Principal Dancer
Artemy
Belyakov
Artemy Belyakov

Born in Tver. In 2010 graduated from The Moscow State Academy of Choreography (class of Ilya Kuznetsov) and joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company. At the beginning of the 2019/20 season he was promoted to the principal dancer.
Rehearsed with Mikhail Lavrovsky and Valery Lagunov. Currently works under the supervision of Alexander Vetrov.

In 2015, graduated from the Moscow Academy of Choreography (class of Mikhail Lavrovsky) with distinction as a ballet master. 

Awards

The 2nd prize of the Competition of Young Ballet Dancers, held within the framework of the 1st All-Russian Forum "Ballet XXI Century", dedicated to the centenary of the birth of Galina Ulanova (Krasnoyarsk)

2010
Léonide Massine Prize in the “Dancer of the Year on the International Stage” nomination (Positano, Italy)
2014

The Ballet Magazine "Soul of Dance" Prize in the "Star" nomination

2022
Repertoire
2023
2022
Repertoire

2010

Final Waltz and Apotheosis (The Nutcraker by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
Part in the ballet (“Rubies” music by I. Stravinsky, choreography by G.Balanchine)

2011

Part in the ballet (Class Concert to music by A. Glazunov, A. Lyadov, A.Rubinstein, D. Shostakovich, choreography by A. Messerer)
Part in the ballet (Serenade to music by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by G.Balanchine)
Albert, a friend to Phoebus (Esmeralda by C. Pugni, choreography by M.Petipa, version by Y. Burlaka, V. Medvedev)
Grand pas (Raymonda by A. Glazunov, choreography by M. Petipa, version by Y. Grigorovich)
Soloist (The Symphony of Psalms to music by I. Stravinsky, choreography by J. Kylian)
Pages of Lilac Fairy's Suite, Foreign Prince/Princes seeking Aurora's hand in marriage (The Sleeping Beauty by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by M.Petipa, version by Y. Grigorovich)

2012

Waltz (Swan Lake by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by M. Petipa, L. Ivanov, A.Gorsky, second version by Y. Grigorovich)
Policeman/ Policemen (Cipollino by K. Khachaturyan, choreography by G.Mayorov)
Friend/ Friends to Juliet (Romeo and Juliet by S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
Soloist/ “Diamonds” (Jewels, choreography by G. Balanchine, part III to music by P. Tchaikovsky) — participated in the premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre
Beranger
(Raymonda)
Soloist/ Four couples (Classical Symphony to music by S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Possokhov)
Fisherman (La Fille du Pharaon by C. Pugni, choreography by P. Lacotte after M. Petipa)
Soloist/ Duet (Dream of Dream to music of S. Rachmaninov, choreography by J. Elo)
Broom, Comb (Moidodyr by E. Podgayts, choreography by Y. Smekalov)
creation
French Doll (The Nutcracker)

2013

Grand pas (La Bayadere by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, version by Y. Grigorovich)
The Evil Genius (Swan Lake)
James (La Sylphide by H.S. Levenskiold, choreography by A. Bournonville, version by J. Kobborg)
Friend/ friends to Marco Spada (Marco Spada to music by D.-F.-E. Auber, choreography by P. Lacotte after J. Mazilier) — participated in the premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre
Prince Frederici, The Groom
(Marco Spada)

2014

The Nutcracker-Prince (The Nutcracker)
Blue Bird (The Sleeping Beauty)
Antoine Mistral (The Flames of Paris by B. Asafyev, choreography by A.Ratmansky, using the choreography by V. Vainonen)
Lensky (Onegin to music by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by J. Cranko)
De Grieux (Lady of the Camellias to music by F. Chopin, choreography by J.Neumeier)
Baptista (The Taming of the Shrew to music by D. Shostakovich, choreography by J.-C. Maillot) — creation (the world premiere)
Friend/ friends to Ferkhad
(A Legend of Love by A. Melikov, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)

2015

Soloist/ Two couples (Classical Symphony)
Student (Anyuta to music by V. Gavrilin, choreography by V. Vasiliev)
Figment of imagination/ Seven Claudiuses (Hamlet to music by D.Shostakovich, choreography by R. Poklitaru, director D. Donnellan)
participated in the world premiere
Soloist (two leading couples)
/ “Emeralds” (Jewels, part I music by G. Faure)
debuted on the Bolshoi Ballet tour to Hong Kong
Grushnitskу
(A Hero of Our Time by I. Demutsky, choreography by Y.Possokhov, director K. Serebrennikov, “Princess Mary” part)
Soloist/ the leading couple (Classical Symphony)
Pechorin (A Hero of Our Time, part “Taman”)
Gaston Rieux (Lady of the Camellias)

