They are young, talented and obsessed with their profession. Duet on stage and in life. Maria Vinogradova is the leading soloist of the Bolshoi Theater. Her element is lyrical heroines, and in this role she is truly in demand today.
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Ivan Vasiliev - world star ballet Each of his performances, on any continent, is a grandiose event for the public, who idolizes Vasilyev... Most recently, Masha and Ivan had a daughter. But Maria is already in service. December 16 at the Christmas evening “Christmas Ballet Gala” in Kremlin Palace her next premiere is the ballet “Scheherazade”. Who is the partner? Of course, Ivan Vasiliev!
WITHhow many years have you been together?
Ivan: I turned three years old in December.
Is this a lot or a little?
Maria: It depends on which side you look at.
I.: With me - a year or two.
Why such speeds?
I.: Because I am a cheerful person. ( Laughs.)
Each of you had your own personal life, your own career. What brought you together?
M.: Scene. IN Bolshoi Theater we danced together at Spartak, Vanya - main party Spartacus, I am Phrygia, his beloved. Since this all started. ( Smiles.)
In the ballet world, many are fixated on their profession.
I.: This is exactly what I’m struggling with. It's just a ballet, not the whole life. I guess I really realized this when I started a family, when my daughter was born. You come home and you have to be able to switch.
M.: Of course, I want to spend as much time as possible with my little daughter, but I also need to manage everything in my career.
How old is your daughter now?
I.: Five months. For the sake of my daughter, I work a lot and tour a lot.
Sometimes I come home late in the evening, and at five in the morning I have to fly somewhere again. The only thing that gives me strength and makes me pull myself together internally is my daughter and family.
How quickly did you feel that your relationship might end in marriage?
I.: We came together like a puzzle, we immediately felt harmony. From the first week we started dating, it was so easy for us to be together. Now we have multiplied this feeling, we have become a full-fledged family, this cannot but rejoice. True, I looked after Masha for almost a month.
I understand, Ivan, that with your reactivity, a month is an eternity.
I.: For me, an hour is sometimes an eternity, everything is relative.
M.: And it seems to me that this time somehow dragged on slowly.
I.: I was touring all the time then. The courtship was at a distance, I sent Masha parcels and flowers.
M.: Mostly it was flowers.
I.: I remember one day I brought you a box and told you to open it when I was already on the train. I went to Moscow then for literally ten hours.
And you, Masha, of course, liked all this?
M.: Well, what woman doesn’t like it when she is beautifully looked after? ( Smiles.) Maybe these signs of attention were especially dear and valuable, because real feelings arose.
When you dance in a duet, the scene is sure to highlight genuine feelings. Have you already danced together after your daughter was born?
M.: Yes, on November 29 we had Spartak. In fact, being in a position, I set myself the goal of returning to the stage very quickly. I realized for myself that if I go on maternity leave, I will never come back.
Our profession is the work of young people, and if you fall out of the process for a long time, you may not be able to accomplish a lot. So, as soon as the doctors allowed physical activity, I started going to ballet class. This happened a month after giving birth.
Everything moved so quickly that at the beginning of the season I was actively involved in work. It was difficult, of course. Vanya saw my suffering, in the summer he went to the theater with me, gave me a class, helped me get into shape.
I.: I couldn’t convince Masha that I needed to stay at home. I would gladly sit in her place. (Laughs.)
M.: While on maternity leave, I went to performances in which Vanya danced. “Spartak”, “Ivan the Terrible” in the Bolshoi... I flew with him to St. Petersburg, to Novosibirsk, even to Japan. I really wanted to go on stage!
At one time there was a loud story when Ivan Vasiliev, already being the premiere of the ballet and having all possible privileges in the theater, unexpectedly left the Bolshoi. Do you, Vanya, have any desire to go back?
I.: I left, but in fact I didn’t go anywhere. Because a month after “leaving” the theater, I began collaborating with the Bolshoi again as a guest soloist, and I continue to collaborate to this day. I have a lot most interesting projects Worldwide. On this moment The situation with the Bolshoi Theater suits me. I like to come there, dance my favorite ballets, the Bolshoi is my first theater, my home, my beginning, and I feel very comfortable here.
I remember well your first performance at the Bolshoi in 2006. You danced in Basil's Don Quixote, the main male part, the most difficult part, designed for a mature dancer, and you were only seventeen years old at that time! This is a unique case for the Bolshoi Theater; nothing like it has happened either before or since.
