Marat Shemiunov

Prize-winner at International competition
Principal Dancer

Biography

Marat Shemiunov was born in St. Petersburg in 1983.

1993 – 2001 Marat studied at the Vaganova Ballet Academy (class of professor Y. Tsvetkov).

Upon graduation Marat was accepted into the troupe of the Mussorgsky Ballet and Opera Theater, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

In 2003 Marat became a prize winner of the International Rieti (Italy).

Since 2007 Marat has been performed as a guest soloist of ballet performances presented by Theatre Agency "SoyuzSportTheatre".

Shemiunov regularly performs the principal roles in Swan Lake, Don Quixote, The Nutcracker and other classical ballets in Russia, Europe and Asia.

In 2005 Marat underwent training with the Universal Ballet Company (South Korea).
2005 – Marat took part in the Gala Concert of the II International Festival of Ballet Art in Ulan-Ude.

2006 – Marat performed the part of Creon in Antigone staged by the Rebecca Davis Dance Company (USA).

2006, April – Participant of the Sergey Lifar Competition (Kiev, Ukraine).

Repertoire:

• ''The Sleeping Beauty'', Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Prince Desire
  Choreography: Marius Petipa

• "Raymonda", Aleksandr Glazunov
  Jean de Brienne
  Choreography: Marius Petipa, revised version: Konstantin Sergeyev with choreographic fragments: Fedor Lopukhov

• ''Le Corsair'',  Adolphe Adam, Cesare Pugni, Leo Delibes, Riccardo Drigo and Pavel Oldenburgsky
  Conrad, Ali
  Choreography: Pyotr Gusev

• ''Swan Lake'', Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Prince Siegfried, Rothbart
  Choreography: Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised choreography and stage direction: Konstantin Sergeyev

• "The Nutcracker", Pyotr Tchaikovsky
  Prince, Drosselmeister
  Choreography: Vasiliy Vainonen

• ''Vain Precautions'', Louis-Joseph-Ferdinand Herold
  Allen
  Choreography: Julles Perrot

• ''Faust'', Shandor Kallosh
  Bacchus

• "Grand Pas from the ballet "Paquita", Ludwig Minkus
  Soloist
  Choreography: Marius Petipa

• "Pas de deux "Diana and Akteon", Cesare Pugni, Ricardo Drigo
  Akteon
  Choreography: Agrippina Vaganova, Vakhtang Chabukiani

• "Don Quixote", Ludwig Minkus
  Bazil
  Choreography: Alexander Gorsky