Nicholas MacKay
Nicholas MacKay is a classically trained ballet dancer from both the prestigious Russian Vaganova Ballet Academy and the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. Moving from Montana to Moscow at the age of 9, he is the youngest Non Russian to ever attend the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. While still a student, he performed with the Mariinsky, Bolshoi and Mikhailovsky Ballet Companies, toured Brussels and Berlin as a professional dancer in The Nutcracker, and performed in the original cast of the Bolshoi Ballet world premiere of Moidodyr.
At the young age of 15 Mackay was launched into the world scene when his photos from “Project Polunin”, which was performed in Sadlers Wells featuring Sergei Polunin and Natalia Osipova, reached a worldwide audience.
Continued success followed with photography/directing for: Paris Opera,Mariinsky Theatre, Balmain, Bolshoi Theatre, designer Tatyana Parfionova, the Shanghai Russell James and Victoria's Secret Show, Bloch, Grishko Russia, the Vaganova Ballet Academy, Sobaka Magazine, Esquire China, TIMEOUT magazine and many more. At the age of 18 he started, together with his brother Julian, a worldwide production company “ MACKAY PRODUCTIONS “ to merge classical art, music and fashion. The production company focuses on showing a unique creative vision in publications and stages around the world.
Nicholas, along with his brother Julian, is fluent in the Russian language. His main inspirations are Greek and Roman mythology and artists such as Rembrandt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and John Martin - famous for his depictions of godly destruction and Biblical landscapes.
Nicholas MacKay now travels the world working with talented and inspiring people, and is always looking for a new adventure!