At the end of his current contract in June 2023, Alexei Ratmansky is leaving American Ballet Theatre, the company for which he has been the Artist in Residence for the last thirteen years.
During his time at ABT since 2009, Ratmansky has choreographed dozens of ballets for America’s National Ballet Company including:
- Waltz Masquerade (2009)
- On the Dnieper (2009)
- Seven Sonatas (2009)
- The Nutcracker (2010)
- Dumbarton (2011)
- Firebird (2012)
- Symphony #9 (2012)
- Chamber Symphony (2013)
- Piano Concerto #1 (2013)
- The Tempest (2014)
- The Sleeping Beauty (2015)
- Serenade after Plato’s Symposium (2016)
- Whipped Cream (2017)
- Songs of Bukovina (2017)
- Harlequinade (2018)
- The Seasons (2019)
- Of Love and Rage (2020)
- Bernstein in a Bubble (2021)



Alexei Ratmansky - ABT Artist in Residence
Born in St. Petersburg and trained at the Bolshoi Ballet School in Moscow, Ratmansky has had a distinguished career as a dancer and choreographer.
Before his residency at ABT, he held positions as a principal dancer with Ukrainian National Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and Royal Danish Ballet.
He has also choreographed for a number of other companies including:
- Bolshoi Ballet
- Mariinsky Ballet
- New York City Ballet
- Paris Opera Ballet
- The Royal Ballet
- Dutch National Ballet,
- San Francisco Ballet
- The Royal Danish Ballet,
- Royal Swedish Ballet
- La Scala Ballet
- National Ballet of Canada
- The Australian Ballet
- Miami City Ballet
- Pacific Northwest Ballet,
- Berlin Staatsballet
- Bayerische Staatsballett Munich
- Ballet Semperoper Dresden
- Zurich Ballet
- State Ballet of Georgia
- National Ballet of Ukraine
ABT will be announcing details about its plans for the future in the coming months and will continue to perform Alexei Ratmansky’s ballets, including Songs of Bukovina in various U.S. cities as part of the company’s Spring 2023 tour.
Featured Photo of Alexei Ratmansky screenshot from this YouTube video.