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Nacho Duarto
Nacho Duato was born in Valencia, Spain
and at the age of eighteen began his professional ballet training
with the Rambert School in London. He continued his studies
at Maurice Béjart’s Mudra School in Brussels,
before completing his dance education at the Alvin Ailey American
Dance Centre, in New York.
In 1980 Duato signed his first professional
contract with the Cullberg Ballet in Stockholm, where he was
quickly incorporated into the company and repertoire.
In 1987 he received the VSCD Gouden Dansprijs (Golden Dance
Award), for his achievements as a dancer. His natural talent
for choreography soon took him beyond the limitations of dancer
and in 1983 Jardi Tancat, a collaboration with his compatriot
Maria del Mar Bonet, was a major success winning first prize
at the International Choreographic Workshop at Cologne.
In 1988 Nacho was named Resident Choreographer
for Nederlands Dans Theater - working alongside Hans van Manen
and Jiri Kylian. His work for Nederlands Dans Theater includes:
Danza y Rito, Ucelli, Synaphai, Bolero, Arenal, Chansons Madecasses
and Raptus; he collaborated on almost every work with painter/designer
Walter Nobbe, who proved to be a constant inspiration.
As demand for his work from international
companies increased Nacho had to take a decisive step towards
choosing his future career. As choreographer his ballets now
form part of the repertoires of leading companies including:
Cullberg Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater, Les Grand Ballets
Canadiens, Deutsche Oper Ballet, American Ballet Theatre,
Australian Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet,
Royal Swedish Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, The Royal Ballet
and Northern ballet Theatre, to name just a few.
In 1990 Nacho Duato was invited by
the Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de
la Musica of the Spanish Ministry of Culture, to become Artistic
Director of Compania Nacional de Danza, where he created the
following works: Concierto Madrigal (J.Rodrigo), Opus Piat
(L.V.Beethoven), Empty (Collage), Coming Together (F.Rzewski),
Mediterrania (Collage), Cautiva (A. Iglesias) , Alone, for
a second (E. Satie), Tabulae (A. Iglesias), Ecos (S. Micus),
Cero sobre Cero (A. Iglesias), Por Vos Muero and Self. Self
was his fourth creation with Alberto Iglesias; it premiered
last April at Palacio de Festivales de Cantabria in Santander
and was a co-production with Theatre Saint Quentin En Yvelines
in Pàris. His other works include : Remansos ( E. Granados),
Romeo and Julia ( S. Prokoviev), Without Words ( F. Schubert),
Multiplicity, Forms of Silence and Emptiness ( J. Bach).Arcangel
o( A. Corelli), Castrati ( Vivaldi-Jenkins), White Darkness
( Jenkins), L´homme ( Kurtag).
In 1995 he was awarded Chevalier dans
l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres which is given annually by
the French Embassy in Spain.
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