Azerbaijani ballet master appointed artistic director of Hungarian Opera and Ballet Theater

An Azerbaijani ballet master Eldar Aliev has been appointed an artistic director of the Hungarian Opera and Ballet Theater for five-year term.

Eldar Aliev was born in Baku in 1957. He studied at Baku Choreographic School from 1966 to 1975.

He has earned an international reputation as a dancer, choreographer and artistic director. His 13 year career as a Principal Dancer with the Kirov Ballet distinguished him not only as a technically superb classical and contemporary dancer, but also as a creative dancer whose interpretations ignited the full range of roles he performed.

Eldar Aliev performed in over 40 countries, dancing at some of the world`s most famous theatres, including Covent Garden, the Paris Opera, MET, the Kennedy Center, La Scala, Sydney Opera House to name but a few, his performing career also included guest star performances with the Bolshoi Ballet and The Australian Ballet. His engagements include guest teaching at the Hungarian National Ballet, the Royal Swedish Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, Ballet of Spain, the Universal Ballet of Korea, Hong Kong Ballet, The National Ballet of China, Beijing Dance Academy, Shanghai Dance Academy, Guangzhou Ballet, Guest Speaker at the Ballet Talks series at Harvard University, Visiting Artistic Advisor for Cincinnati Ballet, Ballet Master at Boston Ballet and his role as Interim Dean at the Boston Ballet Center for Dance Education.

Previously, as Artistic Director of Ballet Internationale—Indianapolis, Eldar Aliev transformed Indiana`s only professional ballet company into a world-class ensemble, performing to enthusiastic audiences in Beijing, Los Angeles, New York, Taipei, Montreal and other cities around the U.S. and abroad.

In addition to his original choreographic work, Eldar Aliev has staged an extensive list of classical ballets to the delight of both audiences and critics. These include The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, etc.

Eldar Aliev is a frequent adjudicator of international ballet competitions and has served as a jurist for two inaugural ballet competitions, the 2002 International Ballet Competition in Prague and the 2004 Seoul International Dance Competition.

Eldar Aliev keeps close ties with the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Hungary and plans to produce new performances of Azerbaijani composers Gara Garayev and Fikret Amirov.


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