Willy Dirtl

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Willy Dirtl (born March 4, 1931 in Leopoldsdorf , Lower Austria as Wilhelm Franz Dirtl ; † July 17, 2019 in Kitzbühel ) was an Austrian ballet dancer and choreographer . From 1954 to 1970 he was the first solo dancer of the Vienna State Opera Ballet .

Life

Willy Dirtl was born in Leopoldsdorf , immediately south of today's Vienna city limits, and baptized in Hennersdorf , the parish responsible for Leopoldsdorf at the time. He came to dance through his aunt Risa Dirtl (1902–1989), who was a solo dancer at the State Opera, and in 1940 he joined the ballet school of the Vienna State Opera as a student . Further teachers were Willy Fränzl (1898–1982) and Erika Hanka (1905–1958). Dirtl only attended secondary school sporadically, as he had a permit signed personally by Joseph Goebbels , which released him from school lessons for rehearsals and theater performances. He was also active as a football player from childhood on , won a national championship title with his hometown club at the age of 16 and still had an offer from SK Rapid Wien in his youth , which wanted to sign him for a salary of 1,200 schillings a month. However, by Erika Hanka he was persuaded to dance ballet, whereupon he largely stopped his football career.

In 1948 he was employed by the Corps de ballet des Staatsopernballett , was appointed entrée dancer in 1950, solo dancer in 1951 and principal solo dancer in 1954. He has made numerous guest appearances abroad (including in Switzerland , Germany , Italy , Sweden , Denmark , Yugoslavia and Japan as well as in New York ) and has also worked as a choreographer for feature films and the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic . A stage accident forced Dirtl to end his stage career in 1970. He then worked for his father-in-law's car company in St. Pölten.

Ballet "Salade"

An example of his work at the Vienna State Opera was the first performance of the ballet “Salade” on December 2, 1963 together with “ The Creatures of Prometheus ” and “Estro barbarico”: ballet with singing by Albert Flament, music by Darius Milhaud , set design and costumes Fabrizio Clerici , choreography and staging by Aurel von Milloss , the conductor was Ettore Gracis. Here dancers and singers formed one person, three examples: Willy Dirtl and Karl Terkal , Erika Zlocha and Emmy Loose as well as Dietlinde Klemisch and Mimi Coertse .

On December 25, 1963, his son Christoph Dirtl , who would later become a rally driver, was born. In 1992 Dirtl became an honorary member of the Vienna State Opera . One of the ballet halls at the Vienna State Opera Ballet School was named after him.

Willy Dirtl was with the former tennis player Erika Dirtl geb. Piermayr (1935–2010) married. His wife died in a traffic accident in Bonita Springs , Florida on December 22, 2010, at the age of 75 . The two had lived together since the 1990s in Kitzbühel and at times also in Florida, where the couple had their own house.

Willy Dirtl, an avid hunter , died on July 17th, 2019 at the age of 88 in Kitzbühel and was buried on August 7th, 2019 at the main cemetery in St. Pölten .

Awards

Filmography (selection )

As a performer / dancer

As a choreographer

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Barbara Boisits, Georg Demcisin: Dirtl, Willy (Wilhelm Franz). In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online . Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c d e "Wiener dance legend" Willy Dirtl is dead. In: noe.orf.at . July 21, 2019, accessed July 21, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Viennese dance legend" Willy Dirtl is dead. July 21, 2019, accessed on July 21, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c d The first one always stays on the ball , accessed on July 22, 2019
  5. ↑ Cf. Isabella Ackerl, Friedrich Weissensteiner: Dirtl, Willy. In: Austrian Personal Lexicon of the First and Second Republic. Carl Ueberreuter, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-8000-3464-6 .
  6. ↑ Program archive of the Vienna State Opera
  7. ↑ Death crash in Florida: Erika Dirtl had an accident. December 27, 2010, accessed July 21, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Willy Dirtl party. In: trauerhilfe.at, July 17, 2019. Accessed August 29, 2019.
  9. ↑ Willy Dirtl. In: .bestattung-stpoelten.at, July 17, 2019. Retrieved on August 29, 2019.
  10. ↑ List of winners of the Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . Retrieved July 21, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Dirtl, Willy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dirtl, Wilhelm Franz (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ballet dancer and choreographer
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Leopoldsdorf
DATE OF DEATH 17th July 2019
Place of death Kitzbühel