Has anyone seen or heard of these dancers? They are guesting with the Israel Ballet next month in Cranko's Onegin. The Israel Ballet has a good track record of guests - the last time they performed Onegin, Larissa Lezhnina danced Tatiana, but I have never heard of these two. (BTW I'm not sure of the spelling. I've only seen the names written in Hebrew script, and the Hebreew was probably transcribed from Cyrillic.)

Artem Shpilevsky is a leading soloist with the Bolshoi Ballet . From 2002 to 2006 he was with Berlin Staatsoper Ballet Company. I believe there are some videos of him on youtube.

Here are some YouTube links on Shapilevsky:

List of Shapilevsky videos:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_quer..._type=&aq=f

Among them:

Manon Links Page
Don Q Bullfight with Cape
Don Q Bullfighter Solo
Sleeping Beauty Act II Hunting Party Solo
Sleeping Beauty End of Act II Solo
Sleeping Act III Solo

Nothing for Turishvili under that spelling.

He is Polina Semionova's partner in the YT clips of Malakhov's "Cinderella" for the Berlin Staatsoper Ballet, too.

Thanks a lot.
My YT connection is usually too slow for comfortable viewing, but I'll try to take a look. In any case, from his rep, it sounds like Shpilevsky should be a good Onegin.