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YANIS PIKIERIS
Dancer,
Director, Choreographer, was the recipient of the silver medal at the first
Jackson
International Ballet Competition in 1979. In 1981 he was the first dancer
from the
western hemisphere to win the prestigious gold medal at Moscow’s
International Ballet Competition, launching an international career that
would take
him to
over 40 countries around the world as one of his generations’ premier
dancers.
He has
danced as a principal dancer with the International Ballet of Caracas,
Bavarian
National
Ballet, Deutsche Oper am Rhein-Dusseldorf, Miami City Ballet and Ballet
du Nord.
As a guest principal dancer he has performed with the Deutsche Oper
Berlin,
Nagoya Ballet, The Australian Ballet, Los Angeles Ballet (1984 Olympic
Games ),
Hungarian State Opera, Latvian National Opera (Honorary guest for the 1st
Dance
Festival of the Baltics) and Teatro Massimo di Palermo among others. Other
important appearances include venues such as Wolftrap, Lincoln Center,
Kennedy
Center,
Munich’sOlympic Stadium and Spoletto Festival in Italy. Video credits
include,
(Bavaria Studios Star Gala), (Los Angeles Ballet, Pas de Deux) and
(Dancing
for Gold,” Moscow
International Ballet Competition”). Mr. Pikieris has enjoyed enormous
success
throughout Europe and received various critics’ awards for his performances
in John
Cranko’s
Romeo and Juliet and Eugene Onegin as well as in a diverse classical and
contemporary repertoire.
In 1986 Artistic Director Edward Villella invited him to
join a
new company; Miami City Ballet. As a founding member he astounded with his
power
and passion on stage and was instrumental in the initial success of the
company. From 86 to 89 and 91 to 94 he danced most of the ballets in that
company’s extensive Balanchine repertoire. He will be mostly remembered for
his
interpretations of The Prodigal Son, Apollo and Tarantella among others.
As a
choreographer he has created several works, including “Dischordia”, ”Still
Waters”, “Mephisto”,”Imagined Notions”, “Gargoyles,” and "The Four Seasons"
(SunPost
Winner- Best Dance Concert of the 2002-2003 Season). He has created
works
for the Bavarian National Ballet, Ballet Centrum Berlin, Ballet Randolph,
Ballet
du Nord, Ballet Theatre of Miami, Ballet Metropolitano de Medellin, Juegos
del
Arte Dance Ensemble, Maximum Dance Company, Ballet de Monterrey and
Colleges around the U.S.A. He has also choreographed the dance sequences in
Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin for the Florida Grand Opera.
Mr.
Pikieris has also created works in collaboration with David Palmer,
including
“The
Rite of Spring”, (SunPost Winner- Best Original Work of the 2002-2003
Season) "Spectrum", “Adiemus”, “Carnival of the Animals” and “The Elements”
for
Maximum Dance Company.
In
recognition for his outstanding contribution to the arts, Dade County and
the City
of
Miami have proclaimed Nov 15th
and 16th,
2002 as Yanis Pikieris Day. He is
also
the recipient of the New World School of the Arts Achievement Award.
He
previously served as Artistic Director for Ballet du Nord, Juegos Dance
Ensemble and the Ballet Metropolitano de Medellin. Mr. Pikieris founded and
directed Maximum Dance Company from, 1996 to 2005, with David Palmer.
During
the 06/07 season, he served as Program Director for Miami City Ballet’s
Contemporary Dance Series and Young People’s Programming. He currently
directs
the
Mencia-Pikieris School of Dance, the Miami Youth Ballet and works as a
freelance master teacher and choreographer.
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