- Is currently (2004) considered to be "this generation's Nureyev" and the best ballet dancer in the world.
- After he had started dancing at the age of 4, he trained under Peter Pestov at the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow from age 10 on.
- Has been called Vaslav Nijinsky or Rudolf Nureyev of his generation.
- Japan's "Dance Magazine" named him the "best male dancer in the world" from 1992 to 1994.
- Won several important awards: the Grand Prize, junior level at the International Ballet Competition in Varna (1986); the Gold Medal, senior level, and the Serge Lifar Prize at the Moscow International Ballet Competition (1989); the Bronze Medal, senior level, at the Jackson International Ballet Competition (1990).
- Chosen "Ballet Director of the Year" in 2005 by "Dance Europe" magazine.
- Lives with his German boyfriend, a steward, and their two dogs in Berlin.
- As he is considered a superstar in Japan, some of his fans there send him extraordinary presents such as a Versace toilet seat.
- Made his debut with the American Ballet Theater at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1995.
- Has been Director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Ballet in Berlin since 2004.
- Was the subject of "True Prince: Vladimir Malakhov," "Bravo Malakhov" and "Narcisse, the Dancer Malakhov".
- Hes become the Tokyo Ballet's Artistic Adviser.
- He graduated from the Moscow School of Dance (class of Professor Pyotr Pestov) and joined the Moscow Classical Ballet directed by Natalia Kasatkina and Vladimir Vasiliev in 1986.
- Malakhov made his debut as a choreographer in 1999 when he presented his version of La Bayadère at the Wiener Staatsoper (in 2002 this production was staged at the Berliner Staatsoper).
- Was Artistic Director and first soloist of the Berlin State Ballet.
- Studied at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow from the age of ten under the tutelage of Petr Pestov, and upon graduation in 1986 joined the Moscow Classical Ballet as the company's youngest Principal Dancer.
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