Jorge Donn (Spanish: Jorge Raúl Itovich Donn; 25 February 1947 in Ciudad Jardin,

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– 30 November 1992 in

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), was an

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internationally known

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dancer. He was best known for his work with

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's ''

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''. He died of

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on 30 November 1992 in

. His nephew, Aliocha Itovich, is now a famous French filmmaker.

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 ''The Rite of Spring'' () is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Vaslav Nijinsky ...

'', ''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. It is one of Ravel's most famous compositions. It was also one of his last completed works before illness diminished his ability to write music. Composition T ...

'' 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'', '' Bugaku''

Filmography

*1975: '' Je suis né à Venise'' by

— as Jorge / The Sun *1978: '' Flesh Color'' by François Weyergans — as Ramón *1981: ''

Les Uns et les Autres ''Les Uns et les Autres'' (English: ''The Ones and the Others'') 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 (A Man and a Woman)' ...

'' by

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

— as dancer (uncredited)

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