Mauro Bigonzetti
Mauro Bigonzetti (* 1960 in Rome ) is an Italian choreographer and dancer .
life and work
Bigonzetti trained as a dancer at the Rome Opera Ballet School . After graduating, he was accepted into their company . In 1982 he moved to the Aterballetto in Reggio nell'Emilia . He danced there in all the pieces on the program and worked out a repertoire with pieces by George Balanchine and Léonide Massine . In 1990 he created his first own choreography, Sei in movimento, to music by Johann Sebastian Bach .
In 1992 he left the Aterballetto to work as a freelance choreographer in collaboration with the Balletto di Toscana . He quickly gained an international reputation. He has worked for leading houses worldwide such as the English National Ballet , the Ballet National de Marseille , the Ballet des Teatro Argentino , the Brazilian Balè da Cidade de São Paulo , the Ballet Gulbenkian in Lisbon , the New York City Ballet and others. In Italy the La Scala in Milan , the Rome Opera, the Arena di Verona and the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples performed his pieces. In Germany, the ballet of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the ballet of the Dresden Semperoper show his pieces. He created specially choreographies for the Stuttgart Ballet and Gauthier Dance .
In 1997 he was appointed artistic director and first choreographer of the Aterballetto. In 2008 he handed over the artistic direction to Cristina Bozzolini, but remained associated with the Aterballetto as principal choreographer .
Choreographies (selection)
- Songs , music by Henry Purcell , 1997
- Cantata , live music by Assurd , 1997
- Furia Corporis , music by Ludwig van Beethoven and Robert Monari , 1998
- Construction , music by John Cage , 1998
- Comoedia Canti , music by Johann Sebastian Bach , 2001
- Sogno , 2001
- Vespro , music by Bruno Moretti , 2002
- Les Noces , music by Igor Stravinsky , 2002
- Rossini Cards , music by Gioachino Rossini , 2004
- Ommagio a Bach , music by Johann Sebastian Bach, 2005
- Le Sacre du Printemps , music by Igor Stravinsky, 2005
- Vento , music by Bruno Moretti, 2006
- Romeo and Juliet , music by Sergei Prokofiev , 2007
- I Fratelli , based on the film Rocco and his brothers by Luchino Visconti , 2007
- Le Quattro Stagioni , music by Antonio Vivaldi , 2007
- Incanto dall 'Orlando Furioso , music by George Frideric Handel , 2007
- Alice , based on Alice in Wonderland and Alice Behind the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll , live music by Assurd , Antongiulio Galeandro and Enza Pagliara, 2014.
literature
- Nicole Westreicher: Contemporary Italian Ballet - The Compagnia Aterballetto. Diploma thesis, University of Vienna 2008, pp. 69–77, accessed on July 6, 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ Songs , short description from ecotopia dance productions, accessed on July 6, 2014
- ↑ Cantata , short description from ecotopia dance productions, accessed on July 6, 2014
- ↑ a b Aterballetto with three Bigonzetti choreographies , review on tanznetz.de , accessed on July 6, 2014
- ↑ Comoedia Canti ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Description from Aterballetto, accessed July 6, 2014
- ↑ Sogno ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Review at myword.it, accessed on July 6, 2014
- ↑ Vespro , short description from ecotopia dance productions, accessed on July 6, 2014
- ↑ Les Noces , short description from ecotopia dance productions, accessed on July 6, 2014
- ↑ Rossini Cards , short description from ecotopia dance productions, accessed on July 6, 2014
- ↑ Ommagio a Bach , short description from ecotopia dance productions, accessed on July 6, 2014
- ↑ Le Sacre du Printemps , brief description from ecotopia dance productions, accessed on July 6, 2014
- ^ John Rockwell, New York City Ballet Presents 'Il Vento' by Mauro Bigonzetti , New York Times , May 6, 2006, accessed July 6, 2014
- ^ Romeo and Juliet , short description from ecotopia dance productions, accessed on July 6, 2014
- ↑ Andrea Kachelrieß: I Fratelli , review on Kultiversum.de, January 24, 2011, accessed on July 6, 2014
- ↑ Le Quattro Stagioni ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Brief description at balletto.net, accessed on July 6, 2014
- ↑ Incanto dall 'Orlando Furioso , brief description from ecotopia dance productions, accessed on July 6, 2014
- ↑ Gabriele Metsker: Part of her stays in the wonderland , Stuttgarter Zeitung, June 26, 2014, accessed on July 6, 2014
Web links
- Bigonzetti's biography at the Berlin State Ballet
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bigonzetti, Mauro |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian choreographer and dancer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |