Angelin Preljocaj (; ; born 19 January 1957) 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 descent.Rosita Boisseau, « Angelin Preljocaj, la langue du signe », Le Monde, 2 January 2014. His father was born in Vermosh, but was escaped from Albania because of communism, while his mother was from Ulcinj. They went to France together, where Angelin was born.
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 Ballet Preljocaj 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 (répertoire) 1989: Un trait d'union 1990: Amer America 1990: Romeo and Juliet 1992: La 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: La StravaganzaNew York Magazine Jun 16, 1997 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 2001: Helikopter on a composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen 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 John Cage 2004: N (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 (Part I and II) (répertoire) 2007: Eldorado (Sonntags Abschied) (répertoire) with a dedicated composition for the ballet by Karlheinz Stockhausen 2008: Blanche Neige (Snow White)Blanche-Neige entry at IMDb. 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: Polina
References
External links Official site of Ballet Preljocaj