Gert Reinholm

Grave site, Potsdamer Chaussee 75, in Berlin-Nikolassee

Gert Reinholm (born December 20, 1923 in Chemnitz , † December 13, 2005 in Berlin ) was a German dancer , teacher and ballet director .

Together with Tatjana Gsovsky , Reinholm left a lasting mark on the ballet of the Berlin post-war years . He started his career in East Berlin as a ballet tve at the State Opera "Unter den Linden" and developed the well-known Gsovsky choreographies with his partners Gisela Deege and Natascha Trofimowa . He played at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires from 1951, but returned in 1953 to the Städtische Oper in Charlottenburg . In 1955 he founded the Berlin Ballet with Tatjana Gsovsky and became a solo dancer at the Deutsche Oper Berlin . From 1972 to 1990 Reinholm was the ballet director there.

Reinholm was buried in the forest cemetery Zehlendorf in Berlin-Nikolassee .

Awards

• 1957: German Critics' Prize for dance
• 1962: Berlin Art Prize
• 1987: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon

Web links

Commons : Gert Reinholm  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• "Ballet legend Gert Reinholm died" (Tagesspiegel)
• "Dancer and ballet director Reinholm is dead" (netzeitung) ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Gert Reinholm at the Academy of Arts