Attila-Akyla Silvester (30 July 1944 – 22 February 2010) was a famous
Greek dancer, choreographer and director. He is most famous for the ballet presentations of ''
Orpheus'', ''
La Fille Mal Gardée'' and ''
Zorba the Greek''.
Biography
Choreography career
Attila Silvester began his choreography career by joining the Greek National
Opera House in
Athens as a lead dancer. Concurrently, he presented
choreographies
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for
Prokofiev's ''
Romeo and Juliet
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'',
Mussorgsky
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's ''
Night on Bald Mountain'' and
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's ''
Le Corsaire'' -
Pas de deux
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. Some of the collaborations he has done, are with famous ballet dancers such as
Vladimir Vasiliev,
Rudolf Nureyev,
Ekaterina Maximova and
Carla Fracci.
He is well known for a number of choreographies, such as: Vivaldi "Le quattro stagioni", Schubert's "Death and the Maiden Quartet, Der Tod und das Mädchen". Ommagio ad Albinoni, Adolphe Adam, Adam's "Giselle", The Nutcracker, Nutcracker and Swan Lake, Léo Delibes's "Coppélia, Coppelia", Ferdinand Hérold, Herold and John Lanchbery's "
La Fille Mal Gardée (for which he received an award for the best choreography), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Rimsky Korsakov's ''Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov), Scheherazade'', Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Scriabin's "Symphony No. 3 (Scriabin), Third Symphony", Ludwig Minkus's "Don Quijote" and "La Bayadère", Aram Khachaturian's "Gayane (ballet), Gayane", Nikolai Schedrin's "Carmen", Manos Hatzidakis's "Gioconda's Smile".
Atilla Silvester has also worked as a teacher for a number of institutions: Astaldi(Rome), Pécs, Pecs (Hungary), Roma Ballet, Compagnia Nazionale Italiana danza Classica (Rome), Fondazzione Piccini (Rome), Teatro Petruzzeli (Bari), Astra Ballet (Rome), R.Higtawer (Cannes).
In 2001, he is employed by Constanţa's State Opera House in Romania, as a director for Mikis Theodorakis's "The Dead Brother's Song" and in 2003, in the same stage, he presents the ballet "
La Fille Mal Gardée" and in 2005, Nikos Kazantzakis's "
Zorba the Greek". In 2007, Attila-Akyla Silvester presented the ballet ''
Orpheus'', with Teatrul de opera si balet "Oleg Danovsky" at Constanţa, in a world premiere.
In 2008, he directs the ballet "Ciuleandra" by Liviu Rebreanu.
References
External links
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1944 births
Living people
Ballet choreographers
Greek male ballet dancers