9.00pm, Friday 6 August 2010, Piazza Signorelli (open air)
Performing with Irina Dvorovenko and special guests

Maxim Beloserkovsky received his dance training at the Kiev Ballet Institute.  In 1990 he danced as a leading soloist with the National Opera of Bulgaria. From 1991 to 1994, he was a principal dancer with the National Opera Ballet of the Ukraine, and toured with them to numerous countries. He performed most of the major roles in the classical repertory. In 1993, Beloserkovsky was honored by the President of the Ukraine for outstanding artistic achievement.

Joining American Ballet Theatre in 1994, Beloserkovsky was made a soloist in 1995 and was appointed principal dancer in 2000, following a brilliant season in which he was repeatedly cited for his superior artistry, "(adding) virtuosity to his pure classical style." (Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times.)  Ms. Kisselgoff's review of his 1999 Don Quixote hailed his performance as "perfect, and danced in sublime harmony and with breathtaking stylistic unity."  Jennifer Dunning, reviewing Etudes in The New York Times, cited Mr. Beloserkovsky for his "forceful Russian-style attack, mixed here, characteristically, with a winning clarity of line and shape."

Beloserkovsky brings graceful dignity and elegance to his many roles. His repertoire with ABT includes Basilio and Espada in Don Quixote; Prince Desiré and Bluebird in The Sleeping Beauty; Siegfried in Swan Lake; Romeo in Romeo and Juliet; Albrecht in Giselle; Jean de Brienne in Raymonda, Oberon in The Dream; the lead in Theme and Variations; Conrad and Lankendem in Le Corsaire; Lensky in Onegin; Franz in Coppelia; the Cavalier in The Nutcracker; and the Prince in Cinderella.  He has also danced leading roles in The Leaves are Fading, Lilac Garden, Brüch Violin Concerto, Mozartiana, Symphony in C, Les Sylphides, Etudes, Pas des Déesses, La Bayadère (Act II), and Variations for Four, as well as Sylvia Pas de Deux, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux and Paquita.  His athleticism and style have also earned him leading roles in important contemporary works:  Twyla Tharp's Push Comes to Shove, The Elements and The Brahams-Haydn Variations, Junk pas de deux; Mark Morris's Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes; Jiri Kylian's Sinfonietta; John Neumeier's Spring and Fall; "Splendid Isolation" by Jessica Lang; Christian Spuck's Le Grand Pas de Deux; Stanton Welch's Clear; Peter Quanz's Kaleidoscope; Martha Graham's Diversion of Angels; and Jerome Robbins's Afternoon of a Faun.

Beloserkovsky has appeared as a guest artist with numerous companies, including the Hamburg Ballet, the Finnish Ballet, the Rome Opera Ballet, Verona Ballet, the Universal Ballet, and with Stars of the Bolshoi Ballet, and has been a guest with Asami Maki and at the National Theater in Tokyo. He has also appeared in several television arts programs, including the PBS broadcast of the opening of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, partnering his wife, Irina Dvorovenko.  He has been featured on the cover of different magazines.

With his polished technique and confident stage presence, Beloserkovsky easily meets the technical challenge of both the classical and contemporary repertory, making him one of American Ballet Theatre's most versatile dancers.