David Motta Soares

David Motta Soares (born March 13, 1997) is a Brazilian classical ballet dancer. He is a first soloist with the Bolshoi Ballet.

David Motta Soares
Born (1997-03-13) 13 March 1997
Cabo Frio, Brazil
CitizenshipBrazil
EducationBolshoi Ballet Academy
Occupationballet dancer
Years active2015 to present
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Current groupBolshoi Ballet

Biography

Born in Cabo Frio, David Motta Soares began his dance studies at the Regina and Ofelia Corvello Ballet School in 2007. After the Youth America Grand Prix competition in New York, he was invited to attend the Annual Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer Intensive in Middlebury, Connecticut in 2010. At the age of 12 he left Brazil for Moscow to enter the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. Whilst a student, he performed in Harlequinade, Nacho Duato's «L’amorosso», and danced the Grand Pas Classique (music by Daniel Auber, choreography by Victor Gzovsky). In 2014 David performed as Colas in La Fille mal gardée at the stage of the Bolshoi Theatre and participated in the Academy's tour to Milan and Rome. At his graduation concert he danced the pas de deux from Don Quixote. He graduated in 2015 and was accepted in the Bolshoi Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet.[1] Within two years, with Vladimir Nikonov as mentor, he was given the leading roles in the ballets Gisele, The Nutcracker, and Swan Lake as well as taking part in the Bolshoi contemporary productions. David has participated in the Bolshoi Ballet tours to Europe, Asia, America and Australia.

David Motta Soares — 2018
David Motta Soares — 2019

Roles

The Bolshoi Repertoire

2015

2016

  • Piggy-Wiggy in Moidodyr (Wash'em Clean), Yuri Smekalov's production
  • Grand Pas and Bernard in Raymonda, Yuri Grigorovich's production
  • Count Albrecht in Giselle, Yuri Grigorovich's production
  • Juliet's Friend in Romeo and Juliet, Yuri Grigorovich's production
  • Soloist in George Balanchine's Diamonds
  • Leading dancer in George Balanchine's Emeralds
  • The Bronze Idol in La Bayadère, choreography by Marius Petipa, Yuri Grigorovich's version
  • Pechorin in A Hero of Our Time (Part 2 "Taman"), choreography by Yuri Possokhov
  • The Prince in The Nutcracker, Yuri Grigorovich's production

2017

  • Principal Dancer in Etudes, Harold Lander's production
  • Pechorin in A Hero of Our Time (Part 1 "Bela"), choreography by Yuri Possokhov
  • Antoine Mistral in Flames of Paris, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky with use of the original choreography by Vasily Vainonen
  • The Evil Genius in Swan Lake, Yuri Grigorovich's production
  • Torero in Carmen Suite, choreography by Alberto Alonso
  • Grand Gala in Nureyev, choreography by Yuri Possokhov, designed and directed by Kirill Serebrennikov

2018

2019

  • Lord Wilson-Taor in The Pharaoh's Daughter, Pierre Lacotte's production
  • Florizel, prince of Bohemia in The Winter's Tale, Christopher Wheeldon's production
  • Ballet Dancer in The Bright Stream, Alexei Ratmansky's production
  • Friend to Ferkhad in A Legend of Love, Yuri Grigorovich's production
  • Leading Soloist of Parts III and IV, Soloist of Part I and IV in Symphony in C, George Balanchine's production
  • Lover and Bim's friend in Gaîté Parisienne, Maurice Bejart's production
  • Leading dancer in George Balanchine's Rubies

Tours

2017

Tour of the Bolshoi Ballet at the Biwako Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Otsu and Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan

  • Antoine Mistral (Flames of Paris, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky with use of the original choreography by Vasily Vainonen) — debut[2]

2018

Tour of the Bolshoi Ballet at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China:

  • Pas des esclaves (Le Corsaire, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky and Yury Burlaka)
  • Antoine Mistral (Flames of Paris, choreography by Alexei Ratmansky with use of the original choreography by Vasily Vainonen)[3]

Tour of the Bolshoi Ballet at the Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea:

  • The Evil Genius in Swan Lake (production by Yuri Grigorovich)[4]

Tour of the Bolshoi Ballet at the Aspendos theatre, Turkey:

2019

Tour of the Bolshoi Ballet at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, Australia[5]:

  • Leading dancer in Emeralds and Rubies, soloist in Diamonds (choreography by George Balanchine)

Tour of the Bolshoi Ballet at the Royal Opera House, London, UK[6]:

  • The Evil Genius in Swan Lake (production by Yuri Grigorovich)
  • Basilio in Don Quixote (production by Alexei Fadeyechev)

Filmography
  • 2019 — as The Bronze Idol in La Bayadère, broadcast by Pathé Live from the Bolshoi Theater.[7]

Awards
  • 2014 — 2nd prize at the V International Yury Grigorovich Competition «Young Ballet of the World» in Sochi[8]
  • 2015 — 1st prize at the II All-Russia Young Dancer's Competition Russian Ballet.
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References
  1. "Bolshoi Ballet". www.bolshoi.ru.
  2. "Bolshoi Ballet returns to the Land of the Rising Sun". www.bolshoi.ru.
  3. "Shanghai and Beijing anticipating Bolshoi". www.bolshoi.ru.
  4. "Swan Lake goes to South Korea". www.bolshoi.ru.
  5. "Bolshoi Ballet in Brisbane, Six Years Later". www.bolshoi.ru. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  6. "One more London Season of the Bolshoi Ballet!". www.bolshoi.ru. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  7. "La Bayadère | Bolshoi Ballet 2018-2019 in cinemas". Pathé Live. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  8. "International Yury Grigorovich Competition «Young Ballet of the World»". sochi-ibc.ru.
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