Yuri Possochov
Jurij Mychajlowytsch Possochow ( Ukrainian Юрій Михайлович Посохов , Russian Юрий Михайлович Посохов Yuri Mikhailovich Possochow * 20th July 1964 in Woroschylowhrad , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a Ukrainian - Russian Ballet Dancers and choreographers .
Career
Jurij Possochow graduated from the Moscow Ballet School with Pyotr Pestov in 1982 and was hired by the ballet troupe of the Bolshoi Theater . He took part in the premiere of the first Balanchine ballet at the Bolshoi ( The prodigal son of Sergei Prokofiev in the title role).
In 1992 he signed a contract with Den Kongelige Ballet Copenhagen . A year later he was invited to the company of the San Francisco Ballet for the part of Prince Désiré in Sleeping Beauty (choreography by Helgi Tómasson ) . From 1994 to 2006 he was head of this group.
In 1999 he organized a tour of their dancers through Russia. The program took place under the title “Ballet Without Borders”.
He has been working as a choreographer since the late 1990s. His most recent work at the Bolshoi Theater (July 2017) was a ballet developed together with Kirill Serebrennikow about the personality of Rudolf Nureyev , which, however , was canceled by the director of the theater - Vladimir Urin - before the premiere .
Repertoire (selection)
- Prince Siegfried ( Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky , choreography: Yuri Grigorovich )
- Prince Desire ( Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky, Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich)
- Prince ( The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky, Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich)
- Count Albert ( Giselle von Adolphe Adam , Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich)
- Soloist ( Les Sylphides Choreography: Michail Fokine )
- Title role ( Cyrano de Bergerac by Marius Constant , choreography: Roland Petit )
- Title role ( Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev and choreography: Yuri Grigorovich)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ biography at kino-teatr.ru
- ↑ Yuri Possochow on the website of the Bolshoi Theater; accessed on July 12, 2017 (English)
- ↑ Bolshoi chief defends the removal of the "Nureyev" ballet
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| SURNAME | Possochow, Yuri |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Possochow, Jurij Mychajlowytsch (full name); Possochow, Juri Michailowitsch (Russian-Latin); Посохов, Юрій Михайлович (Ukrainian-Cyrillic); Посохов, Юрий Михайлович (Russian-Cyrillic); Possokhov, Yuri (English) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian-Russian dancer and choreographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vorozhylovhrad , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union |