Življenjepis
Bibliografija
Personal Resume
Bibliography
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Born 17th April 1929 in Golnik
Opera director and
choreographer, professor at University of Ljubljana, medical doctor,
opera and dance historian
Languages: English, German,
Russian, French, Italian
Employment History:
1946-1957 Dancer-Ballet Ljubljana, 1957-1961 Assistant-Institute of
Social Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1960-1972 Director and Chief
Choreographer-Slovene National Theatre, Ljubljana, 1972-1982 Director
and Artistic Leader-Festival Ljubljana, 1984-1986 Artistic
Director-Opera and Ballet Maribor, 1989-2002 Professor for Acting, Dance
and Period movement at Singer's Department and Opera school of the Music
Academy of the University Ljubljana.
From 2007 until 2011 he was professor for Dance
History, Character and historical dances and Choreography at the Higher
Ballet School of the Conservatoire for Music and Ballet in Ljubljana,
the establishment of which he had prepared from 1997 on.
International and
domestic activities: Active within
the ITI (International Theatre Institute-UNESCO) from 1973 on: Board
member of the Music Theatre, Secretary of Dance Committee from 1979 to 1983,
Technical advisor to the Executive Board from 1983 to 1985, President of
Slovenian Centre of the ITI from 1992 to 2000.
President of the Council of the 9th
Slovenian Ballet Competition in 2009.
From 2008 to 2010 a member
of the Supervisory Board, since 2010 member of the Management Committee
of the Glasbena matica Ljubjana.
Other activities: Active member of Dance Notation Bureau, New
York, President of Association of Slovenian Concert Agencies, President
of the Co-ordination Committee of Yugoslav Concert Agencies,
Representative of Festival Ljubljana in the European Association of
Music Festivals and in the Committee for Extra–European Arts, President
of the Organising Committee of the 1st and 3rd and
President of the Jury of the 7th Slovenian Ballet
Competition, Member of different theatre and art committees, President
of Slovenian Cycling Association, President of the Association of Ballet
Artists of Slovenia, Member of the Advisory Council of the International
Dance Alliance, NY, Founding Member of the Alliance of Dance Notation
Educators, NY, President of the Association of Ballet Artists of
Slovenia (1995 - 2001), President of the Slovenian Chamber Music Theatre
( 2002 – 2009).
Awards:
1970 Docteur Honoris Causa - L'Université de la Danse, Paris, 1964
prizes for ballet films "On tiptoe" and "Vision", 1978 First prize for
directing "Carmen" - Yugoslav Opera Biennial, 1981 First prize for
choreography "Romeo and Juliet" - Yugoslav Ballet Biennial, 1983
Honorary member of Dance Committee of the ITI, 1986 Special prize for
direction of "King Lear" – Yugoslav Opera Biennial, 2001 Honorary
President of the Association of Ballet Artists of Slovenia, 2003 Award
of the Capital of Ljubljana, 2009 decoration by the President of the
Republic of Slovenia with the Golden Order for Merit for his
extraordinary work and services in cultural activities and his
contribution to the cultural development of Slovenia.
The
same year he was in Istanbul by the Turkish premier minister Mr. Erdogan
awarded the title "Distinguished Senior Citizen of the World 2009".
At the World Theater Congress in Segovia in 2017 he was elected as
honorary member of the International Theatre Institute.
In 2019, he became Honorary member of Glasbena matica Ljubljana; in
2020, he was invited to become member of Slovenska matica.
He is the recipient of the Prešeren Lifetime Achievement Award
for 2024.
Productions:
Choreographed more than 80 ballets (Prokofiev: Peter and Wolf, Romeo and
Juliet, Stone Flower, Classical Symphony, R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel,
Auric: La Chambre, Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, Caprice, Romeo and
Juliet, Weill: Seven Deadly Sins, De Falla: El Amor Brujo, Françaix: Le
Roi nu, Khachaturian: Spartacus, Blacher: Othello, Hamlet, Constant:
Cyrano de Bergerac, Ravel: Bolero, Grieg: Peer Gynt, Lehar: The Merry
Widow, Stravinsky: Firebird, Bliss: Checkmate and others), directed 13
French plays and 39 operas and operettas (Bizet: Carmen,
Puccini: Tosca, Verdi: Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Mozart: Entführung,
Figaro’s Hochzeit, La Finta Giardiniera, Der Schauspieldirektor, Gluck:
Le Cinesi, Menotti: The Medium, The Consul, Donizetti: Rita, Rossini:
La Cambiale di Matrimonio and others)
in Slovenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ireland, Serbia, Slovakia.
In 2018, he directed the first Slovenian opera »Belin« by Jakob
Frančišek Zupan, dating from 1780; in 2019, he directed the symphonic
poem »Barve zelenega smaragda« (Colours of the green emerald) by Avgust
Ipavec.
Bibliography:
He has written more than 40 books and 600 articles mostly in the fields
of opera and ballet; his most important publicist and research work is
"The
development of ballet art in Slovenia"
in two parts, apart from other works, listed in the bibliography.
Written articles for the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet, Ballet
Encyclopedia (Moscow), Yugoslav Music Lexicon, Ballett (German Annuals),
All about Ballet (Moscow), International Encyclopedia of Dance, World
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre, Slovenian Encyclopedia, Knaurs
Lexicon, Slovenian Theatre Lexicon, Slovenian Biographical Lexicon,
Theatre Glossary, Terminological Dictionary of Slovenian Academy of
Sciences and Arts, The World of Theatre – ITI, The Great English –
Slovenian Oxford and DZS Dictionary etc.
Different articles (over 500) on opera and ballet, about singers,
dancers, composers, international theatre seminars, ballet and music
theatre history and editorials in Slovenian and foreign newspapers and
magazines. Editor of the Playbill of Opera and Ballet Ljubljana, of the
ITI publications Slovenian Theatre 1993 and 1994 and different other
publications.
Lectured
in USA (Brandeis University, U.C.L.A., University of Dallas, University
of Illinois, Ballet Guild of Chicago), Finland (Savonlinna), Germany
(Cologne, Munich, Essen), Austria (Vienna, Wolfsegg), Hungary, Belgium,
France (Cabourg), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia (Opatija, Grožnjan)
and Slovenia. In 2001 and 2005 lectured as guest professor for
Historical Dances at Hochschule für Schauspielkunst “Ernst Busch”,
Berlin. In 2004 lectured at the Seminar on Labanotation in Ljubljana, as
well as on Historical Dances in Olimje. Guest professor for Choreography
(2004 and 2008) and for Ballet History (2009) at the International
Ballet Seminar in Wolfsegg, Austria. In October 2009 participated at the
International Congress of the Distinguished Citizens of the World in
Istanbul, Turkey with the essay on the topic ''Bridging the Gap between
Cultures''.
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