Czech dancer, choreographer and director of the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich Ivan Liška was awarded a major German Dance Prize "Tanzpreis 2012" in the course of a ballet gala evening held on February 4, 2012 at the Essen Aalto Theatre. Dance Prize has been awarded to prominent personalities from the field of scenic dance annually since 1983. Over the years it has been awarded to 29 distinctive artists of international acclaim, who have significantly contributed to the development of dance in Germany. Among them are also renowned choreographers such as John Neumeier, Hans van Manen, Maurice Béjart, William Forsythe and Pina Bausch. Ivan Liška is the first Czech person that has been given the prize. Liška, 61, who himself danced at the gala evening in the choreography The Old Man and Me by Hans van Manen said he would cherish the award: "... it's nice of my colleagues. I understand it as an award for the work of the whole Bavarian State Ballet. I certainly not want to rest on my laurel, to me it is essential to keep up the good work."
Ivan Liška is a graduate of Prague's Dance Conservatory. During his brief engagement at the National Theatre his family received a permission to emigrate and the young dancer moved to West Germany. His first engagement was at the Düsseldorf Ballet Opera on the Rhine, later he worked at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and finally in the Hamburg Ballet of John Neumeier, who picked him up for all the major roles in his ballets. He also worked with exceptional choreographers such as John Cranko, José Limòn, Leonid Jacobson, Jiří Kylián, Jerome Robbins and Maurice Béjart. Liška has also created several choreographies of his own. Since 1998 he has been director of the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich, he is also a member of the National Theatre Board in the Czech Republic.
In the programme of the gala evening at the Essen opera appeared even the biggest stars of the Bavarian ensemble including Lucia Lacarra, Czech dancer Lukáš Slavický or soloist Cyril Pierre, performing choreographies by John Cranko, Jiří Kylián, Nacho Duato and John Neumeier. A traditional part of the Tanzpreis ceremony is the "Future" award, which is given to young and promising dancers. This year the prize went to the soloist of the Munich ensemble of Turkish origin Gozd Özgür, who charmed the audiences at the gala evening with her solo from ballet Giselle, choreographed by Mats Ek.
Photo: Ursula Kaufmann
Author: Rudolf Kubičko, Essen, Germany
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Czech dancer, choreographer and director of the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich Ivan Liška was awarded a major German Dance Prize "Tanzpreis 2012" in the course of a ballet gala evening held on February 4, 2012 at the Essen Aalto Theatre. Dance Prize has been awarded to prominent personalities from the field of scenic dance annually since 1983. Over the years it has been awarded to 29 distinctive artists of international acclaim, who have significantly contributed to the development of dance in Germany. Among them are also renowned choreographers such as John Neumeier, Hans van Manen, Maurice Béjart, William Forsythe and Pina Bausch. Ivan Liška is the first Czech person that has been given the prize. Liška, 61, who himself danced at the gala evening in the choreography The Old Man and Me by Hans van Manen said he would cherish the award: "... it's nice of my colleagues. I understand it as an award for the work of the whole Bavarian State Ballet. I certainly not want to rest on my laurel, to me it is essential to keep up the good work."
Ivan Liška is a graduate of Prague's Dance Conservatory. During his brief engagement at the National Theatre his family received a permission to emigrate and the young dancer moved to West Germany. His first engagement was at the Düsseldorf Ballet Opera on the Rhine, later he worked at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and finally in the Hamburg Ballet of John Neumeier, who picked him up for all the major roles in his ballets. He also worked with exceptional choreographers such as John Cranko, José Limòn, Leonid Jacobson, Jiří Kylián, Jerome Robbins and Maurice Béjart. Liška has also created several choreographies of his own. Since 1998 he has been director of the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich, he is also a member of the National Theatre Board in the Czech Republic.
In the programme of the gala evening at the Essen opera appeared even the biggest stars of the Bavarian ensemble including Lucia Lacarra, Czech dancer Lukáš Slavický or soloist Cyril Pierre, performing choreographies by John Cranko, Jiří Kylián, Nacho Duato and John Neumeier. A traditional part of the Tanzpreis ceremony is the "Future" award, which is given to young and promising dancers. This year the prize went to the soloist of the Munich ensemble of Turkish origin Gozd Özgür, who charmed the audiences at the gala evening with her solo from ballet Giselle, choreographed by Mats Ek.
Photo: Ursula Kaufmann
Author: Rudolf Kubičko, Essen, Germany
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