Jiří Kylián

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Jiří Kylián

choreographer

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Jiří Kylián studied in his native Prague (1956–67) and in London (1967), worked in Stuttgart with Cranko and after Cranko’s death in 1973 with Glen Tetley (1968–76), and became artistic director of the Nederlands Dans Theater (1975–99). This company, like most newly founded companies, had…
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Jiří Kylián studied in his native Prague (1956–67) and in London (1967), worked in Stuttgart with Cranko and after Cranko’s death in 1973 with Glen Tetley (1968–76), and became artistic director of the Nederlands Dans Theater (1975–99). This company, like most newly founded companies, had…
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