M.: Vanya is a unique case in itself. ( Smiles.) I mean his brilliant career. On stage he is honest, he always gives his best - even if there are injuries, he never saves strength. And in life he is as open as on stage.
That's just about strength and energy. Once upon a time, at a creative evening for the ballerina Ulyana Lopatkina, a very dramatic episode occurred. Ivan began to dance a fragment from the ballet “Flames of Paris”, suddenly lost his balance, fell, then started dancing again and, as a result, lost consciousness right on stage. Personally, it was painful and scary for me to watch all this...
I.: Yes, I was dancing then with a temperature of about forty, only behind the scenes I came to my senses, on some bed. They called an ambulance.
Who needs such sacrifices and why?!
I.: Well, I don’t know how to say “no”. ( Smiles.)
Were you scared then?
I.: No, it wasn’t scary. It was a shame.
M.: Not a single artist is immune from this. There are things you can't control on stage. Injuries happen. I had a broken leg. I “broke down” during the rehearsal of a new play. I worked with this fracture for about another week, because the doctors did not see the fracture on the x-ray.
I walked on crutches for a month, then it took a long time to recover. And I had so many premieres planned then! Of course, you need to take care of your health. You need to devote more time to rest. Even Vanya already realized that he needed to take care of himself. I am responsible for the health of our family. I always make sure my husband takes vitamins, gets massages...
One more thing. I remember very well how, before my debut in Don Quixote, just before the start of the performance, I asked Ivan if he was nervous when he appeared on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater for the first time. And Ivan answered self-confidently: “Why worry?” I was quite surprised by this reaction.
I.: Probably it was youthful maximalism, a defensive reaction. I can say that if the excitement disappears before the performance, you can leave the profession.
So you were lying then?
And of course. Or maybe because of the adrenaline I didn’t understand how much I was worried. Now I understand that no matter how much I dance, I get more and more worried. When you grow, when you reach a certain level, responsibility for what you do appears. Every time you go on stage, you must become the best version yourself.
At seventeen you had Don Quixote. Where to grow next?
And you succeeded. You have had a phenomenal career, you are applauded all over the world.
I.: Over the years I have been able to dance in many places. I worked with the best dance companies in New York, London, Munich, Rome... I was Ivan the Terrible, and Spartacus, and the prince in Swan Lake, and the Evil Genius there. I don’t have such a thing that, they say, how is it that you put me as an Evil Genius, and I only want to be a prince. If the role is interesting to me, let it be secondary, what difference does it make? After all, you can go out and dance it so that it becomes the main one!
It's right. It seems to me that you have completely different characters. If Ivan is temperamental and explosive, then Masha is calm, imperturbable...
I.: In some ways we are still similar. For example, both are domestic, such “couch troops”. The biggest thrill is when you can sit at home together and talk...
I know that Masha is a native Muscovite, but Ivan has a rich geography.
I.: Yes, it shook me. I was born in the Primorsky Territory, and studied ballet in Minsk. ( Smiles.)
Why Minsk and not Moscow?
I.: They advised me to have good teachers there. We moved from Vladivostok to Ukraine when I was twelve years old. From there it’s on to Minsk.
I wonder, Vanya, were you told from the very beginning that you have outstanding ballet skills?
I.: At the age of five I already danced a variation from Don Quixote...
...Wow!
I.: So, there was probably potential. I can’t say that everything was easy, but I’ve loved working since childhood.
I didn’t like to idly run around the school, play tag or sit in the computer club, it was simply not interesting to me, and what was the point of all this? I only did what could bring some results. I've always been a leader, even English language learned for this reason. When I came to work under contract in New York, at the American Ballet Theater, I thought: how can it be that I won’t be the life of the party? And I started learning the language. It’s probably in my nature to be the center of attention. ( Smiles.)
Were you invited to the Bolshoi after winning the Moscow International Ballet Competition? In any case, then everyone was talking only about the phenomenal Ivan Vasiliev.
I.: They invited me a little later. Gold medal I received it at a competition in Moscow at the age of fifteen.
M.: By the way, Ivan and I met there for the first time: that year I also became a laureate.
I.: No, we met for the first time earlier, when you came to a concert with us at the Minsk School. Don't you remember? I took part in a one-act production staged especially for me, and Masha danced in The Nutcracker. True, we didn’t meet then.
Why?
