Prix Benois de la Danse
Encyclopedia
The Benois de la Danse is one of the most prestigious ballet competition. Founded by the International Dance Association in Moscow
in 1991, it takes place each year on or around April 29 and is jury-based in its judging. The members of this jury
change every year and consists of only top ballet personages.
Statuettes are given to the winners in the categories of lifelong achievement, ballerina, danseur, choreographer, composer and designer.
The Benois de la Danse recognizes with monetary awards exceptional events occurring during the previous year on stages around the world. These include dancing roles of all kinds as well as choreographic accomplishments.
and the founders succeeded in obtaining the patronage of UNESCO
in the autumn of 1992. Its scheduling at the end of April is meant to coincide with the birthday of the great Alexandre Benois
(1870-1960) for whom it is named.
French sculptor Igor Ustinov designed the statuette of the Benois de la Danse award in 1992. He is the son of the famous actor Peter Ustinov
, a great-nephew of Alexandre Benois
.
Designer
Ballerina
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
in 1991, it takes place each year on or around April 29 and is jury-based in its judging. The members of this jury
Jury
A jury is a sworn body of people convened to render an impartial verdict officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment. Modern juries tend to be found in courts to ascertain the guilt, or lack thereof, in a crime. In Anglophone jurisdictions, the verdict may be guilty,...
change every year and consists of only top ballet personages.
Statuettes are given to the winners in the categories of lifelong achievement, ballerina, danseur, choreographer, composer and designer.
The Benois de la Danse recognizes with monetary awards exceptional events occurring during the previous year on stages around the world. These include dancing roles of all kinds as well as choreographic accomplishments.
History
The idea for the Benois de la Danse was initiated in MoscowMoscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
and the founders succeeded in obtaining the patronage of UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
in the autumn of 1992. Its scheduling at the end of April is meant to coincide with the birthday of the great Alexandre Benois
Alexandre Benois
Alexandre Nikolayevich Benois , an influential artist, art critic, historian, preservationist, and founding member of Mir iskusstva , an art movement and magazine...
(1870-1960) for whom it is named.
French sculptor Igor Ustinov designed the statuette of the Benois de la Danse award in 1992. He is the son of the famous actor Peter Ustinov
Peter Ustinov
Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE was an English actor, writer and dramatist. He was also renowned as a filmmaker, theatre and opera director, stage designer, author, screenwriter, comedian, humourist, newspaper and magazine columnist, radio broadcaster and television presenter...
, a great-nephew of Alexandre Benois
Alexandre Benois
Alexandre Nikolayevich Benois , an influential artist, art critic, historian, preservationist, and founding member of Mir iskusstva , an art movement and magazine...
.
Goals of competition
- To give the Benois audience the best performances of the works that have been entered, regardless of whom they were created by.
- To bring the best representatives of different dance styles and schools together.
- To support veterans of ballet financially, with funds from the gala concerts
Members of the Benois de la Danse jury have included
- Alessandra FerriAlessandra FerriAlessandra Ferri is a retired Italian prima ballerina assoluta. She received her training at the La Scala Theatre Ballet School and the Royal Ballet School...
- Alexander GrantAlexander Grant (dancer)Alexander Grant was a ballet dancer noted as a founder member of the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet and as a dancer with The Royal Ballet.- Overview :...
- Altynai AsylmuratovaAltynai AsylmuratovaAltynai Asylmuratova is a former Soviet and Kazakhstaniprima ballerina with the Kirov Ballet/Mariinsky Theatre and a guest artist all over the world. Asylmuratova was born in Alma-Ata, Kazakstan, and after graduation from the Vaganova Choreographic Institute she joined the Kirov Ballet in 1978...
- Claude BessyClaude Bessy (dancer)Claude Bessy is a French ballerina, ballet master of the Paris Opera Ballet and director of the Paris Opera Ballet School ....
- Brigitte Lefèvre
- Carla FracciCarla FracciCarla Fracci is a ballet dancer and actress. Her career highlights include Nijinsky, Giselle , Complete Bell Telephone Hour Performances: Erik Bruhn 1961-1967.-FAO Ambassador:...
- Davide BombanaDavide BombanaDavide Bombana is an Italian choreographer. He studied ballet at the Ballet School of La Scala and graduated in 1977. His debut that year, with the La Scala Ballet was in the title role of Béjart's The Firebird...
- Frank Anderson
- Galina UlanovaGalina UlanovaGalina Sergeyevna Ulánova is frequently cited as being one of the greatest 20th Century ballerinas. Her flat in Moscow is designated a national museum, and there are monuments to her in Saint Petersburg and Stockholm....
- Helgi Tomasson
- Irina KolpakovaIrina KolpakovaIrina Kolpakova is a Russian ballerina.For many years, she was the prima ballerina of the Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in St. Petersburg...
- John NeumeierJohn NeumeierJohn Neumeier is a well-known American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director. He has been the director and chief choreographer of the Hamburg Ballet since 1973. 5 years later he founded the Hamburg Ballet School, which also includes a boarding school...
- John TarasJohn TarasJohn Taras was a prominent American balletmaster and choreographer. Born on the Lower East Side of New York City to Ukrainian parents, he was sent at age 16 to study ballet with Michel Fokine, Anatole Vilzak and Ludmila Shollar, and later to the School of American Ballet...
- Karen KainKaren KainKaren Alexandria Kain, CC is a retired Canadian ballet dancer, and currently the Artistic Director of the National Ballet of Canada.-Early Training:...
- Loipa Araujo
- Nadia NerinaNadia NerinaNadia Nerina was a South African ballerina. She moved to England and joined the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, where she became a prima ballerina at the age of 25. She was one of the first western dancers to appear with the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow during the Cold War...
