Alexandr Trusch
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Alexandr Trush ({{langx|uk|Олександр Труш}}; born 26 June 1989) is a Ukrainian ballet dancer.
Alexandr Trush was born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, and began folk dancing lessons there.{{cite web|last1=Sonnenburg|first1=Gisela|title=Der widerspenstige Wundertänzer|url=http://ballett-journal.de/hamburg-ballett-alexandr-trusch/|website=Ballett_Journal|accessdate=28 December 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Engler|first1=Katja|title=Auf die Technik kommt es Alexandr Trusch an|url=http://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article132409389/Auf-die-Technik-kommt-es-Alexandr-Trusch-an.html|accessdate=9 October 2014|publisher=Hamburger Abendblatt|date=19 September 2014}} At the age of 12 his family moved to Germany and he continued his training at the School of the Hamburg Ballet with Kevin Haigen. He joined the Hamburg Ballet in 2007 and was promoted to soloist in 2010 and principal dancer in 2014.{{cite web|title=Alexandr Trusch|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/bio/trusch.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=9 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016112203/http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/bio/trusch.htm|archive-date=16 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
In May 2025, Trusch was one of 11 soloists who resigned from the Hamburg Ballet in protest at the "toxic working environment" created by its new artistic director Demis Volpi, who took over the role in September 2024.{{cite web |last1=Connolly |first1=Kate |title=Hamburg Ballet dancers accuse artistic director of creating ‘toxic environment’ – reports |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/21/hamburg-ballet-dancers-accuse-artistic-director-of-creating-toxic-environment-reports |website=The Guardian |access-date=24 May 2025 |date=21 May 2025}}
Repertoire
Ballets by John Neumeier
- Giselle (after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot): Albert{{cite web|last1=Landgraf|first1=Ilona|title=Taste, like all else, can be disputed|url=http://danceviewtimes.typepad.com/ilona_landgraf/2014/09/taste-like-all-else-can-be-disputed.html|website=Danceview Times|accessdate=9 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015055842/http://danceviewtimes.typepad.com/ilona_landgraf/2014/09/taste-like-all-else-can-be-disputed.html|archive-date=2014-10-15|url-status=dead}}
- The Nutcracker: Günther,{{cite web|last1=Landgraf|first1=Ilona|title=A Crisp Nutcracker|url=http://danceviewtimes.typepad.com/ilona_landgraf/2013/12/a-crisp-nutcracker.html|website=Danceview Times|accessdate=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101111550/http://danceviewtimes.typepad.com/ilona_landgraf/2013/12/a-crisp-nutcracker.html|archive-date=2014-11-01|url-status=dead}} Fritz
- Illusions – like 'Swan Lake' (utilizing choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov): Count Alexander
- Nijinsky: Arlequin/Spirit of the Rose, Léonide Massine
- Le Pavillon d’Armide: Vaslav Nijinsky, Vaslav Nijinsky as a Student (first interpreter){{cite web|title=Le Pavillon d'Armide|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/pavillon_a.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=9 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016112407/http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/pavillon_a.htm|archive-date=16 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
- A Midsummer Night's Dream: Philostrat/Puck,{{cite news|last1=Buzacott|first1=Martin|title=Lovers and audience alike bewitched|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/stage/lovers-and-audience-alike-bewitched/story-fn9d344c-1226463384645|accessdate=9 October 2014|publisher=The Australian|date=3 September 2012}}{{cite news|last1=Ulrich|first1=Allan|title='Midsummer Night's Dream': Hard to interpret|url=http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Dance-review-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-Hard-to-5232165.php|accessdate=9 October 2014|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|date=14 February 2014}} Lysander
- Romeo and Juliet: Romeo{{cite web|title=Tragik und Erfüllung|url=http://www.tanznetz.de/blog/24704/tragik-und-erfullung|website=Tanznetz.de|accessdate=9 October 2014}}
- Othello: Cassio
- As You Like It: Le Beau
- The Lady of the Camellias: Des Grieux, Count N.
