International Competition for Choreographers

Review of the 21nd International Competition for Choreographers on 7th and 8th April 2007

Just under 160 young choreographers from 46 countries, participated in the 21nd International Competition for Choreographers. From the candidates present the jury panel, consisting of Ed Wubbe, Jörg Mannes and Pierre Wyss, chose 18 choreographers to participate in the contest.

From the 18 short listed choreographers eight made it to the Finals. The finalists were Loir Perela, Hugo Vieira, Joshua Monten, Jeong Lee und Sergey Zhukov, Eric Gauthier, Caroline Finn, Nadar Rosano, Daniela Megna, Thais Parreiras Martins and Daniel Proietto.

The Jury:
Itzik Galili, Director Galili Dance; Daniela Kurz, Director Tanztheater Nürnberg; Ivan Liska, Director Bayerisches Staatsballett; Jörg Mannes, Director Ballett Staatsoper Hannover; Christiane Winter, Director TanzTheaterInternational, Hannover; Ed Wubbe, Director Scapino Ballet Rotterdam; Pierre Wyss and Renato Zanella

1st price:
Daniel Proietto, Argentinien
“My mood made her betray her secret”

2nd price:
Nadar Rosano, Israel
“All the windows are open”

3rd price:
Jeong Lee und Sergey Zhukov, Süd-Korea/Kasachstan
„Die zweite Geige“

prize of the critics and audience prize:  
Eric Gauthier, Kanada 
“Ballet 101”

Scapino production prize:
Loic Perela, Frankreich 
„ A la Reflexion...“