Alexandre Riabko
{{Short description|Ukrainian ballet dancer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alexandre Riabko
| native_name = Олександр Рябко
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|02|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kyiv, USSR (now Ukraine)
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| education = Kyiv Choreographic School, School of the Hamburg Ballet
| occupation = Ballet dancer
| years active = 1996 to present
| employer = Hamburg Ballet
| awards = Prix Benois de la Danse (2016)
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| spouse = Silvia Azzoni
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Alexandre Riabko ({{langx|uk|Олександр Рябко}}; born 20 February 1978) is a Ukrainian ballet dancer, and a principal dancer of the Hamburg Ballet.
Alexandre Riabko was born in Kyiv, and trained at the Kyiv Ballet School under Vladimir Denisenko. After reaching the finals of the Prix de Lausanne, he continued his studies at the School of the Hamburg Ballet with Anatoli Nisnevich and Kevin Haigen. He joined the Hamburg Ballet in 1996 and was promoted to soloist in 1999 and principal dancer in 2001.{{cite web|title=Alexandre Riabko|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/bio/riabko.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=29 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016103724/http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/bio/riabko.htm|archive-date=16 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} In 2016 he was awarded a special Prix Benois de la Danse for excellence in partnering.{{cite web|title=Prix Benois de la Danse 2016|url=http://benois.theatre.ru/english/history/2016/|website=Prix Benois de la Danse|accessdate=30 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202061736/http://benois.theatre.ru/english/history/2016/|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=dead}}
Riabko is married to fellow Hamburg Ballet principal dancer and frequent stage partner Silvia Azzoni,{{cite web|title=Neumeier Celebration in Essen|url=http://www.danceviewtimes.com/2008/03/neumeier-celebr.html|website=Danceview Times|accessdate=29 June 2014}} and they are parents of a daughter.
Repertoire
Ballets by John Neumeier
- Giselle (after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot): Albert, peasant pas de deux (first interpreter){{cite web|title=Giselle|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/giselle.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=29 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906023502/http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/giselle.htm|archive-date=6 September 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
- The Sleeping Beauty (after Marius Petipa): Prince Désiré, Catalabutte, Bluebird
- The Nutcracker: Drosselmeier, Günther, Fritz
- Illusions – like 'Swan Lake' (utilizing choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov): The King, Count Alexander
- Nijinsky: Vaslav Nijinsky,{{cite news|last1=Kisselgoff|first1=Anna|title=A Life of Genius, Its Madness and Magic|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/23/arts/ballet-review-a-life-of-genius-its-madness-and-magic.html|accessdate=31 October 2014|work=New York Times|date=23 February 2004}}{{cite web|last1=Koegler|first1=Horst|title=The Enigma Opens Vistas of a Future Art|url=http://www.danceviewtimes.com/2009/05/the-enigma-opens-vistas-of-a-future-art.html|website=Danceview Times}}{{cite news|last1=Sykes|first1=Jill|title=Long-awaited visitors bring a powerful tribute to dancing great|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/dance/longawaited-visitors-bring-a-powerful-tribute-to-dancing-great-20120827-24wd9.html|accessdate=1 November 2014|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=28 August 2012}}{{cite news|last1=Ulrich|first1=Allan|title='Nijinsky' review: Tortured soul|url=http://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/Nijinsky-review-Tortured-soul-4279303.php|accessdate=31 October 2014|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=14 February 2013}}{{cite news|last1=Gallagher|first1=Lauren|title=Neumeier's ‘Nijinsky’ a tour de force|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/neumeiers-nijinsky-a-tour-de-force/Content?oid=2320338|accessdate=31 October 2014|work=San Francisco Examiner|date=15 February 2013}}{{cite news|last1=Glickman|first1=Stephanie|title=The Australian Ballet’s Nijinsky|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/arts/review-the-australian-ballets-nijinksy/news-story/d62a4dd61e0dbdb142246facf3c06bb6|accessdate=8 September 2016|work=Melbourne Herald Sun|date=7 September 2016}} Arlequin/Spirit of the Rose (first interpreter){{cite web|title=Nijinsky|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/_nijinsky.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=29 June 2014}}
