ANDRE PROKOVSKY

André Prokovsky was born in Paris of Russian parents. After studying ballet in his native France, he made his debut at the Comedie Francaise and danced with various French companies before winning the silver medal at the Youth Dance Festival in Moscow. He continued his successful dancing career as a principal dancer with the London Festival Ballet and the New York City Ballet, and he and Galina Samsova became co-directors of the New London Ballet. From 1977 to 1978, Mr. Prokovsky was the Ballet Director of the Rome Opera House.
Since 1978, Mr. Prokovsky has pursued a successful career as a freelance choreographer. His ballets have been produced by London Festival Ballet, Northern Ballet Theatre, The Scottish Ballet, Rome Opera, the Australian Ballet, the Kirov Ballet, the Malmo Opera Ballet, Grand Theatre (Warsaw, Poland), The Royal Ballet, La Scala (Milan), the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Ballet de Santiago, Singapore Dance Theatre, several Ballet Companies in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, the PACT, CAPAB, and NAPAC Ballets in South Africa, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and in the United States, Ballet West, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, the Cincinnati Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Louisville Ballet, Nevada Ballet Theatre, the Tulsa Ballet Theatre and The Sarasota Ballet.
Mr. Prokovsky has created ten full-length ballets, Anna Karenina and The Three Musketeers (the Australian Ballet), Zhivago (CAPAB Ballet), Victoria (Norwegian National Ballet), La Traviata (London City Ballet), Macbeth (Ballet de Santiago), The Great Gatsby (Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre), Queen of Spades (Ballet West), Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet of Flanders), and Turandot (Guangzhou Ballet of China). He has also staged his own versions of the classics, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake. Mr. Prokovsky also choreographed the ballet in the much-acclaimed Paris Opera production of Robert a Diable and the Washington Opera' The Tsar's Bride.
Mr. Prokovsky's wide choreographic range -- from intimate chamber works to full-length ballets -- makes him one of the most versatile choreographers on the international ballet scene.

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