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ROUDOLF KHARATIAN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Master Teacher and Choreographer Roudolf Kharatian was principal dancer with the National Ballet of Armenia from 1967 to 1990, performing all the great leading roles of the classical repertoire. A star of five films, he also toured extensively with the Bolshoi Ballet and Stars of Russian Ballet. From 1979 to 1991, he was Artistic Director of the Chamber Ballet of Armenia. Kharatian is a graduate of the Vaganova Ballet Academy in St. Petersburg, where he studied under the great Pushkin alongside classmate Baryshnikov. He also holds a Master’s Degree from the Moscow University of Theater Arts (GITIS), with a specialization in pedagogy, choreography and stage production. Kharatian was named Artist Emeritus in 1974 and is the recipient of numerous medals and awards as dancer, choreographer and teacher including consecutive Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards for Choreography (1997, 1999, 2001). A frequent guest teacher and coach, Kharatian has taught for the American Ballet Theatre, Kirov-Maryinsky Ballet, Boston Ballet, The Washington Ballet, the Debra Colker Dance Company, the Youth Ballet of Brazil, the North Carolina School of the Arts, Les Ballets Classiques de Montreal, and Ballet Divertimento Montreal, among others, and served as guest faculty at Johns Hopkins University's Peabody Preparatory and the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. He served on the faculty of Washington’s Kirov Academy for three years before being invited by Mary Day to join the Washington School of Ballet faculty in 1994 where he is currently senior principal teacher. Kharatian’s students have gone on to successful careers with major
companies including American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Boston
Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, the Washington
Ballet, the Dutch National Ballet, the English National Ballet, Les Grands
Ballets Canadiens, and the Kirov-Maryinsky Ballet. He has trained and
coached many award-winning competitors, principal dancers and soloists
including Rasta Thomas, Michele Wiles, Adrienne Canterna, Daniela Severian,
Shingo Yoshimoto, Bhat Udval, Michele Jimenez, Jonathan Jordan, Nelly
Beliakaite, John Gardner, Sascha Radetsky, Zack Hench, Sona Kharatian,
Hagop Kharatian, Anton Pankevich, and Philip Deal. An award-winning choreographer, Kharatian is the creator of over 100 original works ranging from avant-garde/experimental to classical. His ballets have been performed on many stages worldwide including the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Lincoln Center in New York, the Salle Pleyel in Paris, and the Place des Arts in Montreal. His choreographic credits include full-length story ballets and countless one-act ballets and concert pieces. Kharatian is also the Artistic Director of ARKA Ballet (www.arkaballet.org) in Washington, D.C. In addition to his work in ballet, Roudolf Kharatian is also an accomplished visual artist. His works are in private collections in the United States, Canada, France, Great Britain, South Africa and Armenia. View Roudolf Kharatian's PHOTO GALLERY >>
Jonathan Jordan, of Phoenix, Arizona, is in his seventh season with The Washington Ballet. He has danced with Le Jeune Ballet de France, Ballet Metropolitan de Monterey, the Trey McIntyre Project and with ARKA Ballet. He began training at the Tucson School of Ballet and the Phoenix School of Ballet. After graduating from The Kirov Academy of Ballet, he continued his training with Roudolf Kharatian at The Washington School of Ballet. Mr. Jordan was a finalist at the 2000 Varna and Paris International competitions and was awarded the bronze medal at the 2003 New York International Ballet competition.
Jason Hartley, of Des Moines, Iowa, is in his eighth season with The Washington Ballet after dancing with American Repertory Ballet, Ballet Austin and BalletMet Columbus. This summer, he will dance for his second season with Trey McIntyre Project. Mr. Hartley trained at North Carolina School of the Arts, where he won the Level I Award from the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts in 1995. He received the Princess Grace Award for Dance in 1997. In July 2002, The Washington Ballet premiered Mr. Hartley's choreography Crosswalks and Train Stations in Telluride and Aspen, Colorado. In 2003, his works Sanctified Shells and Nocturne Monologue premiered at The Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage as part of the Prelude Festival. For The Washington Ballet's production 7x7, Mr. Hartley created Underneath.
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