Dmitry Vladimirovich Belogolovtsev (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Белоголовцев) (born 26 November 1973) is a Russian ballet dancer, and former principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet. Born in Lviv, then part of the Ukrainian SSR, in the Soviet Union, Belogolovtsev joined the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in 1992, under the tutelage of Professor . He graduated in 1995, and joined the Bolshoi Ballet. He has taken part on various international projects, dancing alongside Nina Ananiashvili, Nadezhda Gracheva, and Anna Antonicheva. In 1993 he was award third prize and the bronze medal at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow, and in 1998 won the second prize at the USA International Ballet Competition. Also in 1998 he was awarded the title of Honoured Artist of Russia. Between 20