Julian Hosking
Julian Hosking(1953-1989) was a British ballet dancer and a former principal dancer with theRoyal Ballet.
Hosking was born in Cornwall of a Viennese mother and Cornish father. He entered White Lodge aged 11 and progressed to theRoyal Ballet School.[1] Joining the company in 1970,[1]he danced a wide range of roles across the Royal Ballet repertoire at Covent Garden from 1971 to 1986.[2] These included leads inKenneth MacMillan's 1979La Fin du jourand his 1980Gloriafor the Royal Ballet. He became a Principal in 1980.[1]He also danced in the premieres ofManon,Four Schumann Pieces,andConsort Lessons,and the first performances by the Royal Ballet ofLiebeslieder Walzer,My Brother, My SistersandReturn to the Strange Land.
In 1983, Hosking danced a lead role inGlen Tetley'sDances of Albion: Dark Night Glad Day,andAnna Kisselgoffwriting in theNew York Timescalled him "the hero of the evening".[3]
Hosking took time away from the Royal Ballet from 1975 to 1977 to study Egyptology and art in Italy[1]with the artist,André Durand.Hosking who lived with Durand for eight years, was the subject of many paintings, the artist painted, both mythological (Miracles and Metamorphous) and portraits.
He may be seen asEdward Gordon Craig(a role he created) in the television filmed version ofIsadorafrom 1982 (issued on DVD in 2011 by Odeon Entertainment, with the 1968 feature filmIsadora)[4]and as Paris in the 1984 Royal Ballet film ofRomeo and Juliet.[5]
References
[edit]- ^abcdBiographical note in Royal Opera House programme booklet, 17 November 1984.
- ^Royal Opera House performance databaseaccessed 26 February 2017.
- ^Kisselgoff, Anna (23 April 1983)."ROYAL BALLET: NEW FACES IN CONTEMPORARY WORKS".New York Times.Retrieved15 October2014.
- ^The WorldCat entry for Isadora filmed,accessed 4 March 2017.
- ^WorldCat entry for Romeo and Juliet ballet film,accessed 5 January 2019.