In 1979 finished the theatrical department (I. sigal‘s class) of the Leningrad institute of theater, mu­zyki and cinematography of the name Of n. k.Cherkasov (now St. Petersburg academy of theatrical skill). It made a debut in 1977 by the ballet Of a. Adam‘s "Zhizel‘" in the state academic theater of opera and ballet of the name Of s. m.Kirov (now Mariinskiy).
More than 250 operatic and ballet plays designed. Among the theaters with which he collaborated the state academic theater of Boris eyfman‘s ballet, the Bolshoi theater of Belorussia, theater arena di Verona, operatic theater into Kal‘yari (Italy), royal theater in the glasgow. Are at present the main artist of the St. Petersburg state academic theater of opera and ballet im. M. n.Musorgskiy, where were carried out settings it leaned "fairy tale about tsar Saltan" Of n. rimskogo-Korsakov -Korsakova, "Carmen" Of zh. Bizet, "Othello" and "traviata" G. Verdi, ballets "latent beauty", The "lebedi­noye lake", the "nut cracker" Of p. Tschaikovsky, the "Don Quixote" L. minkus.
Vyacheslav okunev - author of the reconstruction of Fedor fedorovskiy‘s decorations to "khovanshchine" Of m. musorgskiy, Nikolai benu to "pet­rushke" Of i. stravinskiy, Constantine Korovin k "sad­ko", Aleksandr konstantinovskogo k to "prince Igor" A. Borodin and "mazepe" Of p. Tschaikovsky (everything - Mariinskiy theater), Nikolai golovin to "Carmen" (Tatar academic state theater of opera and ballet of the name Of musy Of dzhalilya).
Among the works of the last years "Cleopatra" Of zh. massne into Perm‘, N. rimskogo-Korsakov‘s -Korsakova "Cherevichki" in Kal‘yari, "Don Juan" V. a.Motsart in Verona, "zhizel‘" Of a. Adam, "Don Quixote" L. minkus, "lebe­dinoye lake" in Tokyo, "petrush­ka" in the glasgow, "brothers Karamazovy" in Essen, "zhizel‘" in Seoul, "turandot" in Verona.
Is the laureate of the State Prizes of the republics Of moldova and Belarus‘, it was honored title "deserved artist of Russia". In 1994 in large te­atre was accepted the participation in setting of the ballet Of "sil‘fida" Of kh. levenshell, in 2000. - ballet "Russian Hamlet" to the music Of l. van Beethoven and G. maler, and in 2002. - the opera Of m. musorgskiy‘s "Khovanshchina".