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Alexei Ratmansky

Alexei Osipovich Ratmansky is a Russian-Ukrainian-American choreographer and former ballet dancer. From 2004 to 2008 he was the director of the Moscow Bolshoi Ballet. He left Russia in 2008. In 2009 he was appointed the artist in residence at the American Ballet Theatre, and as artist in residence at the New York City Ballet from August 2023.

Training and performance career
Ratmansky was born in Leningrad in Russia, Soviet Union, grew up in Kyiv, then in the Soviet Union, later the capital of independent Ukraine, and trained under Pyotr Pestov and Alexandra Markeyeva at the Bolshoi Ballet School in Moscow. He graduated in 1986. He then started his professional career in Kyiv and was a principal dancer with the Ukrainian National Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Royal Danish Ballet. ==Choreographic and administrative careers==
Choreographic and administrative careers
Ratmansky's choreographic career first became notable with his staging of the ballet Dreams of Japan for the State Ballet of Georgia in 1998. Dreams and Charms of Mannerism, choreographed in 1997, were both created for Nina Ananiashvili. In January 2023 the New York City Ballet announced that Ratmansky would join them as an artist in residence in August 2023. Choreographed works '''' • 1988: La Sylphide-88, Duet-buff #1 & 2 • 1993: Pas de Graham • 1994: ''The Fairy's Kiss, Alborada, Whipped Cream, 98 steps'' • 1995: Hurluburlu, Poor Little Things • 1996: Sarabande • 1997: Charms of Mannerism, Capriccio, Krakowyak, ''Old Juniet's Carriol'' • 1998: Dreams of Japan, Middle Duet, Poem of Extazy, ''Fairy's Kiss'' (2nd version) • 1999: Water, Chrizantemums • 2001: ''Turandot's Dream, Flight to Budapest, Leah, The Nutcracker'' • 2002: Cinderella, Vers la Flamme, The Firebird • 2003: The Bright Stream, Carnaval des Animaux, Bolero • 2004: Anna Karenina, Leah (2nd version) • 2005: The Bolt, Jeu de cartes • 2006: Russian Seasons • 2007: Le Corsaire (after Mazilier & Petipa, with Yuri Burlaka), Old Women Falling Out • 2008: Biset Variations, Pierrot Lunaire, Concerto DSCH, Flames of Paris (after Vainonen) • 2009: The Little Humpbacked Horse, Valse-Fantasie, On the Dnieper, Scuola di Ballo, Seven Sonatas • 2010: Don Quixote (after Petipa & Gorsky), Namouna, Fandango, The Nutcracker (2nd version) • 2011: Lost Illusions, Dumbarton, Psyche, Romeo & Juliet • 2012: ''Souvenir d'un Lieu Cher, Symphonic Dances, The Firebird (2nd version), The Golden Cockerel, Symphony No. 9'' • 2013: 24 Preludes, From Foreign Lands, Chamber Symphony, Piano Concerto No. 1, Cinderella (2nd version), Opera, The Tempest • 2014: Tanzsuite, Pictures at an Exhibition, Rondo Capriccioso • 2016: Serenade After Plato’s Symposium • 2017: Whipped Cream, Odessa, Songs of Bukovina, • 2019: The Seasons • 2020: Voices, Of Love and Rage • 2021: Bernstein in a Bubble • 2022: Wartime Elegy, Tchaikovsky Overtures • 2023: Coppélia • 2024: La Séparation, Solitude • 2025: Paquita, Trio Kagel, The Art of the Fugue • 2026: The Naked King Reconstructions • 2014: Paquita • 2015: The Sleeping Beauty • 2016: Swan Lake • 2018: Harlequinade, La Bayadère • 2019: Giselle ==Awards==
Awards
Ratmansky received the 2005 and 2014 Prix Benois de la Danse for choreography for, respectively, Anna Karenina, staged for the Royal Danish Ballet, and Shostakovich Trilogy and The Tempest, put on for the American Ballet Theatre. He also received the 2007 Golden Mask Award for Best Choreographer for Jeu de Cartes choreographed for the Bolshoi Ballet. In 2013, Ratmansky was named as the MacArthur Fellow of the year, an award that came with "genius grant" for "working in any field, who "show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work". (http://www.macfound.org/fellows/900/) In 2020, Ratmansky was named by Carnegie Corporation of New York as an honoree of the Great Immigrants Award ==References==
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