Jiří Kylián

Jiří Kylián ( born March 21, 1947 in Prague) is a Czech ballet dancer and choreographer.

Biography

His dance training began at the age of 9 years Kylián at the ballet school of the Prague National Theatre. At 15 he entered the Prague Conservatory.

1967 Kylián was made possible at the Royal Ballet School in London by a grant from the study. He came by for the first time in contact with new choreographic developments both in ballet and contemporary dance. After completing his studies took him to the choreographer and the director of the Stuttgart Ballet, John Cranko, as a dancer under contract and encouraged him to become choreographic works themselves.

In 1973, his first choreography for the Nederlands Dans Theater, which was followed by about 70 more for the Company. From 1975 to 1999 Kylián was artistic director of the Nederlands Dans Theater. In 1978 his international breakthrough with the piece Sinfonietta - to the music of Leoš Janáček at the U.S. Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. In the following years he established himself internationally. It Works produced Symphony of Psalms, Forgotten Land, Overgrown Path, Svadebka, Stamping Ground and l' Enfant et les Sortileges.

On April 13, 1995 Kylián, was honored for his choreographic work and his lifelong dedication to the dance, of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands " Orde van Oranje Nassau ".

Style

From the mid- 1980s Kylián's artistic vision and his style in an abstract and surrealistic direction have turned. There was the Black and White Program, with choreographies No More Play, Petite Mort, Sarabande, Falling Angels, Sweet Dreams, Whereabouts Unknown, as well as his production of the Japanese folktale Kaguyahime The Snow Queen.

Over the years, Kylián has developed a personal style that contradicts an academic characterization by combining elements from different areas.