Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus
We send our greetings to Viktor Sarkisyan wishing him a happy birthday!
On February 12 the ballet Don Quixote will be performed in honor of the 70th anniversary of the People's Artist of Belarus Viktor Sarkisyan.
Viktor Sarkisyan started his career in 1967, and two years later the young dancer became the winner of the 1st International Competition of Ballet Artists in Moscow. He impressed the jury with a brilliant performance of the famous ‘Hopak’ from the ballet Taras Bulbа by Vasily Solovyov-Sedoy. It was namely Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus where the young winner danced his first lead role. His Basile was describes as ‘the parade of technique unfolding in the final pas de Deux, looked like mischievous stunts of a reckless guy, a strict classical form was acrobatically shaded with cascades of virtuosity that captivated and conquered’.
Viktor Sarkisian became one of the most prominent dancers in the history of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus. Among his best parts are Nurali in The Fountain of Bakhchisarai by Boris Asafiev, Armen in Gayane by Khachaturian, Pierrot in Harlequinade by Riccardo Drigo, Ivan in Alpine Ballad by Eugene Glebov, Torero in Carmen Suite by Georges Bizet, Crassus in Spartacus by Aram Khachaturian. Some of these roles were staged specifically for Sarkisyan given his phenomenal talent.
The artist excellently danced both classic and character, grotesque and heroic, everyday reality and ballet conventions. He brilliantly performed grotesque images like King Philip in the ballet Till Eulenspiegel by Eugene Glebov and the Devil in the ballet The Creation of the World by Andrey Petrov. Among other parts there are Young Man in After the Ball by Heinrich Wagner, Till, Masheka in Till Eulenspiegel and Kurgan by Eugene Glebov, Rothbart in Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Cipollino in the ballet of the same title by Karen Khachaturian), the Blessed in Cinderella by Sergei Prokofiev.
As choreographer Viktor Sarkisyan engaged in Tales of Hoffmann by J. Offenbach (1983) and Cavalier of Roses by R. Strauss (1987) on the Belarusian stage.
Today, associate Professor Viktor Sarkisyan teaches choreography at the Belarusian State Academy of Arts. He is the author of a 3-volume textbook Stage Dance and several training programs.
On February 12, for the first time on stage of the Bolshoi Viktoria Trenkina and Takatoshi Machiyama will dance Kitri and Basile. The parts of Mercedes and Espada will be performed by the People's Artists of Belarus Olga Gaiko and Igor Artamonov. Conductor Andrey Ivanov.
