Mikhail was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1981. He was admitted to the Bolshoi Ballet Academy at the age of 10. At 16, he joined his teacher Petr Pestovand at the John Cranko Ballet Academy in Stuttgart, Germany, to continue his studies. After graduating, he was offered a position at the Stuttgart Ballet, under the direction of Reid Anderson. For the next 13 years he performed pieces from the great ballet repertoire and danced in John Cranko’s choreographies such as Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, One guine, as well as creations by Marco Goecke such as Blushing, Vicious Wishes and Orlando. In 2012, Mikhail arrived in France and joined the Nice Ballet Méditerranée, under the artistic direction of Eric Wu-An. He continued his career as a dancer until 2018, and in 2019, he completed his studies and earned the State Diploma as a ballet teacher. Since then, he has worked as a ballet master, teacher, choreographer and dancer in France, Germany and Italy. In 2021, Mikhail joined the PNSD Rosella Hightower as a classical dance teacher, where he teaches both the preparatory and higher education cycles.