Best of Farukh Ruzimatov (1981-)

Farukh Sadullayevich Ruzimatov (born 26 June 1963) is a Russian ballet dancer. Ruzimatov was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan). Ruzimatov enrolled in the Vaganova Academy in 1973 in Leningrad, where he trained under Gennady Selyutsky. Upon his 1981 graduation, Ruzimatov began dancing with the Kirov Ballet and became a principal dancer in 1986. His repertoire includes such roles as Albrecht in Giselle, Solor in La Bayadère, Ali in Le Corsaire, Prince Desire in The Sleeping Beauty, The Prince in The Nutcracker, Siegfried in Swan Lake, Basil in Don Quixote, and many others. He has also performed as principal guest artist with the American Ballet Theatre. From 2007 to 2009, he was artistic director of the ballet at the Mikhailovsky Theatre. Since 2018, Ruzimatov is artistic director of the ballet company at Navoi Theatre in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Since 2021, he is artistic director of Novosibirsk Ballet Theatre (NOVAT). 00:00 “Le Corsaire” - Ali https://