- Patrice Bart
- Peter Schaufuss
- Rudi van DantzigRudi van DantzigRudi van Dantzig , is a Dutch choreographer, ballet dancer and writer. Since 1965 he has been co-artistic leader of Het Nationale Ballet . After Sonia Gaskell and his other colleague left in 1971, he was the only artistic leader until 1991...
- Rudolph Nureyev
- Yuri Grigorovich
- Yvette ChauviréYvette ChauviréYvette Chauviré is a French prima ballerina who was born in Paris. Her dancing career was from 1937 to 1972. She celebrated her 90th birthday in 2007. She was the étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet, and later its director. She is also the holder of the Légion d'Honneur...
DesignerDesignerA designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...
s
- Olivier Debré (1998)
- Jaffar el Halabi (2000)
- Jurgen Rose (2002)
- Carlos GallardoCarlos GallardoCarlos Gallardo is a Mexican actor, producer and occasional screenwriter and director, and frequent collaborator with his friend, director Robert Rodriguez.-Life and career:Gallardo was born in Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico to a Mexican father and an Irish mother....
(2007)
Lifetime achievement
| Name | Year | Country | Company | Training |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alicia Alonso Alicia Alonso Alicia Alonso Martínez is the Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer. Her company became the Ballet de Cuba in 1955.... |
2000 | National Ballet of Cuba (after New York City Ballet New York City Ballet New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company... ) |
Sociedad Pro-Arte Musical | |
| Rudi van Dantzig Rudi van Dantzig Rudi van Dantzig , is a Dutch choreographer, ballet dancer and writer. Since 1965 he has been co-artistic leader of Het Nationale Ballet . After Sonia Gaskell and his other colleague left in 1971, he was the only artistic leader until 1991... |
2002 | Dutch National Ballet Dutch National Ballet Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdams Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed by Sonia Gaskell , Rudi van Dantzig , Wayne Eagling and is currently directed by Ted Brandsen. It is the largest dance company in the Netherlands and attracts many... |
||
| William Forsythe William Forsythe William Forsythe may refer to:* William Forsythe * William Forsythe and choreographer * William Forsythe , Australian slalom canoerSee also*William Forsyth... |
2002 | Stuttgart Ballet Stuttgart Ballet Stuttgart Ballet was the first major German ballet company. It rose to fame in the 1960s under Artistic Director John Cranko. The company, which is renowned for presentations of full-length narrative ballets including Romeo and Juliet, Eugene Onegin, The Taming of the Shrew, John Neumeier's Die... |
Joffrey Ballet School Joffrey Ballet The Joffrey Ballet is a dance company in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1956. From 1995 to 2004, the company was known as The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. The company regularly performs classical ballets including Romeo & Juliet and The Nutcracker, while balancing those classics with pioneering modern... |
|
| Mikhail Baryshnikov Mikhail Baryshnikov Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov is a Soviet and American dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. After a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he defected to Canada in 1974... |
2003 | American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre , based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century. It continues as a leading dance company in the world today... (after Mariinsky Ballet Mariinsky Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet is a classical ballet company based at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world's leading ballet companies... ) |
Vaganova Academy Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet is a school of classical ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The school was previously known as the Imperial Ballet School, becoming the Leningrad State Choreographic Institute during the Soviet era... |
|
| Maurice Bejart Maurice Béjart Maurice Béjart was a French born, Swiss choreographer who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. He was the son of the French philosopher Gaston Berger.- Biography :... |
2003 | Béjart Ballet Lausanne | Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Marina Semenova | 2003 | Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies, however it only achieved worldwide acclaim by the early 20th century, when Moscow became the... (after Mariinsky Ballet Mariinsky Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet is a classical ballet company based at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world's leading ballet companies... ) |
Vaganova Academy Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet is a school of classical ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The school was previously known as the Imperial Ballet School, becoming the Leningrad State Choreographic Institute during the Soviet era... |
|
| Trisha Brown Trisha Brown Trisha Brown is a postmodernist American choreographer and dancer.Brown was born in Aberdeen, Washington, and received a B.A. degree in dance from Mills College in 1958. Brown later received a D.F.A. from Bates College in 2000. For several summers she studied with Louis Horst at the American Dance... |
2005 | Trisha Brown Dance Company | Mills College Mills College Mills College is an independent liberal arts women's college founded in 1852 that offers bachelor's degrees to women and graduate degrees and certificates to women and men. Located in Oakland, California, Mills was the first women's college west of the Rockies. The institution was initially founded... |
|
| Hans van Manen Hans van Manen Hans van Manen is a Dutch ballet dancer, choreographer and photographer.He is a son of a German housemaid. He studied under Sonia Gaskell, Françoise Adret and Nora Kiss. Van Manen wrote many ballets. He worked for the Dutch National Ballet from 1973 to 1985. He was awarded the Erasmus Prize in... |
2005 | Dutch National Ballet Dutch National Ballet Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdams Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed by Sonia Gaskell , Rudi van Dantzig , Wayne Eagling and is currently directed by Ted Brandsen. It is the largest dance company in the Netherlands and attracts many... |
||
| Mats Ek Mats Ek Mats Ek is a leading Swedish dance and ballet choreographer, dancer and stage director. He was the manager of the Cullberg Ballet from 1985 to 1993.... |
2006 | Cullberg Ballet Cullberg Ballet The Cullberg Ballet is a Swedish contemporary dance company.It was founded by the modern dancer and pioneer choreographer Birgit Cullberg in 1967, who brought it to fame... |
||
| Laurent Hilaire | 2007 | Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... |
Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion, who is currently racing for Ferrari.... |
2008 | National Ballet of Cuba | ||
| Peter Farmer Peter Farmer Peter John Farmer is an Australian-American hammer thrower, and educator. Born in Sydney, NSW Australia, he moved to El Paso Texas, USA in the early 70's to pursue his academic career, at University of Texas at El Paso, where he completed his bachelors degree, master degree and doctoral degree.He... |
2010 | |||
| Ohad Naharin Ohad Naharin Ohad Naharin is an Israeli contemporary dancer, choreographer and dance company artistic director.-Biography:... |
2010 | Batsheva Dance Company Batsheva Dance Company The Batsheva Dance Company is an internationally acclaimed dance company based in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was founded by Martha Graham and Baroness Batsheva De Rothschild in 1964.... |
Batsheva Dance Company Batsheva Dance Company The Batsheva Dance Company is an internationally acclaimed dance company based in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was founded by Martha Graham and Baroness Batsheva De Rothschild in 1964.... and School of American Ballet School of American Ballet The School of American Ballet is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school trains students from the... |
|
| Toer van Schayk | 2011 | Dutch National Ballet Dutch National Ballet Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdams Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed by Sonia Gaskell , Rudi van Dantzig , Wayne Eagling and is currently directed by Ted Brandsen. It is the largest dance company in the Netherlands and attracts many... |
||
BallerinaBallerinaA ballerina is a title used to describe a principal female professional ballet dancer in a large company; the male equivalent to this title is danseur or ballerino...
