Constanze Vernon
Konstanze Vernon (born January 2, 1939 in Berlin ; † January 21, 2013 in Munich ) was a German dancer , choreographer and professor .
Life
Vernon was the daughter of the musicologist Friedrich Herzfeld and his wife Theresia, b. Eckstein, an opera and concert singer. She became a student of Tatiana Gsovsky at the age of six . At the age of 14 she was a member of the Berlin Ballet and at 17 its youngest soloist. Heinz Rosen, ballet director at the Bavarian State Opera, signed her into his ensemble in 1963, where she was prima ballerina at the Bavarian State Opera from 1963 to 1981 .
In particular with her partner Winfried Krisch and his successor Heinz Bosl she celebrated great success there. Heinz Bosl's early death at the age of only 28 (1975) prompted her to set up the Heinz Bosl Foundation in 1978 . Her activities in Munich enabled the ballet to be emancipated from the Bavarian State Opera in 1989/90 to become an independent ballet company (today's Bavarian State Ballet ), of which she was the founding director from 1990 to 1998.
In 2010 she gave up the management of the Ballet Academy University of Music and Theater in Munich and founded the Bavarian State Ballet II (Junior Company) under the Heinz Bosl Foundation, which is intended to serve as a springboard for young dancers as a bridge between teaching and stage careers.
honors and awards
- 1962 Serge Lifar Prize of the Paris "Academie de Danse"
- 1982 Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1990 Cultural Prize of Honor from the City of Munich
- 1991 German Dance Prize
- 1993 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- 1997 Bavarian Constitutional Medal in silver
- 1998 Bavarian Merit Medal "Pro Meritis"
- 1998 honorary member of the Bavarian State Opera
- 2006 Culture Prize of the Bavarian State Foundation
- 2007 Upper Bavarian Culture Prize
- 2007 Bavarian Constitutional Medal in Gold.
Filmography (selection)
- 1962: Café Oriental
Web links
- German Dance Archive Cologne : Obituary and images in Konstanze Vernon's estate archive
- Bavarian State Opera : Biography Konstanze Vernon
- Konstanze Vernon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prima ballerina Konstanze Vernon is dead , Münchner Merkur via dpa , January 22, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vernon, Constanze |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dancer and choreographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 2013 |
| Place of death | Munich |