Uwe Scholz (31 December 1958 – 21 November 2004) was a German ballet dancer, director, and choreographer.
Uwe Scholz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 December 1958 Jugenheim, Hesse, Germany |
| Died | 21 November 2004 (aged 45) |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | contemporary dance ballet choreographer |
Life edit
Scholz was born in Jugenheim (now Seeheim-Jugenheim) in Hesse, Germany on 31 December 1958, and moved as a child to the Landestheater Darmstadt for ballet and music training.[1][2]
In 1973, he was admitted to John Cranko's Ballet School in Stuttgart, one month before Cranko's death, and studied under Marcia Haydée.[2] Scholz also studied, on scholarship, at Balanchine's School of American Ballet in New York.[3] He graduated from Stuttgart in 1977, and joined the Stuttgart Ballet. At 26 he became the director of the Zürich Ballet,[4] and directed there for the next 6 years, before returning to Germany to become director of the Leipzig Ballet, where he was also chief choreographer.[1] He remained in Leipzig from 1991 until his death.[5] Among his most famous creations are Mozart's Great Mass, Pax Questuosa by Udo Zimmermann,[3] Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, The Red and the Black by Stendhal, and much else.[6] In 1993 he was appointed professor at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. He was also a founding member of the Freie Akademie der Künste zu Leipzig (Free Academy of Arts in Leipzig).[7]
Work edit
- "Ballette von Uwe Scholz". Tatjana Thierbach (in German). 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
Awards edit
- Omaggio Alla Danza (1987)[1]
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1996)[1]
- Bayerischer Theaterpreis (Theatre prize of the Bavarian State Government) in the dance category (1998)[1]
- Deutscher Tanzpreis (1999)[1]
Media links edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f "Uwe Scholz". Oper Leipzig. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ a b Lehmann, Marie-Luise (31 December 1958). "In Memory of the German Ballet Choreographer – Biography". Uwe Scholz. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ a b Schmidt, Jochen (16 November 2011). "Wen die Götter lieben: Zum Tod des Choreographen Uwe Scholz". DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Choreograph Uwe Scholz verstorben – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). 24 November 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Lehmann. "Biography". Oper Leipzig. Retrieved 2 Dec 2012.
- ^ "Uwe Scholz". Deutsche Oper am Rhein. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Sonntag, Ingrid (11 January 2012). "DA 5/2011 – Sonntag: Freie Akademie der Künste". bpb.de (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Ballettschef Uwe Scholz gestorben: Leipzig trauert um 'Ausnahmekünstler'". RP ONLINE (in German). 24 November 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2022.