Martin Schläpfer (dancer)

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Martin Schläpfer (born December 26, 1959 in Altstätten ) is a Swiss dancer , choreographer and ballet director .

Life

Schläpfer - from a farming family in Appenzell - originally wanted to become an organic farmer . During his school days he took violin lessons and learned figure skating. He began ballet training in 1975 at the age of fifteen with Marianne Fuchs in St. Gallen . In 1977 Schläpfer won a scholarship as the best Swiss at the Prix ​​de Lausanne , which enabled him to continue studying ballet at the Royal Ballet School in London.

From 1978 to 1983 Schläpfer had an engagement as a solo dancer at the Stadttheater Basel with Heinz Spoerli . In the 1983/1984 season he was principal dancer with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in Canada. After that he danced again from 1985 to 1989 at the Stadttheater Basel. As a result of an artistic crisis, Schläpfer founded the Ballet School Dance Place in Basel in 1990 , which he directed until 1994. Then he was ballet director at the Stadttheater Bern until 1999 . From 1999 to 2009 he directed ballettmainz at the State Theater Mainz .

Without being tied to neo-classical music in his work, Martin Schläpfer refers to George Balanchine and Hans van Manen in dance technique . At the same time, he postulates a range of interpretations from Antony Tudor to Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui .

At the beginning of the 2009/2010 season, Schläpfer became ballet director and chief choreographer at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf and Duisburg , where he reorganized the Ballet am Rhein with 48 dancers and the new building of an independent, ultra-modern ballet house. In February 2013 Martin Schläpfer was the preferred candidate of the State Secretary for Culture André Schmitz to succeed Vladimir Malakhov as director of the Berlin State Ballet . Schläpfer did not accept the offer. In 2016 he made his former dancer Remus Sucheana ballet director in order to be able to concentrate more on artistic work as part of a dual leadership. Martin Schläpfer returned to the stage as a dancer in 2012, 2014 and 2017 for interpretations of Hans van Manen's Pas de deux The Old Man and Me and the ballet Everyday created especially for him .

After negotiating the position of resident choreographer in 2018 as part of the current contract extension with Ballett am Rhein, it was announced in June 2018 that Schläpfer would succeed Manuel Legris as director and chief choreographer of the Vienna State Ballet and the Ballet Academy on September 1, 2020 .

On October 2, 2018, Schläpfer was honored by the German Federal President with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany .

Awards

  • 2002: Rhineland-Palatinate Art Prize
  • 2003: Dance Prize of the Heinz Spoerli Foundation
  • 2006: Prix Benois de la Danse for the choreography of a string quartet to music by Witold Lutosławski
  • 2009: Gutenberg Medal of the City of Mainz
  • 2009: Faust Theater Prize in the choreography category for the ballet symphonies to music by Wilhelm Killmayer
  • 2010: "Choreographer of the Year" in the international critics' survey by the ballet magazine "tanz"
  • 2012: Theater Prize of the Düsseldorfer Volksbühne eV
  • 2012: Faust Theater Prize in the Choreography category for the ballet Ein Deutsches Requiem to the music of Johannes Brahms
  • 2013: Swiss Dance Prize
  • 2013: "Company of the year" for Martin Schläpfer's Ballett am Rhein in the international critics' survey by the ballet magazine "tanz"
  • 2014: "Company of the year" for Martin Schläpfer's Ballett am Rhein in the international critics' survey by the ballet magazine "tanz"
  • 2014: Taglioni - European Ballet Award in the category "Best Director"
  • 2014: Düsseldorfer des Jahres 2014 in the category "Culture"
  • 2015: "Company of the year" for Martin Schläpfers Ballett am Rhein in the international critics' survey of the ballet magazine "tanz"
  • 2015: Music Prize of the City of Duisburg
  • 2017: Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences
  • 2017: "Company of the year" for Martin Schläpfer's Ballett am Rhein in the international critics survey of the ballet magazine "tanz"
  • 2018: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 2019: Great St. Gallen Culture Prize

