Ivan Putrov
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Ivan Putrov is a Ukrainian-born ballet
dancer, an independent dance artist, he was a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet from 2002 until July 2010.
Educated at the Kiev Ballet School, at the age of 15 Ivan Putrov won the Prix de Lausanne
competition (1996), where the then-Royal Ballet School director Merle Park was a judge. He spent 18 months at the Royal Ballet School
and on graduation in 1998 Ivan Putrov was invited by the Royal Ballet's director, Sir Anthony Dowell
, to join the company itself.
He became a principal with The Royal Ballet in 2002. Putrov won the National Dance Award for Outstanding Young Male Artist (Classical) the same year.
In 2006 Putrov suffered an injury in an onstage fall, which led to a lengthy leave from dancing. He has since returned to the stage without apparent lasting effects.
and Lensky in John Cranko
's Onegin, for which The Guardian praised his "captivating blitheness."
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
dancer, an independent dance artist, he was a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet from 2002 until July 2010.
Biography
Ivan Putrov was born in Kiev into a family of ballet dancers from The Ukrainian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Natalia Berezina-Putrova and Oleksandr Putrov. He appeared on stage for the first time at the age of 10 in the ballet "The Forest Song".Educated at the Kiev Ballet School, at the age of 15 Ivan Putrov won the Prix de Lausanne
Prix de Lausanne
The Prix de Lausanne is an International dance competition held annually in Lausanne, Switzerland. The competition is for young dancers seeking to pursue a professional career in classical ballet, and many former prize winners of the competition are now leading stars with major ballet companies...
competition (1996), where the then-Royal Ballet School director Merle Park was a judge. He spent 18 months at the Royal Ballet School
Royal Ballet School
The Royal Ballet School is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the Royal Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Royal Opera House in London...
and on graduation in 1998 Ivan Putrov was invited by the Royal Ballet's director, Sir Anthony Dowell
Anthony Dowell
Sir Anthony James Dowell, CBE is a retired English ballet dancer and former Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet. He studied at the Hampshire School and The Royal Ballet Schools, before joining the Royal Ballet in 1961...
, to join the company itself.
He became a principal with The Royal Ballet in 2002. Putrov won the National Dance Award for Outstanding Young Male Artist (Classical) the same year.
In 2006 Putrov suffered an injury in an onstage fall, which led to a lengthy leave from dancing. He has since returned to the stage without apparent lasting effects.
Repertoire
He has received notice for roles such as Prince Siegfried in Swan LakeSwan Lake
Swan Lake ballet, op. 20, by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, composed 1875–1876. The scenario, initially in four acts, was fashioned from Russian folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger...
and Lensky in John Cranko
John Cranko
John Cyril Cranko was a choreographer with the Sadler's Wells Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet....
's Onegin, for which The Guardian praised his "captivating blitheness."