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Décès
du chorégraphe américain
Glen Tetley
Celui qui fut, entre autres, associé au Ballet
national du Canada de 1987 à 1989 est décédé d’un
cancer, le 26 janvier dernier, quelques jours avant son
81e anniversaire. Reconnu pour ses qualités humaines,
Glen Tetley est identifié comme l’un des premiers
chorégraphes à avoir intégré des éléments
de la danse moderne à ses ballets. Celui qui a étudié auprès
de George Balanchine et de Martha Graham laisse en héritage à de
nombreuses compagnies un important répertoire d’œuvres
de danse classique.
Nous vous proposons cet article, paru sur le site anglais
de Radio-Canada, qui présente les grandes lignes
de son parcours artistique.
Ballet great Glen Tetley dies
Tuesday, January 30, 2007,
CBC Arts
American choreographer Glen Tetley, who broke barriers
by blending modern dance into classical ballet in his creations
for the National Ballet of Canada and other companies worldwide,
has died at age 80.
Tetley died of cancer on Friday in West
Palm Beach, Fla., about a week shy of his 81st birthday
on Feb. 3.
"Glen's association with the National Ballet
of Canada goes back many years and the company has been
enriched with his work," artistic director Karen Kain
said Monday.
"Most of all, we will miss the kind and
gentle man himself — especially for his compassion,
generosity and his ability to articulate the mysteries
and complexities of our art form."
Late start
in dance
Born in Cleveland in 1926, Tetley started his career in
dance late, first serving a stint in the navy and studying
medicine. Always interested in dance, he then attended
George Balanchine's School of American Ballet and studied
under contemporary dance pioneers Martha Graham and Hanya
Holm.
In addition to performing with Graham's company and
in Holm's productions, Tetley was also one of the original
members of the famed Joffrey Ballet, danced with Jerome
Robbins and, from 1962 to 1969, had his own dance company.
After
financial problems forced the closure of his company, Tetley
shifted into what would become a prolific, three-decade
career as a freelance choreographer, creating ballets for
dance companies primarily across Europe, but eventually
the world.
Dubbed "Europe's favourite American choreographer," Tetley
created new works — set to modern music — that
were performed by the Royal Ballet, the English National
Ballet, the Stuttgart Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet, the
Royal Danish Ballet, the Australian Ballet and Canada's
own National Ballet.
From 1987 to 1989, Tetley served as
artistic associate at the National Ballet, where he created
several works, including La Ronde, Oracle and the popular
Alice, a reflection on author Lewis Carroll and a ballet
that won the Canadian company wide acclaim throughout Europe
and the U.S.
After the death of his longtime partner Scott
Douglas in the mid-1990s, Tetley created his final dance
piece, the elegiac Lux in Tenebris, for the Houston Ballet
in 1999.
The National Ballet of Canada company will continue
with plans for a tribute to Tetley — including a
performance of Voluntaries, a signature work he created
after the death of choreographer John Cranko in 1973 — at
its Erik Bruhn Competition on March 3. The tribute was
one of a series of events honouring the influential choreographer
that began last year on his 80th birthday.
Source :
CBC Arts
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