Vyacheslav Lopatin

Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Lopatin (Russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Лопатин; born 4 May 1984) is a Russian principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet.

Vyacheslav Lopatin was born in Voronezh, Russia, and studied at the Voronezh Choreographic College, after which he apprenticed at the Moscow Choreographic Academy. In 2003 he joined the Bolshoi Ballet, where he presently works under the tutelage of Boris Akimov. He was promoted to the rank of first soloist in October 2009, to leading soloist in September 2011 and appointed to the rank of principal dancer in July 2017.

In 2009 Lopatin and Natalia Osipova received a special prize from the jury of the Golden Mask award for their partnership in the Bolshoi's production of La Sylphide.