Igor Kolb (born June 6, 1977 in
Pinsk
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,
Belarus
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) is a principal dancer of
Mariinsky Ballet. He graduated
Byelorussia State Ballet School, and joined Mariinsky ballet in 1996. He became a soloist in 1998, and promoted to principal dancer in 2003.
He made his debut at the
Rome Opera
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in
Rudolf Nureyev
Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev ( ; Tatar/ Bashkir: Рудольф Хәмит улы Нуриев; rus, Рудо́льф Хаме́тович Нуре́ев, p=rʊˈdolʲf xɐˈmʲetəvʲɪtɕ nʊˈrʲejɪf; 17 March 19386 January 1993) was a Soviet ...
's version of
Sleeping Beauty
''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess cu ...
in 2002, and in 2006 he made his debut at the
Wiener Staatsoper
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in Rudolf Nureyev's version of
Swan Lake. Igor Kolb left Mariinsky Ballet in 2022 for heading the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus (Minsk) ballet in position of Principal Ballet Master.
Repertoire
*
pas de trois
In ballet, ''pas de trois'' is a French term usually referring to a dance between three people. Typically, a ''pas de trois'' in ballet consists of five parts:
#Entrée (the opening number for the three dancers, usually preceded by a short i ...
in Swan Lake (
Petipa-
Ivanov, staged by
Sergeyev)
*Prince Désiré in The Sleeping Beauty (Petipa, staged by K. Sergeyev) (1997)
*soloist (cr.) in
Les Noces
''Les Noces'' (French for The Wedding; russian: Свадебка, ''Svadebka'') is a ballet and orchestral concert work composed by Igor Stravinsky for percussion, pianists, chorus, and vocal soloists. The composer gave it the descriptive title " ...
(
Miroshnichenko) (1997)
*the Poet in
Chopiniana (
Michel Fokine
Michael Fokine, ''Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokin'', group=lower-alpha ( – 22 August 1942) was a groundbreaking Imperial Russian choreographer and dancer.
Career Early years
Fokine was born in Saint Petersburg to a prosperous merchant an ...
) (1997)
*troubadour in
Romeo and Juliet (
Lavrovsky) (1997)
*Vaslav in
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (
Zakharov Zakharov (russian: Захаров), or Zakharova (feminine; Захарова) is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
People
* Aleksandr Zakharov, multiple people
*Alexander V. Zakharov (born 1941), Soviet and Russian scienti ...
)
*James in
La Sylphide
''La Sylphide'' ( en, The Sylph; da, Sylfiden) is a romantic ballet in two acts. There were two versions of the ballet; the original choreographed by Filippo Taglioni in 1832, and a second version choreographed by August Bournonville in 1836. ...
*Albrecht in
Giselle (
Coralli
Coralli is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Claudio Coralli (born 1983), Italian footballer
* Giulio Coralli (born 1641), Italian painter
* Jean Coralli (1779–1854), French dancer and choreographer
See also
*Corallo
Corall ...
/
Perrot, Petipa)
*Berange in
Raymonda
''Raymonda'' (russian: Раймонда) is a ballet in three acts, four scenes with an apotheosis, choreographed by Marius Petipa to music by Alexander Glazunov, his Opus 57. It was first presented by the Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Mariinsk ...
(Sergeyev)
*the Prince in
The Nutcracker
''The Nutcracker'' ( rus, Щелкунчик, Shchelkunchik, links=no ) is an 1892 two-act ballet (""; russian: балет-феерия, link=no, ), originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchai ...
(
Vainonen)
*soloist in 1st movement of
Symphony in C (
Balanchine) (1998)
*soloist in
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
''Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux'' is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to a composition by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky originally intended for act 3 of ''Swan Lake'' (Op. 20, 1875–76). With costumes by Barbara Karinska and lighting by Jack Owe ...
(Balanchine)
*soloist in
Paquita
''Paquita'' is a ballet in two acts and three scenes originally choreographed by Joseph Mazilier to music by Édouard Deldevez and Ludwig Minkus. Paul Foucher received royalties as librettist.
