295 Main Street Pittsfield, Maine 04967 (207) 487-6360 pvt57@aol.com "I am a choreographer, a coach and a ballet instructor. My Russian pupils are dancing on the best stages of the world. Among them are Sergei Viharev, Olga Lihovskaya and Mahar Vaziev. My new American students have been at the Ballet Met, Ballet Internationale, Ballet Theatre of Maryland, and Joffrey Ballet. I give master-classes worldwide that can include ballet technique, pointe, partnering, variations and character dancing." - Andrei Bossov Born: St. Petersburg, Russia, 29 November 1953 Education: St. Petersburg Academic Ballet School (Vaganova School): 1963-1972. Training usually lasts eight years; most talented artists are accepted for an extra year. Studies: Full academic program: mathematics, language, history, in addition to ballet and theater arts. Degree: Ballet Artist (highest measure of accomplishment possible). State Institute of Art and Theater (Lunacharsky): 1983 - 1988. Principal teacher: Vladimir Vassillev (Professor of the State Theatre Art Institute, Head of the Choreographic Chair; choreographer for Stanislavsky Theater; Choreographer of Kremlin Theater Ballet); Principal Dancer of Bolshoi Ballet; Gold Medal (Varna, 1964); Nijinsky Prize (Paris, 1964); Merited Artist of the R.S.F.S.R., 1964); Lenin Prize (1970). Studies: Dance, history of dance, choreography, dance teaching; history of theater, music, painting, Russian language, world literature, politics. Degree: Producer and Ballet Master (highest level of accomplishment possible). Diploma certified by Asaf Messerer, Master Teacher of Bolshoi School since 1923; in charge of class de perfection since 1942; Merited Artist of the USSR (1933); Stalin Prize (1941 and 1947); People’s Artist of the R.S.F.S.R. (1951). Work History: 1996-present     Artistic Director, Bossov Ballet Theatre, Pittsfield, ME 1996-1997    Guest Teacher, Colby College, Waterville, ME 1992-1995    Artistic Director, Waterville Performing Arts Center, Waterville, ME 1987-1991    Founder and Artistic Director, The Chamber Kirov Ballet, St.Petersburg, Russia 1973-1986    Teacher, Vaganova Academy, St.Petersburg, Russia 1972-1992    Dancer and Choreographer, Kirov Ballet, St.Petersburg, Russia Dancing Career: Kirov Ballet Company: Invited 1972. Member until July, 1992. 1972 - 1992: Dancer, Choreographer Corps de Ballet, 2 years Soloist, 18 years Choreographer and Company Teacher, 12 years World Tours with Kirov Ballet, 1973 - 1992: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Rumania, Spain, Switzerland, United States, Yugoslavia. Representative Principal Roles: Albrecht in Giselle (Adam) Mercurio in Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) Vazlav in Fountain of Bakhchisarat (Asafiev) Young Man in Leningrad’s Symphony (Shostakovitch’s Seventh Symphony) Danila in The Stone Flower (Prokofiev) Yevgeny in The Bronze Rider (Based on Pushkin, music by Gliere) Vakh in Faust Walpurgis Night (Gounod) Ali-Batyr in Shuraleh (Yarullin) Hiestakov in The Inspector (based on Gogl, music of Tchaikovsky). Created for Bossov by Vinogradov. Prince of Kagi in Knight in Tiger’s Skin (Machavariany). Created for Bossov by Vinogradov. Signalman in Battleship Potemkin (Tchaikovsky). Created for Bossov by Vinogradov. Representative Concert Roles - Pas de Deux: Coppelia Giselle (Acts I and II) Le Papillon Fairy Dolls The Nutcracker Chopiniana Swan Lake The Sleeping Beauty Raymonda Harlequinade Paquita Diana & Acteon Choreography: “Masquerade”by Vapirov,October Hall, St.Petersburg, 1983 “Romeo & Juliet” by Tchaikovsky,October Hall, St.Petersburg, 1984 Kirov Ballet, St.Petersburg, 1991 “Five Songs for Matilde Wiesendonk” by Wagner, October Hall, 1985 Waterville Performing Arts Center, ME, 1992 “Bolero” by RavelChamber Kirov Ballet, St.Petersburg, 1986 Portland Ballet, ME, 1993 “Pictures from an Exhibition” by Moussorgsky, Chamber Kirov Ballet, 1987 Portland Ballet, ME, 1993 “Nights on Bald Mountain” by Moussorgsky, Kirov Opera, 1990 “Snow-Storm” by Sviridov, Kirov Ballet, 1991 “Naughty Limericks” by Schedrin & Shostakovich, Waterville Performing Arts Center, ME, 1992 “Soldier’s Tale” by Stravinsky, Maine Music Society, ME, 1993 “New Age Choreography” by Glass, Shankar, Part, Waterville Performing Arts Center, ME, 1993 “Snow White and Seven Dwarfs”, Waterville Performing Arts Center, ME, 1994 “Four Seasons” by Vivaldi, Waterville Performing Arts Center, ME, 1994 “Nutcracker” by Tchaikovsky, Waterville Performing Arts Center, ME, 1995 “Carmina Burana” by Orff, Portland Ballet, ME, 1996 “Classical Simfony” by Prokofiev, Bossov Ballet Theatre, ME, 1996 Robinson Ballet, ME, 1997 “Few Ballroom Dances”by Dupere, Bossov Ballet Theatre, ME, 1996 “Cinderella” by Prokofiev, Bossov Ballet Theatre, ME, 1997 “Greek Triptych” by Shimanovsky, Bossov Ballet Theatre, ME, 1998 “Circus” by Shostakobich, Bossov Ballet Theatre, ME, 1998 “Wild, Wild West” by Copland, Bossov Ballet Theatre, ME, 1999 “Litany” by Part, Bossov Ballet Theatre, ME, 2000 “Coppelia” by Delibes, Bossov Ballet Theatre, ME, 2000 "Alice in Wonderland” by Rossini, Verdi, Donizzetti, Bossov Ballet Theatre, 2001 Numerous other smaller numbers Leadership: Founder and Director of Chamber Kirov Ballet Producer and Artistic Director Choreographer National  Awards for Excellence and Achievement: 1978 - Competition of Young Artists, St. Petersburg - 1st Prize Dancer 1984 - All-Union Competition of Choreographers, Moscow - 2nd Prize Choreographer Prize awarded by Chief Judge Yuri Grigorovich, Ballet Director and Chief Choreographer of the Bolshoi Ballet; Choreographer of Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Spartacus, Ivan the Terrible, Romeo and Juliet; People’s Artist of the R.S.F.S.R. (1966); Lenin Prize (1970). Career in the United States: Mr. Bossov came to the United States following a 20-year career with the Kirov Ballet. His accomplishments in this country have included twenty-five major productions, the creation of five original ballets, and training and education of over three hundred pre-professional dancers. He is presently working full time year-round as Artistic Director for Bossov Ballet Theatre and the Bossov Ballet Theatre School and, under the auspices of Bossov Ballet Theatre School, teaches an accredited ballet course in the curriculum of Maine Central Institute, a private high school in Pittsfield, Maine. Back to top Copyright © 2008 Bossov Ballet Theatre.       Located at Maine Central Institute.       Website design and hosting provided by PHD Consulting, Inc.