Ruslan Pronin

Biography

He completed his training at the Moscow Academic College of Choreography (Alexei Zakalinsky’s class) and the Moscow State Institute of Choreography. He joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company in 1988.
He rehearsed with Viktor Barykin.
In 1992 he graduated from the performance faculty (teacher Alexander Prokofiev) of the Moscow State Institute of Choreography (today Ballet College and Institute have combined into the Moscow State Academy of Choreography).
In 2002 he graduated from the Financial Management faculty of the State University of Management.
From 2007-2011 he was chairman of the Bolshoi Theatre Union of Veterans.

Repertoire

1988
Mazurka and Krakowiak (Polish Ball scene in M. Glinka’s opera Ivan Susanin, choreography Rostislav Zakharov)

1990
Claudio (T. Khrennikov’s ballet Love for Love, choreography V. Boccadoro, after motifs from the Shakespeare comedy Much Ado about Nothing)
Chinese Doll (Nutcracker P. Tchaikovsky, choreography Yuri Grigorovich)

1991
Interpolated pas de deux (Giselle A. Adam, choreography Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa in a version by Yuri Grigorovich)

1992
Merchant and Slave Girl pas de deux (Le Corsaire A. Adam, choreography Konstantin Sergeyev after Marius Petipa)
Rothbart (Swan Lake P. Tchaikovsky, choreography Alexander Gorsky, Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov in a version by Yuri Grigorovich)

1993
Title role (The Prodigal Son S. Prokofiev, choreography George Balanchine)
Shepherds/Shepherds (Spartacus A. Khachaturyan, choreography Yuri Grigorovich)

1994
The Little Golden God (La Bayadere L. Minkus, choreography Marius Petipa in a version by Yuri Grigorovich)

1995
Jestor (Legend of Love A. Melnikov, choreography Yuri Grigorovich)

1996
Tom (The Last Tango to music by A. Piazzolla in a production by Vyacheslav Gordeyev)
Dance scene in G. Verdi’s La Traviata (choreography Vladimir Vasiliev)

1997
Friend to Prince/Friends to Prince (Swan Lake Vladimir Vasiliev version)
Bernard (A. Glazunov’s Raymonda, choreography Marius Petipa in a version by Yuri Grigorovich)
Jig (L. Minkus’ Don Quixote, choreography Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky in a version by Yuri Grigorovich)

1998
Hilarion (Giselle Vladimir Vasiliev version)
Puss in Boots (Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty; choreography Marius Petipa in a version by Yuri Grigorovich)
Pas d’action (Giselle Vladimir Vasiliev version)

1999
Waltz (Polish Ball scene in the opera Ivan Susanin)
Gladiator (Spartacus)

2000
Heir Apparent (The Russian Hamlet to music by L. von Beethoven and G. Mahler in a production by Boris Eifman)

2003
Accordionist ( D. Shostakovich’s The Bright Stream in a production by Alexei Ratmansky)
Beranger (Raymonda)
Indian doll (Nutcracker)
Friar Lawrence (S. Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet in a production by Declan Donnellan and Radu Poklitaru)

2004
Modest Alekseevich ( Anuta to music by V. Gavrilin, choreography Vladimir Vasiliev)
Soloist/Three Soloists ( Y. Krasavin’s Magrittomania in a production by Yuri Posokhov) — was among the role creators of this ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre)
Meer (Leah to music by L. Bernstein, Alexei Ratmansky production, 2^nd version)

2005
Bottom (Pyramus) (A Midsummer Night’s Dream to music by F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and G. Ligeti, John Neumeier production)

2007
Eunuchs (A. Adam’s Le Corsaire, choreography Marius Petipa, production with new choreography by Alexei Ratmansky and Yuri Burlaka) — was among the first role creators of this version of the ballet
Drosselmeier (Nutcracker)

2008
The Marseillaise Dance (B Asafiev’s The Flames of Paris, Alexei Ratmansky production with use of original choreography by Vasily Vaynonen) — was among the first role creators of this version of the ballet

In 2002 he took part in the International Ballet Festival at Cheboksary, dancing Rothbart in Swan Lake.
In 2006 he performed the same role (Swan Lake R. Samorukov production) with the Ballet Company of the Tatar Academic State Theatre of Opera and ballet named after Musa Jalil (Kazan) as part of the International Rudolf Nureyev Festival of Ballet.
In 2007 he appeared in the ballet Tumbling Old Women to music by L. Desyatnikov (choreography Alexei Ratmansky), presented first at the Territory Festival, and then under the auspices of the Studio of New Choreography.