Lothar Höfgen

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Lothar Höfgen (1988)

Lothar Höfgen (born May 27, 1936 in Wiesbaden ) is a German dancer , choreographer and ballet director .

Career

Lothar Höfgen began his training at the age of 9 at the ballet school of the Wiesbaden State Theater . His teachers and supporters include a. Edgar von Pelchrziem, Peter Roleff, Hedy Dähler, Peter van Dyk, Aurelio von Milloss and Maurice Béjart . His engagements first took him to the Nuremberg Municipal Theaters in 1952 , then to the National Theater Mannheim in 1953, to the Lübeck Municipal Theater in 1954 , as a soloist to the Mainz Municipal Theater in 1955 and finally to the Cologne Municipal Theaters in 1959 . From 1970 to 1973 he was ballet master at the Stadttheater Bonn and from 1978 ballet director of the Lower Saxony State Opera in Hanover .

He is a founding member of the Hanover Ballet Society and the initiator of the International Choreography Competition , Hanover.

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↑ Max Niehaus: Ballet Fascination - A Compendium of the International Ballet Scene . Heyne Verlag, 1978, ISBN 3-453-01061-2 , p. 244 ff .
^ Ballet Society Hannover - History. In: Ballettgesellschaft Hannover eV Ballettgesellschaft Hannover eV, July 24, 2020, accessed on July 24, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Höfgen, Lothar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German dancer, choreographer and ballet director
DATE OF BIRTH	May 27, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wiesbaden

[1] Max Niehaus: Ballet Fascination - A Compendium of the International Ballet Scene . Heyne Verlag, 1978, ISBN 3-453-01061-2 , p. 244 ff .

[2] Ballet Society Hannover - History. In: Ballettgesellschaft Hannover eV Ballettgesellschaft Hannover eV, July 24, 2020, accessed on July 24, 2020 .