Maurice Choukrane

Maurice Choukrane (born September 21, 1956 in Cairo ) is an American ballet dancer .

Life

Choukrane studied dance at the Ballet Academy Queens and the American Ballet Theater School in New York. From 1975 to 1977 he was engaged at the Stadttheater St. Gallen , from 1977 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1990 at the Theater Basel (under Heinz Spoerli ) and 1986 to 1987 at the Zurich Opera House (under Uwe Scholz ). Choukrane was particularly successful in comic roles such as Alain in Hérold's La Fille mal gardée , the drunk in Coppélia (1984), the servant in Jahn's John Falstaff (1984) or the Katschei in Der Feuervogel (under Uwe Scholz, 1986).

From 1990, after finishing his career as a dancer, Choukrane worked for Swissair as Maître de Cabine .

Choukrane has danced solo roles (since the beginning of his career). Selection:

Cupid in Schnees The four seasons
Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet
Fritz in The Nutcracker
the waiter in Offenbach's La Belle Vie
Maurizio in Minkus' , Ravels and Arps Don Quixote
the peasant pas-de-deux in Giselle
in Hans van Manen's choreography Große Fuge ,
in Hans van Manen's choreography Byrnes , Enos and Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Bits and Pieces
in Hans van Manen's choreography of Piazzolla's 5 Tangos .
Alain in Hérold's La Fille mal gardée
Drunk in Coppélia (1984)
Servant in Jahns John Falstaff (1984)
Katschei in The Firebird ; under Uwe Scholz , 1986
one of the leading roles in Stravinsky's Pulcinella (1983)

Ursula Pellaton: Maurice Choukrane . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 382.