Gunther-R. Eggert

Gunther-R. Eggert , known as the author as Rod Finkenstein , (* before 1945 in Gollnow ) is a German director , choreographer, author, dancer, actor and singer.

Life

Eggert was born in Gollnow (near Stettin) in what is now Poland and had to flee there with his parents at a young age. He started his career as a dancer in Flensburg. In addition to classical ballet training, he completed extensive jazz and tap dance training in New York and was a solo dancer under John Cranko at the Württemberg State Theater in Stuttgart . At this time he began to work out his first choreographies, founded and directed the German Jazz Ballet and won the 1st prize for jazz choreography from the Amerika Haus in Munich.

Since he was more and more interested in theater in general, he worked for Günther Rennert , Stuttgart State Opera, Vienna and Paris Opera and in the field of spoken theater with Peter Palitzsch and Karl Vibach, Stuttgart, Staatsschauspiel. The next step took him first as a television choreographer for Süddeutscher Rundfunk Fernsehen, Stuttgart, then as chief choreographer and editor for ZDF Mainz. It was here that he began directing television for the first time.

This was followed by over 200 film and television productions as a director, choreographer, author and editor for almost all German television stations. This also includes: film work in Vienna with Herbert von Karajan , director and editor in advertising and a 1st prize in Paris for a commercial. Gunther-R. Eggert played a key role in the quiz program "Recognize the Melody", for which he was responsible for 48 episodes as a choreographer and often took part as a dancer.

He specialized in musicals, worked freelance at many German theaters and from 1975 to 1983 was a permanent member of the one-time double position as senior stage director for musicals and operettas and ballet director at Theater Dortmund . In his artistic work he can refer to more than a hundred productions and choreographies, including German, European and world premieres. He has worked with many well-known artists, such as B. Herbert v. Karajan, Wilhelm Schüchter, René Kollo, Udo Jürgens, Max Greger, Ernst Stankowski, Paul Kuhn, Eva Pflug, Irene Mann, Maria Schell, Hartwig Rudolz, Gitte, Mary Roos, Ingeborg Hallstein, Helmut Zacharias, Peter Kraus, Roberto Blanco, James Krüss, Kurt Graunke, Sir Peter Ustinov, Marlene Charell, Bibi Johns, Vivi Bach, Rex Gildo, Carel Gott, Axel Führbringer, Lil Babs, Jürgen Feind u. a.

He was a musical man from the very beginning in Germany as an actor, choreographer and director, and one can say that he made a decisive contribution to establishing the musical in Germany. His tap dance earned him the title “the German Fred Astaire”.

For several years now, the Munich-based artist has also been working as an author under the pseudonym Rod Finkenstein. His works appear in the TOP MUSIC edition of the "G. Ricordi-Verlag Munich". He is co-author of the musical "Jack the Ripper" by Günther Fischer and Stefan Berliner, which premiered in this version in Plauen . In 2006, as an author and director, he brought the first musical about the life of Karl Valentin with the title "Fun an der Freud" to its world premiere in Munich.

On July 15, 2009 Gunther-R. Eggert can look back on 60 years of stage work.

Productions

Operettas

• Viktoria and her hussar, 1974 Städt. Stage Dortmund
• Boccaccio, 1974 Städt. Theaters Dortmund, 1988 Stadttheater Würzburg
• Mask in blue, 1974 Stadttheater Würzburg, 1987 Stadttheater Pforzheim, 1988 Stadttheater Trier
• Clivia, 1975 Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, 1976 Stadttheater Würzburg, 1981 Städt. Stage Dortmund
• The Csardasfürstin, 1975 Städt. Theaters in Dortmund, 1986 State Theater Coburg, 1993 State Operetta Dresden, 1991 City Theater Würzburg
• Black Forest Girl, 1976 Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
• Land of Smiles, 1977 Städt. Theaters Dortmund, 1995 City Theater Würzburg
• Night in Venice, 1977 Städt. Theaters Dortmund, 1984 Städt. Stages Osnabrück, 1996 City Theater Plauen
• The Merry Widow, 1978 Städt. Theaters Dortmund, 1996 Theater Görlitz
• Happy Journey, 1979 Stadttheater Würzburg
• The Tsarevich, 1979 Städt. Theaters Dortmund, 1989 Stadttheater Würzburg
• The cousin from Dingsda, 1980 Städt. Theaters Dortmund, 1988 Stadttheater Würzburg
• The begging student, 1982 and 1993 Stadttheater Würzburg, 1983 Städt. Theaters Dortmund, 1984 Ulmer Theater, 1985 Landestheater Coburg, 1985 City Theater Pforzheim
• Countess Mariza , 1983 Städt. Theaters Dortmund, 1983 Ulmer Theater, 1990 Stadttheater Würzburg, 1998 Stadttheater Plauen, 1999 Brandenburger Theater
• Fireworks, 1983 Ulmer Theater, 1988 Landestheater Coburg
• Parisian life, 1984 Theater Augsburg
• The circus princess, 1984 Coburg State Theater
• My sister and I, 1985 Stadttheater Würzburg
• Die Fledermaus, 1985 Landestheater Coburg, 1990 City Theater Würzburg
• The tramps, 1986 Pforzheim City Theater
• Season in Salzburg, 1986 Theater Augsburg
• Bandit pranks, 1987 Landestheater Coburg, 1991 Stadttheater Würzburg
• Gasparone, 1989 City Theater Pforzheim
• Wiener Blut, 1989 City Theater Würzburg
• Waltz Dream, 1992 City Theater Würzburg
• Giuditta, 1992 City Theater Würzburg
• The Bird Trader, 1993 City Theater Würzburg
• In the white Rößl, 1996 City Theater Würzburg

