An outstanding ballet actor, choreographer, worked in the leading theaters of the world:
Since 1992 - soloist of the Vienna State Opera;
Since 1994 - soloist of the National Ballet of Canada;
Since 1996 - a soloist of the American Theater of Ballet (ABT).
In 2002, he was named the best dancer of the year, and the Japanese Journal «Dance Magazine» called him «the best dancer of the world» for more than twenty years.
Volodymyr Malakhov is an honorary citizen of Kyiv, the honorary professor of the Ukrainian Academy of Ballet.
From 2004 to 2014 years, he served as director and lead soloist at the Berlin State Opera. In February 2013, he was awarded the medal of O.S. Pushkin, and in the summer of that year he was elected the honorary professor at the Beijing Academy of Ballet.