Vladimir Malakhov
Vladimir Malakhov ( Ukrainian Володимир Анатолійович Малахов Volodymyr Anatolijowytsch Malakhov , Russian Владимир Анатольевич Малахов Vladimir Anatolyevich Malakhov ; emphasis: Malakhov * 7 January 1968 in Kryvyi Rih , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a naturalized Soviet-Austrian dancer and choreographer . He was from 2004 to the end of the 2013/2014 season Ballet - artistic director of the Berlin State Ballet .
life and work
He started ballet training at the age of four and was accepted as a talent for further training by the Moscow Bolshoi Theater at the age of ten (teacher among others Pyotr Pestov). Despite his graduation with top marks, he was initially not accepted into the ensemble . Instead, he became the youngest principal dancer with the Moscow Classical Ballet in 1986. After he had won several awards, he was hired at the Bolshoi Theater.
In 1992 he did not return home from a US tour. He received an attractive engagement with the Vienna State Opera Ballet and was granted Austrian citizenship. In the following years he worked at the National Ballet of Canada (1994), the Stuttgart Ballet and the American Ballet Theater at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City (1995). Critics compared him to Nureyev ; the Viennese daily Kurier named him on November 16, 1993 in its review of the premiere of “Manon” under the title “A Dancer of the Century”, a term that has been used often since then, including in New York Times .
In 2002 he was appointed ballet director of the Berlin State Opera and from 2004 was artistic director and ballet director at the Berlin State Ballet . Despite some health problems, he continued to dance in his ensemble.
“As a rule I can endure pain very well, as a dancer you always have it anyway. The lifting figures torment the back and neck. The feet are often sore, the arms cramped, the body is marked by bruises, bruises and calluses. "
In the ballet world premiere on June 20, 2009, Das Flammende Herz , based on music by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and choreographed by Patrice Bart , he danced the role of Percy Shelley at the Berlin State Opera with partner Polina Semionowa , who played the part of Mary Shelley danced.
Malakhov moved to Tokyo Ballet as an artistic advisor in 2014 ; his successor Nacho Duato was last active in Saint Petersburg .
Choreographies
- 1999: The Bajadere (for the ballet of the Vienna State Opera)
- 2001: Verdi Ballet: A Masked Ball (for the Ballet of the Vienna State Opera)
Prizes and awards
- 1986: International Ballet Competition Varna (Grand Prix Juniors)
- 1989: Moscow International Ballet Competition (gold medal, Serge Lifar Prize)
- 1990: Jackson International Ballet Competition (Bronze Medal Seniors)
- Honorary professor at the Ukrainian University of Choreography
- 2002: Nijinsky Prize
- 2003: Culture Prize of the City of Berlin
- 2004: Prize "Prix Benois de la Danse"
- Pushkin Medal
literature
- Nadja Baier, Jürgen Holwein: Vladimir Malakhov. "A dancer of the century". Dancer of the Century . Photos by Dieter Blum , design by Kurt Weidemann, translated by William A. Mickens (English) and Nadja Baier (from Russian). Cantz , Ostfildern 1995, ISBN 3-89322-698-2 (German and English).
- The World of Vladimir Malakhov. Special edition of Tokyo Dance Magazine , Shinshokan Publishing House, Japan 1995.
- Alexander Rausch : Malakhov, Vladimir. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .
- Christiane Theobald: Inside: Das Staatsballett Berlin and Vladimir Malakhov . Schott , Mainz 2008, ISBN 978-3-7957-0195-6 .
- Ingeborg Tichy-Luger: Malakhov: Biographical dance impressions . Tichy, Vienna 2002, ISBN 978-3-9501634-0-7 .
- Dieter Blum: Vladimir Malakhov . Ullmann , Potsdam 2009, ISBN 978-3-8331-5417-1 .
- Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz: Vladimir Malakhov. Rozmowa z tancerzem stulecia , Iskry, Warszawa 2008, ISBN 978-83-244-0081-2 ( Polish ).
- Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz: “As a dancer you never reach your goal”. Vladmir Malakhov in conversation with Jan Stanisław Witkiewicz , Schott, Mainz 2009, ISBN 978-3-7957-0681-4 .
- Jan Stanislaw Witkiewicz: Vladimir Malkhov and the Staatsballett Berlin 2004 to 2014 . Theater der Zeit, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-943881-70-7 .
Movie
- Vladimir Malakhov - The Search for Weightlessness. Documentary, Germany, 2004/05, 55 min., Book: Carsten Fiebeler and Florian Köhler, director: Carsten Fiebeler, production: ZDF , arte , ORF , first broadcast: January 22, 2005 on arte, film information .
Web links
Individual evidence
Andrea Amort: On the Ring: A dancer of the century. Big "Manon" ballet premiere at the State Opera with Vladimir Malakhov, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Támas Solymosi. Daily newspaper Kurier, Vienna, November 16, 1993, p. 29.
- ↑ WDR 3 (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) cultural news from February 1, 2013 Vladimir Malakhov leaves the Berlin State Ballet ( 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. , accessed February 3, 2013
- ↑ a b Süddeutsche Zeitung , weekend supplement, August 18, 2007
- ↑ Sandra Luzina: Fly, bird, fly. tagesspiegel.de, January 22, 2014, accessed on January 22, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Malakhov, Vladimir |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Malachow, Vladimir Anatolyevich; Malachow, Wolodymyr Anatolijowytsch (Ukrainian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian-Austrian dancer, choreographer and ballet director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th January 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krywyj Rih , Ukrainian SSR , USSR |