Vitali Nikolajev

(dancer)

EDUCATION AND WORK

Vitaly Nikolayev graduated from the Tallinn Choreography School in 1986. Since 1990, he dances at the Estonian National Ballet troupe and is a soloist since 2001.

REPERTOIRE

Soloist (Fredmann’s “Last Songs”)

Oscar (“The Fairytale” in Pictures by Bournonville)

Madge (“La Sylphide” by Bournonville)

Alexis (Paull’s “Conservatoire”)

Fool (Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake”)

Adam (Penderecki’s “Paradise Lost”)

Wooer and Prince Fortuné (“The Sleeping Beauty” by Tchaikovsky)

Devil (Tubin’s “Goblin”)

Station guard (Shchedrin’s “Anna Karenina”)

Mercutio (Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet”)

Forester (Adam’s “Giselle”)

Camacho (Minkus’s “Don Quixote”)

Coppelius (Delibes’s “Coppélia”)

Monsieur G. M. and Gaoler (MacMillan’s “Manon”)

Alfredo (Hynd’s “Rosalinde”)

Petrushka (Stravinsky’s “Petrushka”)

Reverend Glück (Edur’s/Aints’ “Catherine I”)