Famous as a principal dancer for both the American Ballet Theater and the Bolshoi Ballet, he also performed with the Kiev Opera Ballet, the Opera di Roma, and the Mariinsky Ballet, among other world-renowned companies. He holds the distinction of being the first American-born dancer to become a star of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet. Before beginning his association with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) in 2000, he trained at the Ballet Arizona School and, briefly, at the Paris Opera Ballet School.
