Cornel Patrichi (; 1 April 1944 – 5 April 2016) was a Romanian ballet dancer, choreographer, and actor.

Biography

Born in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

in 1944, he attended School 18, near

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, and then completed high school (with specialty in choreography) in 1962. Upon graduation, he was hired as ballet dancer at the Constantin Tănase Theater by his uncle, Nicolae Patrichi, the musical director of the theater. Starting in 1972 he was for ten years ballet dancer at the Fantasio Theater in

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. He was married to Cornelia Patrichi, a ballerina, with whom he had a son, Alexandru. The two moved in 1987 to Italy, where they founded in

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a ballet school, "Dance Studio Patrichi". In 1999 the couple returned to Romania, though their son remained in Italy. In 2004, Patrichi was awarded the , Knight rank by

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. Patrichi died in Bucharest in 2016 after a long battle with cancer, and was buried at Pipera Cemetery, in

Voluntari Voluntari () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. It is located at a distance of 1 km from the northern border of Bucharest (on the DN2 road towards Urziceni) and is thus frequently viewed as a suburb of Bucharest. The population ...

Filmography

As choreographer

* ' (1970) * ' (1972) * ''

The Actor and the Savages ''The Actor and the Savages'' ( ro, Actorul şi sălbaticii) is a 1975 Romanian drama film directed by Manole Marcus. Inspired by the life of actor Constantin Tănase, it stars Toma Caragiu. It was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film F ...

'' (1975) * ''În pulberea de stele'' (1976) * ' (1977) * ' (1983)

As actor

* ''Mens sana in corpore sano'' (1965) * ' (1968) * ' (1968) * ' (1971) * ''Veronica'' (1972) * ' (1973) * ' (1976) * ' (1978) * ' (1980) * ' (1982)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Patrichi, Cornel 1944 births 2016 deaths Entertainers from Bucharest Romanian male ballet dancers Romanian choreographers Romanian actors Romanian expatriates in Italy Deaths from cancer in Romania