Career My teachers

Professor. Born on March 15, 1941 in Leningrad. In 1951, he entered the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, graduating in 1960. After graduation, he joined the Mariinsky Theatre troupe, where he worked until 1983. During his tenure at the theatre, he performed solo repertoire in ballets such as «Swan Lake,» «Giselle,» «La Bayadère,» «Le Corsaire,» «Don Quixote,» «Raymonda,» «Romeo and Juliet,» «The Sleeping Beauty,» «The Nutcracker,» among others. Since 1970, Valeriy Desnitsky has been a teacher of duet and classical dance at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. For many years, he assisted K. M. Sergeev, and currently Desnitsky serves as a rehearsal director for productions at the Academy staged at the Mariinsky Theatre. His students include Altynai Asylmuratova, Farukh Ruzimatov, Ulyana Lopatkina, Diana Vishneva, and many others.

Yuri Soloviev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Vadim Desnitsky in the Kirov Theatre. 1970s