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Kenneth von Heidecke is an American dancer, choreographer, and teacher. He is the founder and artistic director of the Von Heidecke Chicago Festival Ballet. He is also the founder and artistic director of the Von Heidecke School of Ballet.
He began his dance training at the age of seven and went on to study at the School of American Ballet in New York City. He has performed with the Joffrey Ballet, the Royal Ballet of London, and the National Ballet of Canada.
He has choreographed for the Joffrey Ballet, the Royal Ballet of London, the National Ballet of Canada, and the Chicago Festival Ballet. He has also choreographed for the musicals "Cats" and "The Phantom of the Opera".
He has been awarded the Dance Magazine Award, the Dance Teacher Magazine Award, and the National Endowment for the Arts Choreography Fellowship.
He is currently 68 years old.
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68 years old |
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Capricorn |
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30 December 1952 |
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30 December |
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Chicago |
| Date of death |
December 11, 2021 |
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United States |
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Timeline
Von Heidecke continued dancing professionally with Chicago City Ballet, Lyric Opera Ballet, Columbus’ Ballet Met, National Ballet of Italy, and Arena di Verona of Italy. In 1981, however, a mid-air collision with another dancer completely severed the ligaments in his knees and his professional dance career ended.
Maria Tallchief has served as artistic advisor to the Chicago Festival Ballet and Von Heidecke School of Ballet since its founding. On November 7, 2006, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York presented a special tribute to Maria Tallchief titled "A Tribute to Ballet Great Maria Tallchief" where Tallchief officially named von Heidecke as her protégé.
From 1990–1996, von Heidecke choreographed for Kennedy Music Center Opera, Los Angeles Music Center Opera, and the 1996 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team. In 1997, he was invited to choreograph four premieres for An Evening of Ballet at the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe, Germany.
In 1990, von Heidecke received a grant from the Chicago Artists' Coalition, which he used to found his professional ballet company, Chicago Festival Ballet, a troupe performing a repertoire of classical, romantic and neoclassical works in venues around the United States.
Also in 1990, von Heidecke opened the doors to the Von Heidecke School of Ballet in Naperville, Illinois, later expanding the school to include locations in Joliet, Illinois and Chicago, Illinois. The school provides professional instruction in the Russian Vaganova method and Balanchine method, with curriculum designed for students wishing to pursue a professional career in dance.
In 1983, von Heidecke returned to the world of dance as a choreographer and began staging works for Chicago City Ballet and Rockford Dance Company. In 1989, he commenced his international choreography career with the world premier of Les Sirenes at Scotland's Edinburgh Festival. His work received rave reviews from Britain dance critic, Nicholas Dromgoole, in London's Sunday Daily Telegraph.
Von Heidecke's professional career was launched in 1975, when he was chosen as one of two male dancers for George Balanchine's world premier of "Orfeo ed Euridice" with Lyric Opera Ballet in Chicago. During production of "Orfeo ed Euridice", von Heidecke was trained by legendary prima ballerina Maria Tallchief, one of the greatest American ballerinas. Von Heidecke continued his studies with Tallchief after the Orfeo production, and Tallchief became his mentor, coaching him in the Balanchine method and repertoire.
Kenneth von Heidecke (born December 30, 1952 in Chicago) is an American dancer, choreographer, and the founder and artistic director of Von Heidecke's Chicago Festival Ballet and Von Heidecke School of Ballet.
