Irène Schneider-Matthies

Irène Schneider-Matthies

Choreographer

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• Born in Metz, France
• 1956-1962 Studies in ballet and dance pedagogy at the Roleff-King Ballet School, Munich, Mannheim University of Music and Dance and with Nora Kiss and Victor Gsovsky, Paris
• 1962-1973 Engagements at the Mannheim National Theatre, Stuttgart Ballet under John Cranko and Frankfurt Ballet under John Neumeier
• 1973-1977 Teacher at the John Cranko Academy Stuttgart
• 1977-1992 Ballet director and chief choreographer at the Heidelberg Theatre, Ulm Theatre, Krefeld-Mönchengladbach Theatre
• 1992-2006 Ballet director and chief choreographer, Magdeburg Theatre. 1993-2014 Director of the Magdeburg Theatre Ballet School
• Work as a freelance choreographer at the Lucerne Theatre, Switzerland, Rostock Theatre, Kiel Theatre, Giessen Theatre, Fukuj and Kanazawa, Japan, Brasilia, Brazil, Sofia, Bulgaria and Vancouver, Canada

Choreographic world premieres, among others:

• "The Three Musketeers", music: G. Rossini
• "A Midsummer Night's Dream", music: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
• "Anna Karenina", Music: R. Schtschedrin
• "Roméo et Juliette", Music: S. Prokofieff
• "Carmina Burana", Music: C. Orff
• "Carmen", Music: W. Fortner/ Bizet
• "Effi Briest", Music: V. Dinescu
• "Max und Moritz", Music: J. Offenbach
• „La Dame aux camélias", Music: G. Verdi/ Onsoff
• "Peer Gynt", Music: E. Grieg
• "The house of Bernarda", Music: M. Kelemen
• "The Tempest", Music: A. Nordheim
• "Love Stories", Music: Pop Songs
• "Hänsel und Gretel", Music: E. Humperdinck

Works for the Magdeburg Theatre Ballet School (selection)

• "Bach a l´Orienta" Magdeburg Opera House, Music: J.S. Bach
• "Preludes" Magdeburg Lake stage, Music: J.S. Bach
• "The Nutcracker" AMO Cultural centre Magdeburg, Music: P. Tschaikovsky
• "The Snow Queen" AMO Cultural centre Magdeburg, Music: A. Glazunov, P. Tschaikovsky, I. Stravinsky