Sonja Kastl

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Sonja Kastl (born July 14, 1929) is Croatian film and stage actress, teacher, dancer and choreographer.

Early and personal life

Kastl was born in Zagreb on July 14, 1929 to a Croatian Jewish family of Đuro and Josipa Kastl. Her father was an architect and her mother was an opera singer. Kastl's mother abruptly ended her career because of the husband and his family disapproval. Kastl's family has relative connections with Croatian politician Stjepan Radić. From her second marriage with doctor Boris Zimermann, Kastl had a 22-year-old daughter Mirjana who was killed in a car accident.

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Career

In Mirjana Janeek Stropnik's rhythmic academy, Kastl began dancing at the age of five. She performed in the "Children's Empire" as a schoolgirl. Kastl performed and danced in the ballets "Little Red Riding Hood," "Three girls," and "Queen of dolls" in this production. Kastl began her professional ballerina career at the Zagreb Opera Ballet in 1944. She appeared on solos in 1947 to 1954. Kastl appeared in the film "Flag," in which she embodied the image of a young ballerina Marija. She has appeared in ballets including Sleeping Beauty, Ballad of Medieval Love, Romeo and Juliet, Coppélia, Cinderella, The Slaughter of the Amazons, The Miraculous Mandarin, and The Devils of Loudun. With the last one, she and choreographers Pio and Pina Mlakar have travelled the world together. Kastl's career as a dancer came to an end at 35 years old due to a knee injury. She became the ballet director at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb shortly after. She worked in the dance for 40 years. Mladen Mordej Vukovi, a dancer and ballet critic, wrote and published her book "To dance is to live" in 2007.

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