ILYA KUZNETSOV

Name:Ilya KUZNETSOV
Born: 1 february 1974
Place of birth: Moscow; Russia
Occupation: Ballet teacher
Adress and contacts:

ilyaballet@gmail.com
Moscow
Russia

EDUCATION:
2002 – 2007 Bolshoi Ballet Academy graduated of Pedagogical Facility
1984 – 1992 Bolshoi Ballet Academy

WORK EXPERIENCE:
2002 - Classical Ballet Teacher in Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Moscow
1998 - 2002 San Diego Ballet, USA - Principal Soloist
1995 - 1998 Imperial Russian Ballet, – Principal Soloist
1994 - 1995 Moscow Classical Ballet, – Soloist
1992 - 1994 Bolshoi Theatre – Grigorovich Company - Soloist

GUEST ARTIST:
1997 “Gold Winners Ballet Competitions” L’espace Pierre Cardin Theatre
Paris, France
1998 “Maya Plisetskaya’s Gala “, Radio City New York, USA
1999 “Maya Plisetskaya & Imperial Russian Ballet” Tokyo, Japan
2003 “Ballet Muses” Tokyo, Japan

GUEST TEACHER:
1998 - 2005 Finland, USA, Japan, Republic of Korea

AWARDS:
1996 Nuriev International Ballet Competition , Budapest (Finalist and Diploma)
1996 International Ballet Competition “Maya-96” , St.Petersburg (Finalist ,
Diploma and special Prise for the best performing of Modern choreography )

REPERTOIRE
Tchaikovskiy .Swan Lake – Zifrid, Jester
Tchaikovskiy. Nutcracer – Prince
Tchaikovskiy. The Sleeping Beauty – Blue Bird, prince Fortune
Minkus. Don Quixote – Basil
Adan. Giselle – Albert
Delib.Copellia – Franz
Glazunov. Raimonda – Grand pas in I act
Stravisnkiy.The Rite of Spring – Youth
Chopin.Les Sylphides – Poet
Bournonvill.La Sulphide – James
Rimskiy-Korsakov. Shahrasade – Golden Slave
La Corsaire – Slave
Balanchine Valse Fantasy
Balanchine Tarantella
Prokofiev. Flame of Paris – Philipe
Armsgeimer.Flower Festival in Genzano
Schostakovitch.The Golden Age - conferenceier
Venetian Carnival or Satanella
La Fille Malgardee – Colen
And many others roles in modern choreography

LANGUAGE:
Russian, English

SPECIAL EXPERIENCE:
in working with children age 12-18

PERFORMED AND WORKED WITH ARTISTS:
Evelyn Hart
Maya Plisetskaya
Charles Jude
Svetlana Zakharova
Farukh Rusimatov
Patrick Dupon
Vladimir Malakhov
Nadezhda Pavlova
Damian Woetzel

ARTICLES IN PRESS:

1. Newspaper “Vechernyaya Moskva”, Saturday, June 21, 1997; “Opening of the Ballet Competition”.

“...Maya Plisetskaya said: “I’ve never taken part in any competition, yet I can’t understand why they feel so frightened when all they need is to dance... It is Ilya Kuznetsov who danced fantastically during the preview and became the Favourite of the public”.

2. Literary-critical journal “Ballet”, № 84, July-August 1996 G.Inozemtseva
“Our Dancers at the Internationall Forum”.

“...It seems that another Moscow couple, Olga Pavlova and Ilya Kuznetsov (they came to Budapest as soloist of the Imperial Russian Ballet), are close to A.R. by creative personality. The same classical appearance, the same bent for lyrical and romantic mood in plastic expression, the same strive for stylistic accuracy... They are so charmingly young, their feelings looks so natural, they are sosincerely delighted because of a mere ability to dance before audience! At the same time, when you watch them not only only on stage, but in classrooms as well, you can see how seriously and thoughtfully they work, how hard they try to do everything their teacher tells them to do...”

3. “Russkaya Mysl” , № 4167, March 27, 1997. Paris “My Happiness is to Open New Names”. Maya Plisetskaya and the Imperial Russian Ballet.

“...As to the young dancers, I.Kuznetsov produced an extremely bright impression. He danced three times in second part; he looked great in entirely defferent styles: classical, modern , folk. What do you think about him?
....This boy is making progress right in front of your eyes. His dancing improves every month. Two years ago, when I first saw him, he was a good dancer, currently he is a brilliant one....”

4. “Russkaya Mysl” , № 4171, September 25, 1997. Paris. “Maya Prize-winners in Paris”.
“...Ilya Kuznetsov was the greatest success with audience; spectators were struck with his unusually artistic and fantastically plastic manner and extreme expressiveness. The gifted dancer showed his emotional performance “Violonist” and resived furious applause and bravos...”

5. “Culture”. May 25, 1996. “Right from New York to Madrid”
“...Pavlova’s partner was Ilya Kuznetsov, soloist of the Imperial Russian Ballet, who coped excellenly with Bunonvilles’s technical difficulties and specific style....”