Page 1 Vadim Muntagirov Bio Russian dancer Vadim Muntagirov is a Principal of The Royal Ballet. He trained at The Royal Ballet School and joined the Company from English National Ballet as a Principal in 2014. Muntagirov was born in Chelyabinsk, Russia, the son of two dancers. He trained at Perm Ballet School before moving to The Royal Ballet Upper School. He graduated into English National Ballet in 2009, promoted to first soloist in 2010, principal in 2011 and lead principal in 2012. His roles with ENB included Apollo, Conrad (Le Corsaire), Albrecht (Giselle), Prince (Cinderella), Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake in-the-round at the Royal Albert Hall), Prince Désiré (The Sleeping Beauty) and roles in Song of a Wayfarer. He created the role of Prince in Wayne Eagling's The Nutcracker. Muntagirov's awards include the 2011 Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Male Performance (Classical) and the 2013 Benois de la danse. As a guest artist he has danced with such companies as the Mariinsky and American Ballet Theatre, in repertory including Solor (La Bayadère), and at National Ballet of Japan, Bavarian State Ballet, Mikhailovsky and Cape Town City Ballet. Career Highlight: 2006 - Silver Medal at Prix De Lausanne competition 2006 - Silver Medal at Arabesque competition in Perm 2006 - Gold Medal at Vaganova competition in St Petersburg 2006 - Gold medal at Youth America Grand Prix competition in New York 2011 - Best male performance at the National Dance Award in London 2012-2013 - Nominated by magazine “Dance For You”, for the Best Dancer of the year 2013 - Winner of Benois De La Dance for Desire in Sleeping Beauty 2013 - Nominated by magazine “Dance Europe” for Outstanding Male Dancer as Solor in La Bayadere (Munich), Outstanding Male Dancer in Songs of a Wayfare-Tribute to Nureyev(London),Outstanding Male Dancer as Siegfried in Swan Lake (London),Outstanding Male Dancer as Desire in Sleeping Beauty(London) 2015 - Best male dancer, by National Dance Awards Critics Circle Regular Guest Artist with American Ballet Theatre ,Mariinsky Theatre, National Ballet of Japan, Mikhailovsky company ,Kremlin Ballet ,Czech National Ballet, Bavarian Ballet. Appeared in many Galas around the world. Page 2 Vadim Muntagirov Bio Repertoire: Giselle-Albrecht (ch.M.Skeeping,ch.M.Petipa) Nutcracker-Prince (ch.W.Eagling) Cinderella-Prince (ch.M.Corder) Swan Lake-Prince (ch.D. Dean,ch.M.Messerer and others) Romeo and Juliet-Romeo (ch. Nureyev)(K.McMillan) Les Sylphides-Po (ch.M.Fokine) Suite En Blanc-Mazurka,Pas de deux,Pas de troix (ch.S.Lifar) Apollo-Apollo (ch. G. Balanchine) La Bayadere-Solor (ch. N.Makarova ,ch.P.Bart,ch.M.Petipa) Sleeping Beauty-Prince (ch. K.McMillan) Corsair-Conrad,Ali (ch.A-M.Holmes) Raymonda (ch.R.Nureyev) Etudes-Mazurka man (ch.H.Lander) Petite Mort (ch.J.Kylian) Vue de L'autre (ch.V.Ngog) Song of a Wayfair (ch.M.Bejart) Tchaikovsky pdd (ch. Balanchine) Don Quixote- (ch.M.Petipa) Manon –Des Grieux (ch.K.McMillan) .