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Agron <\/span>Aliaj<\/span>, <\/span>dancer<\/span> and<\/span> c<\/span>ho<\/span>reographer<\/span>, <\/span>People’s<\/span> Artist, <\/span>was<\/span> born<\/span> in Borsh, Saranda. <\/span>After<\/span> completing<\/span> his<\/span> higher<\/span> studies<\/span> as a <\/span>dancer<\/span> at the <\/span>Academic<\/span> C<\/span>ho<\/span>reographic<\/span> Sc<\/span>ho<\/span>ol<\/span> near<\/span> the “<\/span>Bols<\/span>ho<\/span>i<\/span>” <\/span>Theater<\/span> in <\/span>Moscow<\/span> (1951-1956), he <\/span>joined<\/span> the <\/span>ballet<\/span> troupe<\/span> of<\/span> the Opera <\/span>and<\/span> Ballet<\/span> Theater<\/span>, <\/span>where<\/span> he <\/span>performed<\/span> the <\/span>main<\/span> roles<\/span> in the <\/span>ballets<\/span>: “<\/span>La <\/span>fille<\/span> mal <\/span>gardee<\/span>“, “<\/span>Lola<\/span>“, “<\/span>Francesca<\/span> da<\/span> Rimini”, “<\/span>Paganini<\/span>“, “<\/span>Delina<\/span>“, as <\/span>well<\/span> as <\/span>c<\/span>ho<\/span>reographic<\/span> concert<\/span> numbers<\/span> separated<\/span> from<\/span> ballets<\/span> or <\/span>created<\/span> by <\/span>himself<\/span> according<\/span> to the <\/span>music<\/span> of<\/span> well-known<\/span> aut<\/span>ho<\/span>rs<\/span>. <\/span>Since<\/span> 1969, <\/span>principal<\/span> ballet<\/span> master<\/span> of<\/span> the Opera <\/span>and<\/span> Ballet<\/span> Theater<\/span>, <\/span>where<\/span> he <\/span>performed<\/span> the <\/span>ballets<\/span>: “The <\/span>Nutcracker<\/span>” (<\/span>Tchaikovsky<\/span>), “<\/span>Ghiselle<\/span>” (<\/span>Adam<\/span>), “<\/span>Don<\/span> Quixote<\/span>” (<\/span>Minkus<\/span>), “<\/span>Cinderella<\/span>” <\/span>and<\/span> “<\/span>Romeo<\/span> and<\/span> Juliet<\/span>” ( <\/span>Prokofiev<\/span>), “Cuca e male<\/span>v<\/span>e”<\/span> (“The <\/span>girl<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>mountains<\/span>”)<\/span> and<\/span> “<\/span><\/span>Historia e <\/span>një<\/span> kënge<\/span><\/span>“<\/span> (“The <\/span>story<\/span> of<\/span> a <\/span>song<\/span>”)<\/span> (<\/span>Nikolla<\/span> Zoraqi<\/span>), “<\/span><\/span>Para <\/span>stuhisë<\/span>” (“Before the storm”)<\/span><\/span> (<\/span><\/span>Ç<\/span><\/span>e<\/span>sk<\/span> Zadeja<\/span>), “<\/span><\/span>Plaga e <\/span>dhjetë<\/span> e Gjergj Elez <\/span>Alisë<\/span><\/span>“<\/span> (“The <\/span>tenth<\/span> would<\/span> of<\/span> Gjergj <\/span>Elez<\/span> Ali<\/span>”)<\/span> (<\/span>Feim<\/span> Ibrahimi). He <\/span>realized<\/span> a <\/span>large<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> c<\/span>ho<\/span>reographic<\/span> miniatures<\/span> with<\/span> Albanian<\/span> and<\/span> foreign<\/span> music<\/span>, <\/span>some<\/span> well-known<\/span> works<\/span> (“<\/span>Romeo<\/span> and<\/span> Juliet<\/span>“, “<\/span>Cinderella<\/span>“). He <\/span>is<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>founders<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Albanian<\/span> c<\/span>ho<\/span>reographic<\/span> sc<\/span>ho<\/span>ol<\/span>. He <\/span>passed<\/span> away<\/span> in Tirana, in 2012. <\/span><\/span>(In the <\/span>p<\/span>ho<\/span>to<\/span>: Agron <\/span>Aliaj<\/span>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Text<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Albanian<\/span> encyclopedic<\/span> dictionary<\/span> – Vol. 1 <\/span><\/span>, <\/span>Academy<\/span> of<\/span> Sciences<\/span> of<\/span> Albania<\/span>, “<\/span>Kristalina<\/span>-KH”, Tirana, 2008, page 54.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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