Marco Goecke

Marco  Goecke was born in Wuppertal, Germany. He trained as a dancer at the  Heinz-Bosl-Stiftung in Munich as well as the Royal Conservatory of The  Hague and worked at the Staatsoper im Schiller Theater Berlin and  Theatre Hagen. After choreographing works in Hagen and for Stuttgart  Ballet’s Noverre-Society, Marco Goecke created ballets for New York City  Ballet (Mopey, 2004) and Stuttgart Ballet (Sweet Sweet Sweet, 2005). Marco Goecke became Choreographer in Residence at Stuttgart Ballet in 2005.

His interpretation of the ballet classic The Nutcracker (2006) was met with high acclaim as were his works Alben (2008), Fancy Goods (2009), Orlando (2010), in sensu (2011), Black Breath (2012), Dancer in the Dark (2012) and On Velvet (2013).

His solo works, Äffi and Mopey  entered the repertory of Stuttgart Ballet and Scapino Ballet Rotterdam  and have been performed at galas around the world. He has also created  works for The Hamburg Ballet, Leipziger Ballett, Nederlands Dans  Theater, Norwegian National Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Les  Ballets de Monte-Carlo, The Berlin State Ballet, Sao Paulo Companhia de  Dança and Ballet Zurich.

After having worked with Scapino Ballet  Rotterdam for more than seven years as Choreographer in Residence, Marco  Goecke accepted the position of Associate Choreographer with Nederlands  Dans Theater in 2013. In his most recent creation for Nederlands Dans  Theater, Hello Earth, his dancers performed on popcorn.

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