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Member of the Hungarian State Opera since 2021

Education and training:
1980–1987 Vaganova Ballet Academy, Saint-Petersburg
1987–1989 Perm Ballet Academy

Competitions:
1994 III. place – International Ballet Competition „Arabesque”, Perm, Russia
1994 II. place – International Ballet Competition, Paris, France

Awards and distinctions:
2001 ”Best partner” Diploma International Ballet Competition, Kazan, Russia

Professional work:
Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1989-1991 – principal dancer
State Classic Ballet Theatre, Moscow, Russia, 1991-1993 - principal dancer
Tatar State Opera & Ballet Theatre named after Musa Dzhalil, Kazan, Russia, 1993-2002 – principal dancer
Swansea Russian ”Ballet Russe”, United Kingdom, Swansea, 2002-2008 – principal dancer
Hungarian Dance University, Budapest, Hungary, 2011-2021 – ballet teacher
Hungarian National Ballet Institute, Budapest, Hungary 2021-  – character dance teacher

Principal roles:
Marius Petipa/Adolphe Adam: Le Corsaire – Conrad
Marius Petipa/Ludwig Minkus: Bayadere – Solor
Marius Petipa/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Prince
Petipa, Ivanov/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Siegfried, Jester
Petipa, Gorsky/Leo Delibes: Coppelia – Franz
Gorsky/Minkus: Don Quijote – Basil
Grosky/Hertel: La fille mal gardée - Colen
Mayorov/Khachaturian: Chipollino – Chipollino
Nazirova/Fikret Amirov: 1001 Nights – Shahryar
Zaharov/Boris Asafyev: The Fountain of Bakhchisaray - Nurali
Gorsky, Sergeev/Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty – Prince Désiré
Leonid Lavrovsky/Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet – Mercutio
Lavrovsky/Gounod: Walpurgis Night - Satyr

Denis Murujev