Pavel Vitalyevich Dmitrichenko (; born 3 January 1984) is a Russian ballet dancer and formerly a principal dancer of the

Bolshoi Theatre The Bolshoi Theatre ( rus, Большо́й теа́тр, r=Bol'shoy teatr, p=bɐlʲˈʂoj tʲɪˈat(ə)r, t=Grand Theater) is a historic opera house in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové. Before the October Revolutio ...

Biography

Dmitrichenko was born on 3 January 1984 in Moscow into a family of artists, all members of the State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble under the direction of

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. In 2002, he graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography and was accepted into the ballet company of the Bolshoi Theatre. In 2005, he graduated from the Institute of Russian theater. He married his wife Yana while in prison.

Roles

Among the roles he has played are: "Yasha" in the "Golden Age", the "Evil Genius" in "

Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoje ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, links=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failu ...

", "Abderrahmane" in "

Raymonda ''Raymonda'' () is a ballet, grand ballet in three acts, four scenes with an apotheosis, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa to the music of Alexander Glazunov (his Opus number, opus 57) and libretto by Lydia Pashkova. ''Raymonda'' was creat ...

", "Spartacus" in "Spartacus", "Jose" in "Carmen Suite", "Tybalt" in "

Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

", "Hans" in "

Giselle ''Giselle'' ( , ), originally titled ''Giselle, ou les Wilis'' (; ''Giselle, or The Wilis''), is a romantic ballet () in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, it was first perfor ...

" and "Ivan" in "

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Prizes and awards

In 2004, Dmitrichenko received the diploma of the International Ballet Competition in

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Sergei Filin acid attack case

Dmitrichenko was arrested on 5 March 2013 in relation to the attack, of 17 January 2013, on the artistic director of the Bolshoi,

Sergei Filin Sergei Yurevitch Filin (; born 27 October 1970) is a Russian ballet dancer and the former artistic director of the Bolshoi Theater from 2011 through 2016. He is currently the Director of the Young Artists Ballet Program at the Bolshoi Theatre. ...

. According to the police an unknown assailant doused acid on the face of Filin. On 5 March, Dmitrichenko's home was searched. According to Moscow police, on 6 March, all three detainees wrote a confession. On 3 December 2013, Dmitrichenko was given a six-year prison sentence for his role in the attack. In March 2014, the conviction from December 2013 was canceled. The case was then reviewed. At the retrial the court refused Dmitrichenko's request to call witnesses in his defense and rendered a verdict quickly with the prosecution, resulting in a sentence of 5½ years, six months less than the original 2013 sentence. Dmitrichenko was granted an early release from prison due to good behavior in May 2016 after serving 3 years of his sentence. Following a chance meeting with the Bolshoi's new artistic director, Makhar Vaziev, Dmitrichenko was granted a building pass and returned to the Bolshoi for morning practice routines only. General director Vladimir Urin stated after Dmitrichenko's release that the dancer could audition to rejoin the company provided there was an opening and provided he proved himself as an artist. In April 2018 the opera company of the Bolshoi Theater elected him as chairman of the creative trade union of BT workers.Оперная труппа Большого театра позвала бывшего заключенного возглавить профсоюз
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References

External links

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Biography page at Bolshoi website (in Russian)
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