History
''Paquita'' is the creation of French comp ...
Grand Pas (Petipa)
*Prince Désiré in The Sleeping Beauty (Petipa, staged by Vikharev) (1999)
*Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake (Petipa-Ivanov, staged by K. Sergeyev) (2000)
*Ali in
Le Corsaire (Gusev after Petipa) (2001)
*soloist in
Le Spectre de la Rose (Fokine)
*Prince Désiré in The Sleeping Beauty (Chalmer after Petipa) (Rome Opera Ballet, 2002)
*Solor in
La Bayadère
''La Bayadère'' ("the temple dancer") ( ru. «Баядерка», ''Bayaderka'') is a ballet, originally staged in four acts and seven tableaux by French choreographer Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig Minkus. The ballet was staged especiall ...
(Petipa, staged by
Ponomarev,
Chabukiani) (2002)
*Solor in La Bayadère (Petipa, staged by
Vikharev) (2002)
*Ferkhad in
The Legend of Love (
Grigorovich Grigorovich, in its original language: (russian: Григорович), is a patronymic meaning "Son of Grigory" and may refer to:
People
*Dmitry Grigorovich (1822–1900), a Russian writer
*Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich (1883–1938), a Soviet air ...
)
*Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Lavrovsky)
*Apollon in
Apollon (Balanchine)
*soloist in
Scotch Symphony
''Scotch Symphony'' is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3, "Scottish". The ballet is inspired by Scotland, and evokes the style of the romantic ballet era, particularly ''La Sylphide'', which is set in Sc ...
(Balanchine)
*soloist in 1st Movement of
Symphony in C (Balanchine)
*soloist in Diamonds from
Jewels
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(Balanchine)
*soloist in
Ballet Imperial-Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #2 (Balanchine)
*soloist in
In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (
Forsythe)
*soloist in
Steptext (Forsythe)
*2nd duet in
In the Night (Robbins)
*The Prince in Cinderella (
Ratmansky)
*soloist in
Leningrad Symphony (
Belsky)
*Cleonte in
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' (, translated as ''The Bourgeois Gentleman'', ''The Middle-Class Aristocrat'', or ''The Would-Be Noble'') is a five-act ''comédie-ballet'' – a play intermingled with music, dance and singing – written by Molière ...
*soloist in
Le Papillion
*soloist in
Bakhti (
Bejart)
*soloist in
Sense of Moon
*Golden slave in
Scheherazade
Scheherazade () is a major female character and the storyteller in the frame narrative of the Middle Eastern collection of tales known as the '' One Thousand and One Nights''.
Name
According to modern scholarship, the name ''Scheherazade'' de ...
(Fokine)
*soloist in
Middle Duet (Ratmansky)
*Cecchetti in
Pavlova and Cecchetti (
Neumeier)
*Le Chevalier des Grieux
Manon (
MacMillan)
*soloist in
Swan (
R. Poklitaru)
*soloist in
Malachi
Malachi (; ) is the traditional author of the Book of Malachi, the last book of the Nevi'im (Prophets) section of the Tanakh. According to the 1897 ''Easton's Bible Dictionary'', it is possible that Malachi is not a proper name, as it simply mean ...
(2007)
*Abderakhman in Raymonda (2007)
*Basil in
Don Quixote
is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, in Spanish, (changing in Part 2 to ). A founding work of West ...
(2008)
*soloist in
Pierrot Lunnaire (2008)
Awards
*
Vaganova Prix (1995)
*Vaganova Prix (1996)
See also
*
List of Russian ballet dancers
This is a list of ballet dancers from the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and Russian Federation, including both ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities. This list includes as well those who were born in these three states but later emigra ...
References
External links
Igor Kolb homepageKolb's "Le spectre de la rose" DVDMariinsky Ballet
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1977 births
Living people
People from Pinsk
Russian male ballet dancers
Belarusian male ballet dancers
Russian people of Belarusian descent
Mariinsky Ballet principal dancers
20th-century Russian ballet dancers
21st-century Russian ballet dancers