Famed choreographer Ratmansky joins NYC Ballet in August
NEW YORK (AP) - Acclaimed choreographer Alexei Ratmansky won't be going far this summer when he leaves American Ballet Theatre - he'll 簡単に be crossing Lincoln 中心's plaza over to New York City Ballet.
Ratmansky, one of the 主要な classical choreographers in the world, will join NYCB in August as artist in 住居 with a five-year 契約, the company 発表するd on Thursday. In June, he steps 負かす／撃墜する from the same position at ABT after 13 years. He's created several 作品 for NYCB over the years, 含むing "ロシアの Seasons," "Concerto DSCH," "Namouna," and "Pictures at an 展示."
In an interview, NYCB's artistic director, Jonathan Stafford, said the company was delighted to be able to give Ratmansky, a former artistic director at the Bolshoi ballet, a more 強健な 役割.
Stafford, who worked with Ratmansky as a ダンサー on "ロシアの Seasons" and "Concerto DSCH," said Ratmansky brought what he called a unique approach to NYCB, 特に a sense of musicality, a 幅の広い dance vocabulary and a devotion to 詳細（に述べる）.
"He brought 層s of my own artistry and dancing that I didn´t know I had in me - it was 肉親，親類d of mind-blowing in a way as an artist to work with a choreographer like that, who really not only brought the best out in you but brought new things out in you," Stafford said. "He's very quick to challenge those he´s working with to be better. At New York City Ballet we´re always trying to be better and we just think he´s going to fit so beautifully into that."
In a 声明, Ratmansky said the new 適切な時期 at NYCB, which 成し遂げるs across the plaza from ABT at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln 中心 for the Perfo rming Arts, "opened a new creative door for me."
FILE - A man stands in 前線 of the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln 中心 on Nov. 13, 2013, in New York. Ratmansky, one of the 主要な classical choreographers in the world, will join New York City Ballet in August as artist in 住居 with a five-year 契約, the company 発表するd on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. The NYCB's 主要な／長／主犯 発生地 is the David H. Koch Theater. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, とじ込み／提出する)
The company said Ratmansky will create at least one new work each year, with the first scheduled to 首相 during t he 2024 winter season as part of the company´s 75th 周年記念日 祝賀s.
The 54-year old choreographer has created 作品 for companies around the globe and is known for his prolific talent and 深く，強烈に 変化させるd repertoire.
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, to a ロシアの mother and a Ukrainian father, Ratmansky grew up in Kyiv, where his parents still live. He was choreographing in Moscow when the ロシアの 侵略 of ウクライナ共和国 began, and left the country すぐに. In September, he 現在のd "戦時 Elegy" at 太平洋の Northwest Ballet in Seattle, 献身的な to the people of ウクライナ共和国. On 開始 night, he unfurled and held aloft a Ukrainian 旗 during curtain calls.
Stafford 公式文書，認めるd that Ratmansky was "very much a ballet historian, and he loves the history of New York City Ballet," 特に the 遺産／遺物 of famed choreographers George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins.
Wendy Whelan, the former NYCB 主要な／長／主犯 ダンサー and 現在の associate artistic director, called working with Ratmansky on his ballets one of the artistic 最高潮の場面s of her dancing career.
"To have him now working with NYCB´s 現在の 世代 of ダンサーs on a 正規の／正選手 basis is a dream come true, and I can´t wait to see what he creates with our artists," Whelan said in a 声明.
FILE - This undated photo 供給するd by the American Ballet Theatre shows Alexei Ratmansky in rehearsal for Igor Stravinsky's "Firebird" with the American Ballet Theatre 軍団 de Ballet in New York. Ratmansky, one of the 主要な classical choreographers in the world, will join New York City Ballet in August as artist in 住居 with a five-year 契約, the company 発表するd on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (遺伝子 Schiavone/American Ballet Theatre 経由で AP, とじ込み／提出する)
