Arman Zazyan
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BORN
1985 in Yerevan, Armenia. German
EDUCATION
Amaras Dance Studio, Yerevan
Yerevan State Choreographically College
John Cranko School
MAIN TEACHERS
Hovhannes Divanyan, Pyotr Pestov
ENGAGEMENTS
Stuttgart Ballet in 2004, Half-Soloist in 2007, Soloist in 2012
Tulsa Ballet, USA in 2015 as Soloist, Principal in 2016, Assistant Rehearsal Director as well in 2023
Hamburg Ballet since 2024 as Ballet Master
CREATIONS
Ciro in "I Fratelli" (Mauro Bigonzetti)
The Prince in "The Nutcracker" (Val Canipoli / Ma Cong)
Juro in "Krabat" (Demis Volpi)
Louis XIV, King of France in "Das Fräulein von S." (Christian Spuck)
Gravedigger in "Hamlet" (Kevin O’Day)
Alexander Pope in "Orlando" (Marco Goecke)
and solos in
Big Blur (Demis Volpi)
Remember Our Song (Andy Blankenbuehler)
Ballad Unto... (Dwight Rhoden)
While you were gone (Jennifer Weber)
Love-Notes (Nicolo Fonte)
Flight of Fancy (Ma Cong)
All things considered (Craig Davidson)
Creatures of Prometheus (Jorma Elo)
Parhelia (Jenifer Archibald)
Divinire (Nicolo Fonte)
Pentaptych (Ma Cong)
Meoal (Helen Pickett)
Spinto (Demis Volpi)
Shibuya Blues (Anabelle Lopez)
2017 (Young Soon Hue)
Double Bass Concerto ( Bridget Breiner)
Nightlight (Douglas Lee)
II Concertone ( Mauro Bigonzetti)
On Velvet (Marco Goecke)
Within ( Katarzyna Kozielska)
Ren in 3 ( Jorma Elo)
Ssss... (Edward Clug)
REPERTORY
Onegin in "Onegin" (John Cranko)
Basilio und Don Quichotte in "Don Quichotte" (Anna Marie Holmes)
The Wild Warrior "Othello" (John Neumeier)
Don José in "Carmen" (Kenneth Tindall)
The Prince in "Cinderella" (Andrew McNicol)
Prince Siegfried and Rothbart in "Swan Lake" (Marcello Angelini)
Petruchio and Gremio in "The Taming of the Shrew" (John Cranko)
Prince Albrecht in "Giselle" (Marcello Angelini)
Dracula in "Dracula" (Ben Stevenson)
Tchaikovsky in "Tchaikovsky" (Ma Cong)
R. and E. in "Initials R.B.M.E." (John Cranko)
Bim and Napoléon III in "Gaité parisienne" (Maurice Béjart)
Alain, Rooster and the Flute Boy in "La Fille mal gardée" (Sir Frederick Ashton)
Gaston Rieux and Count N. in "Lady of the Camellias" (John Neumeier)
Charles, the Mouse King and Drosselmeyer in "The Nutcracker" (Marcello Angelini)
Valerio in "Leonce and Lena" (Christian Spuck)
Federico in "Vendetta" (Annabelle Lopez Ochoa)
Mercutio and Tybalt in "Romeo and Juliet" (Edwaard Liang)
Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet" (John Cranko)
The Nerd in "O Balcão de Amor" (Itzik Galili)
Bootface in "The Lady and the Fool" (John Cranko)
Siegmund in "The Sandman" (Christian Spuck)
Ali Baba and Puss in Boots in "The Sleeping Beauty" (Marcia Haydée after Marius Petipa)
The King in "Dorothy and the Prince of Oz" (Edwaard Liang)
Pas de deux in "Cacti" (Alexander Ekman)
Pas de trois und Général Lavine Eccentric in "Brouillards" (John Cranko)
Mann in Terracotta in "Dances at a Gathering" (Jerome Robbins)
Basilio, Gypsy Prince and Sancho Panza in "Don Quijote" (Maximiliano Guerra)
Peasant-Pas de deux in "Giselle" (Reid Anderson / Valentina Savina)
Joker in "Jeu de Cartes" (John Cranko)
The Rhythm in "Boléro" (Maurice Béjart)
Schigolch in "Lulu. A Monstre Tragedy" (Christian Spuck)
Amor Boys in "Orphée et Euridice" (Christian Spuck)
Cavalier of the Princess of Naples and Benno in "Swan Lake" (John Cranko)
Second Theme in "The Four Temperaments" (George Balanchine)
and solos in
Classical Symphony (Yuri Possokhov)
Petite Mort (Jiri Kylian)
Serenade (George Balanchine)
Remansos (Nacho Duato)
Infra (Wayne McGregor)
Swish (Demis Volpi)
Le Sacre du printemps (Glen Tetley)
Strictly Gerschwin (Derek Deane)
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (William Forsythe)
Second to Last (Alejandro Cerrudo)
Million Kisses to my Skin (David Dawson)
Dancing in the Streets (Joshua Bergasse)
Roman Holiday (Luciano Cannito)
Starfish (Adam Hougland)
Der richtige Ort (Katarzyna Kozielska)
Forgotten Land (Jiri Kylian)
La Grande Parade du Funk (Bridget Breiner)
Les Bourgeois (Ben Van Cauwenbergh)
Letters of Others (Bridget Breiner)
Seventh Symphony (Uwe Scholz)
Slice to Sharp (Jorma Elo)
GUESTING
as dancer
Jacob's Pillow Festival, USA
Festival International Ballet Schools, Magdeburg
Canada's National Ballet School
Music and Ballet Gala, Stuttgart
Aalto Ballet, Essen
Gala in Chiasso, Switzerland
Ballet Benefit Gala, Chemnitz
Gala in Russia and in the Republic of Belarus
Gala for the 100 Years of the Armenian Genocide, Yerevan
Forceful Feelings, Yerevan
Gala for Central Oklahoma Ballet Company, USA
as Ballett Master
BalletMet, Columbus, USA
Academy of Ballet and Theater Arts, Oklahoma City
Tulsa Ballet – Center for Dance Education
CHOREOGRAPHY
"Scandal"
Premiere: Tulsa Ballet II – Young Choreographer, Tulsa, 2017
AWARDS
Prix de Lausanne 2003
Photo © Tulsa Ballet