Dmitri Malikov graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the famed Bolshoi Ballet Academy in 1987. He was a soloist and principal dancer with Donetsk Ballet Co., Lvov Ballet Theatre, MCB, and the Ballet Theatre of Maryland. He has performed numerous principal roles in some of the most famous classical and contemporary works by some of the most recognized choreographers in the world. In 1999, Malikov moved to the Baltimore-Washington area. An award-winning teacher and coach, Malikov has taught at the Carroll County Dance Center and Ballet Conservatory, Sudbrook Magnet School, Severna Park Dance Academy, Stageworkz, Baltimore Ballet Company, Olney Ballet Theatre, and the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts, as well as at the Baltimore School for the Arts. His students are successfully performing and competing in various competitions, and were the Youth America Grand Prix 2008 and 2012 gold-medalist winners. In 2018, Malikov received the Best Teacher Award at the WBAC GrandPrix competition in New York.
Since 2004, Malikov has served as artistic director of the Chesapeake Ballet Company, staging and choreographing two full-length productions per year, managing groups of more than 100 children, adults, stage crew, and volunteers.
