Konstanze Vernon

Konstanze Vernon (2 January 1939 – 21 January 2013) was a German ballet dancer, academic teacher and director of a ballet academy and a ballet company. She was from 1963 to 1981 prima ballerina of the ballet at the Bayerische Staatsoper. She taught at the Hochschule für Musik München and founded the ballet academy Heinz-Bosl-Stiftung in memory of her partner on stage Heinz Bosl. After retiring from the stage, she was founding director of the now independent ballet company .

Career

Vernon was born in Berlin, the daughter of musicologist Friedrich Herzfeld. At age 6 she became a student of Tatjana Gsovsky. 1982 Bayerischer Verdienstorden