Igor Kirov –

was born in Macedonia where He finish National Ballet school and completed his dance education at Rotterdam Dance Academy in The Netherlands. After 20years of a long careers in various European dance companies Kirov decided to focus on his choreographic work.

 

In 2007 he found his own project “The Kirov Dance Company” with whom he did more then 10 short and long works, who where awarded in choreography competitions in Beijing China , Las Palmas Spain, Hannover Germany, Belgrade Serbia , Mississippi USA and performed in festivals in Macedonia, Spain, Korea, USA, Croatia, Austria, Slovenia, Germany , Bosnia and Hercegovina and Serbia.

 

Kirov so far created works for many companies around the world such as Macedonian National Ballet, Opera National de Bordeaux in France, Croatian National Theater in Split, Opera Graz in Austria, State theaters in Germany (Darmstadt, Oldenburg, Mainz, Braunschweig Nordhausen ...) Orlando Ballet in USA, Equilibro Dinamico in Italy and many more.

He is a guest teacher in dance academies in Munchen, Belgrade, Skopje and Tokyo. In 2016 Macedonian Ministry of culture awarded him as an artist of the year affirming the Macedonian culture. From season 2016/2017 Kirov is an artistic director of the ballet at the Croatian National theater in Split.