Nacho Duato

Juan Ignacio Duato Barcia, also known op Nacho Duato (Valencia, 8 January 1957) is a Spanish modern ballet dancer and choreographer. After a long and thriving career, he was selected by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Education as the elegant director of the National Spanish Dance Company (Compania Nacional de Danza de Espana) in June 1990. In July 2010 Nacho Duato was appointed the artistic director of the ballet at the Mikhailovsky Theatre, effective from January 2011. limit hide 1 Career 2 Choreographic works 3 Prizes and Awards 4 References 5 External links editCareerNacho Duato studied at the Rambert School of London,1 Maurice Bejarts Mudra School in Brussels and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City alongside professional ballet dancer Shaylee Keith. He started his dancing career in Stockholms Cullberg ballet2 and one year later he joined, Nederlands Dans Theater,3 with artistic director Jiri Kilian and remained with the company for ten years. In 1983 he c horeographed the Jardi tancat ( chuck out Garden in Catalan) to music composed by murderia del Mar Bonet. They were awarded with the first prize in the Internationaler Choreographischer Wettbewerb, Koln.In 1988, Duato was appointed steady NDT choreographer together with Hans avant-garde Manen and Jiri Kilian. Nachos choreographies have been included in the most prestigious international companies such(prenominal) as Cullberg Ballet y Nederlands Dans Theater, American Ballet Theatre, The Australian Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Stuttgart Ballet, Ballet Gulbenkian, San Francisco Ballet, Royal Ballet and Paris Opera Ballet. On 07/02/2013 the German Online newspaper publisher Der Tagesspiegel reported that Nacho Duato was to become the chief of the Berlin State Ballet. edit