Tatjana Gsovsky | |
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| Born | Tatjana Issatschenko 18 March 1901 Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Died | 29 September 1993(1993-09-29) (aged 92) Berlin, Germany |
| Resting place | Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf |
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| Spouse | Victor Gsovsky |
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Tatjana Gsovsky (Татьяна Васильевна Гзовская/Tatjana Wassiljewna Gsowskaja, bornIssatschenkoИсаченко; 18 March 1901 – 29 September 1993) was an internationally known ballet dancer and choreographer who wasballet mistress of theBerlin State Opera,Teatro Colón,Deutsche Oper Berlin andOper Frankfurt. An influential teacher, she is remembered for first choreographies of works by contemporary composers includingBoris Blacher,Werner Egk,Hans Werner Henze,Giselher Klebe,Luigi Nono andCarl Orff.
Tatjana Issatschenko was born in Moscow and studied there, firstart history. She studied ballet in the studio ofIsadora Duncan in St. Petersburg.[1] After theOctober Revolution, she worked as a ballet trainer inKrasnodar, where she met her colleagueVictor Gsovsky. They got married and emigrated to Berlin in 1924. From 1928 they ran a private ballet school.[1] AfterWorld War II, she was from 1945 to 1951 the ballet mistress at theDeutsche Staatsoper (Berlin State Opera) (which was from 1949 inEast Berlin), where she created a new company. From 1952 to 1953 she served in that function at theTeatro Colón in Buenos Aires, from 1953[2] to 1966 at theDeutsche Oper Berlin (then inWest Berlin) and from 1959 to 1966 also at theOper Frankfurt. In 1955, Gsovsky founded theBerliner Ballett, a troupe touring in Europe with modernTanztheater on a classical base.[1]
She died in Berlin and received anEhrengrab (honorary grave) on theWaldfriedhof Zehlendorf.[3]
Gsovsky created choreographies that dominated the dance scene in Germany for 20 years, in a synthesis of classical ballet with elements ofAusdruckstanz, including findings ofpsychology. She was the first to create choreographies ofHans Werner Henze'sDer Idiot (Berlin, 1952), Carl Orff'sTrionfo di Afrodite (Milan, 1953),Werner Egk'sDie chinesische Nachtigall (Munich, 1953),Luigi Nono'sDer rote Mantel (The Red Cloak, Berlin, 1954),Henri Sauguet'sDie Kameliendame (Berlin, 1957),Giselher Klebe's Menagerie (Berlin, 1958), Remi Gassmann and Oskar Sala'sPaean (Berlin, 1960),[4] andBoris Blacher'sTristan (Berlin, 1965). She staged the German premieres of Prokofiev'sRomeo and Juliet (Berlin, 1948) and Weill'sThe Seven Deadly Sins (Frankfurt, 1960). Gsovsky wrote the bookBallett in Deutschland (Berlin, 1954).[1]
One of Gsovsky's most successful students wasNatascha Trofimowa who attended her Berlin school and later danced in the ballets she choreographed at theBerlin State Opera.[5]
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