{{Short description|Russian ballet dancer}} {{Infobox dancer | name = Andrey Ermakov | image = Andrey Ermakov, soloist of Mariinsky ballet.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|5|27}} | birth_place = St. Petersburg, Russia | citizenship = Russia | education = Vaganova Ballet Academy | occupation = ballet dancer | height = 195cm | years_active = 2005 – present | current_group = Mariinsky Ballet }}

'''Andrey Ermakov''' ({{langx|ru|Андрей Андреевич Ермаков}}), (born May 27, 1987) is a Russian ballet dancer, a winner of 'Soul of Dance' award (Russian 'Ballet' magazine, 2013), who performs as a principal with the Mariinsky Ballet (formerly the Kirov Ballet).

== Biography ==

Andrey Ermakov was born in Leningrad into a family of workers; at present his mother is an entrepreneur and his father is a shipwright.<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrei Yermakov |url=https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/company/ballet_mt_men/yermakov |website=www.mariinsky.ru |accessdate=21 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Ermakov began his professional training at the age of 10 when he entered Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in Saint Petersburg, where he was tutored by Evgeny Scherbakov, Vitaly Tsvetkov and others. Upon his graduation from the Academy in 2005,<ref>{{cite web |title=Ballet-Dance Magazine - Vaganova Academy Graduation Performance - Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg |url=http://www.ballet-dance.com/200507/articles/Vaganova20050606.html |website=www.ballet-dance.com |accessdate=21 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726184126/http://www.ballet-dance.com/200507/articles/Vaganova20050606.html |archive-date=26 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> he was invited by three Saint Petersburg theatres to join. He chose to join the Mariinsky ballet. In the Mariinsky he has been coached by professor Gennady Selutsky, a former ballet dancer, renowned ballet professional, Honored Art Worker of Russian Federation.

During his first years at Mariinsky he appeared as soloist in the premiere of Peter Quanz's ballet ''Aria Suspended'' to Igor Stravinsky's music of ''Symphony in C'' dedicated to 125th anniversary of the composer,<ref>{{cite web |title=Quanz's Romantic Russian Odyssey |url=https://www.nysun.com/arts/quanzs-romantic-russian-odyssey/64561/ |website=The New York Sun |accessdate=21 August 2018}}</ref> and in George Balanchine's ''La Valse'';<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ng |first1=Kevin |title=Mariinsky Ballet |url=http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_06/dec06/kn_rev_kirov_1106.htm |publisher=Ballet Magazine |accessdate=21 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113205542/http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_06/dec06/kn_rev_kirov_1106.htm |archivedate=13 November 2013 |language=en |date=November 2006}}</ref> he also toured with the Mariinsky Ballet Company to Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the USA, Israel, Japan, China, Thailand and Taiwan.

Then he began appearing as Vaslav in ''The Fountain of Bakhchisarai'', and after that other leading parts followed - in George Balanchine's '' Serenade'', ''Emeralds'' etc. At the age of 20 he danced Ali in ''Le Corsaire'', one of the most technically and emotionally demanding male ballet parts. Later Ermakov added many principal male ballet parts to his wide repertoire and now performs not only with Mariinsky, his home ballet company, but also takes part in ballet galas and performances with other troupes as a guest artist.

Ermakov is very convincing in heroic, romantic or dramatic ballet roles, both in classical and modern repertoire. His dancing is known for characterization, rare manly athleticism, elegance, virtuosity,<ref>{{cite web |title=Kondaurova, Ermakov and the Mariinsky girls triumph in La Bayadère in Turin |url=https://www.gramilano.com/2011/10/kondaurova-ermakov-and-the-mariinsky-girls-triumph-in-la-bayadere-in-turin/ |website=gramilano |accessdate=21 August 2018 |date=27 October 2011}}</ref> great stage presence, technical strength and purity of the great Vaganova style.

For several years Ermakov was a steady ballet partner of People's Artist of Russia, prima-ballerina Ulyana Lopatkina. As Lopatkina's partner he took part in a series of Gala Concerts "Ulyana Lopatkina and stars"<ref>{{cite web |title=В Москве состоялся гала-концерт, посвященный дуэту Рудольф Нуреев – Марго Фонтейн |url=http://tvkultura.ru/article/show/article_id/4224 |website=tvkultura.ru |accessdate=21 August 2018 |language=ru}}</ref> and in "Anna Karenina", a two-act ballet choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky to Rodion Shchedrin's music, starring Ulyana Lopatkina as Karenina, Ermakov as Count Vronsky and Victor Baranov as Karenin filmed by Telmondis (France) for Mezzo TV.<ref>{{cite web |title=TELMONDIS - audiovisual producer of live events |url=http://www.telmondis.fr/productions/dance/362__Anna-Karenina-2014.htm |website=www.telmondis.fr |accessdate=21 August 2018 |language=en |date=2014}}</ref> November 28, 2014 saw the premiere of "Anna Karenina" on Mezzo TV. Valery Gergiev conducted.<ref>[https://www.mezzo.tv/en/Dance/Anna-Karenina-Choreography-by-A.-Ratmansky-Mariinsky-Theater-154 Anna Karenina Choreography by A. Ratmansky, Mariinsky theatre. On Mezzo TV.]</ref>

