Iris Barbura
Iris Barbura (born November 4, 1912 in Arad , Romania ; † June 13, 1969 in Ithaca , New York ) was a Romanian-German-American dancer , choreographer and dance teacher.
Live and act
Barbura began her artistic training in Bucharest in 1931 at the Conservatory for Performing Arts. In 1935 she met the pianist and later conductor Sergiu Celibidache . A long-term love relationship emerged from the artistic exchange. Celebidache accompanied Barbura as a pianist in her dance performances and wrote compositions for which she developed her dances. From 1936 to 1938 Barbura attended summer dance courses in Vienna, Dresden, at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Harald Kreutzberg and in Berlin.
From 1938 to 1942 Barbura worked on her own choreographies in Bucharest and performed solo programs (including at the State Opera), gave lessons in modern dance and worked as the first choreographer at the Bucharest National Theater. From 1942 she also went on tours abroad, u. a. to Germany.
From 1945 to 1951 she lived with Celebidache in Berlin and performed her own solo programs. Vergiu Cornea was one of her dance partners. In autumn 1949 she worked in the Berlin artists' cabaret The Bathtub . After Celibidache had separated from her in 1951, Barbura emigrated to the USA, where she opened her own studio for modern dance in Ithaca, NY, and also performed as a dancer again. In 1969 she committed suicide.
Her most important student, Beth Soll, performed a dance evening in memory of Iris Barbura in 2016.
literature
- Agnes Kern et al .: Tribute to Iris Barbura . Edited by Centrul National al Dansului Bucuresti and the German Dance Archive Cologne . Berlin 2017. ISBN 978-973-0-24013-9 .
- Alexandru Musat: Iris Barbura. Don't think - dance, dance, dance. Edited by the German Dance Archive Cologne. Bucharest, Enciclopedica Publishing House 2017. ISBN 978-973-45-0736-8 .
Web links
- https://de-de.facebook.com/events/1731201243821920/ Beth Soll - Tribute to Iris Barbura.
- http://camaro-stiftung.de/content/docs/Iris-Barbura_Flyer.pdf Camaro Foundation Berlin - Tribute to Iris Barbura.
- http://www.rri.ro/de_de/choreographin_iris_barbura_die_wahre_und_pure_kunst_des_ausdruckstanzes-2565043 Luana Plesea, Ana Nedelea: Choreographer Iris Barbura: The true and pure art of expressive dance.
- https://issuu.com/centrulnaionalaldansului/docs/10_iris_barbura_brosura_print/9 Beth Soll / Iris Barbura
Individual evidence
- ↑ Agnes Kern et al .: Tribute to Iris Barbura . Edited by Centrul National al Dansului Bucuresti and the German Dance Archive Cologne. Berlin 2017, p. 89.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barbura, Iris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian-German-American dancer, choreographer and dance teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arad , Romania |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1969 |
| Place of death | Ithaca , New York |