Denis Rodkin
In 2009, he graduated from the School of the Moscow State Academic Gzhel Dance Theatre and the same year joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company. His repertoire includes roles of Prince Siegfried and the Evil Genius (Swan Lake), Prince Desire (The Sleeping Beauty), Basil (Don Quixote), Prince Albrecht (Giselle), Conrad (Le Corsaire), Jose (Carmen Suite), Jeanne de Brien (Raymonda), Nutcracker — Prince (The Nutcracker), Ferkhad (The Legend of Love), Pechorin (A Hero of Our Time), Vronsky (Anna Karenina), roles in ballets Etudes, Symphony in C, Rubies.
The dancer’s awards include Soul of Dance Prize in the Rising Star category from Ballet Magazine (2014), Oleg Yankovsky Prize «Artistic Discovery» (2016), Benois de la Danse International Dance Association prize for the performance of the role of Solor in La Bayadere (2017). In 2017, he was voted The Best Dancer of the Year 2016 by the Italian Danza & Danza magazine.