Stijn Celis

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Constant Ludovicus "Stijn" Celis (born July 28, 1964 in Turnhout ) is a Belgian ballet dancer , choreographer , ballet director and set designer .

Life

Celis, son of a Belgian and a Mauritian, completed his ballet training at the Stedelijk Instituut voor Ballet in Antwerp . In 1983 he became a member of the Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen. In 1986 he switched to the Zurich Ballet under the direction of Uwe Scholz . In 1987/88 he danced in the ballet of the Bern City Theater, then returned to the Zurich Ballet. Between 1990 and 1992 he was a member of Contemporary Dance Zurich. In 1992 he went to the Ballet of the Grand Théâtre in Geneva; for this company he created his first choreography in 1993. From 1996 to 1997 he danced with the Swedish Cullberg Ballet. At the age of 33, he finished his career as a dancer and studied stage design at the Hogeschool voor Dramatic Kunst in Antwerp as a post-graduate course.

He then worked as a freelance choreographer and set designer (especially for the choreographer Didy Veldman). With reference to his piece Quartet from 2001, the respected critic Horst Koegler rated Stijn Celis as the “most exciting choreographer's discovery of the season”. From 2004 to 2007 he was ballet director at the Stadttheater Bern . Until 2014 he worked as a freelance choreographer again. In the 2014/15 season he took over the management of the ballet company at the Saarland State Theater , which has been called the Saarland State Ballet since the 2017/18 season.

Artistic creation

Celis has created pieces for internationally renowned ensembles such as the Nederlands Dans Theater II, the Grands Ballets Canadiens, the Semperoper Ballet, the Royal Swedish Ballet and the dance company of the Gothenburg Opera .

His choreographies cover a wide range of styles. On the one hand they draw heavily on the vocabulary of ballet, on the other hand they also use contemporary movement techniques. His early work, in particular, was influenced by the Swedish choreographer Mats Ek through the use of grotesque elements . Celis creates both narrative ballets and abstract works; his choreographies are characterized by a close connection between music and dance.

The second version of his choreography Cinderella from 2003 was adopted by various companies: the Semperoper Ballett (Dresden), the ballet of the Saarland State Theater, the Ballet Basel and the aalto ballett essen.

Works

Ballets (selection)

  • UBILOZ Vanilla : 1997, Cullbergbaletten (Norsborg)
  • Wölfli Doodle Diary : 1998, Ballet of the Stadttheater Bern
  • Quartet : 2001, ballettmainz
  • Molly Sweeney : 2001, Ballet of the Nuremberg Municipal Theaters
  • Speed, you whirling winds (with Daniela Kurz): 2001, Ballet of the Nuremberg Municipal Theaters
  • Vertigo Maze : 2002, Cullbergbaletten (Norsborg)
  • Noces : 2002, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (Montreal)
  • Cinderella : 2002, ballet of the Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden; New version 2003, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (Montreal)
  • Paradise Practice : 2003, Ballet Gulbenkian (Lisbon)
  • Practice Paradise : 2003, Ballet of the City Theater Bern
  • Sore Core : 2004, Cullbergbaletten (Norsborg)
  • Hidden Garden : 2004, ballet by the Bern City Theater
  • Rite : 2005, ballet of the City Theater Bern
  • Petruschka : 2005, ballet of the City Theater Bern
  • Moderato cantabile : 2005, ballet by the Bern City Theater
  • Swan Lake : 2006, ballet by the City Theater Bern
  • Dangerous Liaisons : 2006, Ballet of the City Theater Bern
  • Beauty More Than Me : 2007, ballet by the Bern City Theater
  • Sonata : 2008, Cullbergbaletten (Norsborg)
  • Skulls and Bees : 2008, Nederlands Dans Theater II (The Hague)
  • Le Sacre du printemps : 2009, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (Montreal)
  • Your Passion is Pure Joy to Me : 2009, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani
  • Undine : 2010, aalto ballet eat
  • Fragile Dwellings : 2011, Bodytraffic (Los Angeles)
  • Looming Sky : 2011, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani
  • Firebird Suite
  • Anima : 2012, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (Montreal)
  • Mässa i C minor : 2012, Kungliga Baletten (Stockholm)
  • Romeo and Juliet : 2013, Semperoper Ballet (Dresden)
  • Sleeping Beauty : 2013, dance ensemble of the Lucerne Theater
  • Orpheus's Gaze : 2014, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (Montreal)
  • Transfigured Night : 2014, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens (Montreal)
  • Joseph's legend : 2014, Semperoper Ballet (Dresden)
  • Peer Gynt : 2014, ballet of the Saarland State Theater (Saarbrücken)
  • New piece : 2015, ballet of the Saarland State Theater (Saarbrücken)
  • Bernarda Albas Haus : 2015, ballet of the Saarland State Theater (Saarbrücken)
  • Awe : 2015, Ballet BC (Vancouver)
  • The wonderful Mandarin : 2016, ballet of the Saarland State Theater (Saarbrücken)
  • Goldberg : 2016, ballet of the Saarland State Theater (Saarbrücken)
  • Shunkin : 2018, Saarland State Ballet (Saarbrücken)
  • 610 Elm Drive : 2019, Saarland State Ballet (Saarbrücken)

Dance performances in operas, operettas and plays (selection)

Direction and choreography

literature

  • Victor Swoboda: The Twists and Turns of Life and Art. Choreographer and Artistic Director Stijn Celis. In: Dance International 42/4, 2014, pp. 6-9

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.tanznetz.de/blog/3516/schlapfer-celis-und-van-manen-im-programm-vi
personal data
SURNAME Celis, Stijn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Celis, Constant Ludovicus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director and set designer
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Turnhout