Vladimir Muravlev

Vladimir Muravlev (Russian: Владимир Муравлёв) is a Russian ballet dancer, born 10 January 1974 in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). He is a grandson of Ural Tansykbayev. He has a degree in Performing Arts from the Uzbek Academic Ballet School (1993) under the tutelage balletmaster Kurkmas Sagatov; RATI - GITIS (2007). He is currently a Principal Dancer with the Moscow Classical Ballet.

Muravlev has partnered some of today's most renowned ballerinas, including Tamara Rojo, Galina Shlyapina, Lyudmila Vasilieva, Ekaterina Berezina, Olga Pavlova, Marina Rzhannikova.

Debuts

 * 1996 -  Count Almaviva in Dmitry Bryantsev's Bravo!Figaro (based on Beaumarchais' Mariage de Figaro)  at Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre  (Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet)
 * 1997 - Count Albrecht in Giselle at The State Academic Alisher Navoi Opera & Ballet Theatre (Tashkent,  Uzbekistan, dedicated to the 50-year anniversary of the Uzbek Academic Ballet School
 * 1998 - Prince in Derek Deane's The Nutcracker at the English National Ballet  in London (United Kingdom)
 * 1998 - Prince / Prince's Friend in Michael Corder's Cinderella at the English National Ballet  in London (United Kingdom)
 * 2002 - Prince Siegfried in Irek Mukhamedov's new production of Swan Lake at the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera (Warsaw, Poland)

Roles

 * Prince Désiré / The Bluebird - Sleeping Beauty (a.k.a.  - La Belle au Bois dormant)
 * Prince Siegfried / Benno / Venetian Dance (soloist) - Swan Lake,
 * Prince / Tanzmeister - Cinderella
 * Count Albrecht - Giselle
 * Nutcracker Prince - The Nutcracker
 * Basil / Gamache - Don Quixote
 * Mercutio / Paris- Romeo and Juliet
 * Colas - La Fille Mal Gardée
 * Marcus Lucinius Crassus - Spartacus
 * Pushkin, the Poet - Pushkin (a.k.a. - Pushkin – Reflections of the Poet)
 * Rudi - Le Baiser de la fée (a.k.a. - The Fairy’s Kiss; The Ice Maiden)
 * Mandarin - The Miraculous Mandarin
 * Lead Role - Strauss-Gala (a.k.a. - The Tricks of Terpsichore)
 * Narcissus

Awards

 * 1994 - International Ballet Competition «Arabesque» (Perm, Russia) / Bronze Medal
 * 1997 - Moscow International Ballet Competition (Moscow, Russia) / Diploma
 * 1997 - World Art Festival (Los Angeles, United States) /Champion of World Art Festival - Grand Prix and Gold Medal
 * 2002 - International Festival of Dance & Music (Bangkok, Thailand) / Prize for Elegance by Swiss watch company "LONGINES"
 * 2006 - Medal "Honour and advantage" of the International Welfare Foundation ART'S PATRONS OF CENTURY
 * 2009 - Honoured Artist of Russia