- Tatiana: Vladimir Lensky (first interpreter){{cite web|title=Tatiana|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/_tatjana.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=9 October 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Landgraf|first1=Ilona|title=Power melts away|url=http://danceviewtimes.typepad.com/ilona_landgraf/2014/07/power-melts-away.html|website=Danceview Times|accessdate=9 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015054344/http://danceviewtimes.typepad.com/ilona_landgraf/2014/07/power-melts-away.html|archive-date=2014-10-15|url-status=dead}}
- Liliom: Louis, Shy Young Man (first interpreter){{cite web|title=Liliom|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/_liliom.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=9 October 2014}}
- Death in Venice: Tadzio{{cite web|last1=Landgraf|first1=Ilona|title=Final fulfillment|url=http://danceviewtimes.typepad.com/ilona_landgraf/2014/10/final-fulfillment.html|website=Danceview Times|accessdate=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101101919/http://danceviewtimes.typepad.com/ilona_landgraf/2014/10/final-fulfillment.html|archive-date=2014-11-01|url-status=dead}}
- A Streetcar Named Desire: Allan Gray
- Daphnis and Chloe: Daphnis
- Orpheus: Shadow of Hermes (first interpreter){{cite web|title=Orpheus|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/orpheus.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=9 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016113812/http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/orpheus.htm|archive-date=16 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
- The Legend of Joseph: Joseph {{cite web|last1=Sonnenburg|first1=Gisela|title=Der widerspenstige Wundertänzer|url=http://ballett-journal.de/hamburg-ballett-alexandr-trusch/|website=Ballett_Journal|accessdate=28 December 2016}}
- Christmas Oratorio: Angel{{cite web|last1=Landgraf|first1=Ilona|title=Rejoice, exult?|url=http://danceviewtimes.typepad.com/ilona_landgraf/2013/12/rejoice-exult.html|website=Danceview Times|accessdate=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101111553/http://danceviewtimes.typepad.com/ilona_landgraf/2013/12/rejoice-exult.html|archive-date=2014-11-01|url-status=dead}}
- Saint Matthew Passion
- Duse: The Soldier (Luciano Nicastro) (first interpreter){{cite web|title=Duse|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/_duse.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=14 December 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Weber|first1=Lilo|title=Eine Diva wird weitergereicht|url=http://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/buehne/eine-diva-wird-weitergereicht-1.18660926|accessdate=14 December 2015|work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung|date=11 December 2015}}
- The Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
- The Fourth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
- The Song of the Earth: The Man (first interpreter at the Hamburg Ballet){{cite web|last1=Landgraf|first1=Ilona|title=More of the Same|url=http://www.ilona-landgraf.com/2016/12/more-of-the-same/|website=Landgraf on Dance|accessdate=20 December 2016}}
- Kinderszenen
- Turangalȋla (world premiere){{cite web|last1=Landgraf|first1=Ilona|title=Give Us Today Our Daily Bread|url=http://www.ilona-landgraf.com/2016/07/give-us-today-our-daily-bread/|website=Landgraf on Dance|accessdate=20 December 2016}}
Ballets by other choreographers
- La Sylphide (choreography: Pierre Lacotte): Scottish pas de deux
- Napoli (choreography: Lloyd Riggins, after August Bournonville): Gennaro
- Onegin (choreography: John Cranko): Lensky{{cite news|last1=Albertsen|first1=Maren|title=Ballett ist mein Leben|url=http://www.hinzundkunzt.de/„ballett-ist-mein-leben“/|accessdate=9 October 2014|issue=December 2012|publisher=Hinz & Kunzt|date=29 November 2012}}
- The Prodigal Son (choreography: George Balanchine): title role (first interpreter at the Hamburg Ballet){{cite web|title=The Prodigal Son|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/prodigal.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=9 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016113717/http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/prodigal.htm|archive-date=16 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
- Dances at a Gathering (choreography: Jerome Robbins): Man in Brick (first interpreter at the Hamburg Ballet){{cite web|title=Dances at a Gathering|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/gathering.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=9 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924025126/http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/gathering.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
- The Concert (choreography: Jerome Robbins): The Shy Boy
- Renku (choreography: Yuka Oishi and Orkan Dann; world premiere){{cite web|title=Renku|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/_renku.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=9 October 2014}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141016112203/http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/bio/trusch.htm Alexandr Trusch's page on the Hamburg Ballet website]
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Category:Ukrainian male ballet dancers