- Le Pavillon d’Armide: The Man, Vaslav Nijinsky (first interpreter){{cite web|title=Le Pavillon d'Armide|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/pavillon_a.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=29 June 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}}{{cite web|last1=Koegler|first1=Horst|title=Redemption for the Much Maligned Ballet d´action|url=http://www.danceviewtimes.com/2009/09/redemption-for-the-much-maligned-ballet-daction.html|website=Danceview Times}}
- Purgatorio: creator spiritus (first interpreter){{cite web|title=Purgatorio|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/_10_mahler.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=29 June 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Koegler|first1=Horst|title=A Giant Mahlerian Puzzle|url=http://www.danceviewtimes.com/2011/07/a-giant-mahlerian-puzzl.html|website=Danceview Times|accessdate=31 October 2014}}
- A Midsummer Night's Dream: Theseus/Oberon,{{cite news|last1=Gallagher|first1=Lauren|title=Hamburg Ballet triumphs again with "Midsummer"|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/hamburg-ballet-triumphs-again-with-midsummer/Content?oid=2705836|accessdate=1 November 2014|work=San Francisco Examiner|date=14 February 2014}} Philostrat/Puck, Demetrius
- Romeo and Juliet: Mercutio
- Othello: Jago
- As You Like It: Orlando
- VIVALDI or What You Will: Sir Andrew
- Don Juan: title role
- The Lady of the Camellias: Armand Duval,{{cite news|last1=Beilberg|first1=Laura|title=Lackluster 'Lady'|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/neumeier-5654-armand-lady.html|accessdate=31 October 2014|work=Orange County Register|date=14 February 2007}}{{cite news|last1=Segal|first1=Lewis|title=A love never meant to be|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-feb-15-wk-hamburg15-story.html|access-date=1 November 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=15 February 2007}} Des Grieux
- The Little Mermaid: Edvard/The Prince, Sea Witch{{cite news|last1=Bleiberg|first1=Laura|title=Hamburg Ballet's 'Mermaid' swims murky passages|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-xpm-2013-feb-10-la-et-cm-hamburg-mermaid-review-20130210-story.html|access-date=31 October 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=10 February 2013}}
- Peer Gynt: Flying Aspect, Aggression Aspect
- The Seagull: Konstantin Triplev
- Death in Venice: Aschenbach’s Concept (first interpreter){{cite web|title=Death in Venice|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/_tod.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=29 June 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Bleiberg|first1=Laura|title=A powerful, provocative 'Death'|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/ballet-95927-neumeier-aschenbach.html|accessdate=1 November 2014|work=Orange County Register|date=19 February 2007}}
- A Cinderella Story: Prince
- Orpheus: title role
- Sylvia: Aminta, Eros/Thyrsis/Orion
- Odyssey: War
- Parzival: title role
- The Saga of King Arthur: Mordred
- The Legend of Joseph: Joseph
- Christmas Oratorio: Angel, Shepherd
- Saint Matthew Passion
- Messiah (world premiere){{cite web|title=Messiah|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/_messias.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=29 June 2014}}
- Requiem
- Duse: The Mentor (Arrigo Boito)
- The Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler: The Man{{cite news|last1=Weiss|first1=Hedy|title=Hamburg Ballet probes monumental themes in Mahler’s ‘Third Symphony’|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/hamburg-ballet-probes-monumental-themes-in-mahlers-third-symphony/|accessdate=21 March 2016|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=28 February 2016}}
- Preludes CV: Sascha (first interpreter){{cite web|title=Preludes CV|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/_preludes.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=29 June 2014}}
- Winterreise (world premiere){{cite web|title=Winterreise|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/winterreise.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=29 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412191707/http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/winterreise.htm|archive-date=12 April 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|last1=Landgraf|first1=Ilona|title=Safety and comfort are rare|url=http://danceviewtimes.typepad.com/ilona_landgraf/2015/04/safety-and-comfort-are-rare.html|website=Danceview Times|accessdate=6 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220811/http://danceviewtimes.typepad.com/ilona_landgraf/2015/04/safety-and-comfort-are-rare.html|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}
- Seven Haiku of the Moon: Contemplator of the Moon (first interpreter at the Hamburg Ballet){{cite web|title=Seven Haiku of the Moon|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/7_haiku.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=29 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031082417/http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/7_haiku.htm|archive-date=31 October 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|last1=Koegler|first1=Horst|title=With a Strong Whiff of Japanese Perfume|url=http://www.danceviewtimes.com/2010/06/with-a-strong-whiff-of-japanese-perfume.html|website=Danceview Times}}
- Spring and Fall
Ballets by other choreographers
- La Sylphide (choreography: Pierre Lacotte): James
- Napoli (choreography: Lloyd Riggins, after August Bournonville): Gennaro (first interpreter at the Hamburg Ballet){{cite web|title=Napoli|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/_napoli.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=8 December 2014}}{{cite news|title=Hamburg Ballett: Triumphaler Einstand für "Napoli"|url=http://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article135133238/Hamburg-Ballett-Triumphaler-Einstand-fuer-Napoli.html|accessdate=8 December 2014|work=Hamburger Abendblatt|date=8 December 2014}}
- La Bayadère (choreography: Natalia Makarova, after Marius Petipa): Solor
- La Fille mal gardée (choreography: Frederick Ashton): Colas (first interpreter at the Hamburg Ballet){{cite web|title=La Fille mal gardée|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/fille.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=29 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906053734/http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/fille.htm|archive-date=6 September 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
- Onegin (choreography: John Cranko): title role (first interpreter at the Hamburg Ballet){{cite web|title=Onegin|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/_onegin.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=29 June 2014}}
- The Prodigal Son (choreography: George Balanchine): title role{{cite web|last1=Koegler|first1=Horst|title=Redemption for the Much Maligned Ballet d´action|url=http://www.danceviewtimes.com/2009/09/redemption-for-the-much-maligned-ballet-daction.html|website=Danceview Times}}
- Light Beings (choreography: Mats Ek): The Knight
- Thaïs pas de deux (choreography: Frederick Ashton)
- Jewels (choreography: George Balanchine): Emeralds, Rubies (first interpreter at the Hamburg Ballet){{cite web|title=Jewels|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/jewels.htm|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=29 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906054145/http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/jewels.htm|archive-date=6 September 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
- Dances at a Gathering (choreography: Jerome Robbins): Man in Brown{{cite web|last1=Koegler|first1=Horst|title=Chopin, Our Contemporary|url=http://www.danceviewtimes.com/2011/01/chopin-our-contemporary.html|website=Danceview Times}}
- Forgotten Land (choreography: Jiří Kylián)
- Bella Figura (choreography: Jiří Kylián)
- Remanso (choreography: Nacho Duato)
- Polyphonia (choreography: Christopher Wheeldon; Hamburg Ballet premiere){{cite web|title=Polyphonia|url=http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/schritte_zukunft.htm#polyphonia|website=Hamburg Ballet|accessdate=29 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906020805/http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/rep/schritte_zukunft.htm#polyphonia|archive-date=6 September 2015|url-status=dead}}
- Trio (choreography: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui)
Filmography
- Illusions – like 'Swan Lake' (choreography: John Neumeier), Hamburg Ballet, 2001: as Count Alexander
- Death in Venice (choreography: John Neumeier), Hamburg Ballet, 2004: as Aschenbach’s Concept
- Saint Matthew Passion (choreography: John Neumeier), Hamburg Ballet, 2005
- 'Pizzicato Polka' (choreography: John Neumeier), Vienna New Year's Concert, 2006
- Nijinsky (choreography: John Neumeier), Hamburg Ballet, 2017: as Nijinsky{{cite web|title=Nijinsky - A Ballet by John Neumeier|url=https://www.cmajor-entertainment.com/movie/nijinsky-a-ballet-by-john-neumeier-744304/|website=C Major Entertainment|accessdate=3 April 2018}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141016103724/http://www.hamburgballett.de/e/bio/riabko.htm Alexandre Riabko's page on the Hamburg Ballet website]
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Category:Ukrainian male ballet dancers