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MAXIM BELOTSERKOVSKYA (A principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre)

Maxim Belotserkovsky received his dance training at the Kiev Ballet Institute. In 1990 he danced as a leading soloist with the National Opera of Bulgaria where he remained for one year. From 1991 to 1994, he was a principal dancer with the National Opera Ballet of the Ukraine, and toured with them to numerous countries, including France, Germany, Spain, Hungary, Egypt, Japan, Mexico, Canada and the U.S. He performed most of the major roles in the classical repertory: the Prince and Bluebird in The Sleeping Beauty; Prince Siegfried and the Pas de Trois in Swan Lake; Albrecht in Giselle; Ferhad in Legend of Love; Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and the Pas de Deux from Le Corsaire, Don Quixote and La Sylphide. In 1993, Mr. Belotserkovsky was honored by the President of the Ukraine for outstanding artistic achievement.