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 ( - 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
See also List of Russian ballet dancers
External links Official web site of Vladimir Muravlev Official web site of Moscow Classical Ballet