Alexandre Riabko
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Alexandre Riabko (Ukrainian: Олександр Рябко; born 20 February 1978) is a Ukrainian ballet dancer, and a principal dancer of the Hamburg Ballet.
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Born | (1978-02-20) 20 February 1978 (age 46) Kyiv, USSR (now Ukraine) |
Education | Kyiv Choreographic School, School of the Hamburg Ballet |
Occupation | Ballet dancer |
Years active | 1996 to present |
Employer | Hamburg Ballet |
Spouse | Silvia Azzoni |
Awards | Prix Benois de la Danse (2016) |
Alexandre Riabko was born in Kyiv, and trained at the Kyiv Ballet School under Vladimir Denisenko. After reaching the finals of the Prix de Lausanne, he continued his studies at the School of the Hamburg Ballet with Anatoli Nisnevich and Kevin Haigen. He joined the Hamburg Ballet in 1996 and was promoted to soloist in 1999 and principal dancer in 2001.[1] In 2016 he was awarded a special Prix Benois de la Danse for excellence in partnering.[2]
Riabko is married to fellow Hamburg Ballet principal dancer and frequent stage partner Silvia Azzoni,[3] and they are parents of a daughter.