Angelin Preljocaj (; born 19 January 1957) is a French dancer and choreographer of

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Early life

Angelin Preljocaj was born in 1957 in

Sucy-en-Brie Sucy-en-Brie (, literally ''Sucy in Brie'') is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Population Transport Sucy-en-Brie is served by Sucy–Bonneuil station on Paris RER line A. Edu ...

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. He is of

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descent.

Career

His choreographic work is steeped in his writing of the history of classical ballet, but is resolutely contemporary. He joined the repertoire of the

Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris The Paris Opera Ballet () is a French ballet company that is an integral part of the Paris Opera. It is the oldest national ballet company, and many European and international ballet companies can trace their origins to it. It is still regarded a ...

in the early 1990s. In 1995, he received the

Prix Benois de la Danse The Benois de la Danse is a ballet competition held annually in Moscow. Founded by the International Dance Association in 1991, it takes place each year on or around April 29 and it's judged by a jury. The members of this jury change every year and ...

as choreographer. In December 1984 he founded the ballet company that in 1996 that was subsequently rename
Ballet Preljocaj
when it moved into its current home of residence at Pavillon Noir of

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

Main choreographies

* 1984 : ''Aventures coloniales'' * 1984 : ''Marché noir'' * 1985 : ''Larmes blanches'' * 1985 : ''Peurs bleues'' * 1986 : ''À nos héros'' * 1987 : ''Le Petit Napperon bouge'' * 1987 : ''Hallali Romée'' * 1988 : ''Liqueurs de chair'' * 1988 : ''Les raboteurs'' after

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by Caillebotte * 1989 : ''Noces'' (répertoire) * 1989 : ''Un trait d'union'' * 1990 : ''Amer America'' * 1990 : ''

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'' * 1992 : ''La Peau du Monde'' * 1993 : ''

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'' (répertoire) * 1993 : ''Noces'' (new version) * 1993 : '' Le Spectre de la Rose'' (répertoire) * 1994 : ''Le Parc'' (répertoire) for the

* 1995 : ''Annonciation'' (

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in 1997) * 1995 : ''Petit Essai sur le temps qui passe'' * 1995 : ''L'Anoure'' (répertoire) * 1996 : ''

The Firebird ''The Firebird'' (french: L'Oiseau de feu, link=no; russian: Жар-птица, Zhar-ptitsa, link=no) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's ...

'' (répertoire) * 1996 : ''

'' (new version) in collaboration with

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* 1996 : ''L'Annonciation'' (répertoire) * 1997 : ''La Stravaganza'' * 1997 : ''Paysages après la bataille'' * 1998 : ''Centaures'' * 1998 : ''Casanova'' (répertoire) * 1999 : ''Personne n'épouse les méduses'' * 2000 : ''Portraits in Corpore'' * 2000 : ''MC/14-22 (Ceci est mon corps)'' * 2001 : ''

The Rite of Spring ''The Rite of Spring''. Full name: ''The Rite of Spring: Pictures from Pagan Russia in Two Parts'' (french: Le Sacre du printemps: tableaux de la Russie païenne en deux parties) (french: Le Sacre du printemps, link=no) is a ballet and orchestral ...

'' * 2001 : ''Helikopter'' on a composition by

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* 2002 : ''Near Life Experience'' * 2003 : ''L'Annonciation'' (video version) * 2004 : ''MC/14-22'' (new version, répertoire) * 2004 : ''Le Songe de Médée'' (répertoire) * 2004 : ''Empty Moves (part I)'' on a music by

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* 2004 : ''N'' (répertoire) with Kurt Hentschläger (Image, light & stage design) and

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(music and sound design) * 2005 : ''Les 4 saisons...'' in collaboration with

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(répertoire) * 2007 : ''Empty Moves (Part I and II)'' (répertoire) * 2007 : ''Eldorado (Sonntags Abschied)'' (répertoire) with a dedicated composition for the ballet by

* 2008 : ''Blanche Neige'' (''Snow White'')
Blanche-Neige
' entry at

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. Retrieved 11 September 2010. * 2009 : ''Le funambule'' * 2010 : ''Siddharta'' * 2010 : ''And then A Thousand Years Of Peace'' * 2011 : ''suivront mille ans de calme'' * 2012 : ''What I Call Oblivion * 2013 : ''The Nights'' * 2015 : ''Return to Berratham'' * 2016 : ''The Painting on The Wall'' * 2017 : ''Still Life'' * 2018 : ''Gravity'' * 2019 : ''Winterreise'' * 2020 : ''Swan Lake'' * 2021 : ''Deleuze / Hendrix'' * 2022 : ''Mythologies''

Filmography

* 2016 : ''

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References

External links

Official site of Ballet Preljocaj
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