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{{Short description|Kurdish dancer}}
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[[File:لەیلا عەبدولڕەزاق بەدرخان 1.jpg|thumb|Leyla Bedir Khan]]

'''Leyla Bedir Khan ( Bedirxan)''' (1903, [[Constantinople (modern city)|Constantinople]]{{spnd}}1986, [[Paris]]) was a ballet dancer and a Kurdish princess of the [[Bedir Khan]] family.
'''Leyla Bedir Khan''' (or '''Bedirxan''') (1903, [[Constantinople (modern city)|Constantinople]]{{spnd}}1986, [[Paris]]) was a ballet dancer and a Kurdish princess of the [[Bedir Khan]] family.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Leyla Bedir Khan's birthdate is disputed, but it was likely 31 July 1903 as she was born in Constantinople. Leyla herself said, she was born in 1908, but her father was in prison in [[Libya]] between 1906 and 1910. She was born into a noble household to [[Abdürrezzak Bedir Khan]], a descendant of [[Bedir Khan Beg]] and Henriette Ornik, a dentist of [[Austria|Austrian]]-[[Jews|Jewish]] origin. Her first years she passed in the [[Ottoman Empire]], but her family soon settled in Egypt, where she grew up with the diplomatic society in [[Cairo]] and [[Alexandria]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Henning |first=Barbara |url=https://d-nb.info/1156601185/34 |title=Narratives of the History of the Ottoman-Kurdish Bedirhani Family in Imperial and Post-Imperial Contexts: Continuities and Changes |date=2018-04-03 |publisher=University of Bamberg Press |isbn=978-3-86309-551-2 |location=Bamberg |pages=601–602 |language=en}}</ref> After her father's death, she and her mother went to live in [[Vienna]], where Leyla took her first dancing lessons.<ref name=":0" /> To complete her secondary education, she attended a school in [[Montreux]], Switzerland.<ref name=":1" /> She started a dancing career afterwards and by 1924 she starred at the [[Konzerthaus, Vienna|Concert Hall in Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=ANNO, Das interessante Blatt, 1924-10-16, Seite 8|url=http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=dib&datum=19241016&seite=8&zoom=33|access-date=2020-07-19|website=anno.onb.ac.at}}</ref> Leyla left for France to pursue her career. While staying in Paris, she studied dances of the Indian and [[Persian culture]]s as well as of the [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] rites for a year.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Meiselas|first=Susan|title=Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History|publisher=Random House|year=1997|isbn=0679423893|location=|pages=136|language=en}}</ref> She performed at opera houses in Europe<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alakom|first=Rohat|date=|title=Leyla Bedirhan Stockholm'de|url=http://bianet.org/biamag/diger/165941-leyla-bedirhan-stockholm-de|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=11 June 2020|website=Bianet}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Rundschau|url=http://www.dansesuisse.ch/fileadmin/Dokumente_allgemein/1945_Dezember_8.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=11 June 2020|website=Danse Suisse}}</ref> and the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Martin|first=John|date=1931-03-04|title=Kurdistant Princess Gives Dance Program – Leila Bederkhan Makes Her Debut Here in Offerings of Oriental Flavor.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/03/04/archives/kurdistan-princess-gives-dance-program-leila-bederkhan-makes-her.html|access-date=2020-07-11|page=36|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She was the first Kurdish ballet dancer to appear at the opera house [[La Scala]] in [[Milan]] in 1932<ref name=":0" /> and performed in the [[1939 New York World's Fair|New York Worlds Fair]] of 1939.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leila Bederkhan |url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e17e6d7-c903-c0b2-e040-e00a18064812 |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=NYPL Digital Collections |language=en}}</ref> About her choreography of her oriental dances it was reported she said she actually didn't really learn the dances she performed, she improvised, while using mostly her arms and body and not so much her legs.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bory|first=Helene|date=16 December 1932|title=La princesse Kurde Leyla Bederkhan nous parle de danses et de femmes d'Orient|work=Paris Midi|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k47296494/f3.item|url-status=live|access-date=11 July 2020}}</ref> She was able to include dances from the different cultures through which she went through in life, such as Egyptian and Assyrian, into her [[repertoire]]. During her career, she was often announced as a Kurdish princess or a Kurdish star.<ref name=":0" /> After World War II she decided to end her career as a performing dancer and opened a dancing school in Paris.<ref name=":2">Henning, Barbara (2018-04-03),p.603</ref> The french painter Jean Target depicted her dancing<ref name=":2" /> and the Mesopotamia Dance Company staged the piece Leyla in her memory in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=İstanbul Kadın Müzesi - Leyla Bedirhan (Leïla Bederkhan) |url=http://www.istanbulkadinmuzesi.org/en/leyla-bedirhan#tn3 |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.istanbulkadinmuzesi.org}}</ref>
