Born in
Lviv, then part of the
Ukrainian SSR, in the
Soviet Union, Belogolovtsev joined the
Moscow State Academy of Choreography in 1992, under the tutelage of Professor
Alexander Bondarenko. He graduated in 1995, and joined the Bolshoi Ballet. He has taken part on various international projects, dancing alongside
Nina Ananiashvili,
Nadezhda Gracheva, and
Anna Antonicheva. In 1993 he was award third prize and the bronze medal at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow, and in 1998 won the second prize at the
USA International Ballet Competition. Also in 1998 he was awarded the title of
Honoured Artist of Russia. Between 2000 and 2004 he appeared alongside Nina Ananiashvili and Alexei Fadeechev in adaptations of
Stanton Welch's ballets
Green and
Between Heaven and Earth, and
Alexei Ratmansky's
The Charms of Mannerism and
Dreams of Japan. Belogolovtsev was nominated for the "
Golden Mask" for "Best Actor in the Ballet" in 2000, for his performance in the lead role in
Afternoon Rest of the Faun. In 2003 he played Ferhad in
Legend of Love, for which he was nominated for the
Prix Benois de la Danse. Between 2004 and 2015 he performed with
Sergei Filin and
Anna Antonicheva in the
Mayakovsky Theatre's
Love Through the Eyes of a Detective. In 2008 he was honoured as a
People's Artist of Russia. ==Bibliography==