Milorad Mišković, also Milorad Miskovitch ( sr-cyr, Милорад Мишковић, ) (born 26 March 1928 in
Valjevo
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,
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
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, died 21 June 2013 in
Nice
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) was a
Serbia
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ballet dancer
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and
choreographer
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.
Biography
His emigration to
France
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in 1947 made him a ''
persona non grata
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'' in
Yugoslavia
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, but has also made possible for him to show the world his class, that has later earned him the title of one of the greatest ballet dancers in the world in the 1950s. His greatest successes include the roles of
Prometheus
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Don Juan
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,
Tristan
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,
Hamlet
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, and
Orestês. He has worked with some of the most famous artists of his time, such as choreographer
Serge Lifar
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,
opera singer
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Maria Callas
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, as well as the world's most prominent
ballerina
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s of his time, such as
Zizi Jeanmaire
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,
Yvette Chauviré
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,
Margot Fonteyn
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and
Alicia Markova
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. In 1956, he founded his own company, which continued to tour for ten years. In 1966, Mišković performed in Yugoslavia for the first time after his emigration.
Since the end of his professional career, he began to work with
UNESCO
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, first as an art director, and later he became the honorary president of UNESCO International Dance Council.
In 2009, Serbian director Ivan Jovanović made a film about Mišković's 60 years long professional career, entitled ''A Leap into the infinity''.
Mišković was married to Nita-Carol Cervin.
References
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1928 births
2013 deaths
Serbian male ballet dancers
Yugoslav emigrants to France
Ballet choreographers
Serbian choreographers
Knights of the Legion of Honour
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