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Vladimir Angelov

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{{Short description|Bulgarian-American Choreographer}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Vladimir Angelov

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|05|03}}

| birth_place = Bulgaria

| alma_mater = {{Plain list|*University of Sofia

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| occupation = Choreographer, author, executive director

| years_active = 1986–present

| organization = Dance ICONS Inc.

| known_for = Washington National Opera

| website = https://danceicons.org/

| image =

| caption = Headshot of Vladimir Angelov, 2016

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Vladimir Angelov (born May 3, 1966) is a Bulgarian–American choreographer, author, and the executive director of Dance ICONS, Inc.{{Cite web |title=Dance ICONS |url=https://www.danceicons.org/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.danceicons.org}} He lives in Washington, D.C.

Early life and career

Vladimir Angelov graduated from the National Choreographic School in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1986.{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Hannah |date=2023-11-27 |title=Nurturing Artistic Identity And Redefining Success – In Conversation With Vladimir Angelov |url=https://www.royalballetschool.org.uk/2023/11/27/nurturing-artistic-identity-and-redefining-success-in-conversation-with-vladimir-angelov/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=The Royal Ballet School |language=en-GB}} He first danced full-time for the national contemporary ballet company Ballet Arabesque in Sofia while studying philosophy at the University of Sofia. Angelov immigrated first to Austria and then to the US in the early 1990s. In 1996, Angelov completed his master's degree in dance and choreography at American University in Washington, D.C., under professor Dr. Naima Prevots while being directly influenced by many American groundbreaking choreographers such as Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris, Ron Brown, Dianne McIntyre, Doug Varone, Debbie Allen, and many others.{{Cite web |title=About |url=http://dancingangel.net/about |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=dancingangel.net}}

Angelov has choreographed at the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., under the artistic direction of Plácido Domingo.{{Cite web |title=Vladimir Angelov |url=https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/a/aa-an/vladimir-angelov/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=The Kennedy Center |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Sparacino |first=Micaele |date=2008-11-01 |title=Death in Venice |url=https://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=5047 |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=ConcertoNet.com}}{{Cite web |last1=Shulson |first1=John |date=2005-05-31 |title=Criticism of 'Samson' is too strong |url=https://www.pilotonline.com/2005/05/31/criticism-of-samson-is-too-strong/ |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=The Virginian-Pilot |language=en-US}} He also choreographed for diverse musical, theater, film, and television productions.{{Cite news |last1=Tomalonis |first1=Alexandra |date=2002-09-21 |title=Reviving a Familiar Body Language |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/09/21/reviving-a-familiar-body-language/d811290d-bfbe-483f-8956-69c69f6f5832/ |access-date=2024-01-05 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} He has also frequently choreographed for the City Dance Ensemble in Washington, D.C.{{Cite web |last=Bonner |first=Loren |date=2003-10-27 |title=Dance dominates District |url=https://www.theeagleonline.com/article/2003/10/dance-dominates-district |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=The Eagle |language=en}}

Angelov has created original ballets for companies such as [https://balletaz.org/ Arizona Ballet], Atlanta Ballet, CityDance,{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-07-01 |title=Announcing the CityDance International Intensive Guest Artists & Faculty |url=https://www.citydance.net/2022/07/announcing-the-citydance-international-intensive-guest-artists-faculty/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=CityDance |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Traiger |first=Lisa |date=2003-06-19 |title=From CityDance Ensemble, Moving Pictures of Eloquence |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2003/06/19/from-citydance-ensemble-moving-pictures-of-eloquence/2bc46484-f6ab-44cb-a0b4-2180bebcb9af/ |access-date=2024-01-05 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} [https://www.indyballet.org/ Indianapolis Ballet],{{Cite web |title=Interzone |url=https://theatricalrentals.net/interzone/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Theatrical Rentals |language=en}} Richmond Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and Washington Ballet{{Cite web |last=Traiger |first=Lisa |date=2004-05-03 |title=Aspects of Love |url=https://danceviewtimes.com/dvdc/reviews/spring04/washballet2.htm |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=danceviewtimes.com}} in the United States. Internationally, he has choreographed for Alberta Ballet, National Ballet of Finland, [https://companianacionaldedanza.inba.gob.mx/ National Ballet of Mexico], Ballet Manila, [https://www.tokyocityballet.org/ Tokyo City Ballet], Mariinsky Ballet in St. Petersburg, among others. One of his frequent collaborators is Rasta Thomas, for whom he created many solo works.{{Cite news |last=Dunning |first=Jennifer |date=2007-07-31 |title=A Troupe Keeps the Jinks Just as High as Possible |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/arts/dance/31rast.html |access-date=2024-02-09 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Angelov is a regular guest lecturer at George Washington University and American University{{Cite web |title=DPA dancers present 'Worlds of Motion' |url=https://www.theeagleonline.com/article/2007/04/dpa-dancers-present-worlds-of-motion |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=The Eagle |language=en}} in Washington D.C., and has taught at numerous universities and seminars at dance companies in Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria,{{Cite web |date=2021-07-18 |title=Ballet Beyond Boundaries Triptych of Original Contemporary Ballets |url=https://en.operasz.bg/ballet-beyond-boundaries-triptych-of-original-contemporary-ballets/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=State Opera |language=en-GB}} China, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, and Russia.

Dance ICONS

In 2015, Angelov founded the International Consortium for Advancement in Choreography, Inc, known as Dance ICONS (International Choreographers’ Organization and Networking Services). The organization is a global association for choreographers based in Washington, DC, USA.{{Cite web |title=Choreographer Vladimir Angelov Creates Dance ICONS, The First Global Choreographers' Network |url=http://www.dance-enthusiast.com/features/dance-news/view/Global-Choreographers |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=www.dance-enthusiast.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Cari |date=2016-01-27 |title=Dance ICONS Creates Online Clearinghouse for Choreographers |url=https://washdiplomat.com/dance-icons-creates-online-clearinghouse-for-choreographers/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Washington Diplomat |language=en-US}} Since the inception of the organization, he has served as the Executive Director. Part of his work as the Executive Director of Dance ICONS includes leading a Choreographic Institute that provides professional development to emerging and early-career choreographers. The Institute is hosted in partnership with the Atlas Performing Arts Center.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-06-10 |title=ICON's Choreographic Institute at the Dance Loft on 14 Thesis Dance Concerts |url=https://criticaldance.org/icons-choreographic-institute-dance-loft-14-thesis-dance-concerts/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=CriticalDance |language=en-US}} In his work for Dance ICONS, Angelov has interviewed and hosted Choreographic Talks with prominent choreographers and artists, such as Wendy Whelan, Brian Brooks, Ronald K. Brown, Rennie Harris, and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, among others.{{Cite web |title=The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center |url=https://theclarice.umd.edu/node?page=183,0,0,0,0,37 |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=theclarice.umd.edu}}{{Cite web |title=Choreography Talks – LIVE! {{!}} Icons |url=https://danceicons.org/pages/?p=161105111833 |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=danceicons.org}}

Publications

Between 1994 and 2008, Angelov wrote and published more than 30 articles, features, reports, performance reviews, and philosophical essays about dance in several European dance magazines, including Ballet Journal{{Cite web |title=Miami City Ballet |url=http://dancingangel.net/past-publications/miamiballet#!Front_Page |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=dancingangel.net |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Michael Kaiser |url=http://dancingangel.net/past-publications/mkaiser#!Front_Page |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=dancingangel.net |language=en-GB}} (Munich, Germany), Ballet/Tanz{{Cite web |title=Paul Taylor |url=http://dancingangel.net/past-publications/ptaylor#!Front_Page |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=dancingangel.net |language=en-GB}} (Berlin, Germany), and TanzAffiche{{Cite web |title=Baryshnikov |url=http://dancingangel.net/past-publications/baryshnikov#!Front_Page |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=dancingangel.net |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Bob Fosse |url=http://dancingangel.net/past-publications/bob-fosse#!Front_Page |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=dancingangel.net |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Bill T Jones |url=http://dancingangel.net/past-publications/bill-t-jones#!Front_Page |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=dancingangel.net |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Doug Varone |url=http://dancingangel.net/past-publications/doug-varone#!Fonrt_Page |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=dancingangel.net |language=en-GB}} (Vienna, Austria).

In 2023, Angelov published a new book on choreography and the artistic practices of dance making, YOU, THE CHOREOGRAPHER, Creating and Crafting Dance, through Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.{{Cite web |title=You, the Choreographer: Creating and Crafting Dance |url=https://www.routledge.com/You-the-Choreographer-Creating-and-Crafting-Dance/Angelov/p/book/9780367444464 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=Routledge & CRC Press |language=en}} The book synthesizes histories, theories, philosophies, and creative practices across diverse genres of concert dance choreography. The book is designed for choreographers at every stage of creative development, as well as readers who seek to refine their artistic sensibility.{{Cite web |last=Perron |first=Wendy |date=2023-11-10 |title=Notable Dance Books of 2023 |url=https://wendyperron.com/notable-dance-books-of-2023/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=wendyperron.com |language=en-US}}

"You, the Choreographer: Creating and Crafting Dance is a book to accompany you, the choreographer, on a creative lifetime! Systematically organized, it’s a book for good days and also for the bad days, to keep on hand to dip into when inspiration doesn’t sync with the company’s rehearsal schedule. Angelov’s book is encyclopedic in its knowledge and an indispensable guide for choreographers and those fascinated by the creation of dance."{{Cite web |last=Foyer |first=Maggie |date=2024-08-28 |title=You, the Choreographer: Creating and Crafting Dance |url=https://www.seeingdance.com/you-the-choreographer-240828/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=SeeingDance |language=en-GB}} (Maggie Foyer, SeeingDance)

Choreographed works

  • Nostalgia (April 1997); Rasta Thomas{{Cite web |last=Dunning |first=Jennifer |date=1997-04-29 |title=IN PERFORMANCE: DANCE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/29/arts/in-performance-dance-854131.html |access-date=2024-03-24 |url-access=subscription |website=New York Times}}
  • Unfolding (April 1999); Adrienne Canterna and Rasta Thomas{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Jack |date=1999-04-21 |title=Dance In Review |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/21/arts/dance-in-review-321621.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=New York Times}}
  • Bumblebee (1999); Rasta Thomas, Bad Boys of Ballet{{Cite web |last=Dunning |first=Jennifer |date=2007-07-31 |title=A Troupe Keeps the Jinks Just as High as Possible |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/arts/dance/31rast.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=New York Times}}
  • Martyr (2000); Rasta Thomas, Bad Boys of Ballet
  • Impetous (2000); San Francisco Ballet{{Cite news |last=Critic |first=Octavio Roca, Chronicle Dance |title=Spirit of Discovery / S.F. Ballet stages six world premieres by young choreographers in a single week |url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Spirit-of-Discovery-S-F-Ballet-stages-six-2767173.php |access-date=2024-03-24 |work=SFGATE |language=en}}
  • Last Horizon (2001); Mariinsky Ballet{{Cite web |title=A Yulia Makhalina recital. Ballet Gala Evening (Classical Ballet) - BalletAndOpera.com |url=https://balletandopera.com/classical_ballet/A_Yulia_Makhalina_Gala/info/sid=GLE_1&play_date_from=01-Dec-2016&play_date_to=28-Feb-2017&playbills=55631 |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=balletandopera.com}}
  • Prism (January 2001); CityDance{{Cite news |date=2024-01-16 |title=New Works and New Music Score for CityDance |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/01/16/new-works-and-new-music-score-for-citydance/b1ef018f-bf78-4e43-915f-b5cc8a6044c4/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}
  • Jinari (September 2001); CityDance{{Cite news |date=2024-01-17 |title=CityDance Ensemble, Reaching to the Past |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/09/27/citydance-ensemble-reaching-to-the-past/762683ab-0cc6-43ec-822c-8cc85a2f76b5/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}
  • Suite Dreams (2001); Alberta Ballet
  • Deep Surface (2001); CityDance{{Cite news |date=2024-01-17 |title=CityDance Ensemble, Reaching to the Past |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/09/27/citydance-ensemble-reaching-to-the-past/762683ab-0cc6-43ec-822c-8cc85a2f76b5/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}
  • Bouncing Light (2002); Richmond Ballet
  • SuitCase (September 2022); CityDance{{Cite news |date=2024-01-24 |title=HERE & NOW |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/2002/09/15/here-38/3cd9c4c4-c6f4-496c-82a2-f7108cee8261/ |access-date=2024-03-24 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}
  • Interzone (September 2003); Indianapolis Ballet
  • AXIOM (October 2003); CityDance{{Cite web |date=2003-10-16 |title=Leaps and bounds |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2003/oct/16/20031016-073450-4032r/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=The Washington Times}}
  • tink tank (April 2004); Washington Ballet
  • Torso (May 2005); Tokyo City Ballet{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=Tokyo City Ballet History |url=https://www.tokyocityballet.org/about/tcbhistory2015.pdf |access-date=April 14, 2024 |website=Tokyo City Ballet}}
  • Troubles in Paradise (2011) National Ballet of Mexico
  • Framework (November, 2012); Dance Ethos{{Cite news |date=2023-05-19 |title=Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Nov. 8-14 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/going-out-guide-for-the-district-of-columbia-nov-8-14/2012/11/05/283132d2-2386-11e2-92f8-7f9c4daf276a_story.html |access-date=2024-03-24 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}
  • CacoPhony (2017); Stara Zagora State Opera

References

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External links

  • [https://www.danceicons.org/ Dance ICONS website]

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