Gennadi Saveliev - American Ballet Theatre

Gennadi Saveliev was trained at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy and the School of American Ballet. He has studied with such distinguished teachers and coaches as Sergei Berezhnoi, Pyotr Pestov, Mikhail Lavrovsky, Stanley Williams, Eleanor D'Antuono and Cynthia Gregory.

Mr. Saveliev was a member of Bolshoi Ballet before he joined American Ballet Theater in 1996. He has appeared as a guest artist throughout the United States and has toured in Russia, Europe, Egypt, Brazil, Argentina, Japan and China, and has worked with such choreographers as Yuri Grigorovich, Lar Lubovich, Kevin McKenzie, Ben Stevenson, John Nieumeier and Twyla Tharp. Mr. Saveliev's repertoire includes leading roles in Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Raymonda, Coppélia, Les Sylphides, Le Corsaire, Eugene Onegin and Don Quixote.

As the winner of the 1996 New York International Ballet Competition, Mr. Saveliev continues to perform with American Ballet Theater and to appear as a guest artist and master teacher in the United States and abroad.