Works

  • 1995: Haydn Variations . Music: Variations on a Theme by Haydn op. 56a by Johannes Brahms ; Premiere: Bern Ballet, January 28, 1995, Stadttheater Bern
  • 1995: Rückert-Lieder . Five songs for voice and orchestra by Gustav Mahler based on poems by Friedrich Rückert ; Premiere: Bern Ballet, January 28, 1995, Stadttheater Bern
  • 1995: Strange Fruit . Music: Nina Simone ; Stage and costumes: Thomas Ziegler; Premiere: Bern Ballet, May 13, 1995, Stadttheater Bern
  • 1996: Divertimento . Music: Divertimento for string orchestra, Sz 113 by Béla Bartók ; Stage and costumes: Thomas Ziegler; Premiere: Bern Ballet, February 3, 1996, Stadttheater Bern
  • 1996: The Firebird . Ballet in two parts by Igor Stravinsky ; Premiere: Bern Ballet, February 3, 1996, Stadttheater Bern
  • 1996: Piedra y cielo . Ballet based on poems by Juan Ramón Jiménez . Music: piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven ; Premiere: Bern Ballet, April 28, 1996, Stadttheater Bern
  • 1997: Stabat mater . Music: Stabat mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi ; Premiere: Bern Ballet, January 18, 1997, Stadttheater Bern
  • 1997: Empty games . Music: Symphony No. 3 by Daniel Schnyder (WP); Premiere: Bern Ballet, October 3, 1997, Stadttheater Bern
  • 1998: Third Symphony . Music: Symphony No. 3 H. 299 by Bohuslav Martinů ; Premiere: Bern Ballet, February 21, 1998, Stadttheater Bern
  • 1998: Vespers . Music: All night vigil op. 37 by Sergej Rachmaninow ; Stage: Raphaël Barbier; Costumes: Catherine Voeffray; Premiere: Bern Ballet, June 17, 1998, French Church Bern
  • 1998: string quartet . Music: String Quartet in F minor op. 80 by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy . Premiere: Bern Ballet, October 8, 1998, Stadttheater Bern
  • 1999: The four seasons . Music: Le quattro stagioni op. 8 by Antonio Vivaldi ; Stage and costumes: Thomas Ziegler; Premiere: Bern Ballet, February 7, 1999, Stadttheater Bern
  • 1999: Last Sleep . Music: The Last Sleep of the Virgin by John Tavener ; Stage: Raphaël Barbier; Costumes: Catherine Voeffray; Premiere: Bern Ballet, May 30, 1999, Stadttheater Bern
  • 1999: Organ concert : Music: Organ concert in C major BWV 594 by Johann Sebastian Bach ; Stage and costumes: Thomas Ziegler; Premiere: ballettmainz, October 9, 1999, Staatstheater Mainz , Phönixhalle
  • 2000: Appenzell dances . Music: sound collages and traditional music from Appenzell; Stage and costumes: Thomas Ziegler; Premiere: ballettmainz, February 12, 2000, Staatstheater Mainz, Kleines Haus
  • 2000: Third piano concerto . Music: Concerto for piano and string orchestra by Alfred Schnittke ; Stage and costumes: Thomas Ziegler; Premiere: ballettmainz, May 13th, 2000, Staatstheater Mainz, Phönixhalle
  • 2000: Weeping with the wind . Music: Liturgy for orchestra and violoncello by Giya Kancheli ; Stage and costumes: Thomas Ziegler; World premiere: ballettmainz, October 7th, 2000, Staatstheater Mainz, Phönixhalle
  • 2001: Adagio for glass harmonica . Music: Adagio for glass harmonica KV 356 (617a) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; Costumes: Catherine Voeffray; Premiere: ballettmainz, February 3, 2001, Staatstheater Mainz, Kleines Haus
  • 2001: Concerto grosso . Music: Concerto grosso No. 2 for violin, cello and orchestra by Alfred Schnittke ; Stage: Raphaël Barbier; Costumes: Catherine Voeffray; Premiere: ballettmainz, November 17th, 2001, Staatstheater Mainz, Großes Haus
  • 2002: Viola Concerto . Music: Concerto for viola and orchestra by Alfred Schnittke; Stage and costumes: Thomas Ziegler; WP: ballettmainz, March 17th, 2002, Großes Haus
  • 2002: The Art of Fugue . Music: The Art of Fugue BWV 1080 by Johann Sebastian Bach; Stage: Thomas Ziegler; Costumes: Catherine Voeffray; Premiere: ballettmainz, November 10, 2002, Staatstheater Mainz, Kleines Haus
  • 2003: The Firebird . Ballet in two parts by Igor Stravinsky ; Stage and costumes: Thomas Ziegler; Premiere: ballettmainz, February 15, 2003, Staatstheater Mainz, Großes Haus
  • 2003: Musica ricercata . Music: Musica ricercata by György Ligeti . Stage and costumes: Keso Dekker; Premiere: ballettmainz, June 14, 2003, Staatstheater Mainz, Großes Haus
