EDUCATION
1986 - 1993 - Dance Conservatoire in Prague
2000 - 2023 - Master of Arts Dance Pedagogy Degree at the Paluccca University of Dance Dresden

CAREER
1993 - 2006 - member of Hamburg Ballet under John Neumeier
1997 - At the age of 22  promoted to Principal dancer
since 1999 - Choreographer

2006 - 2015 - Principal dancer at Semperoper Ballet in Dresden
2009 - Creater of Les Ballets Bubeníček
2023 - Creator of Bubeníček Ballet Masterclasses

since 2015 - Freelance Choreographer 

Internationally sought-after choreographer Jiří Bubeníček enjoyed enormous acclaim over his almost 25-year career as one of the world’s top ballet dancers. Musicality, athleticism, suppleness, an unparalleled technique and his instinctive sense of character turned him into an international star. During his time with the Hamburg Ballet, John Neumeier created numerous roles for him, the most legendary being “Nijinsky”. Following his engagement from 1993-2006 (from 1997 as principal), Jiří Bubeníček went to Dresden to take up the position of principal with the Semperoper Ballet. There he performed countless choreographies by Petipa, Fokine, Balanchine, McMillan, Cranko, Kylián, Inger, Forsythe, Dawson, Celis and the Dresden ballet director Aaron S. Watkin until his departure in 2015. Guest appearances took him around the world. Particularly memorable were his engagements at the Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris where he partnered the leading ballerinas of the age in the “Lady of the Camellias”. In 2002 he was awarded the “Benois de la Danse” for his interpretation of Armand. His many other prizes include the “Espèces” of the Prix de Lausanne or the Mary Wigman Prize bestowed by the Semperoper.

Jiří Bubeníček created his first choreographies back in 1999 in the midst of his dancing career. From short scenes to abstract pieces to full-length narrative ballets, his current oeuvre of over 65 works is impressively large.

In particular, Jiří Bubeníček has established an outstanding reputation as a choreographic storyteller: his successful productions include “Anita Berber – Goddess of the Night” (2016), “Doctor Zhivago” (2016), “The Piano” (2018), “The Trial” (2019), “Cinderella” (2019) or "Romeo and Juliet" (2022). Amongst his many honours, the choreographer was awarded the “Europa in Danza” for his version of “Carmen” (2019) or “Boris Papandopulo” award for „Romeo and Juliet“ for the best ballet performance in the 2021/22 season. His last creation was narrative full length ballet „Spartacus“, premiered January 27, 2023 for the Croatian National Ballet in Zagreb. And, of course, Jiří Bubeníček is a familiar face in the international media through TV and DVD productions of his choreographies as well as those featuring him as a dancer. In addition to founding a touring company “Les Ballets Bubeníček” to perform own choreographies, Jiří Bubeníček is also socially engaged, striving to build bridges between diverse cultures. For these efforts, he was awarded the “Silver Medal of the City of Prague” in 2017, a very special accolade from his home city. 

He has choreographer for ballet companies such as:

San Francisco Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Teatro di Roma, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Tokyo City Ballet, New York City Ballet, State Vienna Ballet, Hamburg Ballet, Semperoper Ballet in Dresden, Mariinsky Ballet Theater, National Ballet of China, North Carolina Dance Theatre in Charlotte in USA, for dancers from Opéra national de Paris, Zurich Ballet, Croatian National Ballet in Zagreb, for dancers from National Theatre in Prague, Croatian National Ballet Ivan pl. Zajc in Rijeka, Nuovo Balletto di Toscana in Florence, Badisches State Theater in Karlsruhe, Dortmund Ballet, State Ballet Nürnberg, Slovenia National Theatre Opera and Ballet in Ljubljana,  Gauthier Dance, Košice State Theatre, Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen Ballet Company, Laterna Magika in Prague, Thüringer State Ballet in Gera, Copenhagen International Ballet, Palucca Dance High School, Hamburg ballet School, New York Choreographic Institute, Royal New Zealand School, he was a choreographer for The Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert 2016 and many other companies around the globe.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Jiří is currently in his final semester at Palucca Dance University in Dresden, pursuing a Master of Art degree in Dance Pedagogy. He has also conducted numerous workshops at various schools, including:

2021 - Palucca University of Dance Dresden
2021 - Prague Dance Conservatory
2017 - Architanz, Tokyo, Japan

Summer Ballet Schools:
2023 - Bubeníček Ballet Masterclasses
2023 - Valencia Endanza
2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 - Prague Ballet Intensive - Jiří Jelínek
2017 - Art Of Innovative Ballet Master Class & Art,  Madrid, Spain
2009 - Balletsummer SchoolLeipzig

And Zoom Online Classe:
2020 - 2021 - Danzoom, Online platform for Ballet and Dance Education
2021 - OnDance - Roberto Bolle
2021 - Oklahoma Summer Intensive 
2021 - DeCruz summer course

