BrainFood – Daniil Simkin
Daniil Simkin’s Webinar
Key to success for ballet career in Germany
How to build consistent work as a ballet dancer? How to networking? How to build confidence and self-management? How to overcome difficulties? What is similar, what is different in the German dance life compared to other EU countries + compared to US? How to bring these particularities to someone’s benefit? How to be proactive? How to make brave chooses?
Boglárka’s recommendation:
I think, in the dance world, Daniil Simkin needs no introduction. He is a star. Though, it is less noticed how much experience he has in career management; specifically for those in the German dance environment. Talent and hard work are very important, but so are making the right decisions. From him, you’ll learn some guidelines for ballet success in Germany, get some insights on how to make good professional choices in the German ballet scene and get inspired by an exceptional artist.
www.abt.org
www.dance-masterclass.com
www.staatsballett-berlin.de
www.daniilsimkin.com
Biography
PRINCIPAL DANCER
born in Novosibirsk, Russia
BALLET EDUCATION1996 by his mother Olga Aleksandrova
COMPETITIONS | AWARDS
2004 Junior Gold Medals at International Ballet Competitions in Varna and Vienna /// 2004 Prize Mikhail Baryshnikov at the Arabesque Competition in Perm /// 2004 Gold Medals at the International Ballet Competition Luxembourg /// 2005 Grand Prix at the International Ballet Competition Helsinki /// 2006 Senior Gold Medals at the Internaional Ballet Competition Jackson
ENGAGEMENTS
2006 Wiener Staatsballett Demi-Soloist // 2007 Principal Dancer /// 2008 American Ballett Theatre Soloist // 2012 Principal Dancer /// since 2018 Staatsballett Berlin, Principal Dancer
REPERTORY
a.o. »Giselle« (Albrecht); »Swan Lake« (Prince Siegfried); »Sleeping Beauty« (Prince Desiré); »Don Quixote« (Basilio); »The Nutcracker« (Nutcracker Prince); Kenneth McMillian: »Romeo und Juliet« (Romeo, Mercutio) and »Manon« (Lescaut); John Cranko: »Onegin« (Lenski); Michail Fokin: »Le Spectre de la rose«, Antony Tudor: »Shadowplay« (The Boy With Matted Hair); George Balanchine: »Theme and Variations«, »Prodigal Son«, »Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux«, »Stars and Stripes«, »Symphony in C« and »Allegro Brilliante«
REPERTORY IN BERLIN
Alexei Ratmansky: »La Bayadère« (Solor); Yuri Burlaka/Vasily Medvedev: »The Nutcracker« (Nutcracker Prince); John Cranko: »Onegin« (Albrecht); August Bournonville: »La Sylphide« (James); George Balanchine: »Jewels« (»Rubies« Pas de deux), Patrice Bart: »Giselle« (Albrecht), Ben van Cauwenbergh: »Les Bourgeois«, Anton Dolin: »Variations for Four«, Victor Gsovsky: »Grand Pas Classique« (pas de deux),
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Organization of International Ballet Gala Events in Greece 2009 and Japan 2012 /// 2015 Cooperation with Joyce Theatre New York for own contemporary production »INTENSIO« (USA and international Guest Performances) /// 2017 Production of a multi-disciplinary dance installation at the Guggenheim Museum New York
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The events are financed by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETZ – STEPPING OUT, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR initiative: national aid program for dance. Your registration is free!!!
