| Follow us on twitter twitter.com or visit www.ardani.com February 24-26, 2012 New York City Center, for tickets call 212 399-0002 Ivan Vasiliev was born in Vladivostok, Russia. He studied at the Dnepropetrovsk Ballet School in Ukraine and later at the Belorussian State Choreographic College in Minsk. He danced with the Belarus National Ballet while still a student at the college. He made his debut at the Bolshoi Ballet as a soloist at the age of 17 and was promoted to the rank of principal dancer in 2010. Vasiliev has been a guest artist with International Rudolf Nureyev Festival in Kazan, dancing Ali in Le Corsaire and Basil in Don Quixote in 2008 and 2009, respectively. He has also appeared with the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater and with the Mikhailovsky Ballet in St. Petersburg. His numerous awards include the Bronze Medal at the Varna International Ballet Competition, Gold Medal at the Moscow International Ballet Competition (2005), Gold Medal at the Arabesque-96 Ballet Competition in Perm and Grand Prix - Varna International Ballet Competition. He is also the winner of the Triumph Youth Prize, British Critics' Circle National Dance Award and the Benois de la Danse Prize. Alexei Ratmansky's The Flames of Paris, starring Vasiliev, was recently filmed by Bel Air Classiques for future DVD release. He has performed several times at Segerstrom Center, including Tour de Force I and II in 2009 and 2011, and Reflections in 2011. Since December 2011 Ivan Vasiliev ... |