  • 2003: SONATA . Music: 2nd movement from the piano sonata in A flat major Hob. XVI: 46 by Joseph Haydn ; Costumes: Martin Schläpfer; Premiere: ballettmainz, October 29, 2003, Staatstheater Mainz, Kleines Haus
  • 2003: Partita No. 6 . Music: Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV 830 for piano by Johann Sebastian Bach; Stage and costumes: Thomas Ziegler; Premiere: ballettmainz, October 29, 2003, Staatstheater Mainz, Kleines Haus
  • 2004: Frogs and Crows . Music: Overture in F major (Alster Overture) by Georg Philipp Telemann ; Stage: Thomas Ziegler; Costumes: Marie-Thérèse Jossen; Premiere: ballettmainz, January 10, 2004, Staatstheater Mainz, Großes Haus
  • 2004: Ritirata notturna . Music: Four original versions of the Ritirata notturna di Madrid by Luigi Boccherini superimposed and transcribed for orchestra by Luciano Berio ; Stage: Thomas Ziegler; Costumes: Marie-Thérèse Jossen; Premiere: ballettmainz, January 10, 2004, Staatstheater Mainz, Großes Haus
  • 2004: in my day and night . Music: Paul Pavey; Costumes: Catherine Voeffray; Premiere: ballettmainz, May 8, 2004, Staatstheater Mainz, Großes Haus
  • 2004: Diabelli Variations . Music: 33 variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli op. 120 by Ludwig van Beethoven . Stage: Thomas Ziegler; Costumes: Marie-Thérèse Jossen; Premiere: ballettmainz, November 17th, 2004, Staatstheater Mainz, Kleines Haus
  • 2005: Ramifications . Music: Ramifications for string orchestra by György Ligeti ; Costume: Thomas Ziegler; Premiere: Marlúcia do Amaral (ballettmainz), February 26, 2005, Staatstheater Mainz, Großes Haus
  • 2005: rendering . Music: rendering by Franz Schubert / Luciano Berio based on sketches by Franz Schubert's D 936a. Stage and costumes: Thomas Ziegler; Premiere: ballettmainz, February 26, 2005, Staatstheater Mainz, Großes Haus
  • 2005: dance suite . Music: dance suite with Germany song by Helmut Lachenmann ; Stage and costumes: Keso Dekker; Premiere: ballettmainz, May 20, 2005, Staatstheater Mainz, Großes Haus
  • 2005: dances . Music by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann and Wolfgang Rihm ; Stage: Thomas Ziegler, costumes: Marie-Thérèse Jossen; Premiere: ballettmainz, November 9, 2005, Staatstheater Mainz, Kleines Haus
  • 2005: string quartet . Music: String Quartet by Witold Lutosławski ; Stage: Thomas Ziegler; Costumes: Marie-Thérèse Jossen; Premiere: ballettmainz, November 9, 2005, Staatstheater Mainz, Kleines Haus
  • 2006: March, waltz, polka . Music by Johann Strauss (father) , Johann Strauss (son) and Josef Strauss ; Costumes: Thomas Ziegler; Premiere: ballettmainz, February 10, 2006, Staatstheater Mainz, Großes Haus
  • 2006: Gota de Luz . Music: Symphony No. 7 in A major op. 92 by Ludwig van Beethoven; Stage and costumes: rosalie ; Premiere: ballettmainz, February 10, 2006, Staatstheater Mainz, Großes Haus
  • 2006: a forest, a lake . Music: Paul Pavey; Stage: Thomas Ziegler; Costumes: Catherine Voeffray; Premiere: ballettmainz, May 13, 2006, Staatstheater Mainz; Large house
  • 2007: Pathétique . Music: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; Stage and costumes: Keso Dekker; Premiere: ballettmainz, March 3, 2007, Staatstheater Mainz, Großes Haus
  • 2007: Obelisco . Music by Rickie Lee Jones , Salvatore Sciarrino , Franz Schubert , Domenico Scarlatti , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Giacinto Scelsi and Richard Heuberger ; Stage and costumes: Thomas Ziegler; Premiere: ballettmainz, May 16, 2007, Staatstheater Mainz, Großes Haus
  • 2007: 3 . Music: Paul Pavey; Stage: Thomas Ziegler; Costumes: Catherine Voeffray; Premiere: ballettmainz, November 8, 2007, Staatstheater Mainz, Kleines Haus
  • 2008: Reformation Symphony . Music: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 107 (“Reformation Symphony”) by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy ; Costumes: Marie-Thérèse Jossen; Premiere: ballettmainz, February 23, 2008, Staatstheater Mainz, Großes Haus
  • 2008: Viola Concerto II . Music: Concerto for viola and orchestra by Sofia Gubaidulina . Space, costumes, objects: rosalie; Premiere: Bavarian State Ballet , April 12, 2008, National Theater Munich
