son, Alexey. In July 2021, the couple's second child, daughter Alexandra was born.

Repertoire

Awards
  • Prize-winner at the XI International Ballet and Choreography Competition, in the category "Solo" (Moscow, 2009, 1st prize)
  • Prize-winner at the Vaganova-Prix International Competition (St. Petersburg, 2002)
  • Holder of the Soul of Dance – 2008 prize, instituted by Ballet magazine, in the category "Rising Star”
  • Holder of the annual Leonid Massine International Prize For the Art of Dance (Positano, Italy, 2008)
  • Holder of the Zegna – Mariinsky New Talent Awards grant (London, 2008)
  • Holder of the DANCE OPEN international ballet prize in the category "Mr Virtuoso" (2014)[4][5]
  • Holder of the BALLET2000 Prize, instituted by BALLET2000 magazine (2016)[6]

References
  1. Jack Devant (1 September 2016). "Igor Zelensky to became director at Bayerisches Staatsballett in 2016". Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. Vladimir Shklyarov Royal Opera House. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. Willis, Margaret (5 May 2013). "Mariinsky Ballet – Giselle (Shirinkina and Shklyarov) – St. Petersburg". Dance Tabs. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  4. Jack Devant (1 May 2014). "Viktoria Tereshkina and Vladimir Shklyarov in Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux". Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  5. Jack Devant (23 July 2014). "Swan Lake, Odile pas de deux, Viktoria Tereshkina and Vladimir Shklyarov". Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  6. "BALLET2000 Prix dedicates Cannes gala to Maya Plisetskaya". Gramilano. 24 July 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
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