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| Angelin Preljocaj | |
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| Born | (1957-01-19) 19 January 1957 (age 67) Sucy-en-Brie, France |
| Occupation(s) | Choreographer, dancer, film director |
Angelin Preljocaj (French pronunciation: [pʁɛlʒokaʒ]; born 19 January 1957) is a French dancer and choreographer of contemporary dance.
Early life
Angelin Preljocaj was born in 1957 in Sucy-en-Brie, France. He is of Albanian descent. His father was born in Vermosh but was escaped from Albania because of the communism while his mother was from Ulcinj.They together went to France where Angelin was born.
Career
His choreographic work is steeped in his writing of the history of classical ballet, but is resolutely contemporary. He joined the repertoire of the Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris in the early 1990s. In 1995, he received the Prix Benois de la Danse as choreographer.
In December 1984 he founded the ballet company that in 1996 that was subsequently renamed Ballet Preljocaj when it moved into its current home of residence at Pavillon Noir of Aix-en-Provence.
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
- 1988 : Les raboteurs after painting by Caillebotte
- 1989 : Noces (répertoire)
- 1989 : Un trait d'union
- 1990 : Amer America
- 1990 : Romeo and Juliet
- 1992 : La Peau du Monde
- 1993 : Parade (répertoire)
- 1993 : Noces (new version)
- 1993 : Le Spectre de la Rose (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 Firebird (répertoire)
- 1996 : Romeo and Juliet (new version) in collaboration with Enki Bilal
- 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 Spring
- 2001 : Helikopter on a composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen
- 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 Cage
- 2004 : N (répertoire) with Kurt Hentschläger (Image, light & stage design) and Ulf Langheinrich (music and sound design)
- 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 Stockhausen
- 2008 : Blanche Neige (Snow White)
- 2009 : Le funambule
- 2010 : Siddharta
- 2010 : And then A Thousand Years Of Peace
- 2011 : suivront mille ans de calme
- 2012 : What I Call Oblivion
- 2013 : The Nights
- 2015 : Return to Berratham
- 2016 : The Painting on The Wall
- 2017 : Still Life
- 2018 : Gravity
- 2019 : Winterreise
- 2020 : Swan Lake
- 2021 : Deleuze / Hendrix
- 2022 : Mythologies
Filmography
- 2016 : Polina
References
- New York Magazine Jun 16, 1997
- Blanche-Neige entry at IMDb. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
External links
Categories:- 1957 births
- Living people
- People from Sucy-en-Brie
- People from Aix-en-Provence
- French male dancers
- French choreographers
- French film directors
- French people of Albanian descent
- Prix Benois de la Danse winners
- Bessie Award winners
- Albanian Roman Catholics
- Contemporary dancers
- Dancers from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur