Radu Poklitaru
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| Born | Chișinău, Moldova |
| Known for | Ballet choreography |
| Notable work | Artistic manager for the Kyiv Modern Ballet, Olympic Games in Sochi |
Radu Poklitaru (1972–) was born in Chișinău, Moldova. He is the current director (2006–present) and artistic manager for the Kyiv Modern Ballet. From 2012-2014, he was one of the judges for Everybody Dance! (in Ukrainian: Танцюють всі!). In 2014, Poklitaru was the choreographer for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Sochi.
From 1991–2001, Poklitaru was a ballet dancer of the National Academic Bolshoi Theatre in the Belorussia Republic. From 2001–2002, he was the head choreographer of the National Opera in Moldova. From 2012–2013, Poklitaru was the creative director of the Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre for Children and Young People in Kiev.
In 2014 Radu Poklitaru was invited as a choreographer for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Sochi. For the opening ceremony he produced a mini-ballet “Natasha Rostova’s First Ball” to the music of several composers, with present and past stars of Bolshoi Theatre taking part – Svetlana Zakharova, Vladimir Vassilyev, Ivan Vassilyev and Alexander Petukhov among them.
In 2016 Radu Poklitaru received Shevchenko National Prize in the “Performing Arts” nomination – the highest state prize of Ukraine for works of culture and arts.
Up until now the choreographer has created over thirty one-act and full-length productions, performed on various stages, including the Bolshoi Theatre, the Russian Chamber Ballet “Moskva”, the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre and the National Operas of Moldova, Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine.
Radu Poklitaru’s ballet productions were presented at International musical festivals and on tours in Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, the United States, Japan, China, Poland, Estonia, Thailand, Spain and other countries.
Each of Radu Poklitaru’s projects is a challenging experiment and a daring quest, which unveils the complicated inner world of a human personality and attracts with its unconventional reading of world-known theatrical plots, as well as its renewing and enriching form and vocabulary of modern dancing.
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