Anton Rudakov was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He received his dance education at the Vaganova Ballet Academy. In 2000 he started working at the Boris Eifmann Ballet Company in St. Petersburg and in 2002 he joined Aalto Ballet Theater in Essen, Germany.
From 2007 until 2014 he has been a member of the State Theatre Ballet in Wiesbaden under the artistic directorship of Stephan Thoss. During his last season there, he participated in several International Competitions for choreographers and won various awards, such as the Golden Butterfly at the International Dance Festival in Skopje, the production Award in Berlin, and in 2016 the "Pretty Creatives" award at the NW Dance Project in Portland, Oregon.
In October 2017, Anton Rudakov completed a master's degree in performance studies at the University of Hamburg. Since graduating, he has worked on various artistic projects; TanzKollektiv Bremen, Erfurt Tanz Theater, Kunsthalle Bremen, Nederlandse Reiseopera, K3 Hamburg, Landestheater Marburg. His choreographic creations have been shown at various international festivals. In summer 2021 he received the Hessian Theater award for his dance creation "IMPO(R)TANT"