DOING IT MY WAY ~ DANIIL SIMKIN

I discoverd Daniil Simkin by accident while bouncing around Youtube many months ago and I posted a couple of his dancing videos, one of which was FALLEN ANGEL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7smuUQLXTwk
This is an extremely talented and dedicated twenty year old Russian male ballet dancer. Both of his parents are also dancers.

Daniil Simkin was born 1987 in Russia to a ballet family. The family left Russia for the west in 1990 and after several international engagements settled in Wiesbaden, Germany, where Daniil first stepped on the stage. From 6 years on he had several experiences of being onstage and often danced along side his father, Dmitrij Simkin. Daniil began his training under the direction of his mother, Olga ALEKSANDROVA, in 1997. At the age of 12, he began participating in ballet competitions and famous ballet galas around the world. (see awards). He finished his regular education in high school. Daniil’s latest achievments include the 1st Prize of the world famous ballet competition in Varna 2004 and he has danced several roles in ballet productions of Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden such as “Les Bourgeoises” and the “Blue Bird Pas de Deux ” in Sleeping Beauty. From his websites Resume section.

Here Daniil dances to Frank Sinatra's My Way with his father:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA7ofYtEi3I
Daniil Simkin & Dmitri Simkin "My Way" by Stephan Thoss Gala Prague 2006

www.daniilsimkin.com
Daniil's website

You can find many videos of Daniil on Youtube. Daniil is currently dancing in Vienna, Austria. On December 4, 2007 he wrote on his website's blog:
I am currently preparing my first full-lenght principal classical role of Basil or Basilio as some may call him in the Performance Don Quixotte. Here in Vilnius, the production is set by Vladimir Vassiliev, which means pretty “Russian”. I already did some work for preparing it in the summer coming here to Vilnius and then my partner, Miki Hamanaka, came to Vienna to help me a bit. So basically the performance is more or less ready from the technical aspect,now I have to come together with the other people and get the ‘grip’ of the performance. http://www.daniilsimkin.com/1/