Claus Schulz
Claus Schulz (born June 21, 1934 in Rostock ) is a German ballet dancer , choreographer and ballet master .
Life
Claus Schulz began his development path in 1949 as a ballet t-shirt at the Schwerin State Theater , where the dance teacher Grita Krätke took care of him. After just one year, Walter Felsenstein engaged him as a group dancer at the Komische Oper Berlin . Here he completed his studies with Gustav Blank , Tatjana Gsovsky , Grita Krätke and Sabine Ress and passed the stage entrance examination. As early as 1952 he received a contract as a solo dancer. In 1955 he decided to accept an offer from the German State Opera in Berlin, because there he saw more diverse possibilities for dance design.
In addition to numerous guest appearances, as a soloist and with the ensemble of the German State Opera in many countries, he worked as a guest lecturer in Chile in 1966 and in Sweden in 1971 . In 1969 he was appointed acting ballet director due to an illness of Lilo Gruber and was confirmed as ballet director and first choreographer in 1970. In 1972 Claus Schulz did not return to the GDR after a guest performance in Paris. Therefore he was expelled from the German Academy of the Arts , of which he was appointed a full member in 1969. This exclusion was reversed in 1990.
In addition to his appearances in dance theater, Claus Schulz was also active nationally and internationally in film, where he mainly took on roles as a dancer.
Filmography
- 1962: Revue at midnight
- 1964: Much Ado About Nothing
- 1967: wedding night in the rain
- 1969: Androclus and the Lion (TV movie)
theatre
dancer
- 1952: Hans-Klaus Langer : Café Cantante - Director: Ilse Meudtner ( Komische Oper Berlin )
- 1953: Nikolai Tscherepnin : The Enchanted Bird (Fool) - Director: Ilse Meudtner (Komische Oper Berlin)
- 1953: Leo Spies : Stralauer Fischzug (wrestlers) - Director: Ilse Meudtner (Komische Oper Berlin)
- 1953: Alexander Borodin : Polowetz Dances - Direction: Jean Weidt (Komische Oper Berlin)
- 1955: Aram Chatschaturjan : Gayaneh (Armen) - Director: Lilo Gruber ( Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin )
- 1959: Peter Tschaikowski : Swan Lake (Fool) - Director: Lilo Gruber (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
- 1959: Revue: Zauber der Jugend (guest soloist) - ( Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin )
- 1959: Revue: Sterne am Varieté (guest soloist) - (Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin)
- 1961: Albert Burkat : New Odyssey (Crier) - Director: Lilo Gruber (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
- 1963: Sergei Prokofjew : Romeo and Juliet - Director: Lilo Gruber (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
- 1964: Sergei Prokofjew: The Prodigal Son (Son) - Director: Grita Krätke (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
- 1965: Revue: For eyes and ears (guest soloist) - (Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin)
- 1965: Igor Stravinsky : Petruschka (Petruschka) - Director: Grita Krätke (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
- 1966: Claude Debussy : Afternoon of a Faun (Faun) - Director: Grita Krätke (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
- 1967: Peter Tschaikowski: Sleeping Beauty (Prince) - Director: Lilo Gruber (German State Opera Berlin)
- 1967: Kurt Schwaen : Ballad vom Glück (prisoner Soviet soldier) - Director: Lilo Gruber (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
- 1967: Wsewolod Wischnewski : Optimistic Tragedy (Wainonen) - Director: Willi Hinzert ( Hermann Duncker Ensemble Berlin)
- 1969: Leo Spies: Don Quixote (Sancho Pansa) - Director: Lilo Gruber (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
- 1970: Igor Stravinsky: Der Feuervogel (Firebird) - Director: Juan Corelli (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
choreography
- 1959: Revue: Notes, NUK and a lot more nice things - ( Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin )
- 1960: Revue: Summer Intermezzo (Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin - open-air theaters Schönholz and Weißensee)
- 1961: Revue: Carnival Gallop (Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin)
- 1962: Igor Stravinsky : The Soldier's Story - Director: Heinz Rückert (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
- 1963: Revue: Fragrant Blossoms (Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin)
- 1963: Johann Strauss : Die Fledermaus - Director: Josef Adolf Weindich (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
- 1970: Boris Assafjew : The Bakhchisarai Fountain - also directed (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
- 1970: Bedřich Smetana : The Bartered Bride - Director: Horst Bonnet (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
- 1970: Albert Lortzing : Tsar and Zimmermann - Director: Klaus Kahl (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
- 1971: Boris Assafjew : The Flame of Paris - also directed (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
Awards
- 1953: Silver medal in the soloist competition during the World Festival of Youth and Students in Bucharest
- 1955: Honorable recognition at the soloist competition during the World Festival of Youth and Students in Warsaw
- 1955: Second competition for young dancers: 2nd prize in solo dance
- 1959: Silver medal at the International Ballet Competition in Vienna
- 1960: Master dancer
- 1960: National Prize of the GDR in the second class for art and literature
- 1965: 7th Workers' Festival of the GDR : gold medal
- 1968: Artur Becker Gold Medal
literature
- 1969: Werner Hoerisch : Master dancer Claus Schulz, Henschel-Verlag Berlin
Web links
- Claus Schulz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Claus Schulz at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of August 13, 1954
- ↑ Claus Schulz on Tanznetz.de
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of July 16, 1964, p. 6
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of August 13, 1954, p. 3
- ↑ Neues Deutschland from August 11, 1955, p. 4
- ↑ Neues Deutschland from May 14, 1955, p. 4
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of October 7, 1960, p. 4
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of July 21, 1965, p. 4
- ↑ Neue Zeit of October 11, 1968, p. 4
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schulz, Claus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dancer, choreographer, ballet master |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1934 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rostock |