Yildiz Alpar: From Bedii Raks to Today (2011)

"Yildiz Alpar: From Bedii Raks Till Today" tells the achievement story, which has few examples in the world. Yildiz Alpar who was born in 1931 in Istanbul, went to Piano course in Istanbul Municipal Conservatory in 1943 and met there famous Russian ballet teacher Lidya Krassa Arzumanova. Thus, she started her ballet career, which lasted till today. In 1949 she gained bursary from French Consolate Culture Attache Office and attended Paris Opera and Ballet, then returned to Turkey. At that period there wasn't anything related to ballet in Turkey so with determination and big efforts she founded "Yildiz Alpar Private Ballet, Music and Theatre School" in 1964 in Kadikoy. Yildiz Alpar continues on giving lessons for 46 years in the same place and she shares with us almost a century she witnessed.