DMITRY POVOLOTSKY

Director of Russian Ballet International (RBI) and Bolshoi Summer Intensive

Dmitry Povolotsky is a writer, director and choreographer.
At the age of 10 he was selected to attend the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow to study classical ballet.
After graduating from the Academy nine years later, Dmitry was awarded a full scholarship at the Juilliard School in New York City, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in “Modern Dance and Choreography”.

Dmitry remained in New York City to perform with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet for eight seasons and to teach ballet and choreography for the inner city youth at the Harlem School of Arts.
His dance productions were performed in New York at Aaron Davis Hall, Performance Space 122, Kitchen Theatre Company and Location One Gallery.

After making his first short film in 2003, Dmitry decided to pursue a Master of Fine Arts at the Columbia University School of Arts’ Film Division.
His movie “PAL/SECAM” and his most recent film, “My Father Baryshnikov”, won several prestigious film awards and continues to be selected to numerous festivals.

As Director of the Russian Ballet International (RBI) and of Bolshoi Summer Intensive, Dmitry has produced several International Programs and Workshops for the Bolshoi Ballet Academy.