n this thirty-fourth installment of Male Ballet Dancers we showcase the work of talented and renown dancer Artemy Belyakov principal dancer at the Bolshoi ballet. Born in Tver. In 2010 graduated from The Moscow State Academy of Choreography (class of Ilya Kuznetsov) and joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company. At the beginning of the 2019/20 season he was promoted to the principal dancer. It is often misunderstood as a form of dance meant for girls and women only, but nothing could be further from the truth! To understand why, let’s take a brief look back into how ballet got its start and how men continued to be involved today.