Milko Šparemblek
| Milko Šparemblek | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 1, 1928 Prevalje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (modern-day Slovenia) |
| Residence | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Nationality | Croatian, French |
| Occupation | Dancer Choreographer Stage Director Film Director |
| Years active | 1947‒present |
| Known for | Theatre, Television, Film |
Milko Šparemblek (born December 1, 1928) is a Slovenian-born Croatian dancer,choreographer,stage director and film director. He has made about 40 ballet films and has about 150 premiers of his work in over 50 theatres around the world. He has received a number of awards including a Vladimir Nazor Lifetime Achievement Award and a Distinguished Artist Award from the International Society for the Performing Arts.
Šparemblek was born in Prevalje, Slovenia, as an only child. At the age of three, his family moved to Zagreb, Croatia to a neighbourhood called Kustošija. In 19?? he enrolled in the V. high school of Zagreb and participated in athletics. He attended the University of Zagreb to study Comparative literature, that same year starting to dance at the Zagreb Opera (later known as the Croatian National Theatre) under the direction of choreographers and dancers Ana Roje and Oskar Harmoš.
In 1948 Šparemblek joined the Croatian Ballet ensemble at the Croatian National Theatre where he studied classical, contemporary and folkloric dances. Four years later in 1952, he was promoted to Ballet Solist by recommendation of Dame Ninette de Valois and in 1953 he left Zagreb for Paris on a Franco-Yugoslav Scholarship. He studied under Olga Preobrajenska, a graduate of the Imperial Ballet School in Moscow, and later under Serge Peretti in the Paris Opera School of Ballet. After completing his scholarship, he began dancing in small cabarets, music halls and working as an extra in movie production in order to pay for his studies.
Šparemblek became a member of several different ballet companies, including the Janine Charrat company, the Maurice Béjart company, the Ballet de l'Étoile, the Milorad Miskovitch company and the Ludmila Tcherina company. In 1955 he choreographed his first ballet called "L'Échelle".
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