BEST of Leonid Sarafanov part 1| La Bayadere, Swan Lake, Romeo & Juliet, Tchaikovsky

Get to know Leonid Sarafanov: Leonid Sarafanov studied at the Kiev State School of Choreography and graduated in 2000, joining the National Ballet of Ukraine the same year as soloist In 2002, he was invited to join the Mariinsky Ballet in St Petersburg by the director of the time, Makhar Vaziev and quickly became famous. He was promoted to soloist in 2003 and finally, became a principal. In January 2011, he left the Mariinsky and joined the Mikhailovsky Ballet as a principal