from 1990 to 2011, nacho duato was the artistic director at compania nacional de danza. in 2011 to 2014, he was leading the ballet company of the mikhailovsky theatre in russia. in 2014, nacho duato became general and artistic director at the berlin state ballet. in 2016, michael mueller, mayor of berlin, announced that the city will not extend duato's contract with the company when it expires in 2019. sasha waltz and johannes ohman are to succeed him as joint artistic directors of the berlin state ballet.