Hannelore Bey (née ''Mueller''; born 6 November 1941, in

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) was a

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at the

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Life

She studied from 1956 to 1961 at the

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. She then studied from 1965 to 1966 at the Waganowa Academy in

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with Belikowa and Puschkin. She was a member of the National Theatre of

from 1961 to 1965 and was a member of the

from 1966. She became a

in 1969. In 1975 she had a son Oliver Bey. From 1983 to 1991 she was a member of the Akademie der Künste and she toured in

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, Spain,

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, France,

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and

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. In 1985 she retired and was made an honourable member of the

. Since her retirement she has become a critic for the

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newspaper, ''Trägerin''. Since 1996 she has been a professor at the Palucca school of dance.

Awards

In 1973 she was awarded with the National Prize of East Germany, while in 1981 she was awarded with the Fatherland Order of Merit.

Main roles

* '' "Abraxas" '', 1966 * '' "fantastic symphony" '', 1967 * '' "Cinderella" '', 1968 * '' "Dornrö" '', 1968 * '' "Giselle, state State of Berlin, Chemnitz" '', 1968 * '' "La Mer" '', 1969 * '' "Undine" '', 1970 * '' "match" '', 1971 * '' "Romeo and Julia" '', 1972 * '' "party" '', 1973 * '' "the badly protected daughter" '', 1974 * '' "black birds" '', 1975 * '' "revue" '', 1977 * '' to "'', 1979 * '' "swan lake" '', 1980 * '' "DEFA feature "I may say Petruschka Pastorale" to you? " "'', 1981 * '' "Shakespeare shapes" '', 1982 * '' "Wahlverwandtschaften" '', 1983 * '' "Walzer" '', 1988 * '' "Bernarda Albas house" '', 1990

Filmography

* ''Cinderella'', Berlin Comic Opera Ballet DVD

References

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