Born in Vienna, Gregor Hatala grew up in the world of ballet. His father, Milan Hatala, himself a soloist dancer with various companies and ballet master of the Vienna State Opera for almost 30 years, became his major teacher, while his mother, Christine Hatala, directs the families' own private ballet school.

In 1990 Gregor Hatala became the youngest member of the Vienna State Opera Ballet and was promoted soloist in 1996 and principal in 2000.

The season of 1994/95 he danced as a soloist with Boston Ballet (director B. Marks) and was a permanent principal guest artist with the Hungarian and Slovakian National Theatres from 1999 to 2004.
Starting from 2003 to 2008 Gregor Hatala organized of the „Gala di Danza“ within the „Festival dei Due Mondi“ in Spoleto, Italy, and was a personal
consultant to Mr. Francis Menotti. From 2009 until 2019 he was chairman of the „Association Vienna State Opera Ballet” for which he choreographed and organized ballet performances & company tours.

From 2011 to 2017 Gregor Hatala was President of the Austrian Dance Council and organized the "Ballet Days" festival in Vienna for 4 years.

In 2013 he became pedagogue at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität Wien and in 2014 guest Balletmaster at the Slovakian National Theatre and Hungarian National Ballet.

After 25 years of professional dancing, Gregor Hatala, gave his farewell performance at the Vienna State Opera as “Prince Rudolf” in Kenneth MacMillan's "Mayerling" in December 2014.

In 2015 Gregor Hatala founded VIBE- the Vienna International Ballet Experience, the first international dance competition for dancers with and without disabilities, which has been held in Austria, Korea, the U.S. and Australia.

In 2018 Gregor Hatala was awarded the “Cross of Honor for Science and Art first class” by the President of the Republic of Austria.

Gregor Hatala has choreographed for the Vienna Volksopera („Der Vetter aus Dingsda“, „ Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor“), the Spoleto Festival, the Istanbul Music Festival („Firebird“), as well as the „Midsummernights Concert 2011 & 2012“ of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with Valery Gergiev & Gustavo Dudamel respectively.

For many years he has been a guest teacher in various companies and ballet academies such as the Vienna State Ballet, Hungarian National Ballet, Slovakian National Ballet, Latvian National Ballet, Dance Conservatory Eva Jaczová/ Bratislava, Hungarian Dance University, Riga Ballet School, Tallinn School of Music and Ballet, JK Master Ballet School/ Prague, Milano City Ballet,…

Gregor Hatala has also served as a jury member in various dance competition around the world.

Mayor roles as a dancer include Albrecht and Hilarion in Elena Tschernischovas „Giselle“, Solor in Vladimir Malakhovs „Die Bajadere“, Prince Siegfried in Rudolf Nurejews „Swan Lake“, Prince Florimund and Blue Bird in Peter Wrights „Sleeping Beauty“, Jean de Brienne in Rudolf Nurejews „Raymonda“, Colas in Frederick Ashtons „La Fille mal gardée“, Franz in „Coppélia“ by Gyula Harangozó sen., Inspector in Maurice Béjarts „Le Concours“, Prince in Juri Grigorowitsch's „The nutcracker“ , Romeo, Mercutio and Tybalt in John Crankos „Romeo and Julia“, Des Grieux in Kenneth MacMillans „Manon“, Prince Rudolf in Kenneth MacMillans „Mayerling“, Orlando in John Neumeiers „Wie es Euch gefällt“, Prince in Gyula Harangozó's „ Nutcracker“, Prince Alexej in Renato Zanella's „Nutcracker“, Gustav III. in Vladimir Malakhov's „Verdi-Ballett: Ein Maskenball“, Fürst Gremin in John Cranko's „Onegin“, Camille de Rosillon in Ronald Hynds „The Merry Widow“, Gustav in Renato Zanellas „Cinderella“ Lysander in John Neumeier's „A Midsummernightsdream“, Karenin in Boris Eifman's „Anna Karenina“, Escamillo in Davide Bombanas „Carmen“, Antonio Salieri in Renato Zanella's „Wolfgang Amadé“, Polichinello in Josef Hassreiter's „Die Puppenfee“, Spartacus in Laszlo Seregi's "Spartacus", Crassus in Renato Zanella's "Spartacus", John in Lorca Massine's "Zorbas", as well as mayor roles in Ben van Cauwenbergh's „Tanzhommage an Queen“, George Balanchine's „Apollo“, „Die vier Temperamente“, „Serenade“, „La Valse“, „Thema und Variationen“, „Tschaikowski-Pas de deux“ und „Rubies“, Kenneth MacMillan's „Das Lied von der Erde“, Hans van Manen's „Adagio Hammerklavier“ und „Große Fuge“, Renato Zanella's „La Chambre“ und Ben van Cauwenbergh's „Les Bourgeois“.