Former teacher and founder of DANZOOM, Online platform for Ballet and Dance Education

DANSE & PILATES EXPERIENCE

2025 - Classes given at the Mosa Ballet School (Liège - Belgium), Jury at the National Contest of the French Dance Federation, Ballet Summer Intensive Belgium, Guest teacher in Shanghai
2024 -  Classes given at the Ballet du Rhin dance company (Mulhouse), Training of CND Pantin: Classes given to professional dancers, Training of Paris Opera dancers as part of the DE program, Ballet Summer Intensive Belgium
2023 - Classes for professional dancers at CND Pantin, Ballet master on Don Quichotte at the International Dance Festival in Piran - Slovenia
2020 - 2022 - Pilates teacher at Studio Danse Pilates- Paris
Since 2019 - Ballet teacher at the Institut Stanlowa – Paris
1996 – 2020 - Coryphée dancer at the Opéra National de Paris, Coach for dancers preparing for the annual corps de ballet contest
2019 - Jury for admission to the corps de ballet of the Paris Opera, Jury at the Paris Opera Ballet School
2017 - Rehearsal manager for the corps de ballet on Don Quichotte at the Opéra Bastille
2007 - Promoted to Coryphée by contest
2003 - Participation to the Miami International Dance Festival - Performance of Auber's Grand Pas Classique
2000 - Semi-finalist at the Varna International Dance Competition and finalist at the Paris International Dance Competition
1997 - Participation in the Jeunes Danseurs de l'Opéra de Paris in the lead role of La Vivandière
1996 - Admitted to the Corps de Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris
1995 - First prize at the Paris Conservatoire, Admitted to the Paris Opera dance school Cinema experience
2022 - Coaching of the French actress Mélanie Thierry in the art of dancing for a role
2021 - Part in ‘En corps’ – Cédric Klapisch
2001 - Interview in ‘Tout près des étoiles’ – Niels Tavernier

EDUCATION
2020 - Diploma The original Pilates (Mat et machines) – Mikaël Pulcini
2004 - State Diploma for Dance Teachers
1996 - Baccalauréat (A) in literature with distinction from Lycée la Fontaine (Paris XVI)
De 1995 à 1996 - Ecole de danse de l’Opéra de Paris
De 1991 à 1995 - Conservatoire de Danse de Paris
5 years studying piano

EXPERTISE
Extensive knowledge of the classical repertoire (Don Quixote, Swan Lake, La Bayadère, Giselle, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty...).
Great ability to capture choreography and body movements, leading groups of dancers in rehearsals, including at the Opéra de Paris. Helping children & adults prepare for contests (Admission to the Paris Opera Dance. School, Colombes Dance Contest, Nijinsky Contest in Deauville, etc.). Regular practice of yoga, pilates and gyrokinesis for 6 years.

COLLABORATIONS
With dance masters: Liane Daydé, Attilio Labis, Gilbert Mayer, Cyril Atanassof, Elisabeth Platel, Patrice Bart

RÉPERTOIRE
Cinderella, La Fille mal gardée, La Sylphide, Les Sylphides, Swan Lake, La Bayadère, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, Raymonda, Onegin, L'Histoire de Manon, Coppélia, Paquita, Phèdre, Suite en blanc, Les Mirages by Serge Lifar, Ninth Symphony, Mandarin Merveilleux, Maurice Béjart Competition, Violin Concerto, Joyaux, Serenade, Theme and Variations, Crystal Palace, The Four, Temperaments, Brahms-Schönberg Quartet by George Balanchine, La Dame aux Camélias, Gustav Mahler's Third Symphony, John Neumeier's Sylvia, L'Arlésienne, Clavigo, Notre Dame de Paris by Roland Petit, The Concert, In G, the Goldberg Variations by Jerome Robbins, Ivan le terrible by Iouri Grigorovitch, Etudes by Harald Lander, L’Envol d’Icare by Thierry Malandin, Les Enfants du Paradis by José Martinez, The Four season’s canon by Crystal Pite.

STUDY
1983 - Paris Opera Ballet School

CAREER
1983 -  Joins the company, as member of the corps de ballet in 1988. 
1996 - Promoted Premier Danseur (first soloist)
2000 - Danseur Etoile for his interpretation of Prince Désiré in Noureev’s 2000 - Sleeping Beauty

AWARDS
2000 - He wins the Prix Benois de la Danse for his interpretation of Apollon Musagète. 
2005 - He is appointed Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
2015, 2016, 2017 - Winner of the French National Championship of Historical Dance

REPERTOIRE
Considered as a pure “danseur noble”, he dances principal parts of the productions staged by Rudolf Noureev such as Swan Lake, Raymonda, La Bayadère, Nutcraker, Don Quixote, and Cinderella.  His repertoire also includes ballets choreographed by George Balanchine (casted for the 2005 recording of “Jewels” DVD Opus Arte), Jerome Robbins, John Neumeier, Maurice Béjart, Pierre Lacotte, Serge Lifar, William Forsythe and Jiri Kylian. He was invited as a guest artist by the Mariinsky Theatre, the Royal Danish Ballet, the Maggio Danza of Firenze and many more.