In January 2018 Ermakov acquired a status of individual entrepreneur <ref>[https://www.rusprofile.ru/ip/318784700014095 Page of Andrey Ermakov, Individual Entrepreneur, at Rusprofile site.]</ref> and opened up a car service.<ref>[http://premiersto.ru/ Site of "Premier" car service in Saint-Petersburg]</ref> As of May, 2020 Ermakov's car service has been out of business.<ref>[http://premer-auto.ru/ - Page of "Premier" car service powered by Zoon says the business has been shut down.]</ref>

== Personal life == {{external media | topic = | subtopic = | float = left | width = | image1 = [https://pp.userapi.com/c851428/v851428758/14aba0/YgZHzlCRG7M.jpg Andrey Ermakov with Veronika Akhmadieva at a charity gala, Alexandrinsky theatre, SPb, June, 2017] | image2 = [https://pp.userapi.com/c850728/v850728315/13a0e3/jxg0T0sHhKM.jpg Veronika, Ermakov's life companion, and her surfing coach in Sri Lanka, March, 2018] }} Since autumn of 2016 Ermakov has been in a relationship with [https://www.rusprofile.ru/person/akhmadieva-vk-027704311696 Veronika Akhmadieva], a singer,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fFtw9jMINo&feature=youtu.be - Veronika sings "Killing me sUftly"]</ref> a very engaging contemporary dancer<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2UxiyZ8sNM - Veronika performing her own dance for the World Ballet Day]</ref> and a small entrepreneur, 4 years his senior, divorced, childless.<ref>[https://lviewer.com/veronika_akhmadieva/2027692182454910359_216255251 Official congratulations on a promotion to Ermakov from his long-time life companion V. Akhmadieva] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623160021/https://lviewer.com/veronika_akhmadieva/2027692182454910359_216255251 |date=2019-06-23 }}.</ref>

== Awards ==

* 'Soul of Dance' award (Russian 'Ballet' magazine, 2013, 'Rising Star' category)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.russianballet.ru/rus/soul2013.htm |title=Лауреаты приза журнала "Балет" "Душа танца"-2013 года. |access-date=2014-07-05 |archive-date=2014-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522010457/http://www.russianballet.ru/rus/soul2013.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre ==

{| class="wikitable" | {{center|Rôle}} || {{center|Ballet }}|| {{center|Choreographer }}||{{center| Composer}} |- | ''Conrad; Ali'' || ''Le Corsaire'' || Pyotr Gusev, Jules Perrot,<br /> Marius Petipa, O. Vinogradov || Adolphe Adam, Léo Delibes, <br />Riccardo Drigo, Cesare Pugni |- | ''Solor'' || '' La Bayadere'' || Marius Petipa || Ludwig Minkus |- | ''Count Albrecht'' || ''Giselle'' || Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot || Adolphe Adam |- | ''Basilio'' || ''Don Quixote'' || Alexander Gorsky, Marius Petipa || Ludwig Minkus |- | ''Romeo'' || ''Romeo and Juliet'' || Leonid Lavrovsky || Sergei Prokofiev |- | ''Von Rothbart'' || ''Swan Lake'' || Lev Ivanov, Konstantin Sergeyev || Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |- | ''Ivan-Tsarevich'' || ''The Firebird'' || Michel Fokine || Igor Stravinsky |- | ''Vaslav'' ||''The Fountain of Bakhchisarai'' ||Rostislav Zakharov || Boris Asafyev |- | ''Ferkhad'' || ''Legend of Love'' || Yury Grigorovich || Arif Melikov |- | ''Jose; Torero'' ||''Carmen Suite'' ||Alberto Alonso || Georges Bizet, Rodion Shchedrin |- | ''Count Vronsky'' ||''Anna Karenina'' ||Alexei Ratmansky || Rodion Shchedrin |- | ''Spartacus'' ||Spartacus ||Leonid Yakobson || Aram Khachaturian |- | ''Soloist'' ||Concerto DSCH ||Alexei Ratmansky || Dmitri Shostakovich |- | ''Soloist'' ||"Infra" ||Wayne McGregor || Max Richter |- | ''Soloist'' ||In the Night ||Jerome Robbins || Frédéric Chopin |- | ''Ali-Batyr'' ||''Shurale'' ||Leonid Yakobson ||Färit Yarullin |- | ''Jean de Brienne'' ||''Raymonda'' || Marius Petipa || Alexander Glazunov |- | ''Young Man'' ||''Leningrad Symphony'' || Igor Belsky || Dmitry Shostakovich |- | ''Soloist'' ||''Serenade'' ||George Balanchine || Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |- | ''Soloist'' ||''La Valse'' ||George Balanchine || Maurice Ravel |- | ''Soloist'' ||''Emeralds'' || George Balanchine || Gabriel Faure |- | ''Soloist'' ||''Trois gnossiennes'' || Hans van Manen || Erik Satie |- | ''Soloist'' ||''Variations for two couples'' || Hans van Manen || Benjamin Britten, Einojuhani Rautavaara Pelimannit, Stefan Kovács Tickmayer, Astor Piazzolla |- | ''Soloist'' ||''5 tango's'' || Hans van Manen || Astor Piazzolla |- | ''Soloist'' ||Le Parc (ballet) || Angelin Preljocaj || Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |- | ''Soloist'' ||''Diamonds'' || George Balanchine || Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |- | ''Soloist'' ||''Grand Pas Classique'' ||Victor Gsovsky||Daniel Auber |- | ''Armand (adagio)'' ||Marguerite and Armand||Frederick Ashton||Franz Liszt |- | ''Orion'' ||Sylvia (ballet)||Frederick Ashton||Léo Delibes |- | ''John the Baptist (pas de deux)'' ||{{ill|La tragédie de Salomé|fr}}||Emil Faski||Florent Schmitt |- | ''Soloist'' ||''Without'' ||Benjamin Millepied || Frédéric Chopin |- | ''Soloist'' ||''Ballet No.2'' ||Maxim Petrov || Alexander Tsfasman |- | ''Soloist'' ||''Second I'' ||Ksenia Zvereva || Philip Glass |- | ''Soloist'' ||''Aria Suspended'' || Peter Quanz || Igor Stravinsky |- | ''Lysander; Titania’s Cavalier''||''A Midsummer Night's Dream''|| George Balanchine||Felix Mendelssohn |- | ''Big Horses'' ||''The Little Humpbacked Horse'' ||Alexei Ratmansky||Rodion Shchedrin |}

