“Departure of Vlastimil Harapes it marks the top of an technology of ballet, a loss whose importance we’re already feeling,” it’s written on his phase. The ultimate farewell to the emeritus soloist and previous head of the Nationwide Theater Ballet will happen on his house degree, i.e. the Nationwide Theatre. It’ll happen on Monday, Might 27, 2024 at 12:00 p.m at the degree of this magnificent historical construction. Right here, each his colleagues from the golden chapel and his fanatics will say good-bye to him – there might be a theater open to the general public from 11:20 a.min order that mourners can position plant life and bow via the casket.
And why right here? It’s easy. Vlastimil Harapes, laureate of the Thalia Award for lifelong mastery within the box of ballet, holder of the titles of meritorious and nationwide artist and various different awards, is without doubt one of the legends of the Nationwide Theatre. Even though he labored in different creative genres as an actor, singer, presenter and dance trainer, his title is an everlasting synonym of ballet there. Rightfully within the years 1984-1986, he gained the televised target audience pageant for the most productive dancer of the yr, in 1985 he used to be absolutely the winner amongst all pageant disciplines.
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“As a dancer, he abounded in magnificence of motion, delicate tradition, musicality of speech and actorly sovereignty, dazzled via technical bravura with calm and unostentatious self belief. Together with his dancing mastery and charismatic degree presence, he completely entered the hearts of a number of generations of audience. Because of his wide selection of creative scope and skill, he contributed to the popularization of the sphere, and for that, he merits a large thanks.” continues the textual content of the phase printed via the Nationwide Theatre.
The obituary, which is mainly an up to date biography with spectacular photos from his time at the forums that imply the sector, additionally says that “his creative passion integrated each ballet and picture and later degree appearing. From the relationship of top ballet stylization and civilian appearing, he step by step created his personal interpretation taste, which modified in step with the way of the manufacturing and its content material commentary. He changed into a a hit movie and degree actor.’
Because the now deceased director Petr Weigl mentioned about him (†79): “All his roles confirmed a suggestive thirst for existence, a seek for the unknown, a trust that someplace, in one thing, there’s something value dwelling and celebrating existence.” And also you indubitably cannot disagree with that…
Parte Vlastimil Harapes
Writer: Nationwide Theatre