Ali Urata

(soloist)

EDUCATION AND WORK
Ali Urata began his dance studies in Narumi Ballet Studio in Japan (2005–2008), continued at Novosibirsk Ballet Academy (2008–2010) and finished at Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich (2011–2014). He joined the Estonian National Ballet in 2014 and in autumn 2022 he was promoted soloist.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
In 2021, he received the MyFitness Dance Award.

MEMORABLE MOMENT IN BALLET
“Performing at the Bolshoi Theatre as the Huntsman in Gyula Harangozó’s “Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs””.

REPERTOIRE
Rat King, Russian Dance, Spanish Dance (Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker”)
Blue Bird pas de deux, Rose adagio, Wolf (Tchaikovsky’s “The Sleeping Beauty”)
Rothbart, Spanish Dance (Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake”)
Gopak (Glière’s “Taras Bulba”)
Lankendem, Grand pas de deux, Pas d’esclave (Adam’s “Le Corsaire”)
Basilio, Grand pas de deux (Minkus’ “Don Quixote”)
Drum dance soloist (Minkus’ “La Bayadere”)
Devil (Tubin’s “The Goblin”)
Pas de deux (Edur’s “Silent Monologues”)
Huntsman (Harangozó’s “Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs”)
Jack of Hearts (Schiavoni’s “Alice in Wonderland”)
Louis XIV (Kask/Steiner/Mölder’s “Louis XIV – the Sun King”)
Dietz von Egloff (Härm’s “Twilight Houses”)
Drosselmeyer (Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker”)