s
| Name | Year | Country | Company | Training |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nadezhda Gracheva | 1992 | Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies, however it only achieved worldwide acclaim by the early 20th century, when Moscow became the... |
Bolshoi Ballet Academy Moscow State Academy of Choreography The Moscow State Academy of Choreography , commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of ballet in the world, located in Moscow, Russia. It is the affiliate school of the Bolshoi Ballet.... |
|
| Isabelle Guérin | 1993 | Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... |
Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Sylvie Guillem Sylvie Guillem Sylvie Guillem CBE is a French ballet dancer. She was the top-ranking female dancer with the Paris Opera Ballet from 1984 to 1989, before becoming a principal guest artist with the Royal Ballet in London. She is currently performing contemporary dance as an Associate Artist of London's Sadler's... |
1994 | Royal ballet | Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Galina Stepanenko | 1995 | Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies, however it only achieved worldwide acclaim by the early 20th century, when Moscow became the... |
Bolshoi Ballet Academy Moscow State Academy of Choreography The Moscow State Academy of Choreography , commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of ballet in the world, located in Moscow, Russia. It is the affiliate school of the Bolshoi Ballet.... |
|
| Dominique Khalfouni | 1995 | Ballet National de Marseille (after Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... ) |
Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Diana Vishneva Diana Vishneva Diana Vishneva is a prima ballerina with both the Mariinsky Ballet in Russia, and American Ballet Theatre in the United States. She was born in St. Petersburg and was trained at the Vaganova Choreographic Institute and upon her graduation in 1995, joined the company of the Mariinsky Theatre... |
1996 | Mariinsky Ballet Mariinsky Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet is a classical ballet company based at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world's leading ballet companies... |
Vaganova Academy Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet is a school of classical ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The school was previously known as the Imperial Ballet School, becoming the Leningrad State Choreographic Institute during the Soviet era... |
|
| Ulyana Lopatkina Ulyana Lopatkina Ulyana Vyacheslavovna Lopatkina is a principal dancer at the Kirov Ballet/Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg. She studied at the Vaganova Academy with Natalia Dudinskaya. Upon graduation Lopatkina joined the Kirov/Mariinsky Theatre Ballet in 1991, and was promoted to principal dancer in 1995... |
1997 | Mariinsky Ballet Mariinsky Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet is a classical ballet company based at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world's leading ballet companies... |
Vaganova Academy Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet is a school of classical ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The school was previously known as the Imperial Ballet School, becoming the Leningrad State Choreographic Institute during the Soviet era... |
|
| Julia Makhalina | 1998 | Mariinsky Ballet Mariinsky Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet is a classical ballet company based at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world's leading ballet companies... |
Vaganova Academy Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet is a school of classical ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The school was previously known as the Imperial Ballet School, becoming the Leningrad State Choreographic Institute during the Soviet era... |
|
| Marie-Claude Pietragalla Marie-Claude Pietragalla Marie-Claude Pietragalla is a French dancer and choreographer born in Paris the 2 February 1963.-Biography:At 16, she joined the Ballet de l'Opera National de Paris and was named étoile December 22, 1990, after the performance of Don Quixote in which she played the role of Kitri... |
1998 | Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... |
Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Élisabeth Platel Élisabeth Platel Élisabeth Platel is a French ballet dancer, born in Paris on 10 April 1959.-Career:After studying at the conservatoire in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, she entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1971, graduating with First Prize, which allowed her to complete her studies at the École de Danse de l'Opéra... |
1999 | Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... |
Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Sue Jin Kang Sue Jin Kang Kang Sue-jin is a South Korean ballerina. She is a principal dancer at Stuttgart Ballet.- Early life :Kang Soo-jin was born in Seoul, South Korea. After initial ballet lessons in Korea, she went to Marika Besobrazova at the Académie de Danse Classique in Monte Carlo. In 1985, she won the Prix de... |
1999 | Stuttgart Ballet Stuttgart Ballet Stuttgart Ballet was the first major German ballet company. It rose to fame in the 1960s under Artistic Director John Cranko. The company, which is renowned for presentations of full-length narrative ballets including Romeo and Juliet, Eugene Onegin, The Taming of the Shrew, John Neumeier's Die... |
||
| Julie Kent | 2000 | American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre , based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century. It continues as a leading dance company in the world today... |
Academy of the Maryland Youth Ballet and School of American Ballet School of American Ballet The School of American Ballet is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school trains students from the... |
|
| Alessandra Ferri Alessandra Ferri Alessandra Ferri is a retired Italian prima ballerina assoluta. She received her training at the La Scala Theatre Ballet School and the Royal Ballet School... |
2000 | La Scala La Scala La Scala , is a world renowned opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the New Royal-Ducal Theatre at La Scala... |
La Scala Theatre Ballet School Scuola di Ballo del Teatro alla Scala La Scala Theatre Ballet School is one of the leading classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of La Scala Theatre Ballet, an international ballet company based at La Scala in Milan, Italy... |
|
| Aurélie Dupont Aurelie Dupont Aurélie Dupont is a French ballet dancer who performs with the Paris Opera Ballet as an Étoile. She began her career in dance at the age of ten when she entered the Paris Opera Ballet School after giving up her hopes of being a pianist... |
2002 | Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... |
Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Anastasiya Volochkova | 2002 | Mariinsky Ballet Mariinsky Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet is a classical ballet company based at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world's leading ballet companies... |
Vaganova Academy Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet is a school of classical ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The school was previously known as the Imperial Ballet School, becoming the Leningrad State Choreographic Institute during the Soviet era... |
|
| Lucia Lacarra | 2003 | Bavarian State Ballet | Víctor Ullate School of Danse Víctor Ullate Víctor Ullate is a dancer, choreographer and ballet director.Ullate trained with María de Avila and Rosella Hightower. He started his professional dancing life wihth Antonio Ruiz Soler's company in 1962 before joining Maurice Béjart's Ballet as a principal three years later... |
|
| Alina Cojocaru Alina Cojocaru Alina Cojocaru is a female principal dancer with The Royal Ballet of London.-Early years:Alina Cojocaru was born and raised in Bucharest, Romania. She has one sister. From a young age she studied gymnastics... |
2004 | Royal Ballet | Kiev State Ballet School | |
| Svetlana Zakharova | 2005 | Mariinsky Ballet Mariinsky Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet is a classical ballet company based at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world's leading ballet companies... |
Vaganova Academy Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet is a school of classical ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The school was previously known as the Imperial Ballet School, becoming the Leningrad State Choreographic Institute during the Soviet era... |
|
| Marie-Agnès Gillot | 2005 | Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... |
Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Ekaterina Kondaurova | 2006 | Mariinsky Ballet Mariinsky Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet is a classical ballet company based at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world's leading ballet companies... |
Vaganova Academy Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet is a school of classical ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The school was previously known as the Imperial Ballet School, becoming the Leningrad State Choreographic Institute during the Soviet era... |
|
| Joo-won Kim | 2006 | Korea National Ballet Korea National Ballet The Korea National Ballet is a professional ballet company founded in 1962 in Seoul, Korea. It was one of the affiliates of the National Theater of Korea until 1999,and in the following year, it separated to independently reestablish itself in the Seoul Arts Center... |
Bolshoi Ballet Academy Moscow State Academy of Choreography The Moscow State Academy of Choreography , commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of ballet in the world, located in Moscow, Russia. It is the affiliate school of the Bolshoi Ballet.... |
|
| Agnès Letestu Agnes Letestu She decided to start ballet when she saw her first ballet on TV . Then she had the opportunity to start ballet as a hobby, and her teacher, Mr. Bertin, persuaded her to audition for the Opéra Ballet School which she joined when she was 10. She was a shy but graceful pupil and was destined to be at... |
2007 | Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... |
Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Svetlana Lunkina | 2007 | Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies, however it only achieved worldwide acclaim by the early 20th century, when Moscow became the... |
Bolshoi Ballet Academy Moscow State Academy of Choreography The Moscow State Academy of Choreography , commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of ballet in the world, located in Moscow, Russia. It is the affiliate school of the Bolshoi Ballet.... |
|
| Tamara Rojo Tamara Rojo Tamara Rojo is a Spanish prima ballerina, and is currently a Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet in London.Rojo was born in Montreal, Canada, to Spanish parents who moved back to Spain when she was four months old... |
2008 | from Royal Ballet (for the Teatro San Carlo) |
Víctor Ullate School of Danse Víctor Ullate Víctor Ullate is a dancer, choreographer and ballet director.Ullate trained with María de Avila and Rosella Hightower. He started his professional dancing life wihth Antonio Ruiz Soler's company in 1962 before joining Maurice Béjart's Ballet as a principal three years later... |
|
| Silvia Azzoni Silvia Azzoni Silvia Azzoni is a ballet dancer. Graduated from Baletna Skola in Turin and Hamburg Ballet School, where her teachers were Dragica Zach, Marianne Kruuse, Ilse Wiedmann and Kevin Haigen.... |
2008 | Hamburg Ballet Hamburg Ballet Hamburg Ballet, also known as the Hamburg State Opera Ballet, is an internationally acclaimed ballet company located in Hamburg, Germany. Since 1973 it is directed by the American dancer and choreographer John Neumeier.... |
Hamburg Ballet School | |
| Natalia Osipova | 2009 | Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies, however it only achieved worldwide acclaim by the early 20th century, when Moscow became the... |
Bolshoi Ballet Academy Moscow State Academy of Choreography The Moscow State Academy of Choreography , commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of ballet in the world, located in Moscow, Russia. It is the affiliate school of the Bolshoi Ballet.... |
|
| Kirsty Martin | 2009 | Australian Ballet | Australian Ballet School Australian Ballet School The Australian Ballet School was founded in 1964 as the primary training facility for The Australian Ballet by Dame Margaret Scott. It is part of the Australian Ballet Centre, which is located in the Melbourne Arts Precinct, Southbank in Melbourne, Victoria... |
|
| Hélène Bouchet | 2010 | Hamburg Ballet Hamburg Ballet Hamburg Ballet, also known as the Hamburg State Opera Ballet, is an internationally acclaimed ballet company located in Hamburg, Germany. Since 1973 it is directed by the American dancer and choreographer John Neumeier.... |
École Nationale de Danse de Marseille | |
Choreographers
| Name | Year | Country | Company | Training |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Neumeier John Neumeier John Neumeier is a well-known American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director. He has been the director and chief choreographer of the Hamburg Ballet since 1973. 5 years later he founded the Hamburg Ballet School, which also includes a boarding school... |
1992 | Hamburg Ballet Hamburg Ballet Hamburg Ballet, also known as the Hamburg State Opera Ballet, is an internationally acclaimed ballet company located in Hamburg, Germany. Since 1973 it is directed by the American dancer and choreographer John Neumeier.... |
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... |
|
| Jiri Kylian Jiří Kylián Jiří Kylián is a Czech dance choreographer.Kylián studied in Prague and, at the age of 20, won a scholarship at the Royal Ballet School in London. He joined the Stuttgart Ballet in 1968 and worked under John Cranko, where he began to choreograph. Kylián became Artistic Director of Nederlands Dans... |
1993 | Nederlands Dans Theatre Nederlands Dans Theatre Nederlands Dans Theater is a Dutch contemporary dance company. NDT is headquartered at the Lucent Danstheater in The Hague... |
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... |
|
| Roland Petit Roland Petit Roland Petit was a French choreographer and dancer born in Villemomble, near Paris, France. He trained at the Paris Opéra Ballet school, and became well known for his creative ballets.-Biography:... |
1994 | from Ballet National de Marseille (for the Staatsoper Unter den Linden) |
Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Angelin Preljocaj Angelin Preljocaj Angelin Preljoçaj is a French dancer of Albanian origin and choreographer of contemporary dance.-Biography:His choreographic work is steeped in his writing of the history of classical ballet, but is resolutely contemporary... |
1995 | from Ballet Preljocaj (for the Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... ) |
Schola Cantorum Schola Cantorum The Schola Cantorum de Paris is a private music school in Paris. It was founded in 1894 by Charles Bordes, Alexandre Guilmant and Vincent d'Indy as a counterbalance to the Paris Conservatoire's emphasis on opera... |
|
| Valentin Elizariev | 1996 | National Academic Bolshoi Ballet of Belarus | ||
| Carolyn Carlson Carolyn Carlson Carolyn Carlson is an American contemporary dance choreographer and performer. She is of Finnish descent.She is the director of the 'Centre Chorégraphique National' in Roubaix and of the 'Atelier de Paris' at 'La Cartoucherie de Vincennes' in Paris.She was awarded the title of Chevalier des Arts... |
1998 | from Atelier de Paris-Carolyn Carlson (for the Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... ) |
San Francisco Ballet School | |
| Davide Bombana Davide Bombana Davide Bombana is an Italian choreographer. He studied ballet at the Ballet School of La Scala and graduated in 1977. His debut that year, with the La Scala Ballet was in the title role of Béjart's The Firebird... |
1998 | from Maggio Danza Company (for Bayerisches Staatsballett) |
La Scala Theatre Ballet School Scuola di Ballo del Teatro alla Scala La Scala Theatre Ballet School is one of the leading classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of La Scala Theatre Ballet, an international ballet company based at La Scala in Milan, Italy... |
|
| Jiri Kylian Jiří Kylián Jiří Kylián is a Czech dance choreographer.Kylián studied in Prague and, at the age of 20, won a scholarship at the Royal Ballet School in London. He joined the Stuttgart Ballet in 1968 and worked under John Cranko, where he began to choreograph. Kylián became Artistic Director of Nederlands Dans... |
1999 | Nederlands Dans Theatre Nederlands Dans Theatre Nederlands Dans Theater is a Dutch contemporary dance company. NDT is headquartered at the Lucent Danstheater in The Hague... |
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... |
|
| Nacho Duato Nacho Duato Juan Ignacio Duato Bárcia, also known as Nacho Duato is a Spanish modern ballet dancer and choreographer. After a long and successful career, he was selected by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Education as the artistic director of the National Spanish Dance Company in June 1990... |
2000 | Spanish National Dance Company Spanish National Dance Company The Spanish National Dance Company, , was founded in 1979, originally as under the name of Ballet Nacional de España Clásico. Its first director was dancer Victor Ullate, followed by Maria de Avila, Ray Barra, Maya Plisetskaya, Nacho Duato , Hervé Palito and José Carlos Martínez since December... |
Rambert School Rambert Dance Company Rambert Dance Company, is a leading British dance company. Formed at the start of the 20th century as a classical ballet company, it would exert a great deal of influence on the development of dance in the United Kingdom, and today, as a contemporary dance company, it continues to be one of the... |
|
| David Dawson David Dawson (choreographer) British choreographer and dancer, David Dawson is one of the most respected names amongst the younger generation of choreographers working in the classical ballet idiom today.-Biography:... |
2003 | Dutch National Ballet Dutch National Ballet Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdams Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed by Sonia Gaskell , Rudi van Dantzig , Wayne Eagling and is currently directed by Ted Brandsen. It is the largest dance company in the Netherlands and attracts many... |
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... |
|
| Édouard Lock Édouard Lock Édouard Lock is a Canadian dance choreographer and the founder of the Canadian dance group, La La La Human Steps.In 1957 Édouard Lock's parents moved to Montreal, where he studied film and literature at Concordia University.... |
2003 | from La La La Human Steps La La La Human Steps La La La Human Steps is a Québécois contemporary dance group in Canada, known for its energetic, acrobatic style that often involves fast-paced and athletic physical contact... (for the Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... ) |
||
| Paul Lightfoot and Sol Leon | 2004 | Nederlands Dans Theatre Nederlands Dans Theatre Nederlands Dans Theater is a Dutch contemporary dance company. NDT is headquartered at the Lucent Danstheater in The Hague... |
||
| Alexei Ratmansky Alexei Ratmansky Alexei Osipovich Ratmansky is a choreographer and former ballet dancer. He is artist in residence at the American Ballet Theatre and the former director of the Bolshoi Ballet. Ratmansky trained under Pyotr Pestov and Anna Markeyeva at the Bolshoi Ballet School... |
2005 | from Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies, however it only achieved worldwide acclaim by the early 20th century, when Moscow became the... (for the Royal Danish Ballet Royal Danish Ballet The Royal Danish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in the world. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, it originates from 1748, when the Royal Danish Theatre was founded, and was finally organized in 1771 in response to the great popularity of French and Italian styles of dance... ) |
