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05/02/2012 - Igor Zelensky
- Born in Labinsk
- Graduated from the Tbilisi School of Ballet and Trained at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
- 1988: joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company
- 1991: Promoted to Soloist
- 1992-1997: Principal Dancer with the NYCB
- 1997-2001: Guest Soloist with teh Royal Ballet, Covent Garden
- 2001-2006: Assistant Director of the Athens Opera House, choreographer and staging master,
- 2006: Artistic Director of the Ballet Company of the Novosibirsk State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet
- Currently Principal Dancer of the Mariinsky Theatre BAllet
Toured with the Mariinsky Ballet in the Uk, the USa, Europe and SOuth America.
Since 1990: Guest Soloist with the Deutsche Oper (BErlin)
In 2000: Principal Guest Soloist with Bolshoi theatre where he eprformed La BAyadere and Swan Lake.
Awards and Prices
- 1990: Prize winner and recipient of the Grand Prix at the International Ballet Competition in Paris
- 2001: Recipient of the Baltika prize
- 2008: People's Artist of Russia
Tags : 1996, mariinsky, ballet, from, vaganova
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