  • 2008: Quartz . Music: Gostyhead by Rickie Lee Jones , Albanian folk music, City of Quartz by Marianne Faithfull . Costumes: Ute Noack; Premiere: Kirsty Ross, Igor Mamonov (ballettmainz), June 28, 2008, Staatstheater Mainz, Kleines Haus
  • 2008: Pezzi and dances . Music: Tre Pezzi for soprano saxophone by Giacinto Scelsi / 15 waltzes for violin and guitar arranged from the 36 original dances op. 9 D 365 by Franz Schubert ; Stage: Martin Schläpfer; Costumes: Marie-Thérèse Jossen; Premiere: ballettmainz, November 8th, 2008, Staatstheater Mainz, Kleines Haus
  • 2008: 24 preludes . Music: 24 Preludes for piano op. 28 by Frédéric Chopin ; Costumes: Nelly van de Velden; Premiere: ballettmainz, November 8th, 2008, Staatstheater Mainz, Kleines Haus
  • 2009: Symphonies : Music: Sinfonia I (“Fogli”) and Sinfonia II (“Ricordanze”) by Wilhelm Killmayer ; Costumes: Catherine Voeffray; Premiere: ballettmainz, March 7th, 2009, Staatstheater Mainz, Großes Haus
  • 2009: Lontano . Music: Lontano by György Ligeti. Stage and costumes: Keso Dekker; World premiere: Het Nationale Ballet Amsterdam, March 17th, 2009, Het Muziektheater Amsterdam.
  • 2009: 5 . Music: Paul Pavey; Stage: Thomas Ziegler; Costumes: Catherine Voeffray; Premiere: ballettmainz, May 20, 2009, Staatstheater Mainz, Großes Haus
  • 2009: Third Symphony . Music: Symphony No. 3 by Witold Lutosławski ; Stage: Thomas Ziegler; Costumes: Catherine Voeffray; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, October 16, 2009, Opernhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2010: Neither . Opera in one act by Morton Feldman . Text by Samuel Beckett . Video light installation, room and costumes: rosalie; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, April 30, 2010, Opernhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2010: Trout Quintet . Music: Piano quintet in A major, D 667 (“ Trout quintet ”) by Franz Schubert; Stage and costumes: Keso Dekker; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, October 6, 2010, Theater Duisburg
  • 2011: Robert Schumann dances . Music: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major op. 97 ("Rheinische") by Robert Schumann; Stage: Thomas Ziegler; Costumes: Nelly van de Velden; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, February 19, 2011, Opernhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2011: Unleashing the Wolf . Music: Paul Pavey; Stage: Martin Schläpfer; Costumes: Marie-Thérèse Jossen; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, April 9, 2011, Opernhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2011: A German Requiem . Music: A German Requiem op. 45 by Johannes Brahms ; Stage: Florian Etti; Costumes: Catherine Voeffray; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, July 1st, 2011, Opernhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2012: Castor et Pollux . Adaptation of the tragédie lyrique Castor et Pollux in 5 acts and a prologue (1737) by Jean-Philippe Rameau . Space, light objects and costumes: rosalie; Premiere: January 28, 2012, Düsseldorf Opera House
  • 2012: Hungarian dances . Music: Hungarian dances by Johannes Brahms ; Costumes: Sabine Schnetz; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, November 10, 2012, Opernhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2013: Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 2 . Music: Symphony No. 2 in D major op. 73 by Johannes Brahms; Stage and costumes: Keso Dekker; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, February 2, 2013, Theater Duisburg
