Alois Mitterhuber

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Alois Mitterhuber (born October 16, 1932 in Göstling an der Ybbs ) is an Austrian choreographer , ballet master and teacher .

Life and work

Alois Mitterhuber is the third born son of Anton and Blandina Mitterhuber (née Fallmann). Both parents came from families who ran inns in Göstling and Lackenhof am Ötscher.

Mitterhuber graduated from the commercial business school in Vienna-Margareten from 1947 to 1949 and was initially employed in the textile industry.

During a very successful career as an ice dancer (1954–1958), Alois Mitterhuber studied from 1955 to 1958 at the Vienna Ballet School of Dia Luca , choreographer of the Vienna Volksoper . Additional training took place with Lucia Bräuer , Nora Kiss and Willy Fränzl (1898–1982) as well as in Paris with Boris Trailine , furthermore with Suse Preisser , Gustav Blank (1908–1987) and Michele de Lutry in Munich. His jazz dance teachers were Norman Thomson in Vienna and Luigi in New York.

From 1958 to 1964 Mitterhuber was a member of the Vienna Volksopern Ballet; 1964 to 1967 lead dancer and soloist at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.

In 1963 Mitterhuber co-founded the Little Vienna Ballet , for which his first choreographies ( Die Saat des Böse for Stravinski's Symphony in three movements ) were created.

1967–1974 he directed the ballet of the Theater an der Wien . Many choreographies come from him, such as The Golem by Francis Burt or Peter Schlemihl by Peter Ronnefeld . During this time he also created several ballets for television.

In addition to his work as a freelance artist with his own ballet school, Mitterhuber was a professor of character dance at the Vienna Conservatory . His previous publications include libretti, introductory lectures on ballet and dance, as well as essays and statements on ballet in the magazine Neue Wege .

In 2010 the autobiography Der Tanz - mein Leben was published. Memories of an artist's life .

Awards, prizes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ISBN 978-3-9900320-8-4 . - DNB , accessed on November 29, 2010.
  2. ↑ Mailath presents gold awards . (With picture). In: wien.gv.at , March 25, 2009, accessed on November 29, 2010.

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personal data
SURNAME Mitterhuber, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian choreographer
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Göstling on the Ybbs