Yury Yanowsky
Artistic curator and resident choreographer
Internationally acclaimed dancer and award-winning choreographer Yury Yanowsky spent over two decades as a Principal Dancer with Boston Ballet, earning praise for his bravura technique, magnetic stage presence, and remarkable versatility across both classical and contemporary repertoires. A sought-after guest artist, he has performed with The Royal Ballet, National Ballet of Prague, National Ballet of China, and Pennsylvania Ballet.
Winner of First Prize at the Prix de Lausanne and Silver medals at both the Varna and U.S. International Ballet Competitions, Yanowsky trained under Carmen Delgado de Robles, Anatol Yanowsky, and the Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
Yury’s choreographic voice emerged early in his career, and over the past decade his works have been commissioned by companies and festivals worldwide, including Boston Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Portland Ballet, Bundes Jugend Ballet, Jacob’s Pillow Gala, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. His ballet Smoke and Mirrors was hailed as a “visual and choreographic masterpiece” and named “Best in Dance” by The Arts Fuse. In 2015, he won the Choreographic Prize at the prestigious Erik Bruhn Competition, and in 2021, his new full-length Nutcracker for Ballet RI was praised by The Boston Globe as “awe-inspiring,” achieving both critical and box-office success.
Yanowsky’s artistry extends beyond the ballet stage, he has served as Movement Consultant for American Repertory Theatre, Movement Director for Boston Lyric Opera, and founder of Dance YaNOWsky, a touring company devoted to his creative vision. A passionate teacher and coach, he has worked with dancers at Boston Ballet, Harvard University, Boston Arts Academy, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and Centro Coreográfico de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
In 2020, Yanowsky became Artistic Curator and Resident Choreographer for Ballet Rhode Island, where he oversees all artistic productions and continues to create works that are relevant, resonant, and deeply collaborative.