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Jorge Donn

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Jorge Donn in 1977.
Jorge Donn - IX symphony Beethoven- Maurice Bejart
Jorge Donn performing IX Symphony Beethoven – choreography Maurice Bejart – Brussels 1976

Jorge Donn (Spanish: Jorge Raúl Itovich Donn; 25 February 1947 in Ciudad Jardin, Buenos Aires – 30 November 1992 in Lausanne, Switzerland), was an Argentine internationally known ballet dancer.[1] He was best known for his work with Maurice Béjart's Ballet of the 20th Century. He died of AIDS on 30 November 1992 in Lausanne, Switzerland. His nephew, Aliocha Itovich, is now a famous French filmmaker.

Repertoire

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Maurice Béjart
  • 1964: Ninth Symphony by Beethoven (1967?)
  • 1966: Webern Opus V, Roméo et Juliette
  • 1967: la Messe pour le temps présent
  • 1968: Bhakti
  • 1970: Serait-ce la mort?, Firebird, Sonate N°5
  • 1971: The Rite of Spring, Songs of a Wayfarer, Nijinsky, Clown of God
  • 1972: Symphony for a Lonely Man
  • 1973: Sonate à trois, Golestan ou le jardin des roses
  • 1974: The Triumphs of Petrarch, Ce que l'amour me dit
  • 1975: Notre Faust
  • 1976: Le Molière imaginaire
  • 1977: Héliogabale, Petrouchka
  • 1978: Gaîte parisienne, Ce que la mort me dit, Leda (with Maya Plisetskaya)
  • 1979: Boléro by Ravel (first male performer), Mephisto Waltz
  • 1980: Eros Thanatos
  • 1981: Adagietto by Mahler, Light
  • 1982: Vienna, Vienna, Only You
  • 1983: Messe pour le temps futur
  • 1984: Dionysos
  • 1985: Le concours
  • 1986: Malraux ou la métamorphose des dieux
  • 1987: Souvenir de Leningrad, ... and Waltz
  • 1988: Dybbuk, A force de partir, je suis resté chez moi
George Balanchine

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Lariviere, Michel (2017-10-19). Dictionnaire historique des homosexuel.le.s célèbres (in French). Groupe CB. ISBN 978-2-36490-810-9.
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