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Ballet tribute for Gianni Versace | Ballet tribute for Gianni Versace |
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A specially written ballet has been performed in Milan to mark the 10th anniversary of fashion designer Gianni Versace's death. | |
Thanks Gianni, With Love was put together by French choreographer Maurice Bejart, for whom Versace designed many stage costumes. | |
About 1,500 guests, including Versace's favourite models, attended the show at the La Scala opera house. | |
The designer was murdered outside his Miami mansion on 15 July, 1997. | The designer was murdered outside his Miami mansion on 15 July, 1997. |
His sister and muse Donatella, who took over the Versace fashion empire, created several costumes for the ballet. | |
"It is the most beautiful gift I could do for him," she said. | "It is the most beautiful gift I could do for him," she said. |
"He was a genius and a simple exhibition of his designs would have been banal. | "He was a genius and a simple exhibition of his designs would have been banal. |
Maurice Bejart and Donatella Versace were in Milan for the show"Fashion wasn't enough for him, he also loved art, music, history and dance." | |
'True artisan' | 'True artisan' |
Bejart, 80, worked with Versace on a dozen ballets from 1984 until the designer's tragic death. | Bejart, 80, worked with Versace on a dozen ballets from 1984 until the designer's tragic death. |
Shortly after his death, he described his friend as a "true artisan" and compared him to the "great creators of the Renaissance - always on a quest for novelty and beauty". | Shortly after his death, he described his friend as a "true artisan" and compared him to the "great creators of the Renaissance - always on a quest for novelty and beauty". |
Bejart's two-part tribute, known as Grazie Gianni con Amore in Italian, paid homage to the shows he designed with Versace, including Barocco Bel Canto and La Mort Subite (Sudden Death). | |
Guests at the gala performance included supermodel Claudia Schiffer, designer Karl Lagerfeld and actress Liz Hurley, who became famous for wearing a Versace-designed black dress held together with safety pins. | |
Fashion empire | Fashion empire |
Versace was shot dead outside his Miami mansion (pictured)Gianni Versace was born on 2 December 1946 in the industrial town of Reggio di Calabria in southern Italy. | Versace was shot dead outside his Miami mansion (pictured)Gianni Versace was born on 2 December 1946 in the industrial town of Reggio di Calabria in southern Italy. |
He started designing clothes at the age of 22, and built his fashion empire from a studio in the centre of Milan. | He started designing clothes at the age of 22, and built his fashion empire from a studio in the centre of Milan. |
His 1982 collection introduced metallic garments that would become his trademark, and his elaborate stage costumes for Elton John in the late 1980s helped cement his reputation. | His 1982 collection introduced metallic garments that would become his trademark, and his elaborate stage costumes for Elton John in the late 1980s helped cement his reputation. |
The designer was gunned down outside his Miami Beach home by Andrew Cunanan in 1997. Cunanan was later found dead. | The designer was gunned down outside his Miami Beach home by Andrew Cunanan in 1997. Cunanan was later found dead. |
Other events scheduled to mark the anniversary of Versace's death include an exhibition of his sketches of theatre costumes on the streets of Milan and the establishment of a scholarship at the European Institute of Design. | Other events scheduled to mark the anniversary of Versace's death include an exhibition of his sketches of theatre costumes on the streets of Milan and the establishment of a scholarship at the European Institute of Design. |
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