Denis Klimuk

Principal

Born in Minsk.
In 2002, graduated from the Belarussian State Choreography College in 2002. Studied under Aleksandr Ivanovich Kolyadenko.
In 2013, graduated from Shirokov's Institute of Contemporary Knowledge, Belarus.

From 2002 to 2004, performed as a dancer at the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus.
From 2004 to 2008, starred as a soloist at the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus.
From 2008 to 2013, was lead stage master at the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus.
From 2013 to 2014, starred as a soloist at the Eifman Ballet Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia.
From 2014 to 2018, starred as a soloist at the ballet company of the Estonian National Opera (Rahvusooper Estonia).
From 2018 to present day, has been starring as a principal at the Saint-Petersburg State Academic Leonid Yacobson Ballet Theatre.

In 2011, received the Belarussian Presidential Award to Prominent Figures in the World of Art and Culture. Also received the Francysk Skaryna medal.

Has appeared in: La Bayadère (Solor), Spartacus (Spartacus), Le Corsaire (Conrad, Birbanto), Romeo and Juliet (Paris, Tybalt), Onegin (Eugene Onegin) The Fountain of Bakhchisaray (Giray), Tristan and Isolde (Tristan), La Esmeralda (Phoebus, Claude) Red Giselle (Chekist), Beyond Sin (Ivan), Anna Karenina (Karenin), Song of the Earth (Man), Passions (Yaropolk, Vladimir), Creation of the World (God, Adam), Reflections (Soloist), Festival (Soloist), Serenade (Dark Angel), Western Symphony (Soloist)

Credits:
Don Quixote (Espada) — production by Johan Kobborg, based on a ballet by Marius Petipa
The Firebird (Prince Ivan) — choreography and libretto by Douglas Lee
Viennese Waltz (from the Genre Scenes cycle) — choreography by Leonid Yacobson
The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Désiré, Aurora's Suitor) — Choreography by Marius Petipa and Jean-Guillaume Bart
The Nutcracker (The Prince, Drosselmeyer, the Arabian Dance) — choreography by Vasili Vainonen
The Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried, Rothbart) — choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Giselle (Count Albert, Hans) — choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa
The Queen of Spades (Yeletsky) — choreography by Iñaki Urlezaga