Abdurrahman Nokshiqi


Abdurrahman Nokshiqi, known as Abi Nokshiqi was an Albanian ballet dancer and choreographer. He was the first director of the Kosovo Ballet at the National Theater of Kosovo.

Life

Nokshiqi had performed on international stages and had planned to premiere "Albanian odyssey" but was cancelled by Zoran Kosovac because it contained "Albanian nationalist elements". Nokshiqi also contributed to the ballet act "Nusja e Mergimtarit". Nokshiqi was the first director of the first group of ballet dancer of Kosovo who performed in 1972. In 1974 he was the assistant choreographer of Slavko Pervan. He died in Pristina, in 2000.

Works