Alexei Ratmansky INDEX

1969(?)
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia

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Trained at the Bolshoi Ballet School in Moscow

1986 (?)
Principal dancer with the Ukrainian National Ballet

1992
Went to Canada
Principal dancer with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet

1997－2003
Principal dancer with The Royal Danish Ballet
where he had worked for seven years both as a dancer and a choreographer

As a choreographer, created ballets for
　the Dutch National Ballet,

　Kirov Ballet

　Three ballets for Nina Ananiashvili
　　Turandot's Dream to music by Hindemith

　The Royal Danish Ballet,
　　 "Anna Karenina" for the Royal Danish Ballet
　　The Nutcracker for the Royal Ballet of Denmark

　The Royal Swedish Ballet
　　 The Firebird for the Royal Swedish Ballet"

　New York City Ballet

　San Francisco Ballet

　The State Ballet of Georgia

1998

Dreams of Japan, choreographed for Ms. Ananiashvili
　earned a prestigious Golden Mask Award by the Theatre Union of Russia

2002

"Cinderella" for the Kirov

2003
a full-length ballet, The Bright Stream　at the Bolshoi Theatre

2004
　 -Age 35-

Jan

Bolshoi Theatre artistic director

Feb

Bolshoi in Paris
　"The Bright Stream"

2005

Feb
choreographed full-length productions of "The Bolt"
premiered at the Bolshoi

awarded the Benois de la Danse prize for his choreography of "Anna Karenina" for the Royal Danish Ballet

2006

May

The Bolshoi Ballet Japan Tour 2006
　　La Bayadere
　　The Pharaoh’s Daughter

2007
re-staged Le Corsaire

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received a Critics' Circle National Dance Award for The Bright Stream

won a Golden Mask Award for Best Choreographer for his production of Jeu de Cartes for the Bolshoi Ballet

Aug
Stars of Bolshoi & Mariinsky Gala in Tokyo

2008
re-staged the Flames of Paris

Interviews
VIDEO Bloombeg Muse
The Bolshoi Ballet era

Sep

Announced to join ABT 2009

NYT
Bolshoi Ballet’s Loss Is American Ballet Theater’s Gain

Dec

The Bolshoi Ballet Japan Tour 2008
Full length Ballet "The Bright Stream" Japan Premiere
　choreographed by Ratmansky
　Photos
　Synopsis (Japanese)　
　Day1 9 Dec
　Yekaterina Krysanova
　Andrei Merkuriev
　Maria Alexandrova
　Sergei Filin
　Denis Savin

　Pre talk by Ratmansky

　Day2 10 Dec
　Anastasia Goryacheva
　Ivan Vasiliev
　Natalia Osipova
　Sergei Filin

2009
-Age 40-

Jan

Joined American Ballet Theatre as Artist in Residence

Mar
The Mariinsky Ballet Festival
　Major world premiere of“The Little Humpbacked Horse”by Alexei Ratmansky

Started the season with American Ballet Theatre

On the Dnieper

NYT
New Home, New Job and New Moves for Alexei Ratmansky

May
Alexei Ratmansky

Dec
Mariinsky Ballet Japan Tour 2009
The Little Humpbacked Horse Japan Premiere
　Day1　December 8 2009 Tokyo
　Alina Somova
　Leonid Sarafanov
　
　　Part1

　Day2　December 9 2009 Tokyo
　Viktoria Tereshkina
　Mikhail Lobukhin

　　Part1

　　Part2

Received a nomination for the Golden Mask award in Russia by the little humpbacked horse
　8 Dec 2009
　　*The prize-giving ceremony for winners of the award will take place in Moscow on 16 April 2010

2010

　The Little Humpbacked Horse
　　2 and 3 March Mariinsky Theatre

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