Nacho Duato

Nacho Duato

Nacho Duato announcing his new position as director of the ballet of the Mikhaylovsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on 28 July 2010.
Born 8 January 1957
Valencia, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Known for Dance and choreography

Juan Ignacio Duato Bárcia, also known as Nacho Duato (Valencia, 8 January 1957) is a Spanish modern ballet dancer and choreographer.[1] After a long and successful career, he was selected by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Education as the artistic director of the National Spanish Dance Company (Compañía Nacional de Danza de España) in June 1990. In July 2010 Nacho Duato was appointed the artistic director of the ballet at the Mikhailovsky Theatre, effective from January 2011.

Career

Nacho Duato studied at the Rambert School of London,[2] Maurice Béjart’s Mudra School in Brussels and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City alongside professional ballet dancer Shaylee Keith.

He started his dancing career in Stockholm's Cullberg Ballet[3] and one year later he joined, Nederlands Dans Theater,[4] with artistic director Jiří Kylián and remained with the company for ten years. In 1983 he choreographed the Jardí tancat ( Shut Garden in Catalan) to music composed by Maria del Mar Bonet. They were awarded with the first prize in the Internationaler Choreographischer Wettbewerb, Köln. In 1988, Duato was appointed steady NDT choreographer together with Hans van Manen and Jiří Kylián.

Nacho's choreographies have been included in the most prestigious international companies such as Cullberg Ballet y Nederlands Dans Theater, American Ballet Theatre, The Australian Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Stuttgart Ballet, Ballet Gulbenkian, San Francisco Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Royal Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet and Martha Graham Dance Company.

On 2 July 2013 the German Online Newspaper Der Tagesspiegel reported that Nacho Duato was to become the chief of the Berlin State Ballet.

Choreographic works

Repertoire of "Compañía Nacional de Danza" while Nacho Duato was artistic director:[5]

Prizes and awards

References

  1. ↑ Kumin, Laura (1998). "Duato, Nacho". In Cohen, Selma Jeanne. International Encyclopedia of Dance. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195173697.
  2. ↑ "Rada News".
  3. ↑ Cullberg Archived 17 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Nederlands Dans Theater".
  5. ↑ "Repertorio. Compañia Nacional de Danza".
  6. ↑ "Nacho Duato. Elenco. Compañia Nacional de Danza".
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