Angelin Preljocaj
Angelin Preljocaj (born January 19, 1957 ) is a French dancer and choreographer of Albanian descent.
Preljocaj studied modern dance at the Paris Schola Cantorum with Karin Waehner. He showed his first choreography, the duo Aventures coloniales , in 1984 as a member of Dominique Bagouet's company. In 1985 Preljocaj founded his own dance company, today's Ballet Preljocaj . For the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris he created the ballet Le Parc in 1994 , for which he received the Prix Benois de la Danse the following year . Since then his works have found their way into the repertoire of international ballet companies, but he also writes commissioned works.
Works
- 1984
- Aventures coloniales (with Michael Kelemenis)
- 1985
- Marché noir , music: Marc Khanne , Giuseppe Verdi
- Peurs bleues , music: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Larmes blanches , music: Johann Sebastian Bach , Claude Balbastre , Henry Purcell
- 1986
- À nos héros , music: Marc Khanne , Aram Chatschaturjan
- 1987
- Le petit napperon rouge , music: John Lurie
- Hallali romée , music: Michel Decoust
- 1988
- Liqueurs de chair , music: Laurent Petitgand
- 1989
- Noces , music: Igor Stravinsky
- Un trait d'union , music: Johann Sebastian Bach
- 1990
- Amer America , music: Laurent Petitgand
- Roméo et Juliette , music: Sergej Prokofjew
- 1992
- La peau du monde , music: György Ligeti , Johann Sebastian Bach , Goran Vejvoda
- 1993
- Le specter de la rose , music: Carl-Maria von Weber
- Parade , music: Erik Satie
- 1995
- L'anoure , music: diverse
- Advertisement , music: Stéphane Roy , Antonio Vivaldi
- Petit essai sur le temps qui passe , music: Dominique Petitgand
- 1997
- Paysage après la bataille , music: Goran Vejvoda , Adrien Chalgard
- 1998
- Centaures , music: György Ligeti
- 1999
- Personne n'épouse les méduses , music: Maxximum SC , various
- 2000
- Portraits in corpore (choreographic installation)
- 2001
- MC 14/22 (Ceci est mon corps) , music: Tedd Zahmal
- Le sacre du printemps , music: Igor Stravinsky
- Helicopter , music: Karlheinz Stockhausen
- 2003
- Near Life Experience , music: Nicolas Godin , Jean-Benoît Dunkel
- 2004
- "N" , music: Ulf Langheinrich
- 2005
- Les 4 saisons ... (with Fabrice Hyber ), music: Antonio Vivaldi
- 2006
- Fire Sketch , music: Igor Stravinsky , Laurent Garnier , Benjamin Rippert
- 2007
- Haka
- Empty Moves (parts I & II) , music: John Cage
- Eldorado (Sunday farewell) , music: Karlheinz Stockhausen
- 2008
- Blanche Neige , music: Gustav Mahler , 79D , costumes: Jean-Paul Gaultier
- 2009
- Le Funambule de Jean Genet , music: 79D , various
- 2010
- Suivront mille ans de calme , music: Laurent Garnier
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Preljocaj, Angelin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French dancer and choreographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1957 |