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Milko Šparemblek | 2010 Distinguished Artist Award Recipient Print E-mail

Milko Šparemblek, recipient of the 2010 Distinguished Artist Award at the Zagreb 2010 ISPA Congress, Globalisation and Identity.  View other ISPA Award winners.

Milko Šparemblek (Croatian ballet-dancer and choreographer) was born in Farna Vas, Slovenia, in 1928.  He studied comparative literature and classical ballet in Zagreb.  He became a member of the Croatian National Theatre Ballet in 1947, and a soloist four years later.  He was equally successful with the classical, modern and national ballet repertoire.  He pursued advanced studies in Paris with Preobrazhenskaya and Peretti, and in New York with Martha Graham and José Limón.  He collaborated with many renowned ballet companies, e.g., Dance Theatre of Harlem, Teatro Fenice, Lyon Ballet, Harkness Ballet, Paris Opera, Bonn Opera and others.