Jochen Ulrich
Jochen Ulrich (born August 3, 1944 in Osterode am Harz , † November 10, 2012 in Linz ) was a German choreographer and dancer .
Life
After studying at the Cologne Institute for Stage Dance from 1964 to 1967, Ulrich made his debut as a dancer at the Cologne Opera in 1967 . As early as 1970, he received national attention with his choreographic works. In 1971 he co-founded the Kölner Tanz-Forum together with Helmut Baumann , Jürg Burth and Gray Veredon and directed it from 1979. There he promoted a number of talented young dancers from all over Europe, including the later choreographer Richard Wherlock .
In 1970 he won the Berlin Critics' Prize .
From 2000 Ulrich was director of the ballet at the Tiroler Landestheater in Innsbruck. There he created the ballet Caravaggio , which described the life and work of the Italian painter. Director Rainer Mennicken brought him to Linz in 2006, where he a. a. achieved great success with Dennis Russell Davies and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz .
His style was characterized by athletic-technical extensions of the dance impulses.
In November 2012 he died in Linz after a long, serious illness.
literature
- Dieter Blum , Peter Weiermair (ed.): Erotic dance . Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, ISBN 3-9804523-4-4 .
- Jochen Schmidt : Dance History of the 20th Century in One Volume. With 101 choreographer portraits Henschel Verlag, Berlin 2002. ISBN 3-89487-430-9 .
- Jochen Ulrich , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 39/2001 of September 17, 2001, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Web links
- Literature by and about Jochen Ulrich in the catalog of the German National Library
- Page about Jochen Ulrich at the German Dance Archive Cologne .
- Jochen Ulrich in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Landestheater mourns Jochen Ulrich . ooe.orf.at.
- Portrait Theater Linz
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Landestheater mourns Jochen Ulrich . ooe.orf.at. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
- ↑ a b c Obituary . Theater Linz. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
- ↑ a b c Obituary . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. theater-chemnitz.de.
- Jump up ↑ Dance Has Lost a Great Choreographer. Retrieved October 16, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ulrich, Jochen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German choreographer and dancer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osterode am Harz |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 2012 |
| Place of death | Linz |