Igor Zelensky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Igor Zelensky

Russian ballet dancer

Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1969

Place of Birth: Labinsk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia

Profession: ballet dancer, ballet master

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Igor Zelensky

  • Igor Zelensky (also Igor Zelenski) is a Russian ballet dancer.
  • He was born in Labinsk.
  • He was a principal at the Mariinsky Ballet from 1991 until 2013.
  • He graduated from the Tbilisi School of Ballet (class of Vakhtang Chabukiani) and trained at the Vaganova academy (class of Gennady Selutsky).
  • He was a principal for five years at the New York City Ballet.
  • He has a wide repertoire including Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and Siegfried in Swan Lake.
  • He has performed around the world, including with the Royal Ballet in London, at La Scala in Milan, at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and with the New York City Ballet.
  • He has danced with many professional ballerinas during his career. Zelensky served as the Artistic Director of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre (2006-2015) as well as the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre (2011-2016).
  • Since 2016, he has been the Ballet Director of the Bayerisches Staatsballett.

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