• Born in Izhevsk - Ukraine
• Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
• 1992-1994: Soloist with the St Petersburg State Academic Musorgsky Theatre of Opera and Ballet
• 1994: Joined the Marrinsky Ballet Company
• Currently First Soloist

Prices and honours:

• 1996: 1st prize and Mikhail Baryshnikov prize at the Arabesque-96 Open Ballet Competition in Perm
• 1996: 2nd Prize at the International Rudolf Nureyev Ballet Competition in BUdapest
• 1996: 1st prize at the Nagoya IBC in Japan
• 1997: Grand Prix at the Moscow IBC
• 1997: 1st prize at Paris IBC
• 2010: Honoured Artist of Russia