Yan Godovsky (Dancer)
Leading Soloist
Biography
Born in Tbilisi. In 1993, having completed his training at the Moscow College of Choreography (today the Moscow Academy of Choreography; Igor Uksusnikov's class), he joined the Bolshoi Theatre Company. At the present time, his teacher-repetiteur is Boris Akimov.
Main Repertory
1993
He-Devil (The Nutcracker; choreography by Yuri Grigorovich)
1994
Conrad (Tikhon Khrennikov's Love for Love; choreography by Vera Boccadoro; Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing adaptation to the ballet)
Peasant Pas de Deux (Giselle; Yuri Grigorovich production)
Boy (La Sylphide; choreography by August Bournonville in a version by E.M. von Rosen)
Jig (Don Quixote; choreography by Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky in a version by Yuri Grigorovich)
1995
Spanish Doll (The Nutcracker)
Fool (Swan Lake; choreography Alexander Gorsky, Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov in a version by Yuri Grigorovich)
1996
Gnome Merry Fellow (Karen Khachaturyan's Snow White; choreography by Genrikh Mayorov)
Pas de Six (The Taming of the Shrew to music by Kurt-Heinz Stolze after Domenico Scarlatti; choreography by John Cranko)
1997
Godfather Pumpkin (Karen Khachaturyan's Cipollino; choreography by Genrikh Mayorov)
Pas d'Action (Giselle; Vladimir Vasiliev version)
Mime (Spartacus; choreography by Yuri Grigorovich)
1998
Friend to Prince (Swan Lake; Vladimir Vasiliev production)
1999
French Doll (The Nutcracker)
Coral (Rodion Shchedrin's The Humpbacked Horse; choreography by Nikolai Androsov)
1st Pas de Trois (Agon) - was among the creators of this ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre
Poet (Insomnia by Sergei Zhukov. Alexander Petukhov production) - creation
2000
2nd Variation in Pas d'action (Cesare Pugni's La Fille du Pharaon; Pierre Lacotte production after Marius Petipa) - creation
Nutcracker-Prince (The Nutcracker)
2001
Soloist (Passacaille to music by Anton von Webern; choreography by Rolan Petit) - creator of the role at Bolshoi Theatre
2002
Alain (Louis Herolds La Fille mal gardee; choreography by Frederick Ashton)
Friend to Ferkhad (Arif Melikov's A Legend of Love; choreography by Yuri Grigorovich)
Magedaveya, Dance with drum (La Bayadere. Yuri Grigorovich production)
2003
Claude Frollo (Notre-Dame de Paris. Rolan Petit production) - creator of the role at Bolshoi Theatre
Ballet Dancer (Dmitry Shostakovich'sThe Bright Stream; choreography by Alexei Ratmansky)
Colas (La Fille mal gardee)
Romeo (Romeo and Juliet; Declan Donnelan and Radu Poklitaru production)
2004
Soloist Part 3 (Symphony in C; choreography by George Balanchine)
Tarantella (choreography by George Balanchine)
Soloist/Three Soloists (Yuri Krasavin's Magrittomania; choreography by Yuri Possokhov) - was among the creators of this ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre
Patient (Ward # 6 to music by Arvo Part; Radu Poklitaru creation)
Philostrat (Puck) (A Midnight's Summer Dream; choreography by John Neumeier) - creator of the role at Bolshoi Theatre
2005
Yan (Dmitry Shostakovich's Bolt; choreography by Alexei Ratmansky) - creation
Soloist Part 1 (Symphony in C)
Fate (Les Presages to music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Choreography by Leonide Massine)
Soloist (Igor Stravinsky's Jeu de cards; Alexei Ratmansky сreation)
2006
Friend to Prince, Waltz' Soloist (Cinderella; Yuri Possokhov and Yuri Borisov production) - was among the creators of this ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre
2007
Soloist (Misericordes to music by Arvo Part; Christopher Wheeldon сreation)
Soloist (In the Upper Room. Music by Philip Glass. Choreography by Twyla Tharp) - was among the creators of this ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre
Pas d’Esclaves (Le Corsaire; production and new choreography by Alexei Ratmansky and Yuri Burlaka after Marius Petipa)
2008
James (Herman Levenskiold's La Sylphide; choreography by August Bournonville in a version by Johan Kobborg)
Awards
In 2006, was awarded the Golden Mask National Theatre prize for his performance of the part of Philostrat (Puck) in A Midnight's Summer Dream (season 2004/05).
In 2008, he was awarded the Ballet magazine Soul of Dance prize (Star nomination).
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