Angelin Preljocaj Choreographer, Dancer & Film Director.... Angelin Preljocajborn on 19 January 1957, in Sucy-en-Brie, France, is a French dancer and choreographer of contemporary dance. Preljocaj is of Albanian descent. Havingstarted outas a classical dancer, he began to study contemporary dance under Karin Waehner. In 1980 hewent to New Yorkto work with Zena Rommett and Merce Cunningham. He then resumed his studies in France, where his teachers included the American choreographer Viola Farber and the French choreographer Quentin Rouillier.He then joinedDominique Bagouet’s company before founding his own company in December 1984. Angelin Preljocajhas created55 choreographic works, ranging from solo to larger formations. Hecollaborates regularlywith other artists in various fields such as music (Goran Vejvoda, Air, Laurent Garnier, Granular Synthesis, Karlheinz Stockhausen), visual arts (Claude Lévêque, Subodh Gupta, Adel Abdessemed), design (Constance Guisset), fashion (Jean Paul Gaultier, Azzedine Alaïa), drawing (Enki Bilal) and literature (Pascal Quignard, Laurent Mauvignier), and animation movies (Boris Labbé). His productions have becomepart of the repertoireof many companies throughout the world including the Teatro alla Scala, New York City Ballet and the Paris Opéra Ballet.As a directorhe has made films including Le postier and Idées noires (1991), U trait d’union (1992) and Annonciation (2003) for which he was awarded the Grand Prix du Film d’Art in 2003, the Vidéo-Danse 1st prize in 1992 and the Prague Video Festival Prize in 1993. He has also collaborated onseveral filmspresenting his own choreographic works including Les Raboteurs after the painting by Gustave Caillebotte (1988), Pavillon Noir (2006), Eldorado (2007) and Snow White (2009).Several bookshave been written about his work, among them Angelin Preljocaj (2003), Pavillon Noir (2006) and Angelin Preljocaj, Topologie de l’invisible (2008). In the course of his career he has receivednumerous awards:including the Grand Prix National de la Danse, presented by the French Ministry of Culture (1992), the Benois de la Danse for the ballet Le Parc (1995), the Bessie Award for the ballet Annonciation (1997), Les Victoires de la Musique for the ballet Romeo and Juliet (1997) and the Globe de Cristal for the ballet Snow White (2009) and the “Samuel H. Scripps Price” in 2014.He is anOfficier des Arts et des Lettres, a recipient of the Order of the Légion d’Honneur and an Officier de l’Ordre du Mérite (2006).Since October 2006the Ballet Preljocaj, including twenty-six permanent dancers, has been based at the Pavillon Noir Centre Chorégraphique National in Aix-en-Provence. His productionsare now part of the repertoire of many companies, many of which also commission original production from him (New York City Ballet, Staatsoper Berlin, Paris National Opera Ballet...).In April 2019he was appointed to the Academy of Fine Arts in the new «choreography» section.CurrentlyAfter Swan Lake in 2020 and Deleuze/Hendrix in 2021, he will choreograph and direct Lully’s opera Atys forthe Grand Théâtre de Genève in 2022. At the same time, he created a short choreography for the Danse Europe! application, a participatory project open to all.For Diorhe created the choreography and the film Roman Night with the dancers of the Rome Opera Ballet. He also participated in thetelevision seriesIrma Vep by Olivier Assayas, as an actor and choreographer.In July 2022he created Mythologies with original music by ex-Daft Punk Thomas Bangalter at the Opéra National de Bordeaux.