Iñaki Urlezaga is an Argentine ballet dancer.
He trained in his hometown of
La Plata. She studied at the Instituto Superior de Arte del
Columbus Theatre in Buenos Aires, where she received a scholarship to study at the
American Ballet
The American Ballet was the first professional ballet company George Balanchine created in the United States. The company was founded with the help of Lincoln Kirstein and Edward Warburg, managed by Alexander Merovitch and populated by students ...
, where she stayed for a full year.
She joined the ballet of the
Teatro Argentino de La Plata under the direction of
Esmeralda Agoglia
Esmeralda Agoglia (29 August 1923 - 24 October 2014) was a former Argentine prima ballerina, choreographer and director of Argentina's Ballet Estable.
Biography
Agoglia joined the Ballet Estable at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires
Buenos A ...
and in 1993 she joined the Ballet Estable del
Teatro Colón
The Teatro Colón (Spanish: ''Columbus Theatre'') is the main opera house in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is considered one of the ten best opera houses in the world by National Geographic. According to a survey carried out by the acousti ...
where she was first figure.
In 1995 she joined the
Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet is a British internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England. The largest of the five major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in ...
of
London
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at the invitation of Sir
Anthony Dowell
Sir Anthony James Dowell (born 16 February 1943) is a retired British ballet dancer and a former artistic director of the Royal Ballet. He is widely recognized as one of the great ''danseurs nobles'' of the twentieth century.
Early life and tra ...
, where she danced until 2005 in all its seasons at
Covent Garden. In 1999 he received the
Konex Award
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History and purpose
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in recognition as one of the best dancers of the decade in Argentina.
In 2005 he joined the
Het National Ballet as a guest dancer, invited by the artistic director Ted Brandsen. He made his official debut in 2006 with Swan Lake at the
Het Muziektheater Opera House. In 2006, he was the figure chosen to close the dance season at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires until its reopening for the bicentennial.
In 2000 he formed his own company,
Ballet Concierto with which he performed in international stages and festivals in Europe, America, Asia, Oceania and Africa. Since 2003, and parallel to his career as a dancer, he has worked as a choreographer.
He has created several choreographies, such as ''
Sylvia'' with music by Delibes, ''
Floralis'' with music by Prokofiev; ''
Danzaria'' with music by Vivaldi; ''
Constanza'' with music by Chopin, ''
The Nutcracker
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'' with music by Tchaikovsky ; ''
La Traviata'' with music by Verdi. Chopin's Tales, with music by F. Chopin, ''
God Will Repay Him'' ''
Swan Lake'' ''with music by Tchaikovsky, ''
The Lady of Spades ''with music by Tchaikovsky.
In 2009 he premiered
La Traviata in the province of Salta and immediately in Buenos Aires. Ministry of Culture of Argentina.
In 2010 he premiered
Nutcracker
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A decorative version portrays a person w ...
with his own choreography.
During 2013 the Argentine government appointed him artistic director of the newly created National Ballet, a position he held until December 2017.-->.
In 2018 he retired as a dancer, but continued his artistic career as a teacher and choreographer.
In 2019 he was invited by Yacobson Ballet of Russia to perform the choreography of ''La Dame de Picas'', in a special celebration of the 220th anniversary of Pushkin's birthday.
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References
Biografía de Iñaki Urlezaga https://www.fundacionkonex.org/
External links
Sitio oficial*http://www.artstudiomagazine.com/artes-escenicas/inaki-urlezaga.html
*http://www.alternativateatral.com/persona60609-inaki-urlezaga
*https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1211324-la-traviata-en-puntas-de-pie-una-hazana-de-urlezaga
*http://www.salta.gov.ar/prensa/noticias/estreno-mundial-de-quotla-traviata-quot-con-iniaki-urlezaga-/3375
*http://www.danzahoy.com/home/2013/08/el-tema-es-el-amor/
*https://www.infobae.com/gente/personajes/2018/08/25/inaki-urlezaga-se-despide-de-los-escenarios-hace-un-balance-de-su-carrera-y-su-vida/
*https://www.eter.com/actualidad/noticia.php?id=18835
*https://www.infobae.com/america/cultura-america/2018/07/25/inaki-urlezaga-se-despide-de-los-escenarios-por-primera-vez-en-mi-vida-no-tengo-expectativas-solo-quiero-disfrutar/
*https://www.lanacion.com.ar/2160397-inaki-urlezaga-me-voy-vacio-de-haberlo-dado-todo
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*https://web.archive.org/web/20190305001933/http://teatrocolon.org.ar/es/2018/ballet/romeo-y-julieta
*https://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/cultura/noticias/inaki-urlezaga-se-despide-de-la-danza-en-el-teatro-colon
*https://mundoclasico.cienradios.com/emocionante-despedida-de-inaki-urlezaga-del-teatro-colon/
*https://www.hostnews.com.ar/index.php/news/23144/16/Inaki-Urlezaga-deslumbro-con-Romeo-y-Julieta-en-el-Teatro-Colon.htm
*https://paysandu.gub.uy/destacadas/7464
*https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201811/309414-inaki-urlezaga-se-despidio-ante-120-mil-personas.html
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Living people
Argentine entertainers
Argentine choreographers
Dance teachers
Argentine male ballet dancers
People from La Plata
Argentine people of Basque descent
1975 births