  • 2013: night surrounds . Music: 16 German dances D 783 by Franz Schubert, Il suono e il tacere by Salvatore Sciarrino , Symphony No. 7 in B minor D 759 by Franz Schubert, Shadow of Sound by Salvatore Sciarrino, polyphonic singing Die Nacht D 983c by Franz Schubert; Stage: Florian Etti; Costumes: Catherine Voeffray; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, July 5, 2013, Opernhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2013: 7 . Music: Symphony No. 7 in E minor by Gustav Mahler ; Stage and costumes: Florian Etti; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, October 26, 2013, Opernhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2014: DEEP FIELD . Music: DEEP FIELD by Adriana Hölszky - world premiere / commissioned composition; Stage and costumes: rosalie; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, May 23, 2014, Opernhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2014: De Claudine loved . Music: Em Sepp Walser z'lieb ; Premiere: Claudine Schoch, May 24, 2014, Ballet School for the Zurich Opera House, Zurich Opera House
  • 2015: to be amazed - to see . Music: Sonata No. 6 and Sonata No. 10 by Alexander Scriabin as well as Grand Valse di bravura "Le bal de Berne" (first version) S 209 by Franz Liszt ; Stage and costumes: Keso Dekker; Video: Christoph Schödel; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, January 23, 2015, Theater Duisburg
  • 2015: Symphony in G minor . Music: Symphony No. 40 in G minor KV 550 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; Stage and costumes: Florian Etti; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, March 14, 2015, Opernhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2016: Variations and Partitas . Music: 12 variations on the minuet “à la Viganò” from Jakob Haibel's ballet “Le nozze disturbate” in C major WoO 68 by Ludwig van Beethoven and Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV 830 for piano by Johann Sebastian Bach; Stage: Thomas Ziegler; Costumes: Nelly van de Velden; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, March 18, 2016, Opernhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2016: monks and nuns . Music: No. 5, 13 and Aria da Capo from the Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach and “Is This It?” By Asaf Avidan ; Costumes: Stefanie C. Salm; Premiere: Marlúcia do Amaral, Marcos Menha and Alexandre Simões (Ballett am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg), June 11, 2016, 4th Osnabrück Dance Gala, Theater Osnabrück
  • 2016: Concert for orchestra . Music: Concerto for orchestra by Witold Lutosławski; Stage and costumes: Florian Etti; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, October 28, 2016, Theater Duisburg
  • 2017: Petite Messe solennelle . Music: Petite Messe solennelle by Gioachino Rossini ; Stage and costumes: Florian Etti; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, June 2, 2017, Opernhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2017: Roses of Shadow . Music: Roses of Shadow by Adriana Hölszky - world premiere / commissioned composition; Stage and costumes: Marcus Spyros Bertermann; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, December 16, 2017, Opernhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2018: Swan Lake . Music: Swan Lake . Ballet in 4 acts op. 20 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; Stage and costumes: Florian Etti; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, June 8, 2018, Opernhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2019: Ulenspiegel dances . Music: Symphony No. 7 in C sharp minor op. 131 by Sergei Prokofjew ; Stage, costumes and video: Keso Dekker; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, February 9, 2019, Theater Duisburg
  • 2019: 44 duos . Music: 44 duos for two violins by Béla Bartók ; Stage: Marcus Spyros Bertermann; Costumes: Hélène Vergnes; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, April 12, 2019, Opernhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2019: Cello Concerto . Music: Concerto for violoncello and orchestra No. 2 in C sharp minor op. 126 by Dmitri Shostakovich ; Stage: Marcus Spyros Bertermann; Costumes: Hélène Vergnes; Premiere: Ballet am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg, November 23, 2019, Opernhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2020: Taiyō to Tsuki . Music: Symphony No. 3 in D major, D 200 by Franz Schubert and Ferne Landschaft III: Seascapes of Fukuyama by Toshio Hosokawa ; Stage and costumes: Florian Etti; Premiere: Stuttgart Ballet , February 22nd, 2020, Staatstheater Stuttgart , Opera House

