YILDIZ ALPAR: FROM BEDII RAKS TILL TODAY

Minutes60’
LanguageORIGINAL LANGUAGE: TURKISH
EditorAyşe ÇETİNBAŞ
Produced ByÇayan DEMİREL
Director Of PhotographyKoray KESİK
InstallationBurak DAL
Production DirectorÇayan DEMİREL
MusicGüneş DEMİR

‘Yıldız Alpar: From Bedii Raks Till Today’ tells the achievement story, which has few examples in the world. Yıldız Alpar who was born in 1931 in İstanbul, went to Piano course in İstanbul Munisipal Conservatory in 1943 and met there famous Russian balleet teacher Lidya Krassa Arzumanova. Thus, she started her ballet career, which lasted till today. In 1949 she gained bursary from French Consolate Culture Attache Office and attended Paris Opera and Ballet, then returned to Turkey. At that period there wasn’t anything related to ballet in Turkey so with determination and big efforts she founded “Yıldız Alpar Private Ballet, Music and Theatre School” in 1964 in Kadıköy. Yıldız Alpar continues on giving lessons for 46 years in the same place and she shares with us almost a century she witnessed.