sascha radetsky born march 29 1977 is a soloist danseur with the american ballet theatre and an actorhe was born in santa cruz california and began studying ballet in the san francisco bay area he was invited to study at the bolshoi academy in moscow when he was 15 and after spending a year there he went to the kirov academy of ballet he later studied on a scholarship in the summer programs of the school of american ballet the american ballet theatres school of classical ballet with mikhail baryshnikov and the san francisco ballet school radetsky joined the american ballet theatre as an apprentice in 1995 moving up to corps de ballet the following year and named a soloist in 2003he starred in the 2000 movie center stage as charlie the leads second love interest and appeared in the mandy moore music video i wanna be with you from the movies soundtrack he has also had lead roles in the pbs television movie home at last and the nbc television series midnight callerradetsky began his ballet studies in the san francisco bay area with damara bennett and ayako takahashi at the age of 15 he was invited to study in moscow at the bolshoi academy under worldrenowned mens teacher pytor pestov after a year in russia he studied on scholarship at the kirov academy in washington d c under rudolph kharatian and andrei garbouz he toured with the kirov ballet throughout the united states and internationally he also studied on scholarship at the summer programs of the school of american ballet american ballet theatres school of classical ballet with mikhail baryshnikov the san francisco ballet school and the bolshoi ballet academy in vail coloradoradetsky joined american ballet theatre as an apprentice in 1995 became a member of the corps de ballet in 1996 and a soloist in 2003 his repertoire includes the head fakir in la bayadre accordionist in the bright stream the third movement in bruch violin concerto no 1 lankendem and birbanto in le corsaire espada and the lead gypsy in don quixote demetrius in the dream the pastor in fall river legend the second and third sailor in fancy free hilarion and the peasant pas de deux in giselle the pas de deux in jabula gaston in lady of the camellias the jailer in manon camille in the merry widow cavalier and the nutcrackerprince and in kevin mckenzies the nutcracker iago in othello petrouchka in petrouchka the warrior chieftain in the polovtsian dances from prince igor rabbit in rabbit and rogue bernard in raymonda the champion roper in rodeo benvolio tybalt and paris in romeo and juliet the bluebird in the sleeping beauty benno and von rothbart in swan lake orion in sylvia the fourth movement in symphony in c hortensio in the taming of the shrew thas pas de deux the guitar pas de deux from within you without you a tribute to george harrison and leading roles in the brahmshaydn variations c to c close to chuck tudes the leaves are fading and many others he created the arabian man in alexei ratmanskys the nutcracker and leading roles in from here on out troika and thirteen diversionshe has danced the works of acclaimed choreographers such as balanchine morris taylor lubovitch macmillan tharp tudor cranko de mille elo robbins reinking wheeldon and kylian he is an original member of the troupe stiefel and stars and has been a frequent guest performer and teacher will ballet companies across the united states and abroadin september 2008 radetsky joined the dutch national ballet as a principal dancer where his repertoire included albrecht in giselle and masetto in don giovanni in 2006 radetsky married fellow abt soloist stella abrera the two wed in his hometown of santa cruz ca in september 2008 sascha radetsky left abt to join dutch national ballet as a principal dancer on january 1 2010 radetsky returned to american ballet theater as a soloist and later retired in july 2014