Leyla Bedir Khan's birthdate is disputed, but it was likely 31 July 1903 as she was born in Constantinople. Leyla herself said, she was born in 1908, but her father was in prison in [[Libya]] between 1906 and 1910. She was born into a noble household to [[Abdürrezzak Bedir Khan]], a descendant of [[Bedir Khan Beg]] and Henriette Ornik, a dentist of [[Austria|Austrian]]-[[Jews|Jewish]] origin. Her first years she passed in the [[Ottoman Empire]], but her family soon settled in Egypt, where she grew up with the diplomatic society in [[Cairo]] and [[Alexandria]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Henning |first=Barbara |url=https://d-nb.info/1156601185/34 |title=Narratives of the History of the Ottoman-Kurdish Bedirhani Family in Imperial and Post-Imperial Contexts: Continuities and Changes |date=2018-04-03 |publisher=University of Bamberg Press |isbn=978-3-86309-551-2 |location=Bamberg |pages=601–602 |language=en}}</ref> After her father's death, she and her mother went to live in [[Vienna]], where Leyla took her first dancing lessons.<ref name=":0" /> To complete her secondary education, she attended a school in [[Montreux]], Switzerland.<ref name=":1" /> She started a dancing career afterwards and by 1924 she starred at the [[Konzerthaus, Vienna|Concert Hall in Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=ANNO, Das interessante Blatt, 1924-10-16, Seite 8|url=http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=dib&datum=19241016&seite=8&zoom=33|access-date=2020-07-19|website=anno.onb.ac.at}}</ref> Leyla left for France to pursue her career. While staying in Paris, she studied dances of the Indian and [[Persian culture]]s as well as of the [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] rites for a year.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Meiselas|first=Susan|title=Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History|publisher=Random House|year=1997|isbn=0679423893|location=|pages=136|language=en}}</ref> She performed at opera houses in Europe<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alakom|first=Rohat|date=|title=Leyla Bedirhan Stockholm'de|url=http://bianet.org/biamag/diger/165941-leyla-bedirhan-stockholm-de|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=11 June 2020|website=Bianet}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Rundschau|url=http://www.dansesuisse.ch/fileadmin/Dokumente_allgemein/1945_Dezember_8.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=11 June 2020|website=Danse Suisse}}</ref> and the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Martin|first=John|date=1931-03-04|title=Kurdistant Princess Gives Dance Program – Leila Bederkhan Makes Her Debut Here in Offerings of Oriental Flavor.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/03/04/archives/kurdistan-princess-gives-dance-program-leila-bederkhan-makes-her.html|access-date=2020-07-11|page=36|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She was the first Kurdish ballet dancer to appear at the opera house [[La Scala]] in [[Milan]] in 1932<ref name=":0" /> and performed in the [[1939 New York World's Fair|New York Worlds Fair]] of 1939.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leila Bederkhan |url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e17e6d7-c903-c0b2-e040-e00a18064812 |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=NYPL Digital Collections |language=en}}</ref> About her choreography of her oriental dances it was reported she said she actually didn't really learn the dances she performed, she improvised, while using mostly her arms and body and not so much her legs.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bory|first=Helene|date=16 December 1932|title=La princesse Kurde Leyla Bederkhan nous parle de danses et de femmes d'Orient|work=Paris Midi|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k47296494/f3.item|access-date=11 July 2020}}</ref> She was able to include dances from the different cultures through which she went through in life, such as Egyptian and Assyrian, into her [[repertoire]]. During her career, she was often announced as a Kurdish princess or a Kurdish star.<ref name=":0" /> After World War II she decided to end her career as a performing dancer and opened a dancing school in Paris.<ref name=":2">Henning, Barbara (2018-04-03),p.603</ref> The French painter Jean Target depicted her dancing<ref name=":2" /> and the Mesopotamia Dance Company staged the piece Leyla in her memory in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=İstanbul Kadın Müzesi - Leyla Bedirhan (Leïla Bederkhan) |url=http://www.istanbulkadinmuzesi.org/en/leyla-bedirhan#tn3 |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=www.istanbulkadinmuzesi.org}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Leyla Bedir Khan and Henri Touache married in 1930.<ref name=":2" /> The couple became parents to a daughter, named Nevin.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-03-26|title=Leyla Bedirxan, une icône de la danse|url=http://www.kedistan.net/2016/03/26/leyla-bedirxan/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=KEDISTAN|language=fr-FR}}</ref> Leyla died in Paris in 1986<ref name=":0" /> and was buried in the cemetary of [[Saint-Cloud]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burial place of ballet dancer Leyla Bedir Khan found |url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/32097-Burial-place-of-ballet-dancer-Leyla-Bedir-Khan-found |website=[[Kurdistan24]]}}</ref>
Leyla Bedir Khan and Henri Touache married in 1930.<ref name=":2" /> The couple became parents to a daughter, named Nevin.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-03-26|title=Leyla Bedirxan, une icône de la danse|url=http://www.kedistan.net/2016/03/26/leyla-bedirxan/|access-date=2020-06-11|website=KEDISTAN|language=fr-FR}}</ref> Leyla died in Paris in 1986<ref name=":0" /> and was buried in the cemetery of [[Saint-Cloud]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burial place of ballet dancer Leyla Bedir Khan found |url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/32097-Burial-place-of-ballet-dancer-Leyla-Bedir-Khan-found |website=[[Kurdistan24]]}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 14:42, 8 April 2024

