Ivan Vladimirovich Vasilyev

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Ivan Vasiliev

Ivan Wladimirowitsch Wassiljew ( Russian Иван Владимирович Васильев ; born January 9, 1989 in Tawritschanka , Primorsky Krai , Soviet Union) is a Russian ballet dancer .

Life

He received his first ballet lessons at the Dnepropetrovsk Ballet School in Ukraine . At the age of twelve he moved to the State Ballet Academy in Minsk , where he stayed until he graduated in 2006. In the same year he was invited to join the Bolshoi Ballet in the Russian capital as a solo dancer. He made his Moscow debut as Basilio in Don Quixote . May 2010 he was appointed Principal Dancer . His move from the Moscow Ballet to the Mikhailovsky Theater in St. Petersburg in autumn 2011 made global headlines. In the same year he appeared for the first time as a guest dancer at the American Ballet Theater (ABT) in New York City . He has been a Principal Dancer at ABT since September 2012 . In May 2013 he announced that he wanted to leave the Mikhailovsky.

Awards and honors

  • 2004: International Ballet Competition Varna (bronze medal)
  • 2005: Moscow International Ballet Competition (gold medal)
  • 2006: Arabesque-96 ballet competition in Perm (gold medal)
  • 2006: International Ballet Competition Varna (Grand Prix)
  • 2006: Triumph Youth Prize
  • 2008: British Critics' Circle National Dance Awards in the "Spotlight" category
  • 2009: Prix Benois de la Danse
  • 2010: International Dance Open Festival (Mr. Virtuosity)
  • 2011: International Dance Open Festival (Grand Prix)

Filmography

  • 2010: Les Flammes De Paris (Philip)
    • DVD and Blu-ray production by the Bolshoi Theater and Bel Air Classiques, Harmonia Mundi / Eppelheim, choreography by Alexei Ratemansky

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ivan Vasiliev, Dancer . Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  2. ↑ biography of Ivan Vasiliev . Bavarian State Ballet. Retrieved on June 1, 2013.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bayerische.staatsoper.de  
  3. ↑ Roslyn Sulcas: Charting a Future, Leaps and Bounds . Retrieved June 1, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Wassiljew, Ivan Vladimirovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Васильев, Иван Владимирович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian ballet dancer
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Tavrichanka , Primorsky Krai , Soviet Union