I.: I was generally a shy boy. He went on stage, danced, and then remained in his own world. Every time a ballet was performed in the Minsk theater, I was sure to be in auditorium, in the gallery. My school classmates were surprised: “Why do you go to the same production so many times?” But I didn’t understand how you could skip it, the performers are different every time, there’s a lot to learn.
Your older brother Victor also does ballet. Have you followed in his footsteps?
I.: No, rather, he followed mine. It so happened that we started studying together in a folk ensemble, and then I was ahead of him everywhere. I went to Minsk, a year later he arrived. When I came to the Bolshoi, he entered the Moscow Academy of Choreography. Now my brother works at the Bolshoi Theater in a mimance, so there is still only Vasiliev on staff! ( Smiles.) And they called me to the Bolshoi three times.
Did you really have to persuade?!
I.: The first time they called me for a conversation was when I was at a competition in Perm, so I couldn’t come. I won the Perm competition, and they called me a second time, but at that time I had state exams at school. And the third time they actually sent me a train ticket. I met the management, and they immediately offered me to become a soloist.
Usually everyone starts with the corps de ballet.
I.: This happened for the first time at the Bolshoi: seventeen years old, just from school - and immediately became a soloist.
Did you think that all this was in the order of things, or did you perceive it as gifts of fate?
I.: What gifts of fate? I just wanted everything to happen that way. At the age of twenty, I already became the premiere of the ballet, bypassing the position of leading soloist.
With Masha, in this sense, everything is smooth, step by step.
M.: Yes, I went through all the stages at the Bolshoi: from artist of the “second corps de ballet” to leading soloist. First leading role became Anastasia in “Ivan the Terrible”, then “Spartak”, and then new interesting roles.
And Ivan is now also a choreographer. Tell me, when did you feel the need to stage ballets?
I.: Even before dancing. I always want to do something new, otherwise I get bored. Masha constantly heard that I wanted to bet, and then one day she told me: “If you want, bet.” That is, she actually pushed me to realize my dream.
M.: When Vanya composes a ballet, it’s a different story. A person is completely immersed in his own world. He may wake up in the middle of the night, turn on music, start telling me something or even showing me something.
I.: Several of my productions are in the repertoire of the Mikhailovsky Theater, where I serve today.
And on December 31, on the stage of the Hermitage Theater there will be a premiere of my two-act ballet “A Christmas Carol” based on Dickens’ story “A Christmas Carol”, I myself dance the hero named Scrooge.
If Ivan dances on December 31 in St. Petersburg, does that mean you will be celebrating the New Year separately?
I.: I specially scheduled my premiere for sixteen o’clock so that I could then catch the plane to Moscow. So New Year We will definitely meet together!
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Ivan Vasiliev (photo below) - famous artist ballet Initially he performed at the Bolshoi Theater, but then became the premiere at the Mikhailovsky Theater. In 2014 he received the title of the Russian Federation. Recently he made his debut as a choreographer with the play “Ballet No. 1”. The article will describe short biography artist.
Childhood
Ivan Vasiliev was born in 1989 in the village of Tavrichanka (Primorsky Territory). The boy's father was a military man, and the family often had to move. Soon Vasilyev Sr. was transferred to Dnepropetrovsk. Ivan spent his childhood years there. At the age of four, he went with his older brother and mother to an audition for a folk ensemble for children. Initially, only my brother wanted to take up dancing, but the future artist showed such interest in it that the teachers enrolled him too.
Studies
At the age of seven, the boy saw a ballet performance. Ivan immediately fell in love with this type art. He transferred from folk ensemble to a choreographic school, and then began to study classical dance in Belorusskoe state college. Vasiliev’s director was the famous choreographer Alexander Kolyadenko. By the way, Ivan was enrolled in college immediately in his third year, since he easily performed elements that his peers did not even know about.
During his studies, Ivan Vasiliev completed an internship at the Belarusian Theater. There the young man played in such productions as “Corsair” and “Don Quixote”. After graduating from college, he went to Moscow.
Ballet
In 2006, Ivan Vasiliev was able to get on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater. It took him four years to achieve this goal. It was during this period that the young man became the premier of the troupe. Vasiliev played the main roles in such performances as “Giselle”, “Petrushka”, “The Nutcracker”, “Don Quixote” and “Spartacus”. Also, together with N. Tsiskaridze, he participated in the project international scale"Kings of Dance"
At the end of 2011, information appeared in the media that the leaders of the Bolshoi Theater and Ivan Vasiliev were moving to St. Petersburg. And it wasn’t even the Mariinsky Theater. Young people got jobs at the Mikhailovsky Theater, whose ratings were low. It turned out that Ivan needed a serious challenge, severe motivation for further growth in his profession.
