Sascha Radetsky
{{Short description|American ballet dancer and actor}}
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Sascha Radetsky (born March 29, 1977) is a former ballet dancer and actor. He was a corps dancer and a soloist with the American Ballet Theatre and a principal with Dutch National Ballet. He is known for having starred as Charlie in the motion picture Center Stage and as Ross in the Starz miniseries Flesh and Bone.{{Cite news|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/11/flesh-bone-center-stage-how-male-dancers-are-stereotyped.html|title=Flesh and Bone’s Ethan Stiefel and Sascha Radetsky Talk Center Stage and How Male Dancers Are Stereotyped|last=Milzoff|first=Rebecca|date=November 8, 2015|work=Vulture}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/this-center-stage-star-is-ready-to-dance-again-onscreen|title=Sascha Radetsky Looks Back On "Center Stage" And Ahead To "Flesh & Bone"|last=Wieselman|first=Jarett|date=October 29, 2015|work=BuzzFeed}} In 2018 he was named artistic director of American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abt.org/people/sascha-radetsky/|title=Sascha Radetsky|website=American Ballet Theatre}}
Early life
Born in Santa Cruz, California, Radetsky began studying ballet in the San Francisco Bay Area with Ayako Takahashi and Damara Bennett. At 15, he was invited to train at Moscow's Bolshoi Academy, under Pyotr Pestov, and at the Kirov Academy in Washington, D.C., under Roudolf Kharatian and Andrei Garbouz. Later, he studied on scholarship in the summer programs of the School of American Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre's School of Classical Ballet with Mikhail Baryshnikov, and the San Francisco Ballet School.
Career
Radetsky joined American Ballet Theatre as an apprentice in 1995 and became a member of the corps de ballet in 1996. In 2000 he starred in the Nicholas Hytner directed movie Center Stage as Charlie,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/12/movies/film-review-a-fame-for-today-s-dancing-striving-adolescents.html|title=FILM REVIEW; A 'Fame' for Today's Dancing, Striving Adolescents|last=Scott|first=A.O.|date=May 12, 2000|work=The New York Times}} and appeared in the Mandy Moore music video I Wanna Be with You from the movie's soundtrack.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/82225-8-center-stage-things-you-didnt-know-because-even-the-director-loves-the-final-dances|title=8 'Center Stage' Things You Didn't Know, Because Even The Director Loves The Final Dances|last=Carra|first=Mallory|date=May 12, 2015|work=Bustle Magazine}} He was promoted to soloist with ABT in 2003.
During his career at ABT, Radetsky danced leading roles in major works by George Balanchine, Mark Morris, Paul Taylor, Lar Lubovitch, Kenneth MacMillan, Twyla Tharp, Antony Tudor, John Cranko, Agnes de Mille, Jorma Elo, Jerome Robbins, Ann Reinking, Christopher Wheeldon and Jiří Kylian. His repertoire included the Head Fakir in La Bayadère, Accordionist in The Bright Stream, the third movement in Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, Lankendem and Birbanto in Le Corsaire, Espada and the lead gypsy in Don Quixote, Demetrius in The Dream, the Pastor in Fall River Legend, the second and third sailor in Fancy Free, Hilarion and the peasant pas de deux in Giselle, the pas de deux in Jabula, Gaston in Lady of the Camellias, the Jailer in Manon, Camille in The Merry Widow, Cavalier and the Nutcracker-Prince and in Kevin McKenzie's The Nutcracker, Iago in Othello, Petrouchka in Petrouchka, the Warrior Chieftain in the Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor, Rabbit in Rabbit and Rogue, Bernard in Raymonda, the Champion Roper in Rodeo, Benvolio, Tybalt and Paris in Romeo and Juliet, the Bluebird in The Sleeping Beauty, Benno and von Rothbart in Swan Lake, Orion in Sylvia, the fourth movement in Symphony in C, Hortensio in The Taming of the Shrew, Thaïs Pas de Deux, the “Guitar” pas de deux from Within You Without You: A Tribute to George Harrison and leading roles in The Brahms-Haydn Variations, C. to C. (Close to Chuck), Études, and The Leaves Are Fading. He created the Arabian Man in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker and leading roles in From Here On Out, Troika and Thirteen Diversions. Additionally, he was an original member of “Stiefel and Stars” and a frequent guest performer with ballet companies across the United States and abroad.{{Cite news|url=https://www.danceinforma.com/2018/09/03/sascha-radetsky-comes-full-circle/|title=Sascha Radetsky comes full circle|last=Schanfein|first=Leigh|date=September 3, 2018|work=Dance Informa}}
In September 2008, he left American Ballet Theatre to join the Dutch National Ballet as a principal dancer,{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-09-et-quick9-story.html|title=Sascha Radetsky is leaving ABT|date=August 9, 2008|work=LA Times}} where his repertoire included Albrecht in Giselle and Masetto in Don Giovanni. On January 1, 2010, he returned to American Ballet Theatre as a soloist and later retired in July 2014. In his farewell performance, Radetsky danced as Franz alongside Xiomara Reyes in the ballet Coppelia.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/07/arts/dance/from-ballet-theater-some-goodbyes-and-a-promise-for-the-future.html|title=From Ballet Theater, Some Goodbyes and a Promise for the Future|last=Macaulay|first=Alastair|date=July 6, 2014|work=The New York Times}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/sascha-radetsky-final-days-american-ballet-theatre|title=Final Bow: Sascha Radetsky on His Final Days with American Ballet Theatre|last=Radetsky|first=Sascha|date=June 27, 2014|work=Vogue Magazine}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/dance/q-a-sascha-radetsky-retires-from-american-ballet-theatre?pageNumber=4|title=Q&A: Sascha Radetsky retires from American Ballet Theatre|last=Kourlas|first=Gia|date=June 19, 2014|work=Time Out New York}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/sascha-radetsky-last-rehearsal-abt-ballet-studios|title=Final Bow: A Soloist with American Ballet Theatre Chronicles His Last Season|last=Radetsky|first=Sascha|date=June 2, 2014|work=Vogue Magazine}}
Later career
Since retiring from performing with ABT, Radetsky has starred as Ross in the Starz TV drama Flesh and Bone, {{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/07/arts/television/review-flesh-and-bone-a-ballet-drama-with-strippers.html|title=Review: ‘Flesh and Bone,’ a Ballet Drama With Strippers|last=Michael|first=Hale|date=November 6, 2015|work=The New York Times}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a31730/sascha-radetsky-flesh-and-bone-interview/|title=Center Stage Alum Sascha Radetsky Is Setting Fire to His PG-13 Reputation|last=Harman|first=Justine|date=November 6, 2015|work=Elle Magazine}} in the Hallmark Channel movie A Nutcracker Christmas,{{Cite web|url=http://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/a-nutcracker-christmas/cast/sascha-radetsky|title=SASCHA RADETSKY|website=Hallmark Movies and Mysteries}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.pointemagazine.com/sascha-radetsky-stars-hallmarks-latest-holiday-movie-2412926208.html|title=Sascha Radetsky Stars in Hallmark's Latest Holiday Movie|last=Friscia|first=Suzannah|date=December 9, 2016|work=Pointe Magazine}} and in Center Stage: On Pointe where he returned to the role of Charlie.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/lifetimes-center-stage-pointe-tv-905466|title='Center Stage: On Pointe': TV Review|last=Ulrich|first=Keith|date=June 22, 2016|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/reviews/tv-movie-review-center-stage-on-pointe-peter-gallagher-zoe-saldana-1201800790/|title=TV Review: ‘Center Stage: On Pointe’|last=Saraiya|first=Sonia|date=June 25, 2016|work=Variety}} In 2016, following a fellowship award at The Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU,{{Cite news|url=https://www.dance-teacher.com/sascha-radetskys-next-move-2392710585.html|title=Sacha Radetsky's Next Move|last=Caldwell|first=Rachel|date=November 4, 2015|work=Dance Teacher Magazine}} Radetsky was named director of the American Ballet Theatre/New York University Master's Degree Program in Ballet Pedagogy and a Company Teacher for ABT itself.{{Cite news|url=https://danceinforma.us/articles/sascha-radetsky-now-leads-abtnyu-program/|title=SASCHA RADETSKY NOW LEADS ABT/NYU PROGRAM|date=February 1, 2016|work=Dance Informa}}{{Cite news|url=https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/site/ataglance/2016/02/sascha-radetsky-to-direct-steinhardt-ma-program-in-ballet-pedagogy.html|title=Sascha Radetsky to Direct Steinhardt MA Program in Ballet Pedagogy|date=February 1, 2016|work=NYU Steinhardt News}} The next year he became one of American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company's ballet masters.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dancespirit.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-abt-studio-company-dancer-lea-fleytoux-2487563908.html|title=What It's Really Like to Dance with the ABT Studio Company|last=Fuhrer|first=Margaret|date=October 23, 2017|work=Dance Spirit Magazine}} In 2018 he was selected as the artistic director of American Ballet Theatre's Studio Company, taking over from long-serving artistic director Kate Lydon who spent 15 years in the role.{{Cite news|url=https://www.dancemagazine.com/sascha-radetsky-2583590700.html|title=Sascha Radetsky Named Artistic Director of ABT Studio Company|last=Brandt|first=Amy|date=July 3, 2018|work=Dance Magazine}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.danceplug.com/dish/radetsky-to-direct-12-outstanding-abt-students|title=Radetsky To Direct 12 Outstanding ABT Students|last=Luben|first=Anne Lauren|date=July 9, 2018|work=Dance Plug}}
Personal life
In 2006, Radetsky married his fellow dancer Stella Abrera.{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristintablang/2016/08/08/abt-filipino-american-principal-dancer-stella-abrera-radetsky-american-ballet-theatre/1|title=Spotlight on ABT Principal Dancer Stella Abrera|last=Tablang|first=Kristin|date=August 8, 2016|work=Forbes}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.dancemagazine.com/passionate-partnerships-2306866931.html|title=Passionate Partnerships|date=July 25, 2007|work=Dance Magazine}}
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0705492|name=Sascha Radetsky}}
- [http://balletnews.co.uk/cupcakes-conversation-with-sascha-radetsky-soloist-american-ballet-theatre/ Cupcakes & Conversation with Sascha Radetsky]. Ballet News. 7 September 2011.
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