Artem Ovcharenko | |
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 As Jean de Brienne (Raymonda), Bolshoi, 2010 | |
| Born | Artem Vyacheslavovich Ovcharenko 31 December 1986 |
| Citizenship | Russian Federation |
| Education | Moscow Choreographic Academy |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Employer | Bolshoi Theatre |
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
| Website | artemovcharenko.com |
Artem Vyacheslavovich Ovcharenko (Russian: Артём Вячеславович Овчаренко; born 31 December 1986) is a Russian classical ballet dancer. He is a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet and a guest artist with the Hamburg Ballet.
Ovcharenko was born on 31 December 1986 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. He began studying ballet at the Dnipropetrovsk State Choreographic School when he was 11 years old.[1] At the age of 17, he entered the Bolshoi Ballet Academy where he participated in the Academy's tours to the U.S., Greece, Germany, China and other countries. He graduated in 2007 and was admitted to the Bolshoi Ballet in the corps de ballet. His mentor was Nikolay Tsiskaridze and within one year he was given the leading role in the ballet The Nutcracker. From 2009 he studied under Nikolai Fadeyechev[2] and since 2016 his repetiteur has been Victor Barykin.
Ovcharenko's repertoire covers most of the classical romantic roles: Romeo, The Prince in The Nutcracker, and Prince Siegfried, as well as leading roles in neoclassical productions such as George Balanchine's Apollo and Jewels, Lady of the Camellias by John Neumeier, Onegin by John Cranko, Lost Illusions by Alexei Ratmansky, and Marco Spada by Pierre Lacotte. With an ever-eager interest in exploring new roles, Ovcharenko has had much success in the contemporary ballets staged at the Bolshoi, such as Chroma by Wayne McGregor, Classical Symphony by Yuri Possokhov, and The Taming of the Shrew by Jean-Christophe Maillot.
Ovcharenko has participated in the Bolshoi Ballet tours to Asia, Europe and Americas, and he is a welcome guest star in famous international companies such as Berlin State Ballet, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Hamburg State Opera, and also at international ballet festivals and national culture projects.
Ovcharenko took part in some prestigious dance competitions, receiving gold at the Tanzolymp in Berlin in 2006, and another at the Arabesque competition in Perm in 2008. In 2009, he won a Special prize "To the best partner" at the International competition of ballet dancers, and was awarded with "The Rising Star" nomination. In 2010, he took part in the International Festival "World Ballet Stars" in Donetsk, Ukraine. In January 2011, he performed with Bolshoi principal, Nina Kaptsova at the 6th Prague Ballet Gala, and in August, he danced with Anna Tikhomirova, at the closing gala-concert of the 8th Congress of the World Federation of UNESCO Clubs, Centres and Associations in Hanoi. In July 2012, he and Anna Tikhomirova participated in Rossiya K's "Grand Ballet Project" (televised in December 2012), where they were awarded the Grand Prix as "Best Ballet Duo".
In 2013, Ovcharenko was promoted to the rank of Principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet.
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2010
Lord Wilson-Taor (Debut), Fisherman (The Pharaoh's Daughter, choreography by Pierre Lacotte according to the version of Marius Petipa)
2011
Antoine Mistral (Flames of Paris, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky with use of the original choreography by Vasily Vainonen)
Phoebus (La Esmeralda, choreography by Yuri Burlaka and Vasily Medvedev, new version at Berlin State Ballet), with Iana Salenko
Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake, choreography by Vyacheslav Gordeev)
Count Albrecht (Giselle, with Kristina Kretova)
2012
Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada
Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich)
Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., US
Frantz (Coppélia, choreography by Sergei Vikharev)
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, US
Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich)
2013
The Leading Pair (Classical Symphony, choreography by Yuri Possokhov)
Five Pairs (Dream of Dream, choreography by Jorma Elo)
Apollo (Apollon Musagète, choreography by George Balanchine)
Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake), with Anna Antonicheva[3]
Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich)
Prince Désiré, Blue Bird (The Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky, new version by Yuri Grigorovich)[4][5][6][7]
Antoine Mistral (Flames of Paris, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky)[8][9]
2014
The first dancer (Lost Illusions, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky)
Albrecht (Giselle, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich)
Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake, choreography by Yuri Grigorovich)[10]
Lucentio (The Taming of the Shrew, choreography by Jean-Christophe Maillot）
2015
Armand (Lady of the Camellias, choreography by John Neumeier)
Antoine Mistral (Flames of Paris, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky)
The leading couple of Diamonds（Jewels, choreography by George Balancine)
Albrecht (Giselle, XIII Mari El Ballet Festival, with Olga Chelpanova)
Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake, with Nina Kaptsova)
2009
Spell of Escher (ru:Заклятие рода Эшеров, choreography by Vladimir Vasiliev)
2010
Classical Pas de Deux
2011
Sleeping Beauty PDD, the Golden Age Tango, with Nina Kaptsova
Le Corsaire PDD, with Anna Tikhomirova[11]
2012
Nutcracker, with Ekaterina Krysanova
La Esmeralda PDD, with Ekaterina Krysanova
Classical PDD, the Golden Age Tango, with Anna Tikhomirova
2013
Le Corsaire PDD, Lullaby (choreography by Radu Poklitaru), with Anna Tikhomirova
Diamonds, with Evgenia Obraztsova
Spring Water, with Anna Tikhomirova
Male soloist in Two Pairs (Classical Symphony, choreography by Yuri Possokhov)
The Golden Age Tango, with Anna Tikhomirova
Triangle (Johannes Brahms, choreography by A. Pimonov), with Kristina Kretova and Anna Tikhomirova
Pas d'action of The Pharaoh's Daughter, with Evgenia Obraztsova
Lullaby, with Anna Tikhomirova
Le Carnaval de Venise, with Evgenia Obraztsova
Lullaby, with Anna Tikhomirova
2014
Nutcracker, with Daria Khokhlova
Armand, Act II of Lady of the Camellias, with Olga Smirnova
La Sylphide PDD, with Anna Tikhomirova
The Very Thought of You, new creation by Radu Poklitaru, with Anna Tikhomirova
Prince Siegfried, Act III of Swan Lake, with Kristina Kretova
You're My Meloday, new creation by Andrei Merkuriev, with Anna Tikhomirova
2015
Giselle PDD, with Anna Tikhomirova
The Very Thought of You, with Anna Tikhomirova
Chroma, with Anna Tikhomirova
Romeo and Juliet PDD, Choreography by Jean-Christophe Maillot, with Olga Smirnova
The Sleeping Beauty PDD, with Nina Kaptsova
