Angelin Preljocaj
Angelin Preljoçaj is a French dancer and choreographer of contemporary dance.Early life
Angelin Preljocaj was born in 1957 in Sucy-en-Brie, France. He is of Albanian origin.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 in the early 1990s. In 1995, he received the Prix Benois de la Danse as choreographer.
In December 1984 he founded the ballet company that in 1996 that was subsequently renamed when it moved into its current home of residence at Pavillon Noir of Aix-en-Provence.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 painting by Caillebotte
- 1989 : Noces
- 1989 : Un trait d'union
- 1990 : Amer America
- 1990 : Romeo and Juliet
- 1992 : La Peau du Monde
- 1993 : Parade
- 1993 : Noces
- 1993 : Le Spectre de la Rose
- 1994 : Le Parc for the Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris
- 1995 : Annonciation
- 1995 : Petit Essai sur le temps qui passe
- 1995 : L'Anoure
- 1996 : The Firebird
- 1996 : Romeo and Juliet in collaboration with Enki Bilal
- 1996 : L'Annonciation
- 1997 : La Stravaganza
- 1997 : Paysages après la bataille
- 1998 : Centaures
- 1998 : Casanova
- 1999 : Personne n'épouse les méduses
- 2000 : Portraits in Corpore
- 2000 : MC/14-22
- 2001 : The Rite of Spring
- 2001 : Helikopter on a composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen
- 2002 : Near Life Experience
- 2003 : L'Annonciation
- 2004 : MC/14-22
- 2004 : Le Songe de Médée
- 2004 : Empty Moves on a music by John Cage
- 2004 : N with Kurt Hentschläger and Ulf Langheinrich
- 2005 : Les 4 saisons... in collaboration with Fabrice Hyber
- 2007 : Empty Moves
- 2007 : Eldorado with a dedicated composition for the ballet by Karlheinz Stockhausen
- 2008 : Blanche Neige
- 2009 : Un funambule
- 2010 : Siddharta
- 2011 : suivront mille ans de calme
Filmography
- 2016 : Polina
