Pirmin Treku
Basque-born ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer
About Pirmin Treku
Lived 1930 – 2006 (aged 76). Pirmin Treku was a choreographer and ballet dancer.
Pirmin Treku (born Fermín Aldabaldetreku Arruti; 13 March 1930 – 13 July 2006) was a Basque-born Spanish ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer. Under the stage name Pirmin Trecu (later Basque-ised as Treku), he became a principal dancer with Sadler's Wells Ballet (later The Royal Ballet) in London, where he was especially noted for his interpretation of the Boy in Andrée Howard's La Fête étrange and for leading roles in works by Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton, John Cranko, Kenneth MacMillan and George Balanchine.
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Who was Pirmin Treku?
basque-born ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (1930–2006)
When was Pirmin Treku born?
Pirmin Treku was born on 13 March 1930.
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Pirmin Treku died on 13 July 2006.
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Pirmin Treku was a choreographer and ballet dancer.
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