Mikhail Zavyalov was born in Tcheliabinsk (Russia), had his formation in the School of ballet of Perm (Russia).

Professional Experience as a dancer: 1980/84 – Perm, Tchaikovskii Theater, Principal Dancer; 1984/91 – Leningrad, Mali Theater of Opera and Ballet, Principal Dancer; 1991/95 – St. Petersburg, Kirov Ballet, Principal Dancer; 1995/97 – Bonn, Oper der Stadt Bonn (Germany) Principal Dancer; 1997/98 – Antwerp, Royal Ballet of Flanders (Belgium) Principal Dancer;

Repertoire: Apollo, Cinderella, Coppelia, Le Corsaire, Don Quixote, Giselle, Midsummer Night’s Dream,

The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, La Sylphide, Tchaikovski Pas-de-Deux, among others.

Teachers: Semenov V, Kurgapkina N, Dolgushin N, Moiseeva O, Berejnoi S, Selutskij G, Saharova L, Tolstukhin V, Nisnevich A, Sidorov A, Adam Luders, Peter Schaufuss, Panov V.

Teaching Experience: 2008-2013 Michail Zavialov graduated from the Moscow University of Arts; In 2008 he interned at the Bolshoy Theater with Professor Boris Akimov (Moscow).

He has worked as a guest teacher at the Toyota Ballet and Nagoya Ballet School (Japan), Yantra Ballet Academy (Brussel Belgium), Maly Theater Ballet Company (St.Petersburg), Royal Winnipeg Ballet School and Victoria Ballet Academy (Canada). From 2005 – Professor of classical dance at the School of Dance of the National Conservatory.