During his dancing career he has been performing with the Stuttgart Ballet, Slovakian National Ballet, Hungarian National Ballet, Boston Ballet, Salt Lake City Ballet, San Diego Ballet, Arena die Verona, Teatro dell Opera di Roma and Hessisches Staatsballett and was invited to numerous dance festivals and gala performances in Europe, the U.S., Mexico, China and Japan.

JANA KUROVA

The prima ballerina of the Ballet of Prague National Theatre (1977 – 1991), Teacher, Ballet Mistress, Choreographer, Winner of Domestic and International Awards.
Member of the Jury for International Ballet Competitions in Lausanne, Luxembourg, Roma, Varna, Istanbul, Jackson, (Mississippi, USA) and Shanghai (China). Founder and Artistic Director of the United Ballet Artists, which presents JK Ballet Master Program, Ballet Masterclasses with Jana Kurova and Summer Ballet Program.
Jana Kurova is distinguish artist of Czech ballet. Her perfect technique and a pure classical ballet style destinated her for leading roles. Her repertoire includes classical creation in original versions of famous choreographers as well as neoclassical and contemporary works.

She was born in Prague. In 1980, she graduated from the Prague State Conservatoire of Music and Dance, with highest honours, with the performance of "Giselle" and "Ur" at the Prague National Theatre. She also studied at the Bolshoi Academy of Ballet and Choreography in Moscow, and she attended the famous David Howard Ballet Studio in New York.
Jana Kurova is the world class prima ballerina who won the following prizes from the world´s greatest competitions:
Czech Ballet Competition (Prague)
Prix de Lausanne (Lausanne)
World Ballet Concours in Japan (Tokyo)
International Ballet Competition (Varna)
USA International Ballet Competition (Jackson, Mississippi)
She performed with a great success at Broadway in the "All Star Gala", which was presented under the auspices of famous artists, such as Rudolf Nureyev, Leonard Bernstein, Lucciano Pavarotti, Elizabeth Taylor, Zubin Mehta and others.
She has visited many countries as a guest artist, has performed at numerous international ballet festivals and took also part in several ballet films in Czech Republic but also in abroad.
In 2001, she was guest professor at The Korean National University of Arts (South Korea). Seminars were presented also at Yale, Dartmouth and Purdue Universities (USA).
In 1995, she has entered the American "Hall of Fame".
In 2000, she became a member of the Committee of Experts of the first Monaco Dance Awards.
She staged the full-lenght ballet "Creation of the World" in the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre and choreography for the "Swan Lake" (after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov) in the State Opera in Prague in connection with the "Prague Ballet Summer", The Nutcracker and others. At present, she works as a Teacher, Ballet Mistress and Choreographer.

Teachers:
Jarmila Mansingrova and Miroslav Kura (parents, they studied in the Vaganova Academy of Russia Ballet in Saint Petersburg with famous teacher Alexander Pushkin, class with Rudolf Nureyev), Galina Kuznetsova, Natalia Dudinskaya, Boris Bregvadze, etc.
Giselle, 1. act. Prague National Ballet
The Sleeping Beauty, New Orleans, USA
La Péri PDD, New York, USA

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

Gran Gala de las Estrellas de la Danza
She has performed for Queen Sophia of Spain in " Gran Gala de las Estrellas de la Danza" in Madrid.

All Star Gala
She made US debut in 1979 in New York. She performed in "All Star Gala" on Broadway at the Beacon Theatre. The performance was presented under patronage of such stars as Sir Rudolf Nureyev, Leonard Bernstein, Lucciano Pavarotti, Elizabeth Taylor, Zubin Mehta, Richard Burton, Suzanne Farrell, Henry Fonda, Arthur Miller, Issac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, Ella Fitzgerald and many others famous personalities.

A Gala Performance | The National Ballet of Canada
She performed with National Ballet of Canada and she took part in the "Gala Performance" together with Natalia Makarova and Peter Martins.

Italian Tour with Carla Fracci
She toured Italy together with prima ballerina Carla Fracci and her company.

Festival internacional de ballet de la Habana
In the same year she was invited by Alicia Alonso to perform in the ballet production of "La Fille mal gardée" together with The National Ballet of Cuba and later, she was invited again by Alicia Alonso to take part in the International Ballet Festival in Cuba.

Gala in Italy
In 1983, she performed in very successful ballet gala performances in Verona in Italy
Giselle oder Die Wilis | Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin
In 1989 - 1990, she was performing Giselle with Staatsballett Berlin in Germany.

USA Tour
In 1989 - 1992, she appeared in USA. She was performing in 54 cities (states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Misouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin)

World Ballet Festival in Japan
Presented by Tadatsugu Sasaki
She performed several times at the World Ballet Festival in Tokyo and Osaka in Japan together with world famous dancers as Marcia Haydée, Richard Cragun, Eva Evdokimova, Peter Schaufuss, Charles Jude, Carla Fracci, Monique Loudieres, Gil Roman, Sylvie Guillem, Manuel Legris, Isabelle Guérin and many others.