Georgette Tsinguirides
Georgette Tsinguirides (born 27 Februar 1928) is a ballet dancer and choreologist. She was the assistant of John Cranko at the Stuttgart Ballet and in 1966 the first choreologist in Germany.
Career
Born in Stuttgart, Tsinguirides began her ballet training at the ballet school of the Staatstheater Stuttgart. She continued her studies with Olga Preobrajenska at the Studio Wacker in Paris and at the Royal Ballet School in London. She was engaged at the Staatstheater Stuttgart in 1945 and was promoted to soloist in 1957 under ballet director Nicolas Beriozoff. In 1960 she performed in Der Pagodenprinz by John Cranko who became director in 1961. She performed in The Lady and the Fool and in Romeo und Julia.[1]
Cranko sent her to study in London the Benesh Movement Notation, which she completed in 1966. She became the first choreologist in Germany and preserved all major ballets by Cranko and later MacMillan. She has been teaching these works several generations of ballet companies internationally.[2]
Awards
- 1973 "Fellowship of Institute of Choreology" of the Benesh Institute of Choreology
- 1980 John Cranko Prize
- 1986 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2002 Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
- 2006 Honorary member of the Staatstheater Stuttgart
- 2010 de
- 2010 Member of the Royal Academy of Dance
References
- ^ "Georgette Tsinguirides / Choreologist and Ballet Mistress] Stuttgart Ballet". Stuttgart Ballet. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ^ Hanselmann, Ulla (28 November 2014). "Die Stuttgarter Choreologin Georgette Tsinguirides / Die Hüterin des Tanzerbes". Stuttgarter Zeitung. Retrieved 9 April 2015.