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Jochen Ulrich

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Jochen Ulrich (3 August 1944 – 10 November 2012)[1][2] was a German choreographer and dancer.

About

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Ulrich was born in Osterode am Harz. After studying at the Cologne Institute for Stage Dance[3] from 1964 to 1967, Ulrich made his debut as a dancer at the Cologne Opera in 1967. By 1970, his choreographic works were already attracting national attention. In 1971, together with Helmut Baumann, Jürg Burth and Gray Veredon, he co-founded the Cologne Dance Forum and directed it from 1979.[4] There, he fostered a number of young talented dancers from all over Europe, including the later choreographer Richard Wherlock.

In 1970, he won the Berliner Kritikerpreis.[2][5]

From 2000, Ulrich was director of ballet at the Tyrolean State Theatre in Innsbruck. There he created the ballet Caravaggio [de], which described the life and work of the Italian painter. Intendant Rainer Mennicken [de] brought him to Linz in 2006, where he achieved great success among others with Dennis Russell Davies and the Bruckner Orchester Linz.

His style distinguished itself in athletic-technical extensions of the dance impulses.

In November 2012 he died in Linz at the age of 68 after a long illness.[1][2][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Landestheater trauert um Jochen Ulrich. ooe.orf.at. retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Nachruf. Theater Linz. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ Bachelor of Arts Tanz on
  4. ^ Dance has lost an important choreographer personality retrieved 12 August 2021
  5. ^ a b "Nachruf". www.theater-chemnitz.de. Archived from the original on February 12, 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

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