Ballet legend Janina Pankrate
On November 20 at 3 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Riga Latvian Society, honoring the legendary Latvian ballet soloist, teachers and choreographers Janina Pankrati and in celebration of her 100th anniversary, which will be celebrated on January 24, 2024, the International Baltic Ballet Festival and the Latvian Professional Ballet Association invite you to the concert performance “Latvian ballet legend Janīna Pankrate – 100!” Yesterday, today, tomorrow…”.
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“In order to reflect the artist’s contribution to the development of dance in the 20th century and to reveal the innovative and dynamic nature of her diverse activity, the Latvian Professional Ballet Association has conceived this concert performance. Inspired by the artist’s once incomparable temperament, energy, and by reflecting the various facets of her activity, we intend to reveal the story of the artist’s work through dance, vocals, video and photo materials,” reveal the creators of the concert show.
Soloists of the Latvian National Opera and Ballet, choreographers of Jāzeps Vītolas Latvian Academy of Music, students of Riga Ballet School, dancers of “Grande Ballet studio”, Tukuma dance school “Demo”, as well as “RiGA CiTY JAZZ dance”, as well as singer Anta Jankovska will take part in the ambitious concert performance. , Nauris Indzeris and Helena Laukmane. The story of the concert performance will be complemented by video and photo materials created especially for this event.
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The concert program includes the brightest revivals of the choreographies created by J. Pankrates (a fragment from the ballet “Lady of the Camellias”, Im. Kalniņš’s miniature “Blow, the Wind”, B. Bartok “The Wonderful Mandarin”, etc.), while the mood of the operetta genre will be provided by fragments from more notable operettas by Anta Jankovskas Performed by Naura Indzer and Helena Laukmanes. Video and photo materials made especially for this event will be included in the story of the concert performance.
Tickets for the concert performance can be purchased in the “Bilešu Paradīze” network.
A little about Janina’s life…
Inheritance from parents – boisterous temperament and musicality
Janina Pankrate’s father Dmitry was a railway worker, but he loved opera and theater very much. On the other hand, Janina’s mother, Nadezhda, was Polish by nationality, she was a housekeeper. The portal “enciklopedija.lv” writes: “The little girl inherited musicality, temperament, joy of life and excitement from her father, and sensitivity from her mother.”
From 1931 to 1937, Janina studied at the 38th primary school in Riga, her classmates were future actresses – Vera Singajevska and Velta Līne. From 1937 to 1941, she continued her studies at the Natālijas Draudzinas gymnasium and at the same time started attending classes at the ballet studio of the Latvian National Opera.
Despite the war, goes to study abroad
Despite the horrors of the war, Janina went to Poland from 1941 to 1942 to improve her knowledge in choreography, and later – from 1942 to 1943, she went to Germany. There, in Dresden, she joined the chamber dance group of German ballet master Vera Mahlke. There she also learned modern dance from the German dancer Dore Hoyer. On the other hand, she learned tap and other dance skills in the dance troupe of Hungarian-born German actress, dancer and singer Marika Rökk.
As a personality – contradictory and extremely demanding!
Janina later returned to Riga and married ballet dancer and ballet master Aleksandar Lembergs.
As a person, Pankrate was evaluated controversially, because she was demanding to the point of despotism, both towards herself and others – her work had to be perfect. But in everyday life, she was extremely selfless and could make endless sacrifices.
In her life as a ballet dancer, the artist danced 30 beautiful roles and in 1965 – at the very zenith of her fame – she left the stage to shine in another, less admired place by art specialists – the Riga Operetta Theater.
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