Yuri Klevtsov

Biography

Born in Moscow. In 1988, having completed his studies at the Moscow College of Choreography (Alexander Prokofiev’s class), he joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company.
In 1992, he gradated from the performers faculty of the Institute of Choreography (today College and Institute have been amalgamated into the Moscow Academy of Choreography).
At the present time, his teacher-repetiteur is Mikhail Lavrovsky.

Main Repertory

1988
Chinese Doll (Nutcracker. Yuri Grigorovich production)

1990
Benedict (Love for Love. Music by Tikhon Khrennikov. Vera Boccadoro production)
Beranger, Bernard (Raimonda. Yuri Grigorovich production)
Danila (The Stone Flower. Music by Sergei Prokofiev. Yuri Grigorovich production)

1992
The Nutcracker-Prince (Nutcracker)
Title role (Romeo and Juliet. Yuri Grigorovich production)
A Slave (Le Corsaire. Konstantin Sergeyev production)
Title role (Spartacus) 

1993
Solor (La Bayadere. Yuri Grigorovich production)

1994
Ferkhad (A Legend of Love. Music by Arif Melikov. Yuri Grigorovich production)
Conrad (Le Corsaire. Yuri Grigorovich production)
Basilio (Don Quixote. Yuri Grigorovich production, then Alexei Fadeyechev production)

1996
Title role (Romeo and Juliet. Choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky)

1997
Blue Bird (The Sleeping Beauty. Yuri Grigorovich production)
Waltz (The Polish Ball in the opera Ivan Susanin. Choreography by Rostislav Zakharov)

1998
Abderakhman (Raimonda)
Soloist (Mozartiana)

1999
Ivan (The Humpbacked Horse. Music by Rodion Shchedrin. Nikolai Androsov production)
James (La Sylphide. Choreography by August Bournonville)

2002
Colas (La Fille mal gardee. Music by Louis Herold. Choreography by Frederick Ashton)

2003
Pyotr (The Bright Stream. Music by Dmitry Shostakovich. Alexei Ratmansky production) - creation
Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet. Declan Donnelan and Radu Poklitary creation)

2004
Doctor (Ward No. 6 to music by Arvo Part. Radu Poklitaru production) - creation

2006
Jose (Carmen Suite. Alberto Alonso production)
The Evil Genius (Swan Lake. Yuri Grigorovich production)

2007
Soloist (Misericordes to music by Arvo Part. Christopher Wheeldon creation)
Conrad (Le Corsaire. Production and new choreography by Alexei Ratmansky and Yuri Burlaka after Marius Petipa)

2008
The Marquis Costa de Beauregard (Boris Asfiev's The Flames of Paris. Production and new choreography by Alexei Ratmansky after Vasily Vainonen)

Tours

Yuri Klevtsov has numerous foreign contracts. From 1995-96, he was guest soloist with Argentine’s Teatro Colon Ballet Company where he danced lead roles in the classical and modern repertory and participated in the Company’s premiere production of La Fille mal gardee (choreography by Frederick Ashton).
In 2000, he danced the part of Ferkhad at the premiere of Legend of Love at the State Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Istanbul.
He has participated several times in the international Stars of the 21^st Century project, organized by the Canadian impresarios Nadia Veselova-Tencer and Solomon Tencer (these gala-concerts of the world’s ballet stars have taken place in Toronto, Paris, Cannes, New York, Tokyo).

Since November 2008 he has become Assistant Ballet Director in Rostov State Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Awards

In 1988, he won the 1^st prize at the All-Union Competition of Ballet Dancers, in Moscow and the 2^nd prize at the International Competition of Ballet Dancers, in Varna.
In 1995, he was awarded the title of Merited Artist of the Russian Federation.
In 2001, he was awarded the order of Friendship.
In 2008, he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation.