Dmitry Gudanov

Dmitry Konstantinovich Gudanov () is a People's Artist of Russia and principal dancer of Bolshoi Ballet. He retired from the Bolshoi in July 2017.

Early life and awards

Gudanov was born 9 July 1975 in Moscow, Russia. From 1985 to 1994 he attended Moscow Academic Choreography College, a class of Leonid Zhdanov, from which he graduated by 1994. After that, he joined ''Bolshoi Ballet'' and performed in his first act as one of the ''boys'' in the ''La Sylphide'' and in 1995 played a role of a male ''French doll'' in ''the Nutcracker''. In 1996 he won a ''Danse Noble'' prize at the Permian Open Competition for Russian Ballet Dancers and in 1998 received a gold medal at the International Competition for Ballet Dancers in Paris.

Career

In 1999 he appeared in a play called ''Romeo and Juliet'' as ''Mercutio'' and the same year have been seen as ''Count Albrecht'' in ''Giselle''. Also the same year, he played a role of ''James'' in ''La Sylphide'' a play in which he performed five years earlier and was awarded ''Moscow Debuts Festival'' prize. In 2000 he reprised his role in ''the Nutcracker'' as a ''Nutcracker-Prince'' and the same year was awarded ''Soul of Dance'' prize from the Ballet. In 2002 he played a role of ''Colas'' in the ''La Fille mal gardee'' and in 2003 he participated at one of the Notre Dame de Paris operas where he played a role of ''Claude Frollo''. From 1998 to 2002 he played many solo acts and in 1999 was awarded the ''Moscow Debuts Festival'' prize for one of his solo roles.

During the same 2002 and later 2003 he played a ''prince'' in ''the Nutcracker'' with Yelena Andrienko being his partner and with assistance of Canadian Ballet. The same year he appeared in '' Chopiniana'' which was performed in Kazan at the Rudolph Nureyev International Festival of Classical Ballet.

His solo acts were finished for some time, till 2007. In between those years, he appeared as ''Prince Desire'' in the ''Sleeping Beauty'', ''Hermann'' in the Queen of Spades, and ''Prince Siegfried'' in the ''Swan Lake'' all which he played in one year of 2004. In 2005, Gudanov was awarded ''Merited Artist of the Russian Federation'' award and the same year appeared in both as a ''miller'' in the ''Le Tricorne'' and ''Basilio'' in ''Don Quixote''. In 2006, he appeared in a play called ''Cinderella'' as a lovely ''Prince'' and the same year played as ''Solor'' in the ''La Bayadère''. In 2007, he performed an act of a ''teacher'' in ''the Lesson'' and two years later appeared as ''Phoebus'' in Esmeralda.

See also

* List of Russian ballet dancers

References

External links

Page Gudanov's on the website Bolshoi Theatre

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1975 births
Living people
Russian male ballet dancers
Dancers from Moscow
People's Artists of Russia
Bolshoi Ballet principal dancers