SAFRONOV Alexey Olegovich

Biography

05.11.1983, Alma-Ata.

Ballet dancer. Laureate of the I International Ballet Competition in Astana – II Prize (2006) . Honored Worker of Culture and Art of the Chelyabinsk Region (2021).

1994-2002 – student of the A.V. Seleznev Almaty Choreographic School, teachers: V.E. Lukomsky, S.Zh. Kosmanov; B.M. Jantayev, E.D. Malbekov.

2015-2018 – student of Bachelor program of the Faculty of Folk artistic creativity at South Ural State University of Humanities and Pedagogy, specialty "Pedagogy of Choreography".

2020-2022 – Master student of the Faculty of Folk artistic creativity at South Ural State University of Humanities and Pedagogy, specialty "Pedagogy of Choreography".

2002-2008 – soloist, leading soloist of the Abay Kazakh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. He made his debut as Siegfried in the ballet "Swan Lake". Repertoire: Albert ("Giselle"), Conrad, Ali ("Le Corsaire"), Siegfried, Evil Genius ("Swan Lake"), Prince Desire ("Sleeping Beauty"), Prince ("The Nutcracker"), Paolo ("Francesca da Rimini"), Vaslav ("The Fountain of Bakhchisarai"), Basil ("Don Quixote"), Crassus ("Spartacus"), Bacchus ("Walpurgis Night"), Young man ("Chopiniana"), Romeo ("Romeo and Juliet"), Ferkhad ("Legend of Love").

2006 – at the IBC in Varna, the artistic director of the M. Glinka Chelyabinsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. Konstantin Uralsky offered to dance the role of Romeo in his production (the ballet "Romeo and Juliet"). Thus he began the work with prima ballerina Tatiana Peredeina at the Chelyabinsk Theatre.

2006-2009 – guest soloist of M. Glinka Chelyabinsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.

2009 – completed the work at the Abay Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theatre and became the leading soloist of the M. Glinka Chelyabinsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. Repertoire: Phoebus ("Esmeralda"), Florindo (M. Chulaki "The Servant of Two Masters"), Artynov, Student (V. Gavrilin "Anyuta"), Franz ("Coppelia"), Soloist (S. Rachmaninoff "Concerto No. 2 for piano and orchestra"), pas-de-deux from the ballet "La Sylphide" in the play "The Golden Age of the Russian Imperial Ballet", Young man ("Carmina Burana", choreography by N. Kalinina), Choreographer ("Ida (Love and Passion of Ida Rubinstein)”, Solor, The High Brahmin ("La Bayadère"), Lucien d’Hervilly ("Paquita"), Vronsky ("Anna Karenina", choreography by V. Arbuzova), Demon, Coppelius, Lindorf, Miracle, Dapertutto (J. Offenbach "The Tales of Hoffmann”, choreography by N. Kalinina).

Concert performances: S. Rachmaninov "Elegy" (choreographer V. Vasilyev), F. Aubert "Classical pas-de-deux", choreographer. V. Gsovsky); O. Khromova "The Shrew Shadow" (choreographer V. Goncharov); “Alien” (choreography by Gulmira Gabbasova), “Masquerade” (choreography by G. Tutkibayeva).

He took part in the International ballet projects: International Ballet Art Festival (IBF) – Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (2006); IBF – Frankfurt, Germany (2007); I International Festival of Opera and Ballet Art "Toshkent Bahori" - Tashkent, Uzbekistan (2007); IBF "Tatyana Predeina invites" - Chelyabinsk, Russia (2009-2011); IBF "In honor of Ekaterina Maximova" – Chelyabinsk, Russia (2009, 2018); XXXI Festival of professional theaters "Stage-2021" - Chelyabinsk, Russia (2021); III Festival of Ballet Stars of Russia "Knight of Dance presents ..." – Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia (2012), III International Festival of Opera and Ballet Art "Toshkent Bahori" – Tashkent, Uzbekistan (2013); performance "William Pedro and the ballet virtuosos" on the stage of the Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theater - Ufa, Russia (2016); XXI R. Nureyev International Festival of Ballet Art (performed the part of Phoebus in the ballet "Esmeralda", choreography by Y. Burlaki and Y. Klevtsov on the stage of the Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theater - Ufa, Russia (2017); theatrical tour "Russian Seasons" (performed the part of Lucien d’Hervilly, "Paquita") and Young man ("Chopiniana"); tour of the cities of Italy (2018), XXIII R. Nureyev International Festival of Ballet Art - the role of Vronsky in the ballet "Anna Karenina" (Ufa, Russia, 2019).

Awards: Laureate of the I IBC in Astana (II Prize, Kazakhstan, 2006); Award of the workers of culture and art of Chelyabinsk "Golden Lyre" in the nomination "Talented Youth" (2018). Winner of the XXXI Festival of Professional Theaters "Stage-2021" in the nomination "For the excellence of artistic transformation” for the roles of Miracle and Dapertutto in J. Offenbach's ballet extravaganza "The Tales of Hoffmann" (2021). Holder of the Grant of the Board of Trustees of the M. Glinka Chelyabinsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre for the creative contribution to the development of the theater (2022).

Bibliography

• Correspondence of A.A. Mussinova with Alexei Safronov.
• Photos of Vladimir Akulenko from the archive of the Abay KazNOBT.
• Photos of Andrey Golubev from the personal archive of Alexei Safronov.