The LBC is pleased to share this recording of Alexei Ratmansky, celebrated choreographer and creator of the new Giselle for United Ukrainian Ballet, ‘in conversation’ with dance writer Graham Watts.
Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky was born in St. Petersburg in 1968 and received his ballet training at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Moscow. He danced as principal with Ukrainian National Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Royal Danish Ballet. While still an active dancer, he began his career as a choreographer.
Since then he has worked for many of the top ballet companies worldwide, including Mariinsky, Bolshoi, Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Ballet in London, Royal Danish Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Bayerisches Staatsballett in Münich, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet and many, many others. He has also created choreographies for dancing stars such as Nina Ananiashvili, Wendy Wheelan, Diana Vishneva and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
From 2004 to 2008, Ratmansky was the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, where he created full-length ballets such as The Bright Stream (2003), The Bolt (2005) and Lost Illusions (2011). There, he also produced Le Corsaire (2007) and Flames of Paris (2008), both combinations of reconstruction and new production.
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11 сен 2022
