Vadim Muntagirov

Principal Dancer, The Royal Ballet London 

Vadim Muntagirov was born in Chelyabinsk, Russia. In 1999 he entered Perm Choreographic Ballet Instituteand graduated from the Royal Ballet Upper School. He immediately joined the English National Ballet and was promoted the Soloist rank at the age of just 19 years. In 2014, Vadim Muntagirov became a First Soloist with The Royal Ballet in London where he today dances all the leading roles of the repertoire at a Principal Dancer rank. He is also a very in demand guest for the most famous international gala performance. In 2012, he gave his Munich debut as Solor in Partice Bart’s La Bayadère and is now, in 2016, returning as Albrecht in Peter Wright’s Giselle.

Awards

• Winner Prix de Lausanne
• Silver medal Perm Arabesque Competition
• First Place Vaganova Competition
• First Place Youth American Grand Prix

Debuts with the Bayerisches Staatsballett

Solor in La Bayadère (M. Petipa/P. Bart)
Albrecht in Giselle (P. Wright/M. Petipa)