Vyacheslav Lopatin

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lopatin (; born 4 May 1984) is a Russian principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet.

Vyacheslav Lopatin was born in Voronezh, Russia, and studied at the Voronezh Choreographic College, after which he apprenticed at the Moscow Choreographic Academy. In 2003 he joined the Bolshoi Ballet, where he presently works under the tutelage of Boris Akimov. He was promoted to the rank of first soloist in October 2009, to leading soloist in September 2011 and appointed to the rank of principal dancer in July 2017.

In 2009 Lopatin and Natalia Osipova received a special prize from the jury of the Golden Mask award for their partnership in the Bolshoi's production of La Sylphide.

Repertoire La Sylphide (choreography: Johan Kobborg, after August Bournonville): James Giselle (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot): peasant pas de deux Coppélia (choreography: Sergei Vikharev, after Marius Petipa and Enrico Cecchetti): Frantz The Sleeping Beauty (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Marius Petipa): Prince Désiré, Bluebird La Bayadère (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich, after Marius Petipa): Bronze Idol Don Quixote (choreography: Vladimir Vasiliev, after Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky): Basilio Le Corsaire (choreography: Yuri Burlaka and Alexei Ratmansky, after Marius Petipa): pas d'esclaves Esmeralda (choreography: Yuri Burlaka and Vasily Medvedev, after Marius Petipa): Acteon La Fille mal gardée (choreography by Frederick Ashton): Colas, Alain The Pharaoh's Daughter (choreography: Pierre Lacotte): Lord Wilson/Taor, The Nutcracker (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich): Nutcracker Prince, Harlequin The Golden Age (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich): Compere Anyuta (choreography: Vladimir Vasiliev): Modest Alexeyevich Cipollino (choreography: Genrikh Mayorov): Cipollino The Bright Stream (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky): Pyotr, Accordionist Flames of Paris (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky, after Vasily Vainonen): Philippe, Jerome Lost Illusions (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky): Lucien Romeo and Juliet (choreography: Alexei Ratmansky): Romeo The Taming of the Shrew (choreography: Jean-Christophe Maillot): Gremio (first interpreter) Hamlet (choreography: Radu Poklitaru): Yorick A Hero of Our Time (choreography: Yuri Possokhov): Old Woman/Yanko in "Taman" (first interpreter), Pechorin, in "Princess Mary" Nureyev (choreography: Yuri Possokhov): Pupil/Letter to Rudi (first interpreter) Ondine (choreography: Viacheslav Samodurov): the Fugitive The Winter's Tale (choreography: Christopher Wheeldon): Florizel Petrushka (choreography: Michel Fokine): Petrushka Glinka Pas de Trois (choreography: George Balanchine) Tarantella (choreography: George Balanchine) (Bolshoi premiere) In the Upper Room (choreography: Twyla Tharp) Class Concert (choreography: Asaf Messerer) Misericordes (choreography: Christopher Wheeldon; world premiere) Remanso (choreography: Nacho Duato) Chroma (choreography: Wayne McGregor; Bolshoi premiere)

Filmography Coppélia (choreography: Sergei Vikharev), Bolshoi Ballet, 2011: as Frantz The Lady of the Camellias (choreography: John Neumeier), Bolshoi Ballet, 2015: as Count N. The Taming of the Shrew (choreography: Jean-Christophe Maillot), Bolshoi Ballet, 2016: as Gremio The Golden Age (choreography: Yuri Grigorovich), Bolshoi Ballet, 2016: as the Compere A Hero of Our Time (choreography: Yuri Possokhov), Bolshoi Ballet, 2017: as Yanko