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Choreographer, artist, teacher and former principal dancer Roudolf Kharatian is a native of Yerevan, Armenia. He studied art at the Yerevan School of Fine Arts and under artist Levon Vardanian. In America, Kharatian's works have been included in individual, group and juried exhibitions in the greater Washington, DC area at the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Fannie Mae Foundation Gallery, the Embassy of Armenia, the Russian Cultural Center, the Maryland College of Art and Design, Roulette Gallery, Foundry Gallery, Touchstone Gallery, Art-O-Matic 2000 & 2002, HNTB Architecture, and the Delaplaine Visual Arts Center; nationally in New York City, Las Vegas and Raleigh, NC; as well as internationally in Montreal, Canada; in St. Petersburg, Russia; in Delhi, India; in Cairo, Egypt; and in Florence, Italy at the 6th International Biennale of Contemporary Art.
Kharatian's works are in private collections in the United States, Canada, France, Great Britain, South Africa and Armenia. Three of his paintings are featured on wine labels for a selection of Armenian wines distributed in the United States by Ararat Import Export.
Mr. Kharatian has also had an illustrious career in dance. A graduate of the famed Vaganova Academy where he studied under Pushkin alongside classmate Mikhail Baryshnikov, he was principal dancer with the National Ballet of Armenia and toured the world with the Bolshoi and Stars of Soviet Ballet. He was also artistic director of the Chamber Ballet of Armenia and starred in films and television. He has worked as a choreographer, teacher and coach around the world. His students are award winners and stars in their own right. His ballets have been performed on many stages including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, the Salle Pleyel in Paris, the Place des Arts in Montreal, and many others. Artist Emeritus Kharatian holds a Master's Degree in Choreography and Stage Production and is the recipient of three Maryland State Arts Council Awards for Choreography (1997, 1999 and 2001). He is currently on the faculty of CityDance at the Strathmore Center for the Arts and of the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington DC. He is the founder and Artistic Director of ARKA Ballet.
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