Andris Liepa (russian: Андрис Ма́рисович Лие́па; born

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, USSR, 6 January 1962) is a Russian

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

dancer, director and producer of Latvian ethnicity. He is the son of former

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dancer Māris Liepa.

Biography

Andris Liepa was born on January 6, 1962, in Moscow in the family of the People's Artist of the USSR Māris Liepa and the actress of the

Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre The Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre is a theatre company in Moscow, Russian Federation created in 1950 on the base of Alexander Tairov's Chamber Theatre, which was founded in 1914 and shut down in 1949 for ideological reasons. The theatre is based i ...

Margarita Zhigunova and got his name in honor of his great-grandfather, Andrey Liepa. Sister - Ilze Liepa,

ballet dancer A ballet dancer ( it, ballerina fem.; ''ballerino'' masc.) is a person who practices the art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet; however, dancers have a strict hierarchy and strict gender roles. They rely on ye ...

, actress,

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...

(2002), half-sister - Maria Liepa, opera singer. In 1981 he became a laureate of the IV International Ballet Competition in the younger age group. In 2007, he was awarded the highest award in Latvia - the Order of the Three Stars. In 2018, he became a laureate of the Russian Rome International Cultural Festival, which was held in Rome at the Palazzo Poli. Since January 16, 2019 - artistic director and chief choreographer of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater of Uzbekistan named after Alisher Navoi.

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* * 1962 births Living people Russian male ballet dancers Russian people of Latvian descent {{Russia-bio-stub