• Prize-winner at international ballet
competitions in Rome (1
st prize, 2008), Moscow (2nd prize,
2009), Seoul (2
nd prize, 2009), Jackson
(2
nd prize, 2010) and Varna (1
st prize,
2010)
• Grand Prix at the Arabesque international ballet
competition (Perm, 2012)
• Grand Prix at the Youth America Grand
Prix international competition (New York, 2012)
Born in Seoul.
Graduated from the Korea National University
of Arts (class of Vladimir Kim and Margarita Kulik). For several
seasons he was a trainee with the Mariinsky Ballet.
At the Mariinsky Theatre he made his debut as Ali
in the ballet Le Corsaire (coached by Viktor Baranov).
Since July 2012 he has been a First Soloist with the Mariinsky
Ballet.
Repertoire includes:
Swan Lake (Prince
Siegfried); choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised version by
Konstantin Sergeyev,
Le Corsaire (Ali); production by Pyotr Gusev
after the composition and choreography of Marius Petipa,
La
Bayadиre (Golden Idol); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by
Vladimir Ponomarev and Vakhtang Chabukiani, Dance of the Golden Idol
choreographed by Nikolai Zubkovsky,
Don Quixote (Basilio);
choreography by Alexander Gorsky,
Йtudes; choreography by Harald
Lander,
and the Diane and Actйon Pas de Deux
from the ballet La Esmeralda (Actйon); choreography by
Agrippina Vaganova.
Mr Toshihiko Takahashi is a patron
of the Mariinsky Theatre’s trainee programme