Andrey Uvarov (Dancer)
Biography
Born in Moscow. In 1989, having completed his studies at the Moscow College of Choreography (today the Moscow Academy of Choreography; Alexander Bondarenko's class), he joined the Bolshoi Theatre Company. In 1995, he graduated from the performers' faculty of the Institute of Choreography (today Institute and College have been amalgamated into the Moscow State Academy of Choreography). He rehearsed under Nikolai Simachyov, Boris Akimov and Galina Ulanova. At the present time, his teacher-repetiteur is Nikolai Fadeyechev.
Main Repertory
1991 Paris (Romeo and Juliet; choreography by Yuri Grigorovich) Soloist (Chopiniana; choreography by Mikhail Fokine)
1992 Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake; choreography by Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Alexander Gorsky, Yuri Grigorovich production) Romeo (Romeo and Juliet) Prince Kurbsky (Ivan the Terrible to music by Sergei Prokofiev; choreography by Yuri Grigorovich)
1993 Count Albrecht (Giselle; Yuri Grigorovich production; then Vladimir Vasiliev production) Prince Desire (The Sleeping Beauty; Yuri Grigorovich production)
1994 Solor (La Bayadere; Yuri Grigorovich production)
1995 Basilio (Don Quixote; choreography by Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky in a version by Alexei Fadeyechev) Romeo (Romeo and Juliet; choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky)
1997 Jean de Brienne (Raimonda; Yuri Grigorovich production)
1998 Soloist (Dreams about Japan; Alexei Ratmansky creation)
1999 Soloist Part 2 (Symphony in C; choreography by Georges Balanchine) - creation at Bolshoi Theatre
2001 Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake; Yuri Grigorovich second version) - creation
2005 Lysander (A Midnight's Summer Dream. John Neumeier production) Jose (Carmen Suite; choreography by Alberto Alonso)
2007 Serenade (choreography by Georges Balanchine) - was among the creators of this ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre
2008 Lucien d'Hervilly (Paquita. Staging and new choreographic version by Yuri Burlaka)
He performed Alexei Ratmansky's ballets, Charms of Mannerism (set to music by Richard Strauss) and Leah (set to music by Leonard Bernstein; first version).
In 2003, he partnered Marianela Nunez in Don Quixote Grand Pas in the concert of the Bolshoi Ballet and Royal Ballet soloists at the Bolshoi Theatre.
In 1995, Andrei Uvarov and Nadezhda Gracheva danced the main roles in Swan Lake with Belgrade National Theatre in Belgrade, Serbia.
Awards
In 1993, for his interpretation of the part of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet in Yuri Grigorovich production, he was awarded the Benois de la danse International Dance Association prize. In 1995, she won 1st prize at International Ballet Competition in Osaka (Japan). In 1996, he was awarded the title of Merited Artist of the Russian Federation. In 2001, he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation. In 2003, Ballet magazine awarded him its Soul of Dance prize (in the Star of Dance nomination).
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