Andris Liepa (Russian: Андрис Ма́рисович Лие́па; born Moscow, USSR, 6 January 1962) is a Russian ballet dancer, director and producer of Latvian ethnicity.
[1] He is the son of former Bolshoi Ballet dancer Māris Liepa.
[2] Andris Liepa was born on January 6, 1962, in Moscow in the family of the People's Artist of the USSR Māris Liepa and the actress of the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre Margarita Zhigunova[3] and got his name in honor of his great-grandfather, Andrey Liepa.
In 1981 he became a laureate of the IV International Ballet Competition in the younger age group.
[5] Since January 16, 2019 - artistic director and chief choreographer of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater of Uzbekistan named after Alisher Navoi.