Gregor Seyffert

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Gregor Seyffert (* 1967 in Berlin ) is a German dancer , director and choreographer . Since 2002 he has been artistic director of the State Ballet School and School of Artistry in Berlin, most recently as director of the State Youth Ballet . On the basis of previously unconfirmed allegations, he has been released from service by the Berlin Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family since February 17, 2020. This applies until the instances used to clarify the matter present concrete evidence of the allegations or refute them.

Life

Gregor Seyffert was born in Berlin and studied at the State Ballet School Berlin . In 1987 Seyffert was engaged as a solo dancer at the Komische Oper Berlin under the direction of the choreographer Tom Schilling . There he danced for thirteen years, since 1991 as the first soloist. In the meantime, in 1988, he worked in New York with the American Ballet Theater under the direction of Mikhail Baryshnikov . In 1996 he founded the Gregor Seyffert & Compagnie Berlin , with which he was invited to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta with the productions Über das Marionettentheater and Clown Gottes as an official German cultural contribution .

Gregor Seyffert has been a freelance dancer, choreographer and producer since 2000/2001. In 2002 he was appointed artistic director of the State Ballet School Berlin and in 2006 professor for stage dance at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin . In 2004, the first own, full-length production Das Paradies und die Peri was created in cooperation with the Robert Schumann Festival Düsseldorf (equipment, costumes, video: Gottfried Helnwein ). Between 2004 and 2009 Gregor Seyffert acted as artistic director of the Gregor Seyffert Compagnie Dessau , which was founded as part of a cooperation between Gregor Seyffert & Compagnie Berlin and the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau . During this time, Gregor Seyffert directed and choreographed numerous full-length works such as The Little Prince (2005), Tango Palast (2007), Peri - An Angel Between Heaven & Earth (2008) or Around The World In 80 Days (2009).

The cross-genre spectacle Marquis de Sade was premiered in 2006 at the Kraftwerk Vockerode site and had over 50,000 visitors between 2006 and 2009.

Productions

  • 1996: TV documentary Grenzwert about working on the production About the Marionette Theater (SFB)
  • 2000: TV documentary Gregor Seyffert - A dancer on the move Deutsche Welle TV
  • 2002: Clown of God - Lost in Wahnsinn (film) with ORB and WDR
  • 2004: Das Paradies und die Peri (oratorio; staging: Gregor Seyffert; equipment: Gottfried Helnwein ) as a multimedia staged performance for the 8th Robert Schumann Festival in the Tonhalle in Düsseldorf
  • 2005: The Little Prince (production direction and choreography) based on the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • 2006: Donatien Alphonse François de Sade | Marquis de Sade - the spectacular cross-genre action theater (overall artistic direction, staging and choreography) in the disused Vockerode power station
  • 2007: Tango Palast (overall artistic direction / choreography) coproduction of the Kurt Weill Festival Dessau with the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau and the Gregor Seyffert Compagnie Dessau
  • 2009: Around the world in 80 days (concept, choreography, staging) An adventure trip to Jules Verne at the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau
  • 2009: Son of Man (concept, choreography, staging) at the Theater & Philharmonie Thuringia
  • 2010: The Child's Dream by Hanoch Levin (choreography) at the Tel Aviv Opera
  • 2013: Wagner Reloaded - Apocalyptica meets Wagner (concept and staging) in the Arena Leipzig

Awards

  • 1986: Laureate and winner of the Grand Prix de Lausanne d'Or with the gold medal at the International Ballet Competition Lausanne / Switzerland
  • 1987: Gold medal and the "Prize of the City of Dessau " at the National Ballet Competition
  • 1994: First prize as a partner at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson (USA)
  • 1994: First prize as a partner at the International Ballet Competition in Varna (Bulgaria)
  • 1997: Winner of the Prix ​​Benois de la Danse-Unesco as "World's best dancer 1997"
  • 1999: Awarded the title of Berlin Chamber Dancer
  • 2002: German Critics' Prize in the dance category
  • 2003: German Dance Prize

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martina Hafner: State Ballet Berlin Magnificent "Nutcracker" is coming back soon! In: BZ September 8, 2017, accessed March 3, 2019 .
  2. ↑ dpa: After two top positions were advertised at the State Ballet School Berlin, there is criticism from the scene. Tag24, March 29, 2020, accessed on April 14, 2020 (German).
  3. ↑ Jürgen Neffe: Ballet: Expansion of the dance zone. In: Der Spiegel. Spiegel.de, January 10, 2000, accessed December 7, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Seyffert, Gregor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dancer and choreographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin