Heinz Poll (choreographer)
Heinz Poll ( 1926 in Oberhausen - April 30, 2006 in Cleveland Heights , Ohio ) was a German-American dancer and choreographer.
Life
Poll was trained as a dancer at the Folkwang School in Essen from 1946 . He then worked in East Berlin , but left the city for political reasons and in 1951 went to Chile to attend the national ballet there.
In 1962 he became ballet master of the Ballet de Jeunesses musicales de France. In 1964 he came to the USA as a guest with the Chilean ballet. He performed at the American Dance Festival and then stayed in New York as a teacher at the National Academy of Ballet under the direction of Thalia Mara . In Akron, he founded the Chamber Ballet, later Ohio Ballet, at the University of Akron in 1968 with eight students. In 31 years he has choreographed 60 ballets.
In 1999 he retired. He died of complications from kidney disease.
literature
- Cooperative of German Stage Members (Ed.), German Stage Yearbook 2007 , Verlag Bühnenschriften-Vertriebs-Gesellschaft mbH, Hamburg, 2007, page 865 ISSN 0070-4431
Web links
- Heinz Poll, 80, Choreographer and a Founder of the Ohio Ballet, Dies , New York Times article, May 2, 2006, accessed January 6, 2016
- Heinz Poll biography on the Akron Dance Festival website
Remarks
- ↑ Year of birth according to DNB, uncertain
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Poll, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American dancer and choreographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 2006 |
| Place of death | Cleveland Heights , Ohio |