The hero of this article is a successful dancer, choreographer and director who took part in many dance projects, among which the most significant was the show “Dance!” on the first channel. Over his thirty-plus years, he has already managed to work with teams of such popular stars as Nastya Zadorozhnaya and Sergey Lazarev, in whose ballet he danced for several years, and finally become the bridegroom and even secret husband of the famous TV star Ekaterina Barnava.
Childhood
The biography of Konstantin Myakinkov began in the city of Penza on April 11, 1987. With our birth, our hero replenished the galaxy of glorious immigrants from this city. Such as our contemporaries - Pavel Volya, Anton Makarsky, Irina Rozanova, Timur Rodriguez and Sergey Penkin. In more distant times, the famous theater director, actor and teacher Vsevolod Meyerhold and academician Vasily Klyuchevsky became the natives of Penza, and the great Russian poet Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov spent all his childhood in the Penza province.
Below in the photo - Konstantin Myakinkov with his mother and younger sister goes to the first holiday of his life on September 1, 1994.
Practically nothing is known about any details of childhood and the parents of Konstantin. In the Myakinkov family, he was the firstborn, and several years after his birth, his younger sister Ksenia was born.
The boy’s first love happened at a fairly early age. And that love was dancing.
Education
Having decided that the best training for the son of choreography would be best continued in Moscow, his parents sent him to their relatives in the capital. So a talented schoolboy Konstantin Myakinkov for the first time in his life discovered such concepts as independence, responsibility and the hardest work of a dancer.
After graduating from school, he continued his dance formation, in 2004 becoming a student of the faculty of modern choreography at Moscow State University of Culture and Arts.
Dancing
Moving to the second year of the university, Konstantin became a member of the newly created dance project Proud. This ballet was different from other dance groups with non-standard choreography using acrobatic elements and the variety of genres and styles used. The first performance of Konstantin Myakinkov as a member of Proud took place on November 16, 2006 at the stage of the Variety Theater.
Over the next two years, Konstantin, along with the show group of this ballet, took part in the filming of such television programs as “New Year's Light”, “Cabaret 100 Stars” and “Marathon:“ We are from Russia ”, worked with artists such as Pelageya, Elena Kukarskaya and Peter Dranga, as well as at various presentations and exhibitions.
In 2008, while still a student, Myakinkov left the Proud ballet and made his debut as a choreographer, creating several dance numbers for the NTV channel’s TV show “You Are Superstar”.
Below in the photo - dancer Konstantin Myakinkov in his issue "Touch the Air".
Having become a graduate of the Moscow State University of Culture and Arts in 2009, he joined the ballet troupe of the popular singer Sergei Lazarev. At the same time, Konstantin continued his career as a choreographer, acting as a dance director for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, as well as the annual television show "MUZ-TV Prize".
In 2015, Myakinkov became a finalist of the project “Dance!” on the First channel (below in the photo). However, following the results of the vote, he lost the victory to another participant.
Participation in the dance competition "Dance!" became truly fateful for Konstantin Myakinkov. Here he met again with Ekaterina Barnava, the host of the project, whom he had already met before, taking part in the filming of the popular Comedy Woman television show in 2013. Catherine played one of the main roles, and at the same time was the director-choreographer of the project. Myakinkov also performed with dance numbers in between scenes.
Barnabas
Ekaterina Barnava, just like Konstantin, was seriously engaged in choreography since childhood, dreaming of becoming a famous dancer in the future. However, a back injury put an end to her dance career.
Then there was KVN, where the producers of the TNT channel noticed a characteristic spectacular brunette, a few years later inviting her to the new comedy project Comedy Woman, where her choreography skills also came in handy. This show was the starting point for her career. Very soon, she began to be invited by the presenter to various television projects, and then to shoot on TV shows such as “Deffchonki”, “Happy Together”, “Univer” and “Sasha-Tanya”.
By the time of the meeting with Konstantin Myakinkov, Ekaterina Barnava was already an accomplished TV presenter, actress and star of Comedy Woman.
Relationship start
Meeting Catherine again in the project “Dance!”, Konstantin was imbued with an unprecedented sympathy for her.
Once, after filming, he invited Barnabas to take her home. In the car, they talked, and the girl was surprised to find that a young, pretty dancer off-stage could be a simple guy who is very interested in talking to.
The next day, Konstantin sent her a message:
If you free early in the evening, I'll pick you up and we can drink coffee …
So their relationship began. And already in October 2015, during their joint tour in Germany along with the Comedy Woman show, Konstantin Myakinkov asked Ekaterina Barnava's hand, to which she responded with consent.
Already on November 29, 2015, the couple could be seen in the project “Where is the logic?” channel "TNT". Despite the fact that they were under the gun of television cameras, communication between themselves Konstantin and Catherine was distinguished by tenderness and mutual warmth.
Below on the photo Myakinkov and Barnabas in the program "Where is the logic?"
In the same year, the couple went to Penza, where Konstantin introduced Catherine to his relatives. As the dancer's sister Ksenia later recalled, looking very arrogant and arrogant on the screen, Barnabas turned out to be a very simple and sweet girl in her life.
Couple's life
Since then, Barnabas and Myakinkov began to live together. Catherine immediately warned Konstantin:
I don’t cook at home, the machine erases the laundry, the steamer strokes, and once a week a specially hired person comes to clean. Are you happy with everything?
Being a man of a completely opposite warehouse than his chosen one, Konstantin Myakinkov diplomatically agreed, while maintaining his own opinion about what their family life should be like.
They themselves call each other brutal romantics. Dinners by candlelight or a floor strewn with rose petals are alien to them. They prefer to fool around, dance and go on vacation. However, from time to time, without any reason, a bouquet of flowers or morning coffee in bed suddenly appears on Catherine’s night table.
The tastes of Myakinkov and Barnabas do not intersect at all, and therefore they are even more interested in being with each other. They are united by a love of dancing and travel, and yet, as the girl admits, Konstantin is very similar to her dad. He, like her father, again allowed her to feel weak and protected by a man.
Marriage
As Myakinkov himself admits, his offer of a hand and heart to Catherine was completely simple and banal. Without any reverence, he handed his bride a wedding ring and kissed.
It happened in 2017. Then, for almost a whole year, the topic of marriage to a TV presenter was discussed in the media. However, no specifics happened, everything was limited only to rumors and speculation.
In reality, Konstantin Myakinkov became a husband in an atmosphere of exceptional secrecy. He and Catherine Barnabas got married in Germany, on the shore of a beautiful lake, in the presence of only their closest friends and relatives.
Since then, on the personal page of Konstantin in one of the social networks of the column "Marital Status" reads - "Married to Catherine Barnabas."
