Background
Angelin Preljocaj was born in 1957 in Sucy-en-Brie, France.
choreographer dancer ballet master
Angelin Preljocaj was born in 1957 in Sucy-en-Brie, France.
He is of Albanian origin. 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 and has headed the company since 1985.
Preljocaj, subsequently renamed Ballet Preljocaj, has been in residence at Pavillon Noir of Aix-en-Provence since 1996.
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
1989: Noces (répertoire)
1989: Un trait d"union
1990: American America
1990: Romeo and Juliet
1992: Louisiana Peau du Monde
1993: Parade (répertoire)
1993: Noces (new version)
1993: Le Spectre de la Rose (répertoire)
1994: Le Parc (répertoire) for the Ballet de l"Opéra national de Paris
1995: Annonciation (Bessie Award in 1997)
1995: Petit Essai sur le temps qui passe
1995: L"Anoure (répertoire)
1996: The Firebird (répertoire)
1996: Romeo and Juliet (new version) in collaboration with Enki Bilal
1996: L"Annonciation (répertoire)
1997: Louisiana Stravaganza
1997: Paysages après la bataille
1998: Centaures
1998: Casanova (répertoire)
1999: Personne n"épouse les méduses
2000: Portraits in Corpore
2001: The Rite of Spring
2001: Helikopter on a composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen
2002: Near Life Experience
2003: L"Annonciation (video version)
2004: Military Cross/14-22 (new version, répertoire)
2004: Le Songe de Médée (répertoire)
2004: Empty Moves (part I) on a music by John Cage
2004: North (répertoire) with Kurt Hentschläger (Image, light & stage design) and Ulf Langheinrich (music and sound design)
2005: Les 4 saisons.. in collaboration with Fabrice Hyber (répertoire)
2007: Empty Moves (Participant I and II) (répertoire)
2007: Eldorado (Sonntags Abschied) (répertoire) with a dedicated composition for the ballet by Karlheinz Stockhausen
2008: Blanche Neige (Snow White)
2009: Un funambule
2010: Siddharta
2011: suivront mille ans de calme.