Andrej Uspenski

Andrej Uspenski is a Russian ballet dancer and photographer.

Uspenski was born in St Petersburg and trained at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, the Palucca School of Dance, Dresden, and the Berlin State Ballet School. Uspenski joined The Royal Ballet in 2002 and rose to first artist, before retiring as a dancer in 2015.

He has published several photography books Dancers: Behind the Scenes with The Royal Ballet (2013), Natalia Osipova: Becoming a Swan (2013) and Steven McRae: Dancer in the Fast Lane (2014).