Max Ratevosian graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia and from the State University of Lunacharsky G.I.T.I.S. in Moscow with a degree major of Ballet Master, Teacher and Choreographer.
During his 20-year tenure at the Moscow State Ballet Theater, he was Principal Dancer, Teacher and Ballet Master. As a professor at the University of Shepkin, Theatrical Division, Max taught Stage Movement and Dance for Dramatic Arts.
At the University of Luncharsky G.I.T.I.S., Theatrical Division in Moscow, he also taught Methodology for Classical Dance.
Max’s former students have become dancers in major ballet companies throughout Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Asia. While some have achieved great success in various international dance competitions in Moscow, Varna, Paris and Denmark.
In 1991, Max was invited to Canada to teach at L’Ecole Superieure de Danse du Quebec, in Montreal.
Later he taught at the National Ballet School and the National Ballet of Canada, in Toronto, as well as McMaster University, in Hamilton. Over the years, he has been invited as a guest teacher to a variety of schools and companies throughout Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia.
Max has staged classical ballet productions such as Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Coppelia, Paquita, and Les Sylphides.
In 2001, Max co-founded the Hamilton City Ballet. In 2009, Max Ratevosian became Founder and Artistic Director of the Hamilton Academy of Performing Arts in Dundas, Ontario, an independent elementary and secondary day school with a special focus on the classical arts of ballet, music, vocal, and drama with an enriched academic curriculum.
Max is Artistic Director of the annual Nutcracker ballet presented in December at the McIntyre Performing Arts Centre in Hamilton.
Max received the City of Hamilton Arts Award for Dance in 2008, the Vancliffen Arts Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011, and was appointed Dean of the International University of Ballet Arts for North America. Max is the recipient of the 2015 Dundas Valley Sunrise Rotary Club – Paul Harris Fellowship Award for his artistic contributions in the community. Max is a member of CID – UNESCO and an Honorary Member of the Vancliffen Arts Foundation.
Biography
Max Ratevosian graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia and from the State University of Lunacharsky G.I.T.I.S. in Moscow with a degree major of Ballet Master, Teacher and Choreographer.
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