Victor Ullate

Víctor Ullate (born 9 May 1947, Zaragoza, Spain) is a dancer, choreographer, ballet director and ballet teacher. He studied dance with María de Avila and at the École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower. He began his professional career in 1962 at the age of 15 in the company of the worldwide sought-after Spanish dancer Antonio Ruiz Soler. Three years later he was engaged by Maurice Béjart in his Ballet du XXième Siècle as a Principal Dancer. In the fourteen years of collaboration, Béjart created a number of roles for him, among others Ni fleurs, ni couronnes (1967), Offrande chorégraphique (1970), Nijinsky, Clown de Dieu (1971), Golestan (1973), I trionfi di Petrarca (1974); In Maurice Béjart's Gaîté parisienne (1978) an autobiographical ballet, he incorporated the role of Béjart. Artistic Director and Choreographer In 1979 the Spanish government commissioned him to found the country's first classical ballet company, today Compañia Nacional de Danza, of which he was artistic director for four years. In 1983 he opened his first own school, the Centro de Danza Víctor Ullate, in order to find and educate the missing offspring. In 1988, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, he founded the Víctor Ullate Ballet. officially Spain's first private dance company, of which he has been director for more than 30 years. He brought works by Maurice Béjart, George Balanchine, Hans van Manen, Nils Christe, Jan Linkens, Micha van Hoecke to the stage for his audiences i…