Victor Barykin

Biography

He was born in Moscow on November 28, 1954. In 1973 he finished the Moscow Choreographic School under Leonid Zhdanov (now the Moscow State Choreographic Academy).

From 1974 to 1991 he danced with the Bolshoi Ballet Company.

He worked at the London City Ballet Company starting at 1991.

A striking dramatic talent assisted him in creating artistic-expressive characters in modern ballets — and he danced practically in all ballets produced during his stay with the Company. Now he is a teacher-repetiteur at the Bolshoi Theater. He works with Dmitry Belogolovtsev, Andrei Merkuriev, Andrei Bolotin, Andrei Evdokimov, Ruslan Pronin.

His daughter, Ekaterina Barykina, continues the family dynasty — she is a ballerina in the Bolshoi Ballet Company as well.

He starred in the TV-concert “I want to dance” (1985) and others.

Repertoire

Don Juan (Love for Love. Music by Tikhon Khrennikov. Vera Boccadoro production. Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing adaptation to the ballet, 1976)

Kleon ( Icarus by S. Sloniumsky, V. Vasiliev production, 1977)

Karenin (Anna Karenina by R. R. Shchedrin, choreography by M. Plisetskaya, N. Ryzhenko and V. Smirnova-Golovanova, 1977)

Corregidor (Carmen Suite to music by Bizet-Shchedrin, A. Alonso production, 1977)

Little Count Cherry (Cipollino. Music by Karen Khachaturyan. Genrikh Mayorov production, 1978)

Strolls, Classical Pas de deux (These magic sounds to music by G. Torelli, F. Corelli, J.F. Rameau and W.I. Mozart, V. Vasiliev production, 1978)

“Black” (The Red Snowball Tree by E. Svetlanov, production by A. Petrov, 1987) — creator of the role

Soloist (Chopiniana to music by F. Chopin, choreography by M. Fokine, 1979)

Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet by S. Prokofiev, choreography by L. Lavrovsky, 1979)

Hans (Giselle by A. Adam; choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa, in the version by L. Lavrovsky, 1979)

Treplev (The Seagull by R. Shchedrin, M. Plisetskaya production, 1980)

Macbeth ( Macbeth by K. Molchanov, V. Vasiliev production, 1980)

José (Carmen Suite, 1981)

Icarus ( Icarus, 1981)

Severyan (Stone Flower by by S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Grigorovich, 1981)

Khorud (Indian poem by U. Musaev, production by M. Scott, Y. Papko, 1981)

Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet by S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Grigorovich, 1982)

Benedick (Love for Love, 1982)

Rzhevsky (The Hussar Ballad. Music by Tikhon Khrennikov, production by D. Bryantzev, 1982)

Basilio (Don Quixote by L.Minkus, choreography by A. Gorsky, 1984)

Pyotr Leontyevich (Anyuta to music of V. Gavrilin, choreography by V. Vassiliev, 1986)

The Vizier (A Legend of Love. Music by Arif Melikov. Yuri Grigorovich production, 1987)

Albert (Giselle, Y. Grigorovich version)

Evil genius (Swan Lake by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by A. Gorsky, M. Petipa, L.Ivanov. in Y. Grigorovich version, 1988)

Prince Kurbsky ( Ivan the Terrible to music by S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Grigorovich, 1988)

Artynov (Anyuta, 1993)

Capulet (Romeo and Juliet. Music by S. Prokofiev. Declan Donnelan and Radu Poklitary production, 2003)

Tale-teller (Cinderella by S. Prokofiev, Y. Possokhov choreography, Y. Borisov production, 2006) — creator of the role