Alexei Badrak

"It is my opinion that Mr. A. Badrak is an artist of the highest creative magnitude, an innovative and prolific choreographer and director who extracts and captures the true essence of the individual artist. Mr. Badraks' choreography represents the highest level of aesthetics and incorporates the purest, most expressive means to produce exquisite choreography that speaks to the very core of the human soul. A. Badraks' mutiple talents as a choreographer, director and esteemed academic certainly place him in the highest echelons if the international ballet theater today."

Irina Dvorovenko, Principal ABT

..."And when we recall it today, we are thankful to Mr. A. Badrak for his participation in our creative destiny. The joint experience of work (with Mr. A. Badrak), helped us to become more proficient in the techniques of the classical dances, to master the dance fundamentals of modern choreography, to learn to understand the figurative and dramaturgic characteristics of a role in a ballet performance."...

Sergie Filin...Former Principal Bolshoi Theater, Golden Mask Winner, Peoples Artist of Russia, Artistic Director, Stalinslavsky Theater

Ruslan Pronin...First Soloist, Bolshoi Theater, Honorable Artist of Russia

Alexander Petukhov... First Soloist, Bolshoi Ballet, Honorable Artist of Russia

..."In 1991, I presented my solo gala in Mexico and Alexei Badrak was kind enough to become director of the concert as well as to help me to organize and conduct it. I have to inform you that A. Badrak has always been respected highly and well-spoken of amongst the whole of the Bolshoi Theater artists. His piece "Hooligan", which he choreographed for me, is still one of my favorite ones. I have performed it on many stages all over the world."...

Ilze Lyiepa... Soloist, Bolshoi Ballet Theater, Peoples Artist of Russia

"During the time that I was a Soloist at the Bolshoi Ballet Theater, I had the honor to work with Mr. Alexei Badrak, who had been hired as assistant by the Chief Ballet Master/Artistic Director of the Bolshoi Theater, Yuri Grigorovich. As a professional soloist, I deeply appreciated the extraordinary knowledge, experience and undying passionate efforts of Mr. Badrak. Mr. A. Badrak was always generous with his time, energy and effort. He helped me develop my best best individual talents. A. Badraks' unique professional and academic capacities, knowledge and experience place him in the highest escelons of true art and artist.

It is unusal to find in one individual so much talent combined with knowledge and experience. Mr. Badrak is represented in both the Encyclopedia of Russian Ballet and the Ukrainian Encyclopedia of Ballet. A. Badrak is a renown National First and Third Prize Laureate choreographer and artistic director for stage, teleivision and film, an expert on the aesthetics of the development of Russian Classical Ballet, Character and Ethnic Dance and is well known in the major theaters and top educational institutions in Russia. Mr. Badrak has been in the United States for 16 years and has maintained his high level of accomplishment and success in the same areas of expertise in the US.

Besides Mr. Badraks' nationally and internationally awarded productions, during his employment at the Bolshoi Theater, A. Badrak choreographed several impressive and very successful productions, including "Les Noces, The Wedding", "Snowstorm", extensive choreographies for superstar principal dancers at the Bolshoi Ballet, Gedeminas Taranda, Ilze Lyiepa and Nikolai Dorohov and for many other principal dancers from top theaters in Russia. These choreographies and artists reflect Mr. Badraks' superb choreographic, directing and coaching skills. Mr. Alexei Badraks' productions demonstrate his astute command of aesthetics, choreography, character development and an astouding capacity to develop individual artistic talents.

The eccletic range of styles, from classical to modern, character and ethnic dance, jazz, rhythmic timed dances and musical theater in the performances that A. Badrak produces are quite remarkable as is Mr. Alexei Badrak."

Alexander Greschenko..former Soloist, Bolshoi Ballet Theater

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