Leyla Bedir Khan

Leyla Bedir Khan (or Bedirxan) (1903, Constantinople – 1986, Paris) was a ballet dancer and a Kurdish princess of the Bedir Khan family.

Biography[edit]

Leyla Bedir Khan's birthdate is disputed, but it was likely 31 July 1903 as she was born in Constantinople. Leyla herself said, she was born in 1908, but her father was in prison in Libya between 1906 and 1910. She was born into a noble household to Abdürrezzak Bedir Khan, a descendant of Bedir Khan Beg and Henriette Ornik, a dentist of Austrian-Jewish origin. Her first years she passed in the Ottoman Empire, but her family soon settled in Egypt, where she grew up with the diplomatic society in Cairo and Alexandria.[1] After her father's death, she and her mother went to live in Vienna, where Leyla took her first dancing lessons.[2] To complete her secondary education, she attended a school in Montreux, Switzerland.[1] She started a dancing career afterwards and by 1924 she starred at the Concert Hall in Vienna.[3] Leyla left for France to pursue her career. While staying in Paris, she studied dances of the Indian and Persian cultures as well as of the Zoroastrian rites for a year.[4] She performed at opera houses in Europe[5][6] and the United States.[7] She was the first Kurdish ballet dancer to appear at the opera house La Scala in Milan in 1932[2] and performed in the New York Worlds Fair of 1939.[8] About her choreography of her oriental dances it was reported she said she actually didn't really learn the dances she performed, she improvised, while using mostly her arms and body and not so much her legs.[9] She was able to include dances from the different cultures through which she went through in life, such as Egyptian and Assyrian, into her repertoire. During her career, she was often announced as a Kurdish princess or a Kurdish star.[2] After World War II she decided to end her career as a performing dancer and opened a dancing school in Paris.[10] The French painter Jean Target depicted her dancing[10] and the Mesopotamia Dance Company staged the piece Leyla in her memory in 2015.[11]

Personal life[edit]

Leyla Bedir Khan and Henri Touache married in 1930.[10] The couple became parents to a daughter, named Nevin.[2] Leyla died in Paris in 1986[2] and was buried in the cemetery of Saint-Cloud.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Henning, Barbara (2018-04-03). Narratives of the History of the Ottoman-Kurdish Bedirhani Family in Imperial and Post-Imperial Contexts: Continuities and Changes. Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press. pp. 601–602. ISBN 978-3-86309-551-2.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Leyla Bedirxan, une icône de la danse". KEDISTAN (in French). 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  3. ^ "ANNO, Das interessante Blatt, 1924-10-16, Seite 8". anno.onb.ac.at. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  4. ^ Meiselas, Susan (1997). Kurdistan: In the Shadow of History. Random House. p. 136. ISBN 0679423893.
  5. ^ Alakom, Rohat. "Leyla Bedirhan Stockholm'de". Bianet. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Rundschau" (PDF). Danse Suisse. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  7. ^ Martin, John (1931-03-04). "Kurdistant Princess Gives Dance Program – Leila Bederkhan Makes Her Debut Here in Offerings of Oriental Flavor". The New York Times. p. 36. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  8. ^ "Leila Bederkhan". NYPL Digital Collections. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  9. ^ Bory, Helene (16 December 1932). "La princesse Kurde Leyla Bederkhan nous parle de danses et de femmes d'Orient". Paris Midi. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  10. ^ a b c Henning, Barbara (2018-04-03),p.603
  11. ^ "İstanbul Kadın Müzesi - Leyla Bedirhan (Leïla Bederkhan)". www.istanbulkadinmuzesi.org. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  12. ^ "Burial place of ballet dancer Leyla Bedir Khan found". Kurdistan24.
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