Jorge Donn (25 February 1947 in Ciudad Jardin,

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– 30 November 1992 in

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

), was an Argentine internationally known

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form ...

dancer. He was best known for his work with Maurice Béjart's '' Ballet of the 20th Century''. He died of

AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual ma ...

on 30 November 1992 in

Repertoire

; 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 ''Boléro'' is a 1928 work for large orchestra by French composer Maurice Ravel. At least one observer has called it Ravel's most famous composition. It was also one of his last completed works before illness forced him into retirement. Co ...

'' 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 * 1977: ''

Vienna Waltzes ''Vienna Waltzes'' is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to music by Johann Strauss II, Franz Lehár and Richard Strauss, made as a tribute to Austria. It premiered on June 23, 1977 at the New York State Theater, performed by the New Y ...

'', ''

Bugaku is a Japanese traditional dance that has been performed to select elites, mostly in the Japanese imperial court, for over twelve hundred years. In this way, it has been known only to the nobility, although after World War II, the dance was ope ...

Filmography

*1975: '' Je suis né à Venise'' by Maurice Béjart — as Jorge / The Sun *1978: '' Flesh Color'' by François Weyergans — as Ramón *1981: ''

Les Uns et les Autres ''Les Uns et les Autres'' is a 1981 French film by Claude Lelouch. The film is a musical epic and it is widely considered as the director's best work, along with '' Un Homme et une Femme''. It won the Technical Grand Prize at the 1984 Cannes Film ...

'' by

Claude Lelouch Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained critica ...

— as Boris Itovitch / Sergei Itovitch *1990: '' There Were Days... and Moons'' by

— as dancer (uncredited)

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