vctor ullate born 9 may 1947 zaragoza spain is a dancer choreographer and ballet directorullate trained with mara de avila and at the cole suprieure de danse de cannes rosella hightower he started his professional dancing life with antonio ruiz solers company in 1962 before joining maurice bjarts ballet as a principal three years later he remained there for fourteen years during which he created roles in bjarts ni fleurs ni couronnes 1967 offrande chorgraphique 1970 nijinsky clown de dieu 1971 golestan 1973 and i trionfi di petrarca 1974in 1979 he was invited by the spanish ministry of culture to form a new national ballet company the ballet nacional de espaa later on in 1990 when the company was reorganized and the current name adopted compaia nacional de danza nacho duato was appointed artistic directorullate founded his own school in 1983 which taught a rigorous academic technique and often had guest teachers from russia or cuba he started his now famous ballet company ballet de victor ullate in 1988 and started choreographing their repertoire includes works by balanchine van manen nils christe jan linkens and micha van hoecke as well as contemporary ballets by ullate himselfsome of his most successful pieces choreographed for his own company are el amor brujo 1994 volador hacia la luz 1995 ven que te tiente 1996 jaleos 1996 seguiriya 2000 la inteligencia de las flores 2001 and el sur 2005his works are an original combination of classical and neoclassical ballet and flamenco combining spanish traditional and classical musicullate has also staged various classical ballets like les sylphides giselle and don quixote for his companysince the year 2000 ullate is president of the victor ullate foundation for dance which promotes professionallevel education for ballet dancers ullate has formed and trained some of todays most famous ballet dancers including angel corella tamara rojo joaqun de luz lucia lacarra carlos lopez and igor yebrahe has a son vctor ullate roche who is also a professional dancer and one of the judges on fama a bailar