SALON LUITPOLD | Le Sacre du Printemps

Le Sacre du Printemps - Choreographer Marco Goecke talks to Christian Gohlke about his new work

Stravinsky's ballet music Le Sacre du printemps (1913) has become an integral part of both the theater and the concert hall. As early as 1913, Stravinsky performed his ballet music "Le Sacre du printemps" in Paris - to scandalous acclaim! - premiered his ballet music "Le Sacre du Printemps" ("The Rite of Spring") in Paris.

In conversation with Christian Gohlke, Marco Goecke talks about his life as a choreographer, his artistic career and his new work for the Gärtnerplatztheater: "Le Sacre du Printemps", which will be premiered on July 17.

Marco Goecke received his training at the Cologne Ballet Academy, the Heinz Bosl Foundation in Munich and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, among others. He was then engaged as a dancer at the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden and at Theater Hagen.

From 2001 to 2004, he choreographed for the Noverre Society's "Young Choreographers" series. In 2002, he accepted an invitation from the New York Choreographic Institute and created a choreography for dancers of the New York City Ballet as part of the Diamond Project Workshop.

In 2003, he won the prestigious "Prix Dom Pérignon" in Hamburg with his choreography "Blushing". In 2004, Pina Bausch invited him to her annual dance theater festival with the works "Blushing" and "Mopey".

Marco Goecke has been the house choreographer of the Stuttgart Ballet since 2005, where he presented "Sweet Sweet Sweet" in the same year. This was followed in 2006 by "Viciouswishes" and "The Nutcracker", his first full-length production for the Stuttgart Ballet, which was nominated for the German Dance Award "Der Faust" in 2007.

Marco Goecke is closely associated with the Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, where he was appointed house choreographer in 2005. Since then, he has created the world premieres of "Der Rest ist Schweigen" (2005), "Bravo Charlie" (2007), "Supernova" (2009) and "Pierrot Lunaire" (2010) for the company. The full-length ballet "Songs for Drella" was created in 2011 in collaboration with Ed Wubbe. The Scapino Ballet has also incorporated several of his choreographies into its repertoire.