Musicals

• Beloved small town, premiere 1969 Württemberg. Landesbühne Esslingen (book)
• Can Can, 1965 Staatstheater Stuttgart (choreographer), 1976 Stadttheater Würzburg, Städt. Stage Dortmund 1978
• Hello Dolly, 1970 Stadttheater Würzburg, 1972 Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, 1985 Landestheater Coburg, 1986 Lübeck Theater
• Kiss me Kate, 1971 and 1993 Stadttheater Würzburg, 1975 Städt. Theaters Dortmund, 1988 Stadttheater Gießen
• No, no, Nanette, 1973 Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, 1974 Stadttheater Würzburg
• Finians Rainbow, DE September 28, 1975 Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, 1979 Städt. Stage Dortmund
• Lady be good, DE September 19, 1976 Städt. Stage Dortmund
• Irma la Douce, 1976 Städt. Stage Dortmund
• Oh, Kay, DE May 31, 1978 Städt. Stage Dortmund
• Oklahoma, 1980 civ. Theaters Dortmund, 1994 Theater Görlitz
• Adam and Eva, WP March 29, 1981 Stadttheater Würzburg
• Silk stockings, 1983 Städt. Stage Dortmund
• The Man from La Mancha, 1985 Stadttheater Würzburg
• Gigi, 1985 Lübeck Theater, 1991 Stadttheater Würzburg
• My Fair Lady, 1986 Landestheater Coburg
• Show Boat, 1987 Landestheater Coburg, 1989 Stadttheater Würzburg
• The King and I, 1992 City Theater Würzburg
• Evita, 1994 Stadttheater Pforzheim, 1995 Stadttheater Görlitz, 1998 Stadttheater Plauen
• The small horror shop, 1994 Stadttheater Würzburg, 1996 Stadttheater Görlitz
• Guys and Dolls, 1994 Stadttheater Würzburg
• Singing in the rain, DE April 15, 1994 Dresden State Operetta
• Magician of Oz, 1995 City Theater Görlitz
• Chicago 1995 Stadttheater Würzburg, 1996 Stadttheater Görlitz
• Jack the Ripper, WP of the new version May 25, 1997 at the Stadttheater Plauen
• La Cage aux Folles, 1997 City Theater Würzburg
• I do, I do, 1998 City Theater Plauen
• Sugar, 2000 Plauen
• Jesus Christ Superstar, performed for the first time in 1999 in a church in Plauen, 2001 Stralsund, 2001 Greifswald
• Fun at the Freud ', premiere February 9, 2006 in Munich

Ballet evenings

• Le petit riens
• Small nightmusic
• Sylphidiads
• Hamlet
• Rhapsody in Blue
• An American in Paris
• Tap Dance Symphony (without music)
• Legs (step)
• Golden boy
• Fancy Free
• Zebra crossing
• Drum suite
• Voodoo Suite (1st prize for jazz choreography)
• City of Glass
• Caravan

Works

Musicals

• The Olympic dream (book and music)
• Rocky Mozart (book)
• Fun at Freud '(book)
• Jack the Ripper, co-author

comedy

• The Lottery Prize (Author)

Web links

• Gunther-R. Eggert in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Karl Valentin musical