Bolshoi Ballet Academy Moscow State Academy of Choreography The Moscow State Academy of Choreography , commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of ballet in the world, located in Moscow, Russia. It is the affiliate school of the Bolshoi Ballet.... |
|
| Boris Eifman Boris Eifman Boris Eifman is a prolific choreographer associated with the Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg. He is known for his dark portrayals of anguished sexuality and extreme psychological states. The company frequently tours abroad, and has been economically successful... |
2006 | from Boris Eifman Ballet (for the Saint Petersburg Ballet Theatre) |
Saint Petersburg Conservatory Saint Petersburg Conservatory The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory is a music school in Saint Petersburg. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty members and 1,400 students.-History:... |
|
| Martin Schläpfer | 2007 | Ballet Mainz | 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... |
|
| Jean-Christophe Maillot Jean-Christophe Maillot Jean-Christophe Maillot is a French dancer and choreographer born in Tours.- Early life & education :He studied at the dance conservatory in Tours before enrolling at the upper school of dance in Cannes, where Rosella Hightower was his primary teacher.- Career :Maillot was invited by John Neumeier... |
2008 | Ballets de Monte-Carlo Les Ballets de Monte Carlo Les Ballets de Monte Carlo is a classical ballet company established in 1985 by Her Royal Highness the Princess of Hanover in accordance with the wishes of her mother, Princess Grace of Monaco... |
Rosella Hightowers International School of Dance Rosella Hightower Rosella Hightower was an American ballerina who achieved fame in both the United States and Europe.-Biography:... |
|
| Wayne McGregor Wayne McGregor Wayne McGregor CBE is a British choreographer of contemporary modern dance. His work is highly distinctive in its vocabulary of movement, for its integration of dance with film and visual art, and for his active interest and incorporation of computer technology and biological science... |
2009 | Royal Ballet | José Limón School José Limón José Arcadio Limón was a pioneer in the field of modern dance and choreography. In 1928, at age 20, he moved to New York City where he studied under Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. In 1946, Limón founded the José Limón Dance Company... |
|
| Jose Martinez Jose Martinez Jose Martinez may refer to:* Antonio José Martínez , New Mexico Catholic priest* Jose E. Martinez , American lawyer and judge* José Martínez Ruiz , Spanish poet and writer... |
2009 | Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... |
Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet |
2011 | Eastman company |
Performing Arts Research and Training Studios and Institut national supérieur des arts du spectacle |
|
| Jorma Elo Jorma Elo Jorma Elo is a contemporary choreographer. Elo began studying dance at a young age through classical training at the Finnish National Ballet School and the Kirov Ballet School. He danced with the Finnish Ballet from 1978–1984 and with the Cullberg Ballet from 1984 until 1990... |
2011 | from Boston Ballet Boston Ballet Boston Ballet, founded in 1963 by E. Virginia Williams, was the first professional repertory ballet company in New England. Boston Ballet’s national and international reputation developed under the leadership of Artistic Directors Violette Verdy , Bruce Marks , and Anna-Marie Holmes... (for Vienna State Opera Ballet Vienna State Opera Ballet The Vienna State Opera Ballet, like the opera company, is based at the Vienna State Opera House in Vienna, Austria. The original building was destroyed by Allied bombing in 1945.... and Stanislavsky Ballet Company) |
Finnish National Ballet School Finnish National Ballet Finnish National Ballet is a professional ballet company at the Finnish National Opera, in Helsinki, Finland. The company was founded in 1922 and it currently employs 73 dancers. It is the only Finnish company that regularly performs a classical ballet repertoire... |
|
Danseurs
| Name | Year | Country | Company | Training |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Bocca Julio Bocca Julio Bocca is one of the most important ballet dancers of the later part of the 20th century and arguably the most important Argentine dancer of all time.... |
1992 | Teatro Colón | Teatro Colón Ballet School | |
| Alexander Koelpin | 1992 | Royal Danish Ballet Royal Danish Ballet The Royal Danish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in the world. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, it originates from 1748, when the Royal Danish Theatre was founded, and was finally organized in 1771 in response to the great popularity of French and Italian styles of dance... |
Royal Danish Ballet School Royal Danish Ballet The Royal Danish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in the world. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, it originates from 1748, when the Royal Danish Theatre was founded, and was finally organized in 1771 in response to the great popularity of French and Italian styles of dance... |
|
| Andrei Uvarov | 1993 | Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies, however it only achieved worldwide acclaim by the early 20th century, when Moscow became the... |
Bolshoi Ballet Academy Moscow State Academy of Choreography The Moscow State Academy of Choreography , commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of ballet in the world, located in Moscow, Russia. It is the affiliate school of the Bolshoi Ballet.... |
|
| Sergei Filin Sergei Filin Sergei Yurevitch Filin is a Russian ballet dancer and former Artistic Director of ballet at the Stanislavsky & Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre in Moscow... |
1994 | Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies, however it only achieved worldwide acclaim by the early 20th century, when Moscow became the... |
Bolshoi Ballet Academy Moscow State Academy of Choreography The Moscow State Academy of Choreography , commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of ballet in the world, located in Moscow, Russia. It is the affiliate school of the Bolshoi Ballet.... ) |
|
| Nicolas Le Riche Nicolas Le Riche Nicolas Le Riche is a French ballet dancer. He entered the Paris Opera Ballet school at age ten and joined the corps de ballet six years later; his first ròle was in Gsovsky's Grand Pas Classique. He was promoted to sujet in 1990 and premier danseur in 1991... |
1995 | Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... |
Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Irek Mukhamedov Irek Mukhamedov Irek Mukhamedov OBE is a Soviet-born ballet dancer of Tatar origin who has danced with the Bolshoi Ballet & the Royal Ballet He trained at the Moscow Choreographic Institute under the guidance of Alexander Prokofiev between 1970 and 1978. Upon graduation he joined the Classical Ballet Company, ... |
1996 | Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies, however it only achieved worldwide acclaim by the early 20th century, when Moscow became the... |
Bolshoi Ballet Academy Moscow State Academy of Choreography The Moscow State Academy of Choreography , commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of ballet in the world, located in Moscow, Russia. It is the affiliate school of the Bolshoi Ballet.... |
|
| Vladimir Derevianko | 1996 | Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies, however it only achieved worldwide acclaim by the early 20th century, when Moscow became the... |
Bolshoi Ballet Academy Moscow State Academy of Choreography The Moscow State Academy of Choreography , commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of ballet in the world, located in Moscow, Russia. It is the affiliate school of the Bolshoi Ballet.... |
|
| Gregor Seyffert | 1997 | Komische Oper Berlin Komische Oper Berlin The Komische Oper Berlin is an opera company in Berlin, Germany, which specializes in German language productions of opera, operetta and musicals.... |
||
| Farukh Ruzimatov | 1997 | Mariinsky Ballet Mariinsky Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet is a classical ballet company based at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world's leading ballet companies... |
Vaganova Academy Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet is a school of classical ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The school was previously known as the Imperial Ballet School, becoming the Leningrad State Choreographic Institute during the Soviet era... |
|
| Manuel Legris Manuel Legris Manuel Legris is a French ballet dancer, born in Paris on October 10, 1964. He was a star dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet for 23 years. Since September 1, 2010, he has directed the Vienna State Opera Ballet.... |
1998 | Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... |
Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Vladimir Malakhov Vladimir Malakhov (dancer) Vladimir Malakhov , was a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. In 2004 he became the artistic director and first soloist of the Staatsballett Berlin which was newly formed from the ballets of the three public opera houses.He began his dance training at the age of four at a small ballet... |
1998 | Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies, however it only achieved worldwide acclaim by the early 20th century, when Moscow became the... |
Bolshoi Ballet Academy Moscow State Academy of Choreography The Moscow State Academy of Choreography , commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of ballet in the world, located in Moscow, Russia. It is the affiliate school of the Bolshoi Ballet.... |
|
| Nikolay Tsiskaridze Nikolay Tsiskaridze Nikolay Tsiskaridze , also spelled Ziskaridze, is a premier dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet. Ethnically Georgian, he was born in Tbilisi on 31 December 1973. He joined the Moscow Ballet School in 1987 and was admitted into the Bolshoi Ballet in 1991... |
1999 | Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies, however it only achieved worldwide acclaim by the early 20th century, when Moscow became the... |
Bolshoi Ballet Academy Moscow State Academy of Choreography The Moscow State Academy of Choreography , commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of ballet in the world, located in Moscow, Russia. It is the affiliate school of the Bolshoi Ballet.... |
|
| Jean-Guillaume Bart | 2000 | Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... |
Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Angel Corella Angel Corella Ángel Corella is a Spanish dancer, currently the Artistic Director and principal dancer of Corella Ballet Castilla Y León as well as principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre... |
2000 | American Ballet Theater | Víctor Ullate School of Danse Víctor Ullate Víctor Ullate is a dancer, choreographer and ballet director.Ullate trained with María de Avila and Rosella Hightower. He started his professional dancing life wihth Antonio Ruiz Soler's company in 1962 before joining Maurice Béjart's Ballet as a principal three years later... |
|
| Jeffry Gerodias | 2002 | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is a modern dance company based in New York, New York. It was founded in 1958 by choreographer and dancer Alvin Ailey... |
||
| Jiri Bubenicek | 2002 | Hamburg Ballet Hamburg Ballet Hamburg Ballet, also known as the Hamburg State Opera Ballet, is an internationally acclaimed ballet company located in Hamburg, Germany. Since 1973 it is directed by the American dancer and choreographer John Neumeier.... |
||
| Lukas Slavicky | 2003 | Bavarian State Ballet | ||
| Laurent Hilaire | 2004 | Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... |
Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Lloyd Riggins | 2004 | Hamburg Ballet Hamburg Ballet Hamburg Ballet, also known as the Hamburg State Opera Ballet, is an internationally acclaimed ballet company located in Hamburg, Germany. Since 1973 it is directed by the American dancer and choreographer John Neumeier.... |
Orlando Southern Ballet School | |
| Mathieu Ganio | 2005 | Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... |
Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Di Wang | 2006 | from Guangzhou Dance company (for the Nagoya International Ballet and Modern Dance Competition) |
||
| Leonid Sarafanov | 2006 | from Mariinsky Ballet Mariinsky Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet is a classical ballet company based at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world's leading ballet companies... (for the Vienna State Opera Ballet Vienna State Opera Ballet The Vienna State Opera Ballet, like the opera company, is based at the Vienna State Opera House in Vienna, Austria. The original building was destroyed by Allied bombing in 1945.... ) |
Kiev State Ballet School | |
| Hervé Moreau | 2007 | Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... |
Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| Marcelo Gomes Marcelo Gomes (dancer) Marcelo Gomes is a Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. He first joined the company in 1997 as a member of the Corps de Ballet, and was promoted to Soloist in 2000 and Principal in 2002.... |
2008 | American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre , based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century. It continues as a leading dance company in the world today... |
Helena Lobato and Dalal Aschcar ballet schools | |
| Carlos Acosta Carlos Acosta Carlos Acosta is a Cuban ballet dancer. He has danced with many companies including the English National Ballet, National Ballet of Cuba, Houston Ballet and American Ballet Theatre... |
2008 | from Royal Ballet (for the Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies, however it only achieved worldwide acclaim by the early 20th century, when Moscow became the... ) |
Cuban National Ballet School Cuban National Ballet School The Cuban National Ballet School in Havana, with 4,350 students is the biggest ballet school in the world and the most prestigious ballet school in Cuba, directed by Ramona de Sáa... |
|
| Ivan Vasiliev Ivan Vasiliev Ivan Vasiliev is a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet. Born in Vladivostok, he graduated from the Belorussian Ballet School and won first prize at the Moscow International Ballet Competition in 2005... |
2009 | Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies, however it only achieved worldwide acclaim by the early 20th century, when Moscow became the... (after National Academic Bolshoi Ballet of Belarus) |
Belarusian State Choreographic College | |
| Joaquín De Luz Joaquin de Luz Joaquín De Luz formerly with the American Ballet Theater , is currently a Principal Dancer with the New York City Ballet .-Background:... |
2009 | New York City Ballet New York City Ballet New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company... |
Víctor Ullate School of Danse Víctor Ullate Víctor Ullate is a dancer, choreographer and ballet director.Ullate trained with María de Avila and Rosella Hightower. He started his professional dancing life wihth Antonio Ruiz Soler's company in 1962 before joining Maurice Béjart's Ballet as a principal three years later... |
|
| David Hallberg | 2010 | American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre , based in New York City, was one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century. It continues as a leading dance company in the world today... |
Arizona Ballet School | |
| Thiago Bordin Thiago Bordin Thiago Bordin is a Brazilian ballet dancer. He is a principal dancer in the Hamburg Ballet.He was accepted into the acclaimed Akademie des Tanzes Mannheim, Germany when he was spotted by prima ballerina Birgit Keil. After completing his training he received immediate work at the Hamburg Ballet... |
2010 | Hamburg Ballet Hamburg Ballet Hamburg Ballet, also known as the Hamburg State Opera Ballet, is an internationally acclaimed ballet company located in Hamburg, Germany. Since 1973 it is directed by the American dancer and choreographer John Neumeier.... |
Mannheim Akademie des Tanzes | |
By categories
| Number | Country |
|---|---|
| 21 | |
| 20 | |
| 14 | |
| 10 | |
| 7 | |
| 6 | |
| 2 | |
| 1 | |
| Number | Country | Laureate's company |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Paris Opera Ballet Paris Opera Ballet The Paris Opera Ballet is the oldest national ballet company in the world, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it... |
|
| 13 | Bolshoi Ballet Bolshoi Ballet The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies, however it only achieved worldwide acclaim by the early 20th century, when Moscow became the... |
|
| 10 | Mariinsky Ballet Mariinsky Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet is a classical ballet company based at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world's leading ballet companies... |
|
| 6 | Hamburg Ballet Hamburg Ballet Hamburg Ballet, also known as the Hamburg State Opera Ballet, is an internationally acclaimed ballet company located in Hamburg, Germany. Since 1973 it is directed by the American dancer and choreographer John Neumeier.... |
|
| 5 | Royal ballet | |
| 5 | American Ballet Theater | |
| 4 | Dutch National Ballet Dutch National Ballet Dutch National Ballet was formed in 1961 when the Amsterdams Ballet and the Nederlands Ballet merged. The company has been directed by Sonia Gaskell , Rudi van Dantzig , Wayne Eagling and is currently directed by Ted Brandsen. It is the largest dance company in the Netherlands and attracts many... |
|
| 3 | Nederlands Dans Theatre Nederlands Dans Theatre Nederlands Dans Theater is a Dutch contemporary dance company. NDT is headquartered at the Lucent Danstheater in The Hague... |
|
| 2 | National Ballet of Cuba | |
| 2 | Ballet National de Marseille | |
| 2 | Stuttgart Ballet Stuttgart Ballet Stuttgart Ballet was the first major German ballet company. It rose to fame in the 1960s under Artistic Director John Cranko. The company, which is renowned for presentations of full-length narrative ballets including Romeo and Juliet, Eugene Onegin, The Taming of the Shrew, John Neumeier's Die... |
|
| Number | Country | Training school |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Paris Opera Ballet School | |
| 12 | Bolshoi Ballet Academy Moscow State Academy of Choreography The Moscow State Academy of Choreography , commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of ballet in the world, located in Moscow, Russia. It is the affiliate school of the Bolshoi Ballet.... |
|
| 9 | Vaganova Academy Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet is a school of classical ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The school was previously known as the Imperial Ballet School, becoming the Leningrad State Choreographic Institute during the Soviet era... |
|
| 5 | 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... |
|
| 4 | Víctor Ullate School of Danse Víctor Ullate Víctor Ullate is a dancer, choreographer and ballet director.Ullate trained with María de Avila and Rosella Hightower. He started his professional dancing life wihth Antonio Ruiz Soler's company in 1962 before joining Maurice Béjart's Ballet as a principal three years later... |
|
| 2 | La Scala Theatre Ballet School Scuola di Ballo del Teatro alla Scala La Scala Theatre Ballet School is one of the leading classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of La Scala Theatre Ballet, an international ballet company based at La Scala in Milan, Italy... |
|
| 2 | School of American Ballet School of American Ballet The School of American Ballet is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school trains students from the... |
|