Arman Zazyan was born in Erivan, Armenia, where he started his ballet training in 1994. In 2003 he continued his education at the John Cranko Schule, Stuttgart, and graduated one year later. In 2002 he won the Vaganova.Price. In June 2009 he participated in the Helsinki International Ballet Competition and danced in the finale.
In the season 2004/05 Arman Zazyan joined the Stuttgart Ballet’s Corps de ballet. His promotion to Demi Soloist followed in 2007/08, to Soloist in 2012/13.
In June 20120 he performed Valerio in Christian Spuck’s Leonce and Lena at the Aalto Ballet in Essen.
REPERTOIRE
Solo Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet- Bolero (Maurice Béjart): The Rhythm
- Brouillards (John Cranko): Pas de trois “Général Lavine Eccentric”
- Dances at a Gathering (Jerome Robbins): Role in Brick
- Der richtige Ort (Katarzyna Kozielska)
- Don Quijote (Maximiliano Guerra): Sancho Pansa, Gypsy Prince
- Forgotten Land (Jiří Kylián)
- Gaîté parisienne (Maurice Béjart): Bim, Napoleon III
- Giselle (production: Reid Anderson, Valentina Savina): Peasant-Pas de deux
- Initials R.B.M.E. (John Cranko): R.
- Jeu de cartes (John Cranko): Joker
- La fille mal gardée (Sir Frederick Ashton): Alain, Coquerel, Flute Boy
- La grande Parade du Funk (Bridget Breiner)
- Leonce and Lena (Christian Spuck): Valerio
- Les bourgeois (Ben van Cauwenbergh)
- Letters of Others (Bridget Breiner)
- Lulu. A Monstre Tragedy (Christian Spuck): Schigolch
- Nightlight (Douglas Lee)
- Orphée et Euridice (Staging, Choreography: Christian Spuck): one of the Amor Boys
- Othello (John Neumeier): The Wild Warrior
- Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko): Mercutio, Carnival Dancer
- Siebte Sinfonie (Uwe Scholz)
- Slice to Sharp (Jorma Elo)
- Swan Lake (John Cranko): Cavalier of the Princess of Naples; Benno, prince's friend
- swish (Demis Volpi)
- The Four Temperaments (George Balanchine): Second Theme
- The Lady and the Fool (John Cranko): Bootface
- The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier): Duke N., Gaston Rieux
- The Sandman (Christian Spuck): Siegmund
- The Sleeping Beauty (Márcia Haydée after Marius Petipa): Ali Baba, Puss-in-Boots
- The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko): Gremio
- The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (William Forsythe)
Specially created Roles- Big Blur (Demis Volpi): Solorolle
- Das Fräulein von S. (Christian Spuck): Ludwig XIV, König von Frankreich
- Double Bass Concerto (Bridget Breiner)
- Hamlet (Kevin O’Day): Totengräber
- I fratelli – Die Brüder (Mauro Bigonzetti): Ciro
- Il Concertone (Mauro Bigonzetti)
- Krabat (Demis Volpi): Juro
- Orlando (Marco Goecke): einer der vier Dichter (Pope)
- RED in 3. (Jorma Elo)
- Ssss... (Edward Clug)
- Two at a time (Cayetano Soto)
- Viciouswishes (Marco Goecke)
Specially created Roles at Noverre-Society: Young Choreographers- Bloodstone or The Sign-Painter’s Button (Stefan Stewart)
- Fragments (Peter Leung)
- Meridian (David Moore)
Corps de ballet Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet- A Streetcar named Desire (John Neumeier)
- Bolero (Maurice Béjart)
- Carmen (John Cranko, new production: Reid Anderson and Georgette Tsinguirides)
- Corps (Hans van Manen)
- das siebte blau (Christian Spuck)
- Giselle (Production: Reid Anderson, Valentina Savina)
- Initials R.B.M.E. (John Cranko)
- Kazimir’s Colours (Mauro Bigonzetti)
- La Sylphide (Peter Schaufuss, after August Bournonville)
- Le sacre du printemps (Glen Tetley)
- Leonce and Lena (Christian Spuck)
- Lulu. A Monstre Tragedy (Christian Spuck)
- Onegin (John Cranko)
- Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko): Carnival Dance
- Swan Lake (John Cranko)
- The Sandman (Christian Spuck)
- The Sleeping Beauty (Márcia Haydée after Marius Petipa)
- The Song of the Earth (Kenneth MacMillan)
- The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)
- Voluntaries (Glen Tetley)