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HARRIS THEATER
Hamburg Ballet Biographies
Born
7.10.74
in Poland. Czech
Education
Conservatory of Dance in Prague
Main Teachers
Andrej Halasz, Jaroslav Slavicky
Engagements
The Hamburg Ballet since 1993, Soloist in 1995,
Principal in 1997
Creations
•
The part of “The War” in
Odyssey
•
Pas de deux
Sheherazade III
(
Easter Concert 1999,
Munich
)
•
Pas de deux
Lento
(
Gala for the reopening of
Covent Garden, 1999; with Darcey Bussell
)
•
Man II in
Bernstein Dances
•
The Golden Slave in “Sheherazade” and The Faun in
“
L’Après-midi d’un faune” in
Nijinsky
•
Boris Alexeyivich Trigorin in
The Seagull
•
Carsten in
Préludes CV
•
The Wanderer, the Gondolier, a Dance Couple,
Dionysos, the Hairdresser, the Guitar Player in
Death in Venice
•
The Man (Vaslav Nijinsky) in
Le Pavillon d’Armide
•
Orpheus
in
Orpheus
•
Subjective Time in
Rennen hinter dem was flieht
(
Stephan Thoss)
and solos in
•
Winter Ways
from “Images from Bartók”
•
Winterreise
•
Nocturnes
from “Songs of the Night”
•
Unerreichbare Orte
(
Jirí Bubenícek)
Repertory
•
The Prince in
A Cinderella Story
•
Prince Désiré and The Evil Fairy in
The Sleeping
Beauty
•
Des Grieux in
Lady of the Camellias
•
Romeo, Benvolio and Tybalt in
Romeo and Juliet
•
Theseus/Oberon, Demetrius and Puck in
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
•
Drosselmeier and Günther in
The Nutcracker
•
Fenge in
Hamlet
•
Eros/Thyrsis/Orion in
Sylvia
•
Orsino in
VIVALDI or What You Will
•
Eros in
Bernstein Dances
•
The King and The Man in the Shadow in
Illusions -
like “Swan Lake”
•
Vaslav Nijinsky in
Nijinsky
•
Albrecht in
Giselle
•
Erotic aspect in
Peer Gynt
•
Oliver in
As You Like It
•
The Music in
Windows on MOZART
•
The Fisher King in
Parzival – Episodes and Echo
•
The Sea Witch in
The Little Mermaid
•
The Angel in
Christmas Oratorio
•
Dorkon in
Daphnis and Chloe
•
Contemplator of the Moon in
Seven Haiku of
the Moon
•
Carabosse in
The Sleeping Beauty
(
Mats Ek)
•
Pas de deux from
Le Corsaire
(
after Marius Petipa)
•
Solor and Hindu Dance in
La Bayadère
(
Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa)
•
James in
La Sylphide
(
Pierre Lacotte after Filippo
Taglioni)
•
Man in Purple in
Dances at a Gathering
(
Jerome
Robbins)
•
The Husband in
The Concert
(
Jerome Robbins)
and solos in
•
Requiem
•
Saint Matthew Passion
•
Spring and Fall
•
In The Blue Garden
•
Secrets
•
Bernstein-Serenade
•
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
•
The Fifth Symphony
(
Gustav Mahler
)
•
Zwischenräume
•
Tenth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
•
Soldier Songs
(
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
)
•
Vaslaw
•
Magnificat
•
On the Town
•
Opus 100 – für Maurice
•
Afternoon of a Faun
•
She was black
(
Mats Ek)
•
Theme and Variations
(
George Balanchine)
•
Violin Concerto
(
George Balanchine)
•
The Unsung
(
José Limón)
•
Monotones
(
Frederic Ashton)
•
Jewels
–
Emeralds/Diamonds (George Balanchine)
•
Les Indomptés
(
Claude Brumachon)
Guesting
•
Munich, Copenhagen, Dresden, Stuttgart, London,
Budapest, Lyon, St. Petersburg, Prague (“Bubenícek
&
Friends”), Lausanne, Basel, Paris, Tokyo (World
Ballet Festival 2000), St. Barth’s Music Festival
and in Italy (“Roberto Bolle and Friends Galas” and
Alessandra Ferri’s Farewell Gala).
•
Together with his brother Jirí he organized galas
in Tokyo, in Italy and in the Czech Republic, for
which he composed the music and created set and
cosutumes while Jirí created the choreography.
•
He worked on Donya Feuer’s documentary: “The
Work of Utopia.”
•2005
ARTE made a documentary film about Otto
and Jirí Bubenícek – “Die Ballett-Zwillinge.”
He composed music for Jirí Bubenícek’s ballets:
•
Unerreichbare Orte
–
Premiere with The Hamburg
Ballet in 2005 (released on CD)
•
Ai No Yukue Mo
–
Premiere in Sapporo in 2005
•
Le souffle de l’esprit
,
for this piece he also
designed the set and costumes
–
Premiere with
the Zurich Ballet in 2007. Also in the repertory
of the Wiener Staatsballett and of the North
Carolina Dance Theater
•
Toccata
–
Premiere with the New York City Ballet
in May 2009 – he created also the cosumes
•
He made the set and costumes for
Faun
–
Premiere
with the Dresden Semperoper Ballet in 2012
•
In 2006, with the help the Filmförderung Hamburg,
he made his directing debut in cooperation with
Jana Pulkrabek with the shortfilm “Nocturnal
Ecstasy,” for which he also composed the music.
Awards
•“
Prix espèces” at the “Prix de Lausanne 1993”
•“
Danza & Danza Prize 2009”
•“
The Dance Open Award” – Bestes Duett
Otto Bubenìcek’s website:
ABOUT OTTO BUBENÍCˇ K