Television recordings

literature

  • Agathe Blaser: Martin Schläpfer . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 3, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1609.
  • Klaus Kieser: Ballet today. Photos by Bettina Stöß. Reclam, Ditzingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-15-010873-4 .
  • Anne do Paço (Ed.): Martin Schläpfer - ballettmainz . DACO-Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-87135-052-8 .
  • Anne do Paço: A dance in between. Martin Schläpfer choreographs “A German Requiem” by Johannes Brahms in Düsseldorf. In: Beatrix Borchard and Kerstin Schüssler-Bach (eds.): Brahms studies. Volume 16. Johannes Brahms Society International Association. Schneider, Tutzing 2011, ISBN 978-3-86296-026-2 .
  • Anne do Paço: Ballet for the 21st Century - The Choreographer Martin Schläpfer. In: Stephanie Schroedter (Ed.): Movements between hearing and seeing. Movements of thought about movement arts . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2012, pp. 31–42, ISBN 978-3-8260-4744-2 .
  • Ursula Pellaton: To the point . In: DU - Die Zeitschrift für Kultur No. 878/2017: Dance - a feeling for life , pp. 44–47.
  • Stephanie Schroedter: New Hearing for a New Seeing of Movement: From the Birth of a Contemporary Ballet from the Body of Music - Approaches to Martin Schläpfer's Music Choreographic Work . In: Stephanie Schroedter (Ed.): Movements between hearing and seeing. Movements of thought about movement arts . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2012, pp. 43–110, ISBN 978-3-8260-4744-2 .
  • Anne do Paço: Echoes of Romanticism. Works by Johannes Brahms in ballets by Martin Schläpfer and Mats Ek . In: Beatrix Borchard and Kerstin Schüssler-Bach (eds.): Brahms studies. Volume 18. Johannes Brahms Society International Association eV Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim, Zurich, New York 2017, pp. 45–58, ISBN 978-3-48715-648-4 .
  • Martin Schläpfer: My dance, my life. Conversations with Bettina Trouwborst. Henschel-Verlag , Leipzig 2020 (in preparation), ISBN 978-3-89487-813-9 .

Media portraits

  • 2003: dance against the trend. The choreographer Martin Schläpfer . A radio feature by Natali Kurth. 60 minutes. SWR
  • 2004: The choreographer Martin Schläpfer - "I'm a little bit of a maniac" . A film by Dieter Schneider and Timo Amling. 53 minutes. SF DRS and ZDF / 3sat
  • 2015: About life and dance. Martin Schläpfer - from the farm to the stages of this world . A film by Cathrin Leopold. 25 minutes. WDR [2]
  • 2015: speaking time with Martin Schläpfer . Moderation: Jürgen Wiebicke. 28 minutes WDR 5 [3]
  • 2016: Keep fire - don't worship ashes. The choreographer Martin Schläpfer . Director: Annette von Wangenheim. Theatrical Version / DVD: 85 minutes; TV version: 52 minutes. Production and distribution: 7T1 Media Cologne, in coproduction with arte / WDR and SRF . Trailer: [4]

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dorion Weickmann: Connection to something that is bigger than us. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of October 24, 2014, p. 11.
  2. ^ Culture connoisseur: Martin Schläpfer. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ tanznetz.de: Martin Schläpfer in conversation with Andrea Amort.
  4. ↑ Sandra Luzina: Malakhov Succession. Why Sasha Waltz could revive the State Ballet In: Der Tagesspiegel of February 2, 2013. Retrieved on February 5, 2012.
  5. ^ Rheinische Post online. I don't want to be a captain anymore . Interview with Martin Schläpfer by Dorothee Krings.Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  6. ↑ orf.at: Schläpfer becomes director of the Vienna State Ballet . Article dated June 22, 2018, accessed June 22, 2018.
  7. ↑ nic: Order of Merit for Ballet Director Schläpfer . In: Rheinische Post , Düsseldorf, September 21, 2018, p. D10.
  8. ↑ Prize winners from previous years. In: duesseldorferdesjahres.de, accessed on October 2, 2018.
  9. ↑ Awarding of the medal on the Day of German Unity. In: bundespräsident.de. October 2, 2018, accessed October 2, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Schläpfer, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss dancer and choreographer
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Altstätten