== Filmography == * [https://www.kinomania.ru/film/453962/people/ "Willow (Palm) Sunday"], RWS – Санкт-Петербург, 2009. * [http://tvkultura.ru/brand/show/brand_id/38845 "Three centuries of Saint Petersburg ballet".] Ballet gala. ''Россия К'', 2012. * [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3415656/ "Swan lake" in 3D.] Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky Theatre. Cameron Pace Group, 2013. * [http://tvkultura.ru/brand/show/brand_id/47763 "Tango-gala"], "Россия К", 2013. * [http://bibliodanse.ca/KENTIKA_10174974124929921569_ouliana_Lopatkina_%5BD.htm "Ouliana Lopatkina, une étoile russe".] Marlène Ionesco for Mezzo TV, 2014. * [https://www.mezzo.tv/en/Dance/Anna-Karenina-Choreography-by-A.-Ratmansky-Mariinsky-Theater-154 ''Anna Karenina'', Alexei Ratmansky's ballet to Rodion Schedrin's music.] Telmondis and Mariinsky theatre for Mezzo TV, 2014. * [http://tvkultura.ru/brand/show/brand_id/59914/ "Ave Майя"] Ballet gala at Bolshoi theatre dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Maya Plisetskaya. November 20, 2015, "Россия К" channel.

== References == {{reflist}}

== External links == * [https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/company/ballet_mt_men/yermakov/ Andrey Ermakov] on the site of Mariinsky Theatre. * [https://www.theartsdesk.com/dance/firebird-marguerite-and-armand-concerto-dsch-mariinsky-ballet-royal-opera-house Firebird/ Marguerite and Armand/ Concerto DSCH, Mariinsky Ballet, Royal Opera House] A review by Ismene Brown about Mariinsky ballet tour at Royal Opera House, August 2014. * [http://tvkultura.ru/person/show/person_id/110141 Andrey Ermakov ''Big Ballet'': this is a chance to give your talent to the wide audience.] An exclusive interview for "Россия К" Russian TV channel. * [https://vk.com/doc53543919_351186339 To be yourself] An interview for Antre Magazine, 2014, № 3 (in Russian) * [https://vk.com/doc53543919_351186475 Ballet critic Igor Stupnikov reviews Andrey Ermakov's career.] Ballet Magazine, 2014, № 2. (In Russian). * [http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzAxNTI3MTI4Mg==&mid=404567096&idx=2&sn=6d24fe9c0bd90fbb1cacef3bedc69525 Andrey Ermakov: I just live on the stage.] Exclusive interview for China Ballet Magazine. November, 2015 at Beijing. In English.

=== Video === * [http://tvkultura.ru/video/show/brand_id/22545/episode_id/161658/video_id/161658 Andrey Ermakov for "Россия К" TV channel], September, 2012. * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGSWTKH62XI Adagio and variations from the ballet Shurale - Maria Shirinkina and Andrey Ermakov] in a Gala dedicated to R. Abdyev, March 31, 2013. Video by Mariinsky theatre. * [http://tvkultura.ru/video/show/brand_id/20897/episode_id/974680 Andrey Ermakov in V. Vernik's "Who's there" ("Кто там?") show on "Россия К" TV channel]

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