14 Facts About Radu Poklitaru

Radu Poklitaru was born on March 22,1972, in the city of Chisinau, to the family of leading ballet dancers of the Moldova National Opera Ballet Ludmila Nedremska and Vitaliy Poklitaru.

Radu Poklitaru began studying the classical ballet at the age of 4.5 at the Chisinau's Pioneer Palace.

Radu Poklitaru is endowed with the remarkable gift of character dancing and acting.

In 1999 Radu Poklitaru graduated with degrees in choreography, art studies and choreography theory teaching.

Radu Poklitaru owes his first popularity to the miniatures he created for dancers who took part in international ballet contests.

Pictures at an Exhibition to the music of Modest Mussorgsky and Le Sacre du Printemps of Igor Stravinsky at the National Opera of Ukraine, Seven Deadly Sins by Kurt Weill at the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre, Cinderella by Sergei Prokofiev at the Latvian National Opera and many other impressive artistic projects of Radu Poklitaru inevitably turned into theatrical events which struck a deep chord with the audience and art elite.

In collaboration with the British director Declan Donnellan, Radu Poklitaru produced Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet at the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia which evoked a colossal public resonance; the new, revolutionary version of the famous ballet on the stage of Russia's leading musical theatre was conducive to heated discussions in the media and theatrical lobby.

In 2013, at the Third Platonov Festival, Radu Poklitaru produced and presented at the Voronezh State Theater of Opera his ballet miniature The Platonov People to the music of Frederic Chopin.

At the invitation of Andriy Boltenko, the Director General of the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Radu Poklitaru was the producer of choreographic compositions.

In 2016 Radu Poklitaru was awarded with the prestigious Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine in the area of musical art for a number of productions: the ballet-triptych The Intersection, Swan Lake, Women in D-Moll and The Long Christmas Dinner.

Radu Poklitaru makes his appearance on TV both as a guest and a participant of a programme.

The general opinion of Radu Poklitaru's judging is strict but fair.

The turns which Radu Poklitaru produced were called little theatrical masterpieces born in the TV format.

Radu Poklitaru created the main dancing turn in the feature film The Petrushka Syndrome produced by Elena Khazanova and based on Dina Rubina's novel of the same name.