PEDAGOGY, COUCHING, CHOREOGRAPHY
Since his retirement in 2008, he dedicates his energy into pedagogy and coaching. He is appointed teacher of Paris Opera Ballet, and is regularly in charge with the principal dancers for classical productions in Paris Opera.

He is invited as guest teacher in various companies such as, the Tokyo Ballet, the Mikhailovsky Theatre of Saint-Petersburg, il Teatro Colon of Buenos Aires, the Roma Opera Ballet, the Royal Swedish Ballet, and more recently the Het National Ballet, la Scala di Milano and the Royal Ballet of London. 
From 2012 to 2016, he teaches male students class in Paris National Conservatory CNSMDP.

From 1997, he creates various pieces for students and young POB dancers, in which he demonstrates his will to preserve the classical French School:  Péchés de Jeunesse (2000 for POB School – DVD Ed.Montpanasse), Suite Caractéristique (2001), Tchaïkovski Rhapsodie (2002), Le Diable à Quatre (2001), Javotte (2003), Quaternaire (2004), Bergamasques (2006).

2007 -  He staged his first full length ballet, Le Corsaire for the Federal Theatre of Ekaterinburg, in Russia. 
2011 - Re-creates for Paris Opera Ballet La Source, adapted from the 1866 original version, with costumes by Christian Lacroix (DVD NAXOS 2.110724).
Revived in 2014, when Paris Opera gives Sae Eun Park her very first principal part as Naila, the main character. 
2012 - He choreographed Johann Strauss Ball for « Ouliana Lopatkina & friends », and collaborates with the Zurich Tanz Akademie, for which he creates Lalo Celebration (2014) and Ballet Egyptien (2017).
2016 - He stages the Sleeping Beauty after Marius Petipa, for Yacobson Ballet of Saint-Petersburg, revived and adapted for Roma Opera Ballet the next season.
2022 - He is invited to create La Boîte à joujoux for the Royal Swedish Ballet, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Les Ballets Suédois.
2023 - He adaptes his « Péchés de jeunesse » on music by Rossini, originally created for POB School in 2000, for the School of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.
2025 - He creates a new version of Coppélia for the Ballet of the Capitole de Toulouse (France).

EDUCATION
1994 to 2001 - Armenian Ballet School

CAREER
2001 until 2002 - Israel ballet. During those two years, he participated in the Prix de Lausanne. 
2002 - Zurich junior Ballet
2004 - Zurich Ballet
2007 - Promoted to Principal Dancer
2015-2016 - The Staatsballet Berlin

TEACHER
He works at ZHdK with BA Contemporary Dance and BTB Ballettschule theater Basel
Docent BA Contemporary Dance, Zurich University of Arts (ZHdK)
Teacher Ballet and Pas de Deux, Ballettschule Theater Basel (BTB)
2019 and 2020 - Coach for Heinz Spoerli's variations for the Prix de Lausanne
2022 - Jury member, Prix de Lausanne

ROLES:
Arman danced choreography’s and worked with Heinz Spoerli, William Forsythe, Mats Ek, Jiri Kylan, Nacho Duato, Ohad Nahirin, Uwe Scholts, Mauro Bigonzetti, Martin Schlapfer, Cristian Spuck, Jiri Bubenicek, Hans Van Manen, M.Petipa, A.Bournonville, G.Balanchine, etc.

AWARDS:
1997 - Armenian Ballet Competition Amadeus, Gold Medal
2002 - Maia Arbatova international ballet competition, Gold Medal
2004 - International ballet competition Varna, Gold Medal
2005 - International ballet competition Nagoy-Japan, Jury price
2008 - Heinz Spoerli Foundation Price
2008 - Les Etoiles prix, Magazin Ballet 2000
2016 - Hommage A Maya Plisetskaya “Forceful Feelings”

EDUCATION
Nikos Kalivas was born in 1988, studied Mathematics at the University of Patras and Dance at the professional dance school Aktina.

CARREE
As a dancer, he has worked with choreographers such as Annie Vigier, Frank Apertet, Antigoni Gira, Betty Dramisioti, Xaris Mandafounis, Giannis Antoniou, Patritsia Apergi, Konstantinos Rigos, Leyya Mona Taiwil, Xaris Kousios and more.

WORKS
As a choreographer he created «TripTap», «Psychord», and «RoomsToLet». In 2018 he was selected by Aggeliki Stelatou as an upcoming choreographer and worked at Munich Biennale Platform in collaboration with Onassis Culture Center. In 2019 he co-founded RopisCo and choreographed «Dépaysement» at Onassis Culture Center at the Festival of Young Choreographers.

WORKSHOPS
Since 2015 he has been teaching contemporary dance and improvisation at the professional dance school Aktina and other schools.