ALLISTER MADIN
Ballet dancer, teacher, Choreographer
EDUCATION
1999-2005: Student at Paris Opera Ballet School
2004: Scientific A-Levels (baccalauréat), Flamenco training
2005-2019: Classes with the Bolshoi Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Berlin Staatsballett, Royal Swedish Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Norwegian National Ballet, Finnish National Ballet, Het Nationale Ballet, Queensland Ballet, West Australian Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet
2016 : Teacher’s degree of classical dance
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Since 2005 Professional Dancer (POB 2005-2018, RNZB 2019-2021,BBL 2021)
• Senior Finalist, Varna International Ballet Competition, 2006
• Soloist with the Paris Opera Ballet, Béjart Ballet Lausanne & Principal Dancer RNZB
- Awarded best young promising dancer « Prix Arop » in 2014.
Main roles
Soloist with Paris Opera Ballet:
Siegfried in Petipa and Ivanov’s Swanlake as guest at Saitama Dance Arts Theatre in Japan (partnering Ayako Ono and Yui Yonezawa Principal Dancers from National Ballet of Japan), Mercutio in R. Nureyev’s Romeo and Juliet, Alain in F. Ashton’s La Fille Mal Gardée (with guest Principal Dancer Svetlana Lunkina), Iñigo in P. Lacotte’s Paquita, Head Fakir and Bronze Idol in R.Nureyev’s La Bayadère, the Bluebird and Puss in Boots in R. Nureyev’s Sleeping Beauty, Zaël in J.G. Bart’s La Source, P.Lacotte’s Le Papillon, Violonist and Acrobate Waiter in P. Bart’s La Petite Danseuse de Degas, Gypsy Chief in R. Nureyev’s Don Quichotte, Lead Beggar in K. MacMillan’s Manon, Bandit Chief in R. Petit’s Carmen, Scottish pas de deux in P. Lacotte’s La Sylphide, Pas de trois, Czardas and Napolitan Soloist in R. Nureyev’s Swanlake, Kylian’s Kaguyahime, Phoenix in M. Bejart’s Firebird, Dorcon in B. Millepied’s Daphnis and Chloé, J.Robbins’ Glass Pieces.
Creations with Crystal Pite, Alexander Ekman, Benjamin Millepied, Wayne Mc Gregor, Justin Peck, James Thierrée
Soloist with Béjart Ballet Lausanne:
Boléro (two leads), Variations pour une porte et un soupir, Ballet for Life by M.Béjart and T’M et Variations (duet) by G.Roman
Principal Dancer with the Royal New Zealand Ballet:
G.Balanchine’s Serenade (« Waltz Boy »), Vainonen’s Flames of Paris, Bournonville’s Flower Festival in Genzano, B.Enos Nae Regrets (« the traveller »), King Fairy in L.Prior’s Hansel and Gretel, A.Topp’s Aurum, tango soloist in T.Tharp’s Waterbaby Bagatelles, P.Saunder’s Berceuse, oldest son in D.Rowe’s Remember Mama.
Creations with resident choreographers Loughlan Prior, Sarah Foster-Sproull, Shaun James Kelly, maori choreographer Moss Patterson, and Kiara Flavin.
International and national tours with Paris Opera Ballet including the Bolshoï in Moscow, Novossibirsk, Beijing, Singapore and Tokyo. National tours through New Zealand with RNZB. Performances in Canada, Argentina and at the Jacob’s Pillow Festival in the USA with 3è étage including R. Seagal’s creation Four Hands (partnering principal dancer L. Pagliero), W. Forsythe’s Limbs Theorem pas de deux, and with Incidence Chorégraphique: Abderam in R. Nureyev’s Raymonda Act II, R. Nureyev’s Don Quixote pas de deux (partnering principal dancer L. Pagliero), Raymonda and Swan Lake pas de deux (partnering former principal dancer I. Ciaravola). International and national galas : V. Gsovsky’s Auber, M. Petipa’s Esmeralda, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty and Corsaire PDD, J. Martinez’s Delibes Suite, C. Spück’s Grand Pas de Deux, Petipa’s Satanella, J.P. Dury’s Fado, W. Forsythe’s Limb’s Theorem (quintet), Bigonzetti’s Caravaggio. Partnered principal dancers A.Renavand et A.Albisson in R. Nureyev’s Don Quixote and Swan Lake PDD for a special evening « Eleonora Abbagnato e le stelle del Opera de Parigi »
Choreographer
El Fuego de la Pasion (2011) and Kaléidoscope (2013) for young choreographers’ workshops at the Opéra Bastille, Duo, Errance d’une Geisha and Fantaisie Libertine (2011), Adagio (2015), Heures Dansantes and Amores (2015) for a special evening « Musique et Danse » at the Opéra Garnier, Barre chorégraphiée, Suite Caspienne and Medianoche (2016) for the 2nd international music and dance festival of Andros in Greece, Ecdysis solo (2018) for Varna IBC, Intersection (2020) for RNZB « Raw », Entwined Journey (co creation with Brice Asnar), Danzón (collaboration with percussionist award winner Adélaïde Ferrière) and Geminvs (co creation with flamenco dancer & choreographer Rubén Molina) (2021)
Choreographer, dancer and in charge of the dance casting for the upcoming french movie “Chronique d’une liaison passagère” by Emmanuel Mouret
– Performance on a live french TV program (2012), guest for the Bachelor New Zealand and France 24 (2021)
Short film Haut Vol directed by Louis de Caunes (2014), In a Pattern’s Life (2015) by Julien Prévieux exposed in Paris Beaubourg, documentary La Vie En Danse (2016) directed by Eric Legay, Out of Stage Project (2016) and If (2018) directed by Deyan Parouchev, Danzón n°2 with Adélaïde Ferrière directed by Jean-Philippe Leclair
Collaboration for a Valentino/Beecroft project filmed in Paris (2016) and a performance by Delphine Roche “Why Do We Sweat? The Artist Is Present” at the Carpenters workshop gallery in Paris danced in Mathieu Lehanneur’s wonderful solo show “Ocean Memories” (2018)
Repetto fashion show in Paris (2017)
People’s choice award at the Sobanova Dance Awards #5 in June 2021 at La Villette Paris with Geminvs
He is teacher and coach for professional dancers in Paris.
He is intensives France and abroad.
