Eldar Aliev named ballet master in chief at the Maryinsky

[Mme. Hermine]

Eldar Aliev named ballet master in chief at the Maryinsky:

http://www.nuvo.net/indianapolis/carmel-resident-eldar-aliev-runs-choreography-at-russias-mariinsky-theatre/Content?oid=3966700

One of the most renowned dancers in the world, the new master choreographer of The Mariinsky in Russia, and an internationally revered ballet judge, just so happens to live in Carmel.

Eldar Aliev and his family have lived in Carmel since the early '90s, when Aliev was asked to be the principal dancer for the former Indianapolis Ballet Theatre. Shortly after he was promoted to artistic director until the company's closure in 2005. Though Aliev now spends most of his time back in Russia, he still considers Indianapolis his home.

[Natalia]

Very cool! Thanks for this news, Mme H.

[SFCleo]

Eldar Aliev named ballet master in chief at the Maryinsky:

http://www.nuvo.net/indianapolis/carmel-resident-eldar-aliev-runs-choreography-at-russias-mariinsky-theatre/Content?oid=3966700

Not to nitpick, but on the Mariinsky site Mr. Aliev's job is described as Ballet Master in Chief of the Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre, which is in Vladivostok, not St. Petersburg. http://www.mariinsky.ru/en/news1/news2/29_233jan1/ If he were working in St. Pete that title would make him Fateyev's boss, but in Vladivostok, no.

[Mme. Hermine]

Sometimes there's more in what a newspaper doesn't say than there is in what it does!