Uwe Scholz

Uwe Scholz
Born(1958-12-31)31 December 1958
Jugenheim, Hesse, Germany
Died21 November 2004(2004-11-21) (aged 45)
Berlin
NationalityGerman
Occupationcontemporary dance ballet choreographer

Uwe Scholz (31 December 1958 – 21 November 2004) was a German ballet dancer, director, and choreographer.

Life

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 [de] (Free Academy of Arts in Leipzig).[7]

He died on 21 November 2004 in Berlin.[8][4]

Work

  • "Ballette von Uwe Scholz". Tatjana Thierbach (in German). 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Uwe Scholz". Oper Leipzig. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b Lehmann, Marie-Luise (31 December 1958). "In Memory of the German Ballet Choreographer – Biography". Uwe Scholz. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "Choreograph Uwe Scholz verstorben – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). 24 November 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  5. ^ Lehmann. "Biography". Oper Leipzig. Retrieved 2 Dec 2012.
  6. ^ "Uwe Scholz". Deutsche Oper am Rhein. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  7. ^ Sonntag, Ingrid (11 January 2012). "DA 5/2011 – Sonntag: Freie Akademie der Künste". bpb.de (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Ballettschef Uwe Scholz gestorben: Leipzig trauert um 'Ausnahmekünstler'". RP ONLINE (in German). 24 November 2004. Retrieved 26 January 2022.