Mikhail Ronnikov  began his work in Moscow,Russia.
After graduating from the Moscow Choreographic Academy of the Bolshoi Theatre ,he was invited to work with Moscow State Theatre of  Classical Ballet(Artistic  director:Natalia Kasatkina)His first solo roles were:Pas  de Trois from "Swan Lake" ( role of Beno),Pas de Trois  from "Nathalie"(Choreography by P.Lacotte),the  role  of Samson in the 1st act of  'Romeo and Juliet" (Choreography by N.Kasatkina,V.Vasilev)  and many other classical roles. Mikhail also had great opportunities to study  and perform contemporary works of European choreographers  such as Renato Zanella  and Maurice Bejart
In 1994,Mikhail  was offered a position  of principal dancer  with Moscow City Ballet(Artistic director:Victor Smirnov),where he performed all classical repertoire (including soloist and principal roles).The company toured extensively in UK, performed  in London(The Royal Albert Hall, Sadler's Wells Theatre and many others well known stages.
In 1997, Mikhail competed in the Moscow ballet contest.
It is held on the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre-Moscow International ballet Competition ,where he won the Bronze  medal. The jury of the competition was represented by famous ballet masters:Yuri  Grigotovich, Galina Ulanova, Natalia Makarova,Sofia Golovkina,Olga Lepeshinskaya, Ben Stevenson and many others.
In 1998 as a principal  dancer ,Mikhail joined the Imperial Russian Ballet(under direction of Maya Plisetskaya and Gedeminas Taranda). Company  performed  full lingth ballets  and concerts in different theatres like New Opera House in Moscow, Hummingbird Centre for the Performing in Toronto, Canada and many  others in Europe.
Mikhail started working in America in 2000,with Colorado Ballet in Denver(principal dancer) and later in South Carolina with Columbia Classical Ballet (Choreographer and principal dancer) He also began to explore  a ballet teaching . In America, Mikhail had a great joy to work with different contemporary productions of such a well known choreographers : Christopher Wheeldon, Twyla Tharp, Lynee Taylor Corbett, Septime Webre, Michael Pink, Rick McCullough, Harrison McCeldowney, Doug Verone and many others.
As a choregrapher and performer , Mikhail was glad to work in the programs of the famous orchestra under direction of Peter Nero with Philadelphia Pops Orchestra at the Kimmel Centre for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia.
In 2020 ,Mikhail has received MFA degree in choreography and ballet teaching at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow.
At the present time he is working as  a guest  choreographer   and  ballet teacher.