Angelin Preljocaj
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Sucy-en-Brie
Sucy-en-Brie is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Transport:Sucy-en-Brie is served by Sucy – Bonneuil station on Paris RER line A.-Personalities:*Nicolas Maurice-Belay,footballer...
, France
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) is a French dancer of Albanian
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...
origin and choreographer of contemporary dance
Contemporary dance
Contemporary dance is a genre of concert dance that employs compositional philosophy, rather than choreography, to guide unchoreographed movement...
.
Biography
His choreographic work is steeped in his writing of the history of classical ballet, but is resolutely contemporary. He is considered one of the most important choreographers of dance today.He joined the repertoire of the Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris in the early 1990s and has headed the company since 1985. Preljocaj, subsequently renamed Ballet Preljocaj, has been in residence at the Black Hall of Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence
Aix , or Aix-en-Provence to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, is a city-commune in southern France, some north of Marseille. It is in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, of which it is a subprefecture. The population of Aix is...
since 1996.
Main choreographies
- 1984 : Aventures coloniales
- 1984 : Marché noir
- 1985 : Larmes blanches
- 1985 : Peurs bleues
- 1986 : À nos héros
- 1987 : Le Petit Napperon bouge
- 1987 : Hallali Romée
- 1988 : Liqueurs de chair
- 1989 : Noces (répertoire)
- 1989 : Un trait d'union
- 1990 : Amer America
- 1990 : Romeo and JulietRomeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
- 1992 : La Peau du Monde
- 1993 : ParadeParade (ballet)Parade is a ballet with music by Erik Satie and a one-act scenario by Jean Cocteau. The ballet was composed 1916-1917 for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes...
(répertoire) - 1993 : Noces (new version)
- 1993 : Le Spectre de la roseLe Spectre de la RoseLe Spectre de la Rose is a ballet of the Ballets Russes based on a poem by Théophile Gautier. The music, by Carl Maria von Weber, was his 1819 piano piece Invitation to the Dance, in the 1841 orchestration by Hector Berlioz. Choreography was by Michel Fokine and set and costume design by Léon Bakst...
(répertoire) - 1994 : Le Parc (répertoire) for the Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris
- 1995 : Annonciation (Bessie Award in 1997)
- 1995 : Petit Essai sur le temps qui passe
- 1995 : L'Anoure (répertoire)
- 1996 : The FirebirdThe FirebirdThe Firebird is a 1910 ballet created by the composer Igor Stravinsky and choreographer Michel Fokine. The ballet is based on Russian folk tales of the magical glowing bird of the same name that is both a blessing and a curse to its captor....
(répertoire) - 1996 : Romeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)Romeo and Juliet is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It is one of the most enduringly popular ballets...
(new version) in collaboration with Enki BilalEnki BilalEnes Bilal is a French comic book creator, comics artist and film director.-Biography:Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, to a Slovak mother and a Bosnian father who had been Josip Broz Tito's tailor, he moved to Paris at the age of 9. At age 14, he met René Goscinny and with his encouragement applied... - 1996 : L'Annonciation (répertoire)
- 1997 : La Stravaganza
- 1997 : Paysages après la bataille
- 1998 : Centaures
- 1998 : Casanova (répertoire)
- 1999 : Personne n'épouse les méduses
- 2000 : Portraits in Corpore
- 2000 : MC/14-22 (Ceci est mon corps)
- 2001 : The Rite of SpringThe Rite of SpringThe Rite of Spring, original French title Le sacre du printemps , is a ballet with music by Igor Stravinsky; choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky; and concept, set design and costumes by Nicholas Roerich...
- 2001 : Helikopter on a composition by Karlheinz StockhausenKarlheinz StockhausenKarlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Another critic calls him "one of the great visionaries of 20th-century music"...
- 2002 : Near Life Experience
- 2003 : L'Annonciation (video version)
- 2004 : MC/14-22 (new version, répertoire)
- 2004 : Le Songe de Médée (répertoire)
- 2004 : Empty Moves (part I) on a music by John CageJohn CageJohn Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde...
- 2004 : N (répertoire)
- 2005 : Les 4 saisons... in collaboration with Fabrice Hyber (répertoire)
- 2007 : Empty Moves (Part I and II) (répertoire)
- 2007 : Eldorado (Sonntags Abschied) (répertoire) with a dedicated composition for the ballet by Karlheinz StockhausenKarlheinz StockhausenKarlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Another critic calls him "one of the great visionaries of 20th-century music"...
- 2008 : Blanche NeigeBlanche Neige- Cast :*Isabella Arnaud*Gaëlle Chappaz*Sergio Díaz*Caroline Finn*Céline Galli*Jean-Charles Jousni*Lorena O'Neill*Nagisa Shirai*Gustav Mahler*Jean-Paul Gaultier*Nicolas Cambois*Angelin Preljocaj...
(Snow WhiteSnow White"Snow White" is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm...
) - 2009 : Un funambule
- 2010 : Siddharta
- 2011 : suivront mille ans de calme