Marco Goecke

Marco Goecke is undoubtedly one of the most acclaimed choreographers of the moment in the international dance world. His choreographies are sensationally idiosyncratic and innovative. In a dark atmosphere, full of suggestion and magic, he touches the spectator deep inside with absurdist – and never before seen dance.

The young German choreographer Marco Goecke, who comes from Wuppertal and trained at the Conservatory of The Hague, was resident choreographer of Scapino Ballet Rotterdam between 2005 and 2011. His first high-profile choreography as resident choreographer for Scapino, Der Rest ist Schweigen (2005) was one of the highlights of his career. the 2005/2006 season selected for the Dutch Dance Days.

Scapino presented Marco Goecke: Äffi and Ring them bells (2006 and 2007), the Dutch premiere of Beautiful Freak (2007) in Heartland, in Waveland (2007) the world premiere of Bravo Charlie and in 4x20 Colourproof (2008) the Dutch premiere of blush. In December 2008 the Dutch premiere of The Nutcracker. In 2009 Supernova was part of the 4x20 Storyproof program and in 2010 Pierrot Lunaire was featured in the Reischl & Goecke, choreographers program. In 2010, Suite, Suite, Suite premiered at Scapino. In 2011, Goecke created the full-length Songs for Drella together with Ed Wubbe.

In 2006, the international press proclaimed Marco Goecke to be the new great choreographic talent (Ballett/Tanz). In December 2006, Goecke won the Nijinsky Award in Monaco for the most promising and outstanding choreographer in the international dance field. In 2007 he was nominated for the Deutsche Theaterpreis 2007.

Slapstick in lightning-fast movements

Marco Goecke is already a discovery because his style is completely different from usual. Fascinating is the endless variety of allusions and movements that he combines and reinvents in every ballet: shadow boxes, pantomime, slapstick in lightning-fast movements and abrupt changes of tempo. Behind the scenes there are always new surprises for Goecke that come out of a box like a devil and surprise the viewer or scare the body.