Birgit Keil

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Birgit Keil
Kowarschen, Occupied Czechoslovakia
EducationRoyal Ballet School
Occupations
  • Prima ballerina
  • Academic teacher
Years active1961 (1961)–present
Organizations

Birgit Keil (born 22 September 1944) is a German ballet dancer. She was

prima ballerina of the Stuttgart Ballet and was internationally known as The German Ballerina, She has been teaching at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim and directing the ballet ensemble of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
.

Career

Keil was born in

Royal Ballet and the Vienna State Opera, among others.[2]

Keil retired from the stage in 1995. She has been director and professor of the Akademie des Tanzes (Academy of Dance) at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim, teaching classical ballet, repertory, variations and pas de deux.[1] She is convinced that a classically trained dancer is able to dance in a wide range of styles.[3] From 2003, Keil has been director of the ballet ensemble of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe in Karlsruhe, called Staatsballett Karlsruhe from 2013.[2]

Awards

Keil was awarded the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg in 1979[2] and was named Kammertänzerin in 1980.[1] She received the Preis des Verbands der deutschen Kritiker in 1981, an Emmy Award in 1984, the John Cranko Medal in 1985, the Order of Merit of Germany in 1985, the Deutscher Tanzpreis in 1998, and the Großer Sudetendeutscher Kulturpreis in 1999.[2]

Personal life

Since 1968, Keil has been in "a private as well as professional partnership" with Vladimir Klos, who was a principal dancer with the Stuttgart Ballet from 1972–97.[4]

Literature

  • Clive Breez: Birgit Keil: Porträt einer Ballerina. Neske, Pfullingen 1991,
    ISBN 3-7885-0334-3
    .

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Kammertänzerin Prof. Birgit Keil" (in German and English). Musikhochschule Mannheim. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "Birgit Keil" (in German). Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  3. ^ Luber, Nike (2002). "Neuanfang in Karlsruhe Ein Porträt der Ballettdirektorin Birgit Keil" (in German). Oper und Tanz. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Prof. Birgit Keil". Muho. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

External links

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