Oliver Matz

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Oliver Matz (born March 31, 1962 in Rostock ) is a German ballet dancer and director of the Zurich Dance Academy .

Life

Oliver Matz comes from Rostock . He received his ballet training from Martin Puttke at the State Ballet School in Berlin . In 1980 he was engaged to the German State Opera Berlin , where he became solo dancer in 1985 and first solo dancer two years later.

Choreographers and roles

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The role work with Mikhail Baryshnikov , Rudolf Nurejew and Patrice Bart was particularly formative . His repertoire included the main roles of classical ballets such as Sleeping Beauty , Swan Lake , The Nutcracker , Giselle , La Bayadère , La Sylphide , Raimonda and title roles by Spartacus and Macbeth . His Balanchine repertoire included The Prodigal Son, Apollon musagète , Symphony in C , Theme and Variations, and The Four Temperaments . He was particularly known for his interpretations of the John Cranko ballets Onegin and The Taming of the Shrew .

Maurice Béjart created for him the role of the colonialist, the Japanese and the boss for the premiere of Apropos Scheherazade ; He was the detective in Béjart's ballet crime thriller Le Concours . In Roland Petits Dix or Eros and Death he was seen in the Pas de deux Crime passionnelle . In Pierre Lacotte's romantic ballet Le Lac des fées , he danced the role of Theobald and was seen in Die Welt der Ballets Russes as a faun in the reconstruction of Waslaw Nijinski's L'Après-midi d'un faune . Patrice Bart choreographed his interpretation of Swan Lake, Nutcracker and Verdiana .

In the television production Don Quixote he appeared with the Finnish State Ballet. For France 3 was the Grand Pas de Deux Don Quixote along with Steffi Scherzer recorded. In 1998 he interpreted the role of Prince Siegfried and in 1999 the role of Drosselmeier in the live television and cinema broadcast of Swan Lake and The Nutcracker in the production of Patrice Bart under the musical direction of Daniel Barenboim . DVDs of these two productions have been released.

Guest appearances

In 1988 Matz made a guest appearance at the Metropolitan Opera as Basilio in Don Quixote. In this role he also appeared several times with the Royal Ballet in London .

He had other engagements at La Scala in Milan . a. in Nurejew's Swan Lake , and was a permanent guest dancer with the Bavarian State Ballet in Die Große Fuge, Schwanensee, Don Quixote, La Sylvide and in John Cranko's ballets The Taming of the Shrew as Petruccio and in Onegin in the title role. He was also a regular guest at the Stuttgart Ballet . In 1995 and 1997 he was invited to the World Ballet Festival in Japan .

International guest performances and gala events led him a. a. to Moscow , Warsaw , London ( Covent Garden ), Rio de Janeiro , New York (Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center ), San Diego , Athens , Milan , Toronto , Tokyo , Marseille , Helsinki , Seville and Beijing .

His partners included Steffi Scherzer , Eva Evdokimova , Isabelle Guérin, Sylvie Guillem , Evelyn Hart, Margaret Illmann and Alessandra Ferri .

Farewell to the stage

In 2004 Matz ended his artistic career and received honorary membership of the German State Opera Berlin. From 2004 to 2007 he was in charge of the dance department at the Zurich University of Music and Theater and was appointed overall director of the Zurich Dance Academy when the Zurich University of the Arts was founded . There he continues to work as a lecturer. His students have won prizes at renowned national and international ballet competitions.

Awards and honors

  • German Youth Art Prize
  • 1983: Bronze medal at the International Ballet Competition in Varna / Bulgaria
  • 1983: First prize at the GDR national ballet competition
  • 1984: Gold medal at the Helsinki International Ballet Competition
  • 1986: Gold medal at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson / USA
  • 1989: Appointment as a Berlin chamber dancer
  • 1984/85: Critics' award for the title role in Macbeth
  • 1987/88: Critics' award for the role of Albrecht in Giselle
  • 1990: Critics' award for the title role in John Cranko's Onegin (with the Bavarian State Ballet )
  • 1991: Critics' award for the role of Basilio in Don Quixote (with the Bavarian State Ballet)
  • 1995: Honorary title of Berlin Chamber Dancer for his artistic merits

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Head of the Zurich Dance Academy. In: Zurich University of the Arts. Retrieved June 21, 2019 .
  2. ^ Prix ​​de Lausanne: Oliver Matz. Retrieved June 21, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Futurando Concorso Internazionale di Danza: Oliver Matz. Retrieved June 21, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Zurich University of the Arts: Curriculum Vitae Oliver Matz. (PDF) Retrieved June 21, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Oliver Matz - Director of Zurich Dance Academy. ZHDK , accessed on June 20, 2019 .
  6. ^ Editing of new Germany: “Berliner Kammertänzer” (new Germany). Retrieved June 21, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Matz, Oliver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ballet dancer and director of the Zurich Dance Academy
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Rostock