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Maksim I. Knysh
(407)497-9451
7spartacus@bellsouth.net

BALLET INSTRUCTOR/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Dance Conservatory of McAllen, TX - 2006 Sept - Present
Teach ballet, pointe, and partnering classes; choreograph and prepare for competitions; choreograph and stage ballet performances; and run rehearsals.

PERFORMING EXPERIENCE
1998-03 Orlando Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer; artistic director Fernando Bujones
1996-98 New Jersey Ballet Company Principal Dancer; artistic director Caroline Clark
1995-96 Moscow Kremlin Ballet Soloist and Principal Dancer; artistic director A.Petrov 1990-95 Bolshoi Ballet Soloist; artistic director Yu. Grigorovich
1986-90 Moscow State Musical Theatre Principal Dancer; artistic director O. Baranovski

EDUCATION
1978-1986 Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Moscow- Diploma 1986 #587326
Teachers, coaches, and ballet instructors: Yu. Grigorovich, S. Golovkina, M. Lavrosvskiy, A. Bondarenko, V. Vasiliev, E. Maximova, B. Akimov

QUALIFICATIONS
Classical ballet, character dance, adagio, historic dance, dance instructor, acting and pantomime, theory of ballet, choreography, and staging of classical ballets.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE SPECIALIZING IN THE V AGANOV A SYSTEM
The School of Orlando Ballet Theatre, Show Time Dance Studios, Nu Look Dance Studio, New Jersey Ballet School.

GUEST PERFORMANCE
1996 Dec. The Today Show (New York) Snow pas de deux on Christmas Day
1994 Nov. Invited by Queen Elizabeth to perform in the "International Traditional Festival" in London
1993 Mar. City of Ufa (birthplace of R. Nuriev) "Performance in Memory of Rudolph Nuriev"
1991 "International Traditional Art Festival SPOLLETO", Italy.

INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCES AND TOURS
France, England, Belgium, Germany, Monaco, Italy, United States of America, Japan, Hong Kong, Egypt, Greece, Czechoslovakia, Spain, India, Ireland, Taiwan

CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE
Principal roles in: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Tchaikovsky Pas de Trois, Raymonda, Coppelia, The Nutcracker, Paquita, Golden Age, Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, Don Quixote, Giselle, Le Corsaire, Ocean and Pearls, Satanela Pas de deux, Napoleon, Ruslan and Ludmela, Carmen. Also Mr. Bujones' Tchaikovsky Polonaise & Suite, Polovizian Dances Pas de Deux, Passion y Fuego Pas de Trois, Spartacus.

CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHY
Agnes de Milles' Rodeo, Miraculus Manderin, Troy Games, Bollero.

First Russian dancer in American Ballet Company who danced the lead role in Spartacus in the United States.

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