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26. th International Competition for Choreographers Hanover
The
Ballet Society Hanover ("Ballett Gesellschaft Hannover")
invites to the 26 th International Competition for Choreographers.
It will take place on June 23 rd and 24 th, 2012. Place of the event
is the "Theater am Aegi"
Please, return applications in writing with
the enclosed form until Mai 04 th, 2012.
Application documents
Application
Form
Conditions of
entry
Since 25 years the Ballet Society Hanover organizes
this International Competition. Within the last years, the competition
has grown strongly to an important event in the National and International
dance scene. We are proud about the following statement: "This
is the most interesting, well organized, progressive choreographic
competition in central Europe and has gained an International reputation.
It is a privilege to have been part of this renowned competition,
a platform for artistic exchanges. The support of the Ballet Society
Hanover for the world of dance is paramount!" Richard Wherlock,
director of Ballet Basel.
These are the competition guidelines:
In order to take part in the competition, all participants, choreographers
and dancers have to have a completed professional training. Choreographers
cannot be older than 35 years. The length of the performance is limited
from 5 to 15 minutes. A solo ballet cannot be interpreted by the choreographer
him/herself. The choice of subject and music is of free choice. The
choreographic work must be submitted on videotape/DVD.
This competition is open to all styles of ballet, but has to follow
the guidelines of this competition.
Performances will be evaluated based on:
- the creative arrangement of space and time
- how the choreographer actualizes the idea and interprets it with
the dancers
This year more choreographers than ever applied for participation
in the competiton. Nearly 170 candidates were casted by the preselection
committee.
The committee was represented by Ed Wubbe, Art Director of the competition,
Pierre Wyss and Joerg Mannes.
The following choreographers were invited:
David Blazquez, engagiert: Staatsoper Hannover
Guillaume Côté, Kanada, engagiert: National Ballet of
Canada
Moriel Debi, Brasilien, engagiert: Staatsoper Hannover
Gentian Doda, Albanien, freiberuflich
Noemie Ettlin, Schweiz, engagiert: Ballet National de Marseille
Timea Maday Kinga, Ungarn, freiberuflich
David Miklos Kerenyi, Ungarn, engagiert: Ungarisches National Ballett
Yevgeniy Kolesnik, Ukraine, engagiert: Royal Ballet of Flandre
Erion Kruja; Albanien, engagiert: Stadttheater Bern
Raymond Liew Jin Pin, Malaysia, Student an der Folkwang Hochschule
Or Marin, Israel, freiberuflich
Ihsan Rustem, England, engagiert: Tanz Luzerner Theater
Tom Rychetsky & Victor Konvalinka, Tschechei, engagiert: Ballet
National Theatre Prague
Fang-Yu Shen, Taiwan, Student an der Folkwang Hochschule
Giuseppe Spota, Italien, engagiert: Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Ashley Wright, Australien, engagiert: Royal Ballet de Flandre
Anton Zvir, Russland, engagiert: Ballet Nationale de Marseille
A judging panel selected a maximum of 20 of the submitted works, which
entered the contest on stage. The artistic director of this jury is
Ed Wubbe, director of the Scapino Ballett.
The Jury 2011 were composed as follows:
- Eric Gauthier, Gauthier Dance, Stuttgart
- Kiri Haardt, Universität der Künste, Bern
- Jörg Mannes, Direktor Ballett Staatsoper Hannover
- Christian Spuck, Chefchoreograph Ballett Stuttgart
- Richard Wherlock, Direktor Ballett Basel
- Pierre Wyss,
- Ed Wubbe, Direktor Scapino Ballett Rotterdam
Critic Jury:
Kerstin Hergt, Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung
Henning Queren, Neue Presse Hannover
Katja Werner
Klaus Witzeling
Prize:
A total sum of Euro 13,500 were given to prize-winners 1-3. There
is an additional prize awarded by the audience of Euro 1,000. Last
but not least, a jury composed of renowned ballet critics awards another
prize of Euro 1.500 in combination with the Scapino Production Prize.
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