Periodically, Vasiliev appears on the stage of the American theater. He is also invited to famous enterprise performances. For example, for the opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics (the painting “Natasha Rostova’s First Ball”) and for the “Solo for Two” project, made in contemporary style.
Choreographer
They say that at the moment Ivan is among the highest paid dancers in the world. But Vasilyev is of little interest in this. First of all, ballet for him is an art. Recently, a young man tried himself as a choreographer. The artist staged a performance called “Ballet No. 1”.
Ivan Vasiliev: personal life
As soon as the young man moved from Belarus to Moscow, he met Natalya Osipova, who worked as a dancer. Together they reached the highest ranks in the theater - premiere and prima. Natalya and Ivan became a couple not only on big stage, but also in real life. Their friends had been waiting for the dancers’ wedding for many years, but in the end Osipova and Vasiliev broke up.
Soon the hero of this article met at the Bolshoi Theater new love. She turned out to be a ballerina. She danced with Ivan in the production of “Spartacus”. A spark immediately ran between the young people. It's funny that Vasiliev invited her on her first date to the Bolshoi Theater. True, not to the ballet, but to the opera.
After some time, Ivan proposed to his beloved. Moreover, everything was very romantic: in a room strewn with rose petals, Vasiliev got down on his knee and handed Maria a ring from a famous jewelry brand. Naturally, the girl could not resist and agreed. The wedding took place in June 2015. A year later, the couple had a daughter, Anna.
Ivan Vasiliev - Russian artist ballet, star of the St. Petersburg Mikhailovsky Theater, who previously performed at the Bolshoi Theater, where he was also a premiere. Vasiliev made his debut as a choreographer, presenting to the audience his original performance “Ballet No. 1”.
Ivan was born in the village of Tavrichanka, Primorsky Territory, into the family of a military officer Vladimir Viktorovich Vasiliev. But soon my father was transferred to the Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk, where he passed early years Vasilyeva. When the boy was 4 years old, he, along with his mother and older brother Victor, went to watch a children's folk ensemble. Initially, only his brother planned to go there, but Vanya so zealously showed interest in dancing that the teachers took him too.
Since then, no matter where Ivan Vasiliev studied, he always found himself 2-3 years younger than his classmates. At the age of 7, the boy saw a ballet performance for the first time and fell in love with this art form. From the folk ensemble, Vasiliev went to the Dnepropetrovsk choreographic school, and later studied classical dance at the Belarusian State Choreographic College under the guidance of choreographer Alexander Kolyadenko. Vasilyev was accepted into college immediately as a third-year student: the young man was already free to perform those elements that his peers had not yet even begun.
During his studies, Ivan interned at the National Academic Bolshoi Theater of the Republic of Belarus and performed on stage in productions of “Don Quixote” and “Corsair”. And after college, the young man went to Moscow and won the right to join the troupe himself famous theater on post-Soviet territory.
Ballet
In 2006, a young and talented dancer appeared on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater. It took the artist only four years to bypass the title of leading soloist and become the premier of the ballet troupe. In addition to the main roles in the performances “Spartacus”, “Don Quixote”, “The Nutcracker”, “Petrushka”, “Giselle”, Ivan Vasiliev participated in the international project “Kings of Dance”.
Ivan Vasiliev's dance, according to critics, is distinguished by expression, impulsiveness, and strength. The dancer's jumps to great heights and with hovering look not like an acrobatic sketch, but as a manifestation of emotions, glee and excitement. The performance “Romeo and Juliet” in a chamber production, where Ivan Vasiliev danced the leading roles, was especially loved by the public. The dancers managed to bring to life the tragedy of two lovers on stage. Critics noted Vasiliev’s readiness to experience on stage strong emotions, manifestation of dramatic talent.
And suddenly, at the end of 2011, the news came out like a bolt from the blue: the leaders of the Bolshoi Theater Ivan Vasiliev and Natalya Osipova were moving to St. Petersburg, and not even to the Mariinsky Theater, but to the Mikhailovsky Theater, which at that time was much lower in the ranking.
It turned out that the dancer needed a new serious challenge, tough motivation to grow further. Moreover, in the new dance group the artist was offered roles of dramatic and lyrical content, while in Large repertoire Vasiliev consisted mainly of heroic images.
This focus was primarily due to the artist’s physical characteristics: with average height, Ivan Vasiliev has developed muscles and wide hips, while for lyrical images According to generally accepted canons, an elegant and sophisticated figure is required.
In St. Petersburg, Vasiliev managed to expand the boundaries of his own repertoire and go beyond the confines of one role. At the Mikhailovsky Theater, the artist mastered the roles of Prince Désiré from The Sleeping Beauty, Frondoso from Laurencia, and Solor from La Bayadère.
In addition to the St. Petersburg theater, Vasiliev regularly appears on the stage of the American Ballet Theater, and also participates as a guest artist in enterprise performances, author’s projects - “Solo for Two” in contemporary style and at the opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics in the film “Natasha Rostova’s First Ball”. The last performance was staged by a choreographer, and a prima ballerina danced with Ivan Mariinsky Theater.
The actor is considered one of the highest paid ballet dancers in the world. But this fact young man little interest. Ivan Vasiliev sees ballet primarily as an art and proved this by trying himself as a choreographer. Ivan staged an unusual performance “Ballet No. 1”, in which he tried to show the capabilities of the human body both in solo parts and in duets.
The artist generously shares information about his creative achievements and plans for the future from the pages of the official website. There is also a biography and colorful photos of Ivan Vasiliev, who is a soloist in the leading roles. The dancer posts videos and announcements of new productions on the page in “ Instagram", where there are also family photographs.
Personal life
The dancer’s personal life develops in parallel professional activity. Almost immediately after Ivan Vasiliev moved from Belarus to Moscow, the dancer began a warm relationship with the ballerina Natalya Osipova. The young people together reached the rank of prime minister and prima and became a couple on stage and in life.
Then they went to St. Petersburg together. For many years, acquaintances expected the artists' wedding, but in the end the young people separated. This happened largely due to Natalya’s desire to leave her homeland and go to London. Ivan did not plan to move. Natalya Osipova fulfilled her dream on her own and became the prima of London's The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden.
At the Bolshoi Theater, the dancer met a new love, ballerina Maria Vinogradova. At that time, the girl was the wife of Alexander Savitsky, owner of the Trekhmer company. Vasiliev and Vinogradova danced together in the ballet “Spartak” and immediately felt attracted to each other. For the first date, Ivan invited the girl to the Bolshoi Theater, although to the opera.
Vasiliev proposed to his beloved in a romantic style: the whole room was strewn with fresh rose petals, the young man, like a knight from a novel, got down on one knee and gave Maria an expensive ring from a jewelry brand.
Of course, the girl in love could not resist and agreed. The official wedding ceremony took place in June 2015. And exactly a year later the couple had a daughter, who was named Anna.
Ivan Vasiliev now
Now Ivan Vasiliev continues to collaborate with the Mikhailovsky and Bolshoi theaters. In St. Petersburg, the dancer is engaged in the main roles of the ballets “Corsair”, “Flames of Paris”, performs in Gala concerts of ballet stars, and in Moscow Vasiliev dances in productions of “Ivan the Terrible”, “Bright Stream”. Together with Maria Vinogradova, Ivan Vasiliev makes up the duet of the main characters in the ballet "Giselle".
The couple prepares numbers for solo performances together. At the concert “Stars of Benois de la Danse – laureates for a quarter of a century,” the dancers presented the duet “Memories” to the music of Ludwig van Beethoven.
In May 2018, the artist plans the premiere of the play “The Beginning. Strings. Amadeus" author's project V.I.V.A.T., which will take place on the stage of the Moscow RAMT theater. This is a chamber ballet, the main roles of which will be performed by stars of the Bolshoi Theater.
Parties
- 2006 - “Don Quixote” (Bazil)
- 2008 - “Corsair” (Conrad)
- 2008 - “Spartak” (Spartak)
- 2008 - “Bright Stream” (Peter)
- 2009 - “La Bayadère” (Solor)
- 2010 - “The Nutcracker” (Nutcracker Prince)
- 2010 - “Petrushka” (Petrushka)
- 2011 - “Giselle” (Count Albert)
- 2011 - “Sleeping Beauty” (Prince Desire)
- 2012 - “Laurencia” (Frondoso)
- 2012 - " Swan Lake"(Evil Genius)
- 2012 - “Romeo and Juliet” (Romeo)
- 2015 - “Ivan the Terrible” (Ivan the Terrible)
Ivan Vasiliev was born on September 9, 1989 in the village of Tavrichanka, Primorsky Territory. The boy grew up in the family of a military officer, Vladimir Viktorovich. Soon, his father was transferred to the Ukrainian city of Dnepr, where the young man spent his early years. At the age of four, together with his mother and older brother Victor, he went to audition for a children's folk ensemble. Moreover, initially my brother planned to go there, but Vanya so zealously showed interest in dancing that the teachers took him too.