2016

Soloist/ the leading couple (Frank Bridge Variations to music by B. Britten, choreography by H. van Manen)
Solor (La Bayadere)
Tybalt (Romeo and Juliet)
Pas d’Esclaves (Le Corsaire by A. Adam, choreography by M. Petipa, version by A. Ratmansky, Y. Burlaka) — debuted on the Bolshoi Ballet tour to London

2017

Romeo (Romeo and Juliet, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
Soloist/ Grand pas des eventails (Le Corsaire)
Principal Dancer/ principal dancers (Etudes to music by C. Czerny, choreography by H. Lander)
Ballet Dancer (The Bright Stream by D. Shostakovich, choreography by A.Ratmansky)
Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake)
Soloist/ Couple in Black (Forgotten Land to music by B. Britten, choreography by J. Kylián)
Crassus (Spartacus by А. Khachaturyan, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
Romeo (Romeo and Juliet, choreography by A. Ratmansky)
"Grand Gala" scene (Nureyev by I. Demutsky, choreography by Y. Possokhov, director K. Serebrennikov)

2018

Vronsky, Levin (Anna Karenina to music by P. Tchaikovsky, A. Shnitke, Cat Stevens / Y. Islam, choreography by J. Neumeier)
Frantz (Coppelia by L. Delibes, choreography by M. Petipa, E. Cecchetti, version by S. Vikharev)
Soloist (the leading couple)/ “Diamonds”
Lord Wilson/ Taor (La Fille du Pharaon)
Jean de Brienne (Raymonda)
Jose (Carmen Suite to music by G. Bizet- R. Shchedrin, choreography by A.Alonso)
Basilio (Don Quixote by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, А. Gorsky, second version by А. Fadeyechev)

2019

Prince Desire (The Sleeping Beauty)
Ferkhad (A Legend of Love)
Leading soloist (Symphony in C to music by G. Bizet, part II, part I, choreography by G. Balanchine)
Count Albrecht (Giselle by A. Adam, choreography by J. Coralli, J. Perrot, M.Petipa, version by A. Ratmansky) — creation

2020

Leading soloist (The Ninth Wave to music by M. Glinka and N. Rimsky-Korsakov, choreography by B. Arias, programme “Four Characters in Search of a Plot") — participated in the world premiere
Leading soloist
(Silentium to music by A. Pärt, choreography by M. Chaix, programme “Four Characters in Search of a Plot")

2021

Conrad (Le Corsaire)
Elizabeth I/ Shelmerdine (Orlando to music by E. Elgar, P. Glass, L. Auerbach and E. Kats-Chernin, choreography by Ch. Spuck)
Trigorin (The Seagull by I. Demutsky, choreography by Y. Possokhov, director A. Molochnikov) — creation (the world premiere)
Woland
(Master and Margarita to music by A. Schnitke and M. Lazar, choreogrpahy by E. Clug) — creation (the world premiere)

2023

Ivan the Terrible
(Ivan the Terrible to music by S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y.Grigorovich)
Lucien d’Hervilly, A. Barmin's variation for the ballet Paquita by E.-M. Deldevez (Grand Pas from the ballet Paquita by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Burlaka version)
Marco Spada (Marco Spada)

He makes successful attempts as a choreographer. Participated in the project by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation “Debut Projects of Young Choreographers’ (2011), presented his works at the concerts of the Youth Ballet Program at the Bolshoi Theatre as part of the “Dance Platform” laboratory of modern choreography, held with the support of the Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2018, with the piece The Festive Overture to the music by D. Shostakovich, he staged a gala concert on the Historic Stage with the stars of the opera world the “Evening at the Bolshoi”, which was dedicated to the end of the World Cup.

In 2022, he staged one-act ballet Les Saisons for the Bolshoi Theatre Ballet Company. 

Tours

Performed in productions at the Sofia Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Participated in several large festivals, including the International Ballet festival “In honour of Ekaterina Maximova” (Chelyabinsk) and the International Festival of Ballet art named after R. Nureyev (Ufa). 

General partner of the Bolshoi Theatre — insurance company «Ingosstrakh»
Privileged sponsor of the Bolshoi Theatre — Tinkoff Bank
Privileged partner of the Bolshoi Theatre — GUM