Natalia Matsak
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Natalia Matsak (
Biography
Early life and education
Matsak started taking dance classes when she was 4 years old.[1] After dancing with the children's dance company Dudarik she went on to study ballet. From 1992 to 2000 Matsak studied at the Kyiv State Ballet School. Her first significant performance on the stage of the National Opera House of Ukraine took place during her senior year. Along with her groupmate Andrey Gura she made a performance of pas de deux from Don Quixote (to the music of Ludwig Minkus).
Getting started in the National Opera House of Ukraine
After graduating from the Kyiv State Ballet School, Matsak joined the ballet company of the National Opera House of Ukraine. At the same time the leadership of the ballet company was taken over by the principal dancer, People's Artist of Ukraine Victor Yaremenko, who was interested in working with young artists, who were open to new ideas and plot concepts.
The 18-year-old ballerina's professional debut was a
Principal dancer of the National Opera House of Ukraine
In 2001 Matsak a received the new official title —
In 2004 Matsak took part in the Fifth Serge Lifar International Ballet Competition in Kyiv, receiving the Diploma of Laureate (2nd place). Within the competition she performed pas de deux from the classical repertoire (Swan Lake, Le Corsaire), and a modern dance called Dream Dance with Maksim Motkov (to the music of Kitaro-Chernenko, ballet master Aniko Rekhviashvili). In 2005 she won 3rd place in the Tenth
National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre of Belarus
From 2006 to 2008 Matsak was performing on the stage of the
National Theater of Japan
In January 2009 "An Evening with Igor Kolb" the
Mikhailovsky Theater in Saint Petersburg
In April 2009 the Ukrainian ballerina performed on the stage of
Cooperation with Boris Eifman
In August 2010 the first-night of
Dortmund Opera House
In 2011 in Dortmund Matsak worked with Raimondo Rebeck, a German ballet master (modern dance) and a graduate of the Berlin Ballet School. As a part of the ballet concert along with the ballet company of the
Tours
During 2007-2011 Matsak was a regular guest at the International Festival of Classical Ballet named after
Honored Artist of Ukraine
Matsak's work was closely intertwined with performances on the stage of the National Opera House of Ukraine. Since 2008 Matsak she has been awarded with the title
Cooperation with Denys Nedak
Matsak has performed in duet with
). The duet of Matsak and Denys took part in the Fifteenth (June 2009) and Eighteenth (June 2012) International Festivals of Classical Ballet named after Rudolf Nureyev in Ufa. Along with other leading soloists from all over the world, Nedak and Matsak participated in a tour called World Ballet Stars which included over 20 Russian cities (Ruslan Nurtdinov's project, November 2012).Repertoire
- Sleeping Beauty— Princess Aurora
- Swan Lake — Odette, Odile
- La Bayadère — Nikiya (the version of M.Petipa and N. Makarova)
- Nutcracker — Masha
- La Sylphide — Sylphide
- Giselle — Giselle
- Raymonda — Raymonda
- Don Quixote — Kitri(the version of M.Petipa and B. Eifman)
- Le Corsaire — Medora
- Spartacus — Aegina
- Scheherazade — Scheherazade
- Carmen Suite — Carmen
- Viennese Waltz — Karla
Other works
- Legend Of Love — Mehmene Banu
- Laurencia — Laurencia (the version of V.Chabukiani, edited by M. Messerer)
- Red Giselle(duet) B. Eifman
- Grand Pas Classique(Ober)
- Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow "Heute ist das Gestern von morgen" - Choreographie: Raimondo Rebeck
Awards
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- 2004 — The Diploma of Laureate in the Fifth Serge Lifar International Ballet Competition in Kyiv, receiving (2nd place)
- 2005 — 3rd place in the Tenth Moscow International Ballet Competition and Contest of Choreographers
- 2006 — 1st place (Gold medal in the senior group) in the Sixth Serge Lifar International Ballet Competition in Kyiv
- 2008 — Honored Artist of Ukraine
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Young Nataliya Matsak (2006). YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08.
- ^ Nataliya Matsak in Tokyo: Grand pas Classique. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08.
- ^ YouTube. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- ^ Irina Kolesnikova invites Stars of Dance. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08.
- ^ "Билет на балет | RUTAGE". 17 August 2015.
External links
- The Way (to the music of J. Massenet, ballet master Dmitriy Klyavin)
- As Carmen in "Carmen Suite", with Denys Nadak as Jose
- Adagio from "Carmen Suite"
- Pas de deux Habanera from "Carmen Suite"
- Grand Pas Classique (to the music of Daniel Auber, choreography by V. Gzovskiy) in duet with Mikhail Kaniskin
- P. Tchaikovskiy, "Swan Lake" Act 3 Coda, with Sergey Sidorskiy as Siegfried
- P. Tchaikovskiy, "Swan Lake" Act 2 Variation and Coda
- "Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow" (to the music of Max Richter)
- "Irina Kolesnikova invites..."
- As Gamazatti in "La Bayadere", with Irina Kolesnikova as Nikiya
- Interview of Natalia Matsak to GolosUA dedicated to the 125th performance of "Viennese Waltz"