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Daniil Simkin (born 12 October 1987 in Novosibirsk, Russia) is a ballet dancer and entrepreneur, best known for his accomplished technical skill and charismatic stage presence. He was formerly a principal dancer with both American Ballet Theatre and Berlin State Ballet. Simkin is based in New York, and is the founder of Studio Simkin.
He was the preeminent male classical ballet dancer of the 1970s and 1980s. He subsequently became a noted dance director. [3] Born in Riga, Latvian SSR, into a Russian family, Baryshnikov had a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad before defecting to Canada in 1974 for more opportunities in Western dance.
Julian MacKay (born 28 October 1997) [1] [2] is an American ballet dancer. He is the first American to have completed both the lower and upper schools at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. In 2016, he joined the Mikhailovsky Ballet as a second soloist, where he later reached the rank of first soloist.
Sep. 22—An older sister dragged Eli Waunch to his first ballet class at age 9. His two brothers also were talked into going to the session, so that the girls in a Deer Park program could dance ...
Edward Villella (born October 1, 1936) is an American ballet dancer and choreographer. He is frequently cited as America's most celebrated male dancer of ballet at the time. [1] [2] He has won numerous awards, including the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Special, the Kennedy Center Honors, and the National Medal of Arts.
Alexander Borisovich Godunov (Russian: Александр Борисович Годунов; November 28, 1949 – May 1995) [4] was a Russian-American ballet dancer and film actor. A member of the Bolshoi Ballet, he became the troupe's Premier danseur. In 1979, he defected to the United States.
General director Vladimir Urin stated after Dmitrichenko's release that the dancer could audition to rejoin the company provided there was an opening and provided he proved himself as an artist. [9] In April 2018 the opera company of the Bolshoi Theater elected him as chairman of the creative trade union of BT workers. [10]
Joseph Sissens (born 1997/1998) [1] is a British ballet dancer and a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet. [1] [2] Sissens is of Anglo-Caribbean descent and was born in Cambridge. [2] He trained at The Royal Ballet School and graduated into the Company in 2016. [2]