Yury Yanowsky

Artistic curator and resident choreographer

Yury Yanowsky’s robust career as a Principal Dancer with the Boston Ballet spanned over two decades. Yanowsky frequently performed as an international guest artist, most notably with The Royal Ballet, National Ballet of Prague, National Ballet of China, and Pennsylvania Ballet. He was also a participant in numerous International Ballet Galas. Known for his bravura technique and stage presence he was hailed for his versatility in both classical and contemporary works.

Yanowsky won First Prize at the Prix de Lausanne and the Silver medal at the Varna and U.S. International Ballet Competitions. He trained with Carmen Delgado de Robles, Anatol Yanowsky, and the Ballet Nacional de Cuba.

Yury’s passion for choreography began early in his dancing career and over the past decade he has had the opportunity to showcase his work around the world. He has been commissioned to create new works for Boston Ballet, Boston Ballet 2, Bundes Jugend Ballet, Jacobs Pillow Gala, Atlanta Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Kansas City Ballet, Portland Ballet, and Festival Ballet Providence. In 2015, he was awarded the Choreographic Prize at the prestigious Erik Bruhn Competition and his ballet Smoke and Mirrors for Boston Ballet was named “Best in Dance for 2016” by The Arts Fuse and hailed as a “visual and choreographic masterpiece”. In 2018 he founded Dance YaNOWsky, a small touring company that was dedicated to his vision. Yanowsky is focused on creating new works that are relevant and reflective of today’s society, oftentimes using unique collaborations to enhance his works. In 2021, His new full length version of The Nutcracker with Ballet Rhode Island was hailed by the Boston Globe as “Awe Inspiring” and met with both box office and critical acclaim.

Yanowsky has served as Movement Consultant for American Repertory Theatre and as Movement Director for The Boston Lyric Opera. A dedicated and experienced teacher and coach, he has taught at Boston Ballet, Boston Arts Academy, and Centro Coreographico Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and Harvard University. In 2020 Yanowsky was named the Artistic Curator of Ballet Rhode Island where he is resident choreographer and responsible for overseeing all the artistic productions of the organization.