The ballet soloist of the theater named after two great artists - Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Alexey Dubinin, despite the fact that at one time was one of the best artists of the troupe of this theater, is better known to the public as the spouse of the Russian actress Chulpan Khamatova. In this article we will present the life and work of this outstanding person, we will talk about his personal life, including the affair with the heroine of the legendary film “Land of the Deaf”.
Dubinin Alexey: biography
The future ballet dancer was born in 1965 on October 19 in the small town of Aleksandrov in the Vladimir region. From childhood, he was distinguished by plasticity and musicality. He took an active part in all morning performances, first in kindergarten, and then in school. From the third grade of school, his mother was enrolled in a dance club. Alexei’s father, Vladimir Dubinin, didn’t quite support his wife’s initiative, but he reconciled. After graduation, the son decided to go to the capital and enter the ballet department of the Moscow Art College. Father, of course, wanted his son to choose some more masculine profession, however, Alexey Dubinin was already very passionate about classical dances.
Education
So, after graduating from school, the young Dubinin Alexey left his native Alexandrov and went to Moscow to get an education in an art school in the class of I.V. Uksusnikov, after which he joined the famous Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater as a dancer in 1984 ballet. His classmate friends came here with him: Alexei Grigoryev Jr. (son of the outstanding Yuri Grigoryev), Vadim Bondarev, as well as Larisa Mergulanova, his future wife.
Repertoire
The choreographer and choreographer of the theater immediately noticed talent in the young man, and very soon solo parts began to be trusted in such performances as Swan Lake (Siegfried's part), Don Quixote (Basil), Bravo, Figaro (Almavira), “La Sylphide” (James) and others. Alexey Dubinin, a dancer, stood out not only for his outstanding professional data, but also for his appearance: a manly face with the right features, dark curls, a beautiful physique, magnificent proportions, and slender legs. Sometimes the impression was that the viewer was going to performances just to look at him. Further, it was he who was elected as the performer of the main part in the premiere performances of “Romeo and Juliet”, where he, naturally, played the role of Romeo, and in “Chopinian” (Youth Party), in “Evening Dances”. Soon he was appointed lead soloist of the theater.
Foreign career
Having served in the Stanislavsky Theater until 1991, he was invited to contract work at the San Carlos Theater in Lisbon. During his work here, new parties were added to his parties: Franz, Solor, Siegfried, Apollon and others. After the contract expired, Alexei entered into a new contract, now with the Bonn Opera and Ballet Theater. Among the parties of that period were Vershinin from Rachmaninov’s ballet “Three Sisters”, the protagonist of the performance to the music of Liszt “Death from Love”, the soloist of “Japanese Songs” F. Gloria.
Personal life
At the Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater, where Alexey Dubinin got a job after graduating from college, he was given a dormitory room. Here he lived for several years. However, after he married his partner Larisa Mergulanova, a host of the same theater, he moved to live in her luxurious apartment in an elite house on Osenny Boulevard. She not only registered her provincial husband in her luxurious Moscow apartment, but also organized a foreign contract. Thus the couple emigrated to Germany. Here, the couple had a daughter, Lisa.
The end of the ballet career
The couple danced together at the Bonn Opera and Ballet Theater, but after some time Alexey Vladimirovich Dubinin, a ballet dancer, decided to end his career as a dancer and started the automobile business. He delivered German cars to Russia directly to the customer. In fact, he really missed life in Russia, and this was a great occasion for him to visit his homeland more often. Larisa did not want to hear about returning. So between the spouses began to grow a wall of misunderstanding. Soon they began to live separately, although Alexey Dubinin took an active part in the life of his daughter and did not lose touch with her for a minute.
Meeting with Chulpan Khamatova
At the beginning of the 2000s, the famous Russian actress was on the set in Germany. Her married life with her husband, Ivan Volkov, with whom she was familiar from the student bench, did not quite go well. And so, having met in Germany with a compatriot, formerly famous ballet dancer Alexei Dubinin, a handsome brunette, she seriously lost her head. They spent all her time in Germany together. However, she knew that Lesha was bound by marriage with Larisa Mergulanova, although she did not live with her, and that they had a daughter, Liza. She waited, but he did not take any concrete steps … And then Chulpan returned to her husband in Moscow. After some time, her daughter was born, but this did not save her marriage. Leaving her 4-month-old daughter in the care of her mother and divorcing Ivan, she went to Germany. Her love was the strongest …
Return to Moscow
After some time, it became clear that Chulpan was pregnant again. But who is the father of her second child? The fact that she left Ivan Volkov, everyone already knew. Nevertheless, she continued to hide the name of her new husband, and rumors spread among the people that this was some kind of foreign millionaire. After the birth of Alina’s daughter, everyone found out who is the father of the child of the famous actress. It turned out to be the ballet dancer Aleksey Vladimirovich Dubinin in the past, whom she brought with her to Russia from Germany and took up his employment. He, through her patronage, even played a cameo role in some film. To everyone she represented him as her husband. Nevertheless, Alex continued to be the legal spouse of Larisa Mergulanova. From time to time he went to Germany with his daughter. Everyone who was familiar with this couple said that such love as that of Chulpan with Alexei only happens in movies. “Spouses” was a real example of a loving couple. Everywhere they appeared with their daughters (from two husbands Chulpan).
