Saadi aims to become the best at what he does, and even though dreams like this don’t always come true, he believes one should absolutely dare to dream big.

He is from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and started his ballet training rather early at the Bazarbayev Bishkek Choreographic College from which he graduated in 2014. Saadi continued his education at the Kyrgyz State University of Culture and Arts, graduating in 2020.

Saadi has many favorite roles, but one character, whose life, passion, and pain he would like to experience, is Crassus in Spartacus. He also likes Basile in Don Quixote and Kasym in Mother’s Field. Saadi’s least favorite ballet moves are adagio and cabriole; the roles he likes the least are those which do not give the performer much space for dramatic expression.

A piece of advice to his younger self: There are no small roles, only small actors.