Sarafanov Leonid

Classical Ballet / Principal
Leonid was born in Kiev. He graduated from the Kiev State School of Choreography in 2000 and joined the National Ballet of Ukraine as a soloist. In 2002 he joined the Mariinsky/Kirov Ballet Company where he is currently a principal dancer.
- Laureate of the Rudolf Nureyev International Ballet Competition Budapest 2000
- Laureate of the International Ballet Competition Paris 2000
- Laureate of the International Ballet Competition Moscow 2001
- Laureate of the International Ballet Competition Seoul 2004
- Awarded the International Benois de la Danse prize 2006
- Awarded Ballet magazine's Spirit of Dance prize in the Star category 2006
Media:
- DVD: DECCA
Nutcracker (Prince) 2007

Companies
- Mariinsky/Kirov Ballet
St. Petersburg - Mikhailovsky Ballet
St. Petersburg - La Scala Ballet
Milan
Performances
- La Sylphide
by A. Bournonville 1836 - Giselle
by M. Petipa, J. Perrot, J. Coralli - La Bayadere
by M. Petipa 1877 - The Sleeping Beauty
by M. Petipa 1890 - Swan Lake
by L. Ivanov, M. Petipa 1895 - Don Quixote
by A. Gorskiy, M. Petipa - Romeo and Juliet
by L. Lavrovsky 1940 - Symphony in C
by G. Balanchine 1947 - The Four Temperaments
by G. Balanchine 1946 - Jewels
by G. Balanchine 1967 - The Nutcracker
by K. Simonov 2001 - Etudes
by H. Lander 1948 - Forsythe at the Mariinsky
by W. Forsythe - Ondine (Naiad and the Fisherman)
by J. Perrot 1843