Jana Ressel

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Jana Ressel (* before 1998) is a German choreographer .

Life

Jana Ressel received her training in music (violin), in classical dance , modern dance , pedagogy and choreography in Lübeck , at the University of Music and Theater in Leipzig and at the Palucca School in Dresden (diploma).

Study visits took her to New York and Vienna . Jana Ressel worked as a dancer in various dance companies and with choreographers in Leipzig , Weimar and Frankfurt am Main . Since 1999 he has created a number of his own choreographies, for example the dance piece “Grido” for the festival for contemporary music in Würzburg and pieces for the Dresden festivals TANZherbst and Tanzwoche . In addition, she produced dance pieces and music theater productions for the dance theater “Orbis Pictus” in Weimar as well as for the LOFFT Leipzig and productions for the Blaumilchkanal e. V. Leipzig . With a grant from the Dresdner Bank Cultural Foundation, her German-Israeli dance project “LOOPS” was launched in Tel Aviv in 2006/07.

As a freelance choreographer, she works closely with contemporary composers and their compositions for her pieces. a. András Hamary, Ludger Vollmer , Hartmut Dorschner, Shlomi Frige, Steffen Reinhold and Friedemann Stolte. The resulting pieces testify to the close exchange between musical structure and dance composition.

Furthermore, she works as a lecturer for stage dance and movement at the Leipzig University of Music and Theater and gives workshops in contemporary dance. As a lecturer, she dedicates herself to working with students in the singing and acting department, and as a choreographer for music theater productions.

Awards

  • 2006 Scholarship from the Dresden Cultural Foundation of the Dresdner Bank
  • 2008 “Creative Resident” of the interdisciplinary summer workshop “muse 8” at the Palucca School in Dresden

Reference projects / choreographies

  • 1998/99 choreographic productions for the children's operas at the Leipzig Opera
  • 1999 Foundation of the dance company "Orbis Pictus" in Weimar
  • 1999–2002 coproduction with the Deutsches National Theater Weimar and the dance theater "Orbis Pictus" for the choreographies "Akhenaten", "Silent Spring", "Dilemma of togetherness"
    • artistic director of the dance workshop “Brain Move” Weimar
  • 2001 Invitation to the festival for contemporary music in Würzburg with the choreography "Grido"
  • 2004 Diploma choreography in the small scene of the Semperoper Dresden "Beautiful, bland world"
  • 2005 Festival TANZherbst Dresden, co-production with Tristan Produktion in the small scene of the Semperoper "Vorbeiflug"
  • 2006 “Ritual Dyonis” productions / choreography
    • “Time tendons” by the Blaumilchkanal eV Leipzig for the Schumann year, as well as “Herzensnacht” in coproduction with the University of Music and Theater Leipzig
  • 2007 LOOPS , German-Israeli coproduction with the Tmuna Theater Tel Aviv, the LOFFT Leipzig and the Tanzwoche Dresden
  • 2008 Choreography for the Leipzig Bach Festival and DansArt of the Kiel Ballet
    • Choreography for “Mikado” in the studio of the University of Music and Theater in Leipzig
  • 2009 Choreography for the musical theater piece Momo in Leipzig at the Theater der Junge Welt
    • Choreography “Late Blossoms” for “DansArt” Kiel and for the festival of the Dresden Dance Week

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personal data
SURNAME Ressel, Jana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German choreographer
DATE OF BIRTH before 1998