Ilse Liepa.

Ilse Liepa.

ILZE LIEPA

PROFILE

Ilze Liepa, the daughter of a famous dancer Maris Liepa,
was born in Moscow on November 22, 1963.

In 1981 she graduated from the Moscow Academic School of Choreography under N.V. Zolotova and in 1991 got a teaching diploma at the State Dramatic Art Institute.

Liepa’s dance going far beyond the limits of canonical traditions retains its academic purity.

Working as artistic director of the “Golden Age” association since 1994, Isle also happens to be on the board of the Liepa Charity Foundation. In 1996 she was awarded the title of “Merited Artist of Russia” with further promotion to the rank of the “People’s Artist of Russia” in the year 2002.
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“Don Quixote”	Mercedes, Bolero and Gipsy dance
“Raimonda”	Mazurka and Spanish dance
“Guelder rose”	Mother
“Anyuta”	Gipsy (1986), choreographed by V. Vasiliev (first performance)
“Romeo and Juliet”	Lady Capuletti, choreographed by L. Lavrovsky
“Le Corsaire”	Zyulma
“Fantasy on the theme of Kazanova”	Queen of the ball
“Shekherazade”	Zobeida (1993), choreographed by M. Fokin, revival by A. Liepa and I. Fokin at Mariinsky and Bolshoi Theatre (first performance)
“The Snow White”	Mother-queen (1996), choreographed by G. Maiorov (first performance)
“The Lady of Spades”	Countess (2001) (World premier, Choreographed by Roland Petit)

Ilse takes part in various concerts performing both modern and classical turns. Among those one can mention “Le spectre de la rose”, “The dying swan” and miniatures choreographed by K. Goleisovsky, L. Yakobson, D. Bryantsev, G. Aleksidze and T. Serdyukova.Ilse played leading roles in such films as “The shining world” (1984), “Bambi” (1985) and “Mikhailo Lomonosov” (1984-1986).

Maris Liepa

Ilze Liepa

Andris Liepa