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Elie Lazar
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Elie
Lazar
Ballet
Biography:
Internationally
renowned
ballet
director,
teacher
and
choreographer,
Elie
Lazar
founded
and
directed
the
Joffrey
Ensemble
Dancers
-°©-
the
official
company
of
the
Joffrey
Ballet
School
(NYC),
1999-°©-2005.
He
also
founded
and
directed
Joffrey
South,
a
summer
intensive
satellite
of
the
Joffrey
Ballet
School,
and
LazarBallet,
NYC,
a
professional
ballet
touring
company.
From
2007-°©-2011,
he
directed
the
Montgomery
Ballet
in
Montgomery,
Alabama.
Mr.
Lazar’s
has
won
critical
acclaim
form
both
reviewers
and
audience
world
wide
for
his
work
which
includes
his
stagings
of
the
full-°©-length
ballets
Sleeping
Beauty,
Swan
Lake,
and
Coppelia
along
with
his
renditions
of
Romeo
and
Juliet,
Snow
White,
A
Midsummer
Night’s
Dream,
Carmen,
The
Nutcracker,
and
originals
works,
Vivaldi’s
Gloria,
Papillon,
The
Magic
Flute,
Orff’s
Carmina
Burana
and
Dance
Me
to
the
End
of
Love.
Born
in
Rehovot,
Israel,
Mr.
Lazar
began
his
ballet
training
at
age
17
with
the
Israel
National
Ballet
Company.
This
early
training
led
to
appearances
with
the
Israel
National
Opera,
the
Haifa
Ballet
and
the
Inbar
Dance
Company.
Dance
fans
are
familiar
with
Mr.
Lazar’s
work
as
a
principal
dancer
with
the
New
Jersey
Ballet
where,
beginning
in
1986,
he
was
known
for
athletic
roles
in
ballets
such
as
George
Balanchine’s
Tarantella,
Sylvia
Pas
de
Duex
and
Donizetti
Variation,
Who
Cares,
and
Star
and
Stripes,
for
which
he
was
coached
by
famed
New
York
City
Ballet
principal
dancer,
Edward
Villella.
He
also
danced
the
role
of
"Mercutio"
in
Romeo
and
Juliet,
”Franz”
in
Coppelia,
“Puck”
in
A
Midsummer
Night’s
Dream,
Basilio
in
Don
Quixote
and
performed
the
principal
role
in
Le
Corsaire.
During
his
career
as
a
principal
dancer,
Mr.
Lazar
has
toured
Italy
with
Stars
of
the
New
York
City
Ballet,
and
has
performed
in
Bermuda
with
Stars
of
American
Ballet
Theater.
In
addition,
he
has
appeared
as
guest
principal
dancer
with
the
following
companies:
Ballet
de
Monterrey,
(Mexico),
Joffrey
Ballet
Gala,
Berkshire
Albany
Ballet,
Gainesville
Ballet
(GA
&
FL),
Kumamoto
Ballet
(Japan),
Milwaukee
Dance
Theater,
Moscow
Chamber
Ballet,
North
Atlantic
Ballet,
Ilya
Gaft
and
Stars
of
the
Kirov
and
Bolshoi
Ballet,
Garden
State
Ballet,
Duluth
Ballet,
Dance
Patrell,
New
Jersey
Opera
and
Tressor
Dancers,
NYC.
Mr.
Lazar
has
toured
his
companies
to
the
following
states:
Alabama,
California,
Massachusetts,
North
Carolina,
New
Hampshire,
New
Jersey,
New
Mexico,
Georgia,
Washington,
South
Dakota,
and
New
York,
creating
exciting
summer
dance
intensives
and
public
performances.
As
well,
he
has
served
as
co
director
of
an
international
dance
festival
in
Pietrasanta,
Italy
where,
in
summer,
2010,
he
presented
eleven
of
his
ballets
to
sold-°©-out
performances.
His
teaching
experience
includes
The
National
Ballet
Company
of
Mexico,
Nordhazer
Stadtebundtheater
HBS
(Germany),
The
Joffrey
Ballet,
The
Joffrey
Ballet
School,
Tokyo
City
Ballet,
Kumamaoto
Ballet
(Japan),
Israel
Ballet
(Israel),
Kamea
Dance
Company
(Israel),
Fresco
Dance
Company
(Israel),
Albany
Berkshire
Ballet,
New
Jersey
Ballet,
University
of
Kansas
City,
Hartford
Ballet,
The
Washington
Ballet,
University
of
East
Carolina,
Dance
Master
of
America,
SERBA,
Broadway
Dance
Center,
Peridance,
Ballet
Arts
NYC.