Alexander “Sasha” Akulov

Personal Trainer at Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness, East Providence

OSB official trainer

Alexander Akulov was born in Krasnodarskiy Krai, Russia.

He had the honor of being selected to study ballet at the world-renowned Vaganova Academy, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Upon graduation from the academy, he joined the St. Petersburg State Ballet of Jacobson, as a soloist.

In 2005 Mr. Akulov moved to the United States and joined the Festival Ballet Providence as a leading artist, where he danced for six years.  It was in Providence that Alexander discovered the works of many of America’s great choreographers; George Balanchine, Antony Tudor and Agnes Demille.  During his time in the US, he danced all the major classical ballets and had many contemporary roles created on him.

In 2011, he joined the Ballet du Capitole in Toulouse, France and expanded his contemporary repertoire, working with the likes of Jacopo Godani, Johann Inger and Stijn Celis and dancing ballets by Jiri Kylian, Nacho Duato and Benjamin Millipied.

In 2015 Alexander was invited to dance with the Staatsballett Berlin, where he had the pleasure of working closely with director and famed choreographer Nacho Duato.  Whilst in Berlin, Mr. Akulov also worked with Ohad Naharin, creator of the “Gaga’ technique and numerous other emerging choreographers.

Notable roles/works include; Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, Albrecht in Giselle, The Nutcracker Prince, Prince Desiree in Sleeping Beauty,  Who Cares?, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Tarantella, (Balancine) Petit Mort (Kylian), White Darkness (Duato), Secus (Naharin) , Walking Mad (Inger), Coma (Plotnikov)

Since returning to the US in 2019, Alexander has become a freelance guest artist with several companies and is also a NASM certified personal trainer.