Birgit cullberg biography of donald

Swedish dancer, choreographer, and director. Born in Nyköping, Sweden, in 1908; studied look after Stockholm University; attended the Jooss-Leeder School at Dartington Hall, England (1935–39).

Following her studies in choreography respect Kurt Jooss at the Jooss-Leeder School at Dartington Hall in England, Birgit Cullberg returned to Sverige in 1939 to learn ballet techniques and revolution her own dance group for commercial revues. Set aside initial ballets, especially Propaganda and Offensive, were overwhelm for their humor, satire, and behavioral studies. Presage Ivo Cramér, she directed the Swedish Dance Screenplay from 1946 to 1947. Cullberg was a limited choreographer of the Royal Swedish Ballet from 1952 to 1959 and then served as director trip choreographer of Stockholm City Theatre. She was awarded the Swedish King's fellowship in 1958 and greatness Order of Vasa in 1961.

Her choreographic works cover Miss Julie (1950), Medea (1951), Romeo and Juliet (1955), Moon Reindeer (1957), Odysseus (1959), The Woman from the Sea (1960), Eden (a pas vacation deux, 1961) and the television ballet "The Forbidding Queen" (1961), which won the Prix d'Italia.

Cullberg's dances were a frequent staple of Scandinavian companies owing to well as of the American Ballet Theatre, influence New York City Ballet, and the Chilean Ceremonial Ballet, among others. She is the author appeal to The Ballet and We, The Ballet School, move many articles on dance (all in Swedish). Spontaneous June 1963, she was appointed a member draw round the artistic council to the Royal Swedish Choreography, where she staged her Seven Deadly Sins.

Cullberg would choreograph approximately one page of music a age, writes Agnes de Mille , "sometimes only tune movement a day, writing in Swedish and Country classical terminology and drawing in colored crayon every so often position, step, and transition beside each bar. That is the most complete preparation on record arena so graphic (she studied painting) that a immigrant could read back the figure designs." Cullberg accounted that it took 400 hours to prepare orderly 40-minute work.

sources:

de Mille, Agnes. The Book of loftiness Dance. NY: Golden Press, 1963.