Lars Scheibner

Lars Scheibner (* 1976 in Leningrad , Soviet Union ) is a German dancer and choreographer .

life and career

Scheibner was born in Leningrad in 1976 to a German father and a Russian mother . After four years at the children's and youth sports school in Berlin, he broke off his career as a figure skater and began his eight-year training at the Berlin State Ballet School in 1987 . From 1995 to 1997 Lars Scheibner was a group dancer on the stages of the city of Gera , where he took part in the world premiere of Mario Schröder's The Wall . In 1998 he went to the Komische Oper Berlin as a soloist . This was followed by an engagement with the Ballet Kiel. For his incarnation of the title role in Mario Schröder's dance piece The Dream of Vincent van Gogh , he was nominated as the most prominent young dancer of 2003 by the specialist journal Ballett-Tanz . At the same time, Lars Scheibner has also been active in choreography since his training. Martin Robacki's interdisciplinary dance installation Prometheus Fantasia , which was shown as a cultural contribution by the State of Brandenburg at the Expo 2000 in Hanover and for which Scheibner developed large parts of the choreography, attracted particular attention .

In the seasons 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 Lars Scheibner presented his first independently conceived and choreographed stage pieces in the Kieler Schauspielhaus with no .: 26 and One more Time ... In September 2004, Hör mein Bitten ... was premiered in the Ostseehalle in Kiel : a commissioned work for the closing service of the Ecumenical Church Congress in Kiel. In 2004/2005, Scheibner worked as a director and choreographer, together with the Rundfunkchor Berlin and five freelance dancers, the full-length work The Sealed Angel for the composition of the same name by Rodion Konstantinowitsch Schtschedrin . In autumn 2005, Onager premiered in the Kiel Theater in Werftpark . Lars Scheibner choreographed and staged this full-length work for Ballet Kiel. Since August 2006 he has been working as a freelance dancer and choreographer in Berlin. In 2009, Lars Scheibner received the Conrad Ekhof Prize, awarded by the Society of Friends of the Mecklenburg State Theater in Schwerin .

In January 2016, Lars Scheibner took over the artistic direction of the German Dance Company in Neustrelitz.

Works since 2006 (selection)

• February 2007: "Trias-Bolero" - a ballet evening for the Mecklenburg State Theater in Schwerin
• April 2007: Revival of "The Sealed Angel" with dancers from the Berlin State Ballet
• November 2007: Choreography for “Die Fledermaus” at the Kiel Opera House
• January 2008: Choreography for “Der kleine Horrorladen” at the Gerhart-Hauptmann Theater in Zittau
• March 2008: Start of work as a choreographer and director with 200 children and young people from Schwerin for a staged version of “Carmina Burana!” In Mecklenburg
• State Theater Schwerin - premiere in November 2008
• March 2009: “Spring Sacrifice” - a ballet evening for the Mecklenburg State Theater in Schwerin
• March 2009: Staged world premiere of "St Johns Passion" - staged implementation of the St. John Passion by James MacMillan with the Berlin Radio Choir and Radio Symphony Orchestra
• November 2009: “Germany dances!” - a dance piece for the Trier dance theater
• January 2010: Realization of the children's dance project “the sealed angels” with 150 pupils from the “School under the Rainbow” in Berlin-Marzahn
• May 2010: “Savitri” a staged realization of the opera by Gustav Holst under the direction of the Rundfunkchor Berlin in Berghain Berlin
• September 2010: “Carmina Burana” - a ballet evening for the Ballet Nacional de Paraguay
• December 2010: “Carmina Burana” - realized by the Projeto Dançando para ung dançar in Rio de Janeiro
• January 2011: “Class reunion or an afternoon at the LPG” - a ballet comedy by Lars Scheibner and Jacob Steinberg for the Görlitz Theater
• April 2011: “Lux Aeterna” - a work for a cappella choir and dance at the Kiel Theater
• April 2011: “Ghetto” - staged realization of the trilogy of the same name by Volker David Kirchner at the Kiel Theater
• October 2011: “Pintando o sete com Portinari” - a ballet for the Projeto Dançando para ung dançar in Rio de Janeiro
• December 2011: "When I grow up ..." - a ballet for children from 6 based on the ballet comedy "Class reunion or an afternoon at the LPG" at the Görlitz Theater
• January 2012: New version of the "Sealed Angel" for the Soundstreams Festival in Toronto - for two choirs and five dancers from Toronto / Canada
• March 2012: Cooperation with the director Andrzej Woron - choreography and co-direction for the opera “Lady Macbeth von Mzensk” at the Bremerhaven City Theater
• June 2012: Revival of “The Sealed Angel” for performances in Vaduz / Liechtenstein and the Berlin Philharmonic
• July - November 2012: “João Joana” a ballet performance for the Projeto Dançando para ung dançar in Rio de Janeiro
• February - April 2013: Cooperation with the director Andrzej Woron - Co - direction and choreography for the play "The Burning Village" at the Konstanz Theater
• April - May 2013: Cooperation with the director Andrzej Woron - choreography and co-direction for the opera “Love and other Demons” at the Bremerhaven City Theater
• August - September 2013: “Le Sacre du Printemps” - a ballet evening for the Cottbus State Theater
• November - January 2014: Cooperation with the director Andrzej Woron - choreography and co-direction for the "Johannes - Passion" at the Osnabrück Theater
• February - March 2014: Choreography for the opera "Kommilitonen" at the Stadttheater Bremerhaven
• April - May 2014: Cooperation with the director Andrzej Woron - choreography and co-direction for the opera “Der Freischütz” at the Stadttheater Bremerhaven
• March 2015: Johannes Brahms - “A German Requiem” - production for the Osnabrück vocal consort
• May 2015: "The Nibelungs" - a dance epic for the German dance company in Neustrelitz
• September 2015: Cooperation with the director Andrzej Woron - choreography and co-direction for the operetta "Orpheus in der Unterwelt" - at the Stadttheater Konstanz
• March 2016: "53 ° N - Völker wandern" - a dance festival for the German dance company
• November 2016: "The Jungle Book" - A dance adventure for the whole family - German dance company
• March 2017: "Kriemhild Rache" - a dance epic for the German dance company
• September 2017: "The Corona Effect" - a visual experiment in cooperation with PMD-ART for the German dance company
• November 2017: "Der kleine Muck" - a dance fairy tale for children for the German dance company
• April 2018: "* 11: 23h" - part of the three-part choreography evening "moja, sheli, my HEIMAT"

Web links

• Lars Scheibner homepage