Since then, no matter where Vasiliev studied, he always found himself 2-3 years younger than his classmates. At seven, the boy saw a ballet performance for the first time and fell in love with this art form. From the folk ensemble he went to the Dnieper Choreographic School, and later studied classical dance at the Belarusian State Choreographic College under the guidance of choreographer Alexander Kolyadenko. By the way, Vasiliev was accepted into the college immediately as a third-year student, since the young man was fluent in performing those elements that his peers had not even started yet.
During his studies, Ivan interned at the National Academic Bolshoi Theater of the Republic of Belarus and performed on stage in such productions as Don Quixote and Corsair. After college, the young dancer went to Moscow, where he sought the right to join the troupe of the most famous theater in post-Soviet territory.
In 2006, a young and incredibly talented dancer Vasiliev appeared on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater. It took him only four years to bypass the title of leading soloist and become the premier of the ballet troupe. In addition to the main parties in such legendary performances, like “Spartacus”, “Don Quixote”, “The Nutcracker”, “Petrushka”, “Giselle”, Ivan, together with Nikolai Tsiskaridze, participated in the international project “Kings of Dance”.
At the end of 2011, the leaders of the Bolshoi Theater, Ivan Vasiliev and Natalya Osipova, moved to St. Petersburg, and not even to the Mariinsky Theater, but to the Mikhailovsky Theater, which at that time was much lower in the ranking. It turned out that the dancer needed a new serious challenge, tough motivation to grow further.
In addition to the St. Petersburg theater, Vasiliev regularly appeared on the stage of the American Ballet Theater, and also took part as a guest artist in famous enterprise performances. For example, in the project “Solo for Two” in contemporary style and at the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Sochi in the film “Natasha Rostova’s First Ball”. The last performance was staged by the amazing choreographer Radu Poklitaru, and prima ballerina of the Mariinsky Theater Svetlana Zakharova danced with Ivan.
On March 1, 2014, the ballet dancer signed an appeal from Russian cultural figures in support of the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and Crimea.
Vasiliev is one of the highest paid ballet dancers in the world. However, this fact interests the young man little. Ivan Vladimirovich sees ballet primarily as art and proved this by trying himself as a choreographer, staging the unusual performance “Ballet No. 1” in 2015. In it, the choreographer tried to show the capabilities of the human body both in solo parts and in duets.
As a guest artist, Vasiliev performed in the role of Jose in the production of Carmen Suite in 2019, and also performed the role of Ferkhad in The Legend of Love.
Awards of Ivan Vasiliev
2004 - Laureate of the International Ballet Competition in Varna (III prize, junior group)
2005 - Laureate of the International Ballet Competition in Moscow (1st prize, junior group)
2006 - Laureate of the Open Competition of Russian Ballet Dancers “Arabesque” in Perm (1st prize and prize of the Korea Ballet Foundation)
2006 - Laureate of the International Ballet Competition in Varna (Special distinction)
2007 - Triumph Prize Youth Grant
2008 - Prize of the magazine “Ballet” “Soul of Dance” in the category “Rising Star”
2008 - National Dance Awards Critics Circle in the Spotlight Award category
2009 - Prize of the International Association of Choreographers “Benois de la dance” for performing the roles of Conrad in “The Corsair” and Philippe in “The Flames of Paris”
2010 - International Ballet Award Dance Open in the category “Mr. Virtuosity”
2011 - National Dance Awards Critics Circle in the category “Best Dancer”
2011 - Grand Prix of the International Ballet Award Dance Open
2011 - Leonid Massine Prize (Positano, Italy)
2014 - Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
Works of Ivan Vasiliev
Repertoire at the Mikhailovsky Theater
2011 - “Sleeping Beauty”, choreographer Nacho Duato - Prince Désiré
2012 - “Laurencia”, choreography by Vakhtang Chabukiani, revised by Mikhail Messerer - Frondoso
2012 - “La Bayadère”, choreography by Marius Petipa, new version by Mikhail Messerer - Solor
2012 - “Don Quixote”, choreography by Alexander Gorsky, new edition by Mikhail Messerer - Basil
2012 - “Swan Lake”, choreography by M. Petipa, L. Ivanov and A. Gorsky, revised by Mikhail Messerer - Evil Genius
2012 - “Romeo and Juliet”, choreographer Nacho Duato - Romeo
2013 - “Flames of Paris”, choreography by Vasily Vainonen, new edition by Mikhail Messerer - Philip
2014 - " A futile precaution", choreography by Frederick Ashton, production by Mikhail Messerer and Michael O'Hair - Colin
2014 - “Class Concert”, choreography by Asaf Messerer, staged by Mikhail Messerer - Soloist - first performer
2014 - “Halt of the Cavalry”, choreography by Marius Petipa, revised by Pyotr Gusev - Pyotr
2015 - “Corsair”, choreography by Marius Petipa, staged by Mikhail Messerer - Conrad
Repertoire at the Bolshoi Theater
2006 - “Don Quixote”, choreography by Alexander Gorsky, revised by Alexey Fadeechev - Basil
2006 - “A Vain Precaution”, choreography by Frederick Ashton, production by Alexander Grant - Colin
2007 - “La Bayadère”, choreography by Nikolai Zubkovsky - Golden God
2007 - “Misericordes”, choreographer Christopher Wheeldon - Soloist
2007 - “Corsair”, choreography by Marius Petipa, production and new choreography by Alexei Ratmansky and Yuri Burlaka - Slave Dance - first performer
2007 - “Spartak”, choreographer Yuri Grigorovich - Three Shepherds
2007 - “Class Concert”, choreography by Asaf Messerer - Soloist - first performer
2008 - “Corsair”, choreography by Marius Petipa, production and new choreography by Alexei Ratmansky and Yuri Burlaka - Conrad
2008 - “The Flames of Paris”, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky using choreography by Vasily Vainonen - Philip
2008 - “Spartak”, choreographer Yuri Grigorovich - Spartak
2008 - “Bright Stream”, choreographer Alexei Ratmansky - Peter
2009 - “La Bayadère”, choreography by Marius Petipa, revised by Yuri Grigorovich - Solor
2009 - “Esmeralda”, choreography by Agrippina Vaganova - Actaeon - first performer
2010 - “The Nutcracker”, choreographer Yuri Grigorovich - The Nutcracker Prince
2010 - “Young Man and Death”, choreographer Roland Petit - Young Man - first performer
2010 - “Petrushka”, choreography by Mikhail Fokin, revised by Sergei Vikharev - Petrushka
2011 - “Raymonda”, choreography by Marius Petipa, revised by Yuri Grigorovich - Abderakhman
2011 - “Lost Illusions”, choreographer Alexei Ratmansky - Lucien - first performer
2011 - “Giselle”, edited by Yuri Grigorovich - Count Albert
2013 - “Coppelia”, choreography by Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti, revised by Sergei Vikharev - Franz
2015 - “La Sylphide”, choreography by August Bournonville, edited by Johan Kobborg - James
2015 - “Ivan the Terrible”, choreographer Yuri Grigorovich - Ivan the Terrible
Tour
Anniversary concert in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Perm State Choreographic School in Perm
XX International festival ballet in Havana, pas de deux from the ballet “Flames of Paris” and pas de deux from the ballet “Don Quixote” with Natalia Osipova
Gala concert “Today’s Stars and Tomorrow’s Stars” (pas de deux from the ballet “Flames of Paris” with Natalya Osipova), which concluded IX international competition students ballet schools Youth America Grand Prix, founded by former artists Bolshoi Ballet Gennady and Larisa Savelyev
Basil in the Mikhailovsky Theater's play "Don Quixote" (Kitri - Irina Perren)
Gala concerts in Kazan that concluded the International Festival classical ballet named after Rudolf Nureyev (pas de deux from the ballet “Flames of Paris”, partner - Natalya Osipova)
Gala concert on the stage of the Lyon Amphitheater (variations and coda from the ballet “Don Quixote”, pas de deux from the ballet “Flames of Paris”, partner - Natalya Osipova)
As part of the First Siberian Ballet Festival - Basil in the performance of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater “Don Quixote” (with Natalya Osipova) and Albert in the ballet “Giselle” (Giselle - Natalya Osipova)
The role of Solor in the ballet “La Bayadère” (staged by Igor Zelensky) at the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater (Nikia - Natalya Osipova)
The role of Albert in the ballet “Giselle” (edition by Nikita Dolgushin) with the troupe of the Mikhailovsky Theater in St. Petersburg (Giselle - Natalya Osipova)
Basil's role at the Second Siberian Ballet Festival in the performance of the Novosibirsk State academic theater opera and ballet “Don Quixote” (Kitri - NGATOB soloist Anna Zharova)
Participant in the second series of the Ardani Artists agency project “Kings of Dance” (performed the miniature “Vestris” (choreography by Leonid Yakobson) and a part in the ballet “For 4” (choreography by Christopher Wheeldon)
The role of Frederi in the ballet Le Arlesienne (choreography by Roland Petit) in Rome with ballet troupe roman opera
Guest soloist of the American Ballet Theater in performances on the stage of the New York Metropolitan Opera: Peter in the ballet “Bright Stream” (Zina - Xiomara Reyes) and Franz in the ballet “Coppelia” revised by F. Franklin (Swanilda - Xiomara Reyes)
Guest artist of the English National Ballet in performances on the stage of the London Coliseum: Romeo in Frederick Ashton's ballet "Romeo and Juliet" (Juliet - Natalia Osipova) and the Youth in Roland Petit Petit's ballet "Young Man and Death" (partner - Zhi Jang)
Gala concerts in Buenos Aires on the stage of the Coliseo Theater with Natalia Osipova: pas de deux from the ballet Don Quixote and Serenade (choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti)
As part of the Fifth Siberian Ballet Festival with the Novosibirsk Theater troupe: Spartacus (Phrygia - NGATOB soloist Anna Zharova) and Solor in the ballet “La Bayadère” (Nikia - NGATOB soloist Anna Odintsova).
Guest soloist (Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg): Prodigal son in the ballet “Prodigal Son” (choreography by George Balanchine); A young man in the ballet “Young Man and Death” (choreography by Roland Petit) (partner - soloist of the Mariinsky Theater Victoria Tereshkina); Basil in the ballet “Don Quixote” (Choreography by Alexander Gorsky (1902) based on the play by Marius Petipa) (Kitris - soloist of the Mariinsky Theater Anastasia Matvienko)
The role of Solor in the ballet “La Bayadère” (staged by Natalia Makarova) in Moscow with the ballet troupe of the Moscow Musical Theater. K. S. Stanislavsky and Vl. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko (Nikia - MAMT soloist Anna Ol, Gamzatti - MAMT soloist Oksana Kardash).
Guest soloist (La Scala, Milan): The Phantom of the Rose in the ballet “The Vision of the Rose” (choreography by Mikhail Fokine); Rubies in the ballet Jewels (choreography by George Balanchine)
He was told that his legs were too short and thick
This dancer was seen even by those who have never been to musical theater: He recently starred in a video for singer Valeria. And before that, Ivan performed at the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Sochi: a dancer in a hussar mantle performed several of his signature jumps.
It was the uniquely high flights on the verge of a stunt that became the calling card of this artist. Incredible male charisma makes him called a genius, Mr. Testosterone, a brutal macho. The halls on Vasiliev are sold out months in advance. One producer admitted that Ivan’s fees are so high that for a couple of tours he earns enough to buy an apartment in St. Petersburg.
The most interesting thing is that Vasiliev achieved world fame without having a ballet figure at all. Back in the Dnepropetrovsk Choreographic School (he, a native of the Primorsky Territory, came to Ukraine because of his military father), and then at the Minsk School, “well-wishers” warned the guy that he had short stature, short and thick legs and that such a “clumsy” person would not have a career in ballet. Although “little” Ivan always studied with guys two or three years older than himself and at the same time surpassed them in technology.
Yes, compared to other ballet stars, Ivan is squat and stocky. Some strict supporters of ballet even believe that the roles of Princes in white tights, where the lines of the figure should be refined, are contraindicated for it. However, Ivan’s hurricane energy and charm, and especially his phenomenal jumping and flying, make you forget about the artist’s physique.
Vasiliev has no shortage of self-confidence. Having quickly taken leading positions at the Bolshoi Theater, he left there six years later - to the Mikhailovsky Theater. But at the Bolshoi he is still a welcome guest today - he appears as a guest star. In addition, 27-year-old Vasiliev does not hide his ambitions as a choreographer: he staged several numbers and an entire performance.
As for the star’s personal life, Ivan’s heart always belongs to talented ballerinas. After a high-profile affair and separation from Natalya Osipova, he married another star, Maria Vinogradova, and she gave birth to his daughter a year ago...