Jutta Angelika Deutschland (born 20 March 1958) is a German ballet dancer and choreographer. She became a

prima ballerina A ballet dancer is a person who practices the art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet. They rely on years of extensive training and proper technique to become a part of a professional ballet company. Ballet dancers ...

during her many years with Berlin's

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Biography

Born in East Germany's

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, when she was only 10 years old Deutschland began her training at the State Ballet School in East Berlin. She continued her studies at the Ballet Academy in St Petersburg and at the Bolshoi Academy in Moscow. In 1975, she joined Berlin's

, earning the title of prima ballerina in 1986, one of only six in Germany since 1945. In 1999, she founded her own ballet school in Berlin, Ballettcompagnie Deutschland, with about a hundred students. In 1997, she left the Comic Opera to open her own "Event Design" agency. In 2009, Deutschland choreographed a figure-skating routine for Stefanie Frohberg and Tim Giesen when the award-winning pair began to dance together early in the year.

Film

Jutta Deutschland has also appeared in television films and series including ''Ein verhängnisvoller Verdacht'' (1991) under the ''

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'' series, ''Der kleine Herr Friedemann'' (1990), and ''Die erste Reihe'' (1987). Whilst she was an East German prima ballerina she starred in an hour-long documentary that was written by

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and directed by Petra Wirbatz. ''Wir brauchen eine Blume'' (We Need a Flower) was a story about being a prima ballerina but it was not a biography and it was narrated by

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References

Literature

*Rellin, Martina,
Klar bin ich eine Ostfrau
', Rowohlt Verlag, Berlin, 2005. {{DEFAULTSORT:Deutschland, Jutta 1958 births Prima ballerinas German ballerinas People from East Berlin German women choreographers German choreographers Living people People from Bad Freienwalde 20th-century German women