Marko E. Weigert: CV
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Surname, first name:		Weigert, Marko E.
Place of birth:		Markranstädt, Germany
Email:		marko@wee-dance-company.de
Web:		www.wee-dance-company.de
Education and training:
1980 – 1984		Dance training / concert dance at the Palucca Schule Dresden (ballet and modern dance)
1992 – 1994		Academic studies / choreography and education of dance at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig
1989 – 1991		Academic studies / education of music at the University of Leipzig, (piano and singing, musicology)
Professional experience / choreography:
2011 – today		Ballet Director of the "wee dance company of the GHT Görlitz-Zittau", artistic co-director, co-choreographer and dancer (26 full-length dance evenings)
1999 – 2011		Co-founding of the "wee dance company", artistic co-director, co-choreographer and dancer (7 full-length stage pieces and several short pieces, tours to 11 countries and 25 German cities, multiple commendations)
2010		Guest choreographer at the Görlitz City Theatre for soloists, ballet ensemble and choir • "Orpheus und Eurydike", an opera by Chr. W. Gluck, choreography in collaboration with Dan Pelleg, director: Sebastian Ritschel
2009		Guest choreographer at the Görlitz City Theatre for soloists and ballet ensemble • "Linkerhand", an opera by Moritz Eggert, choreography in collaboration with Dan Pelleg, director: Sebastian Ritschel
2009		choreographer for end-of-school performance for graduates of the Dance Academy Balance1, Berlin
2008		Guest choreographer for the ballet ensemble of the Saarländisches State Theatre, coaching in collaboration with Dan Pelleg of the short piece “Box” from the repertoire of the wee dance company
2008		choreographer for the theatre production "Bartleby" adapted from Herman Melville’s novelette "Bartleby, the Scrivener", production: "Babylon Works", director: Mathias Schönsee, choreography in collaboration with Sommer Ulrickson
2007		guest choreographer for the Görlitz City Ballet, choreography in collaboration with Dan Pelleg • "Diskutanz" (a dance-theatre piece)
Professional experience / teaching (dance training) and choreographic assistance:
2011 – today		as Ballet Director of the "wee dance company", dance training at the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz-Zittau
2010		Choreographic assistance at the Neuköllner Oper for "Lovesick", a piece by S. Ulrickson and Moritz Gagern
2010		Collaboration in choreographic conception und preparatory work at the Görlitz City Theatre for "Carmen", an opera by Georges Bizet, director: Sebastian Ritschel
1999 – 2009		wee dance company workshops, abroad: Zimbabwe (HIFA Festival), Lemesos / Cyprus (European Dance Festival), Israel, Chicago / USA, St. Petersburg (Deutsche Woche); in Germany: Schwerin City Ballet, Tenza Schmiede Dresden, Marburger Tanztage, European Youth Dance Festival START! Berlin.
since 1999		Modern dance class for the dance company Martin Stiefermann / Oldenburg State Theatre, for Carlos Matos / City Theatre Hildesheim, for Gandula Peuthert / City Theatre Görlitz, at Dock 11 Berlin and at the Dance Academy Balance1 Berlin
1999		Choreographic assistance for the production "William Shakespeare: «Romeo and Juliet» with scenes from Henry Purcell: «Dido & Aeneas»", Lausitzer Opernsommer, director: Pascal Jordán
1998 – 1999		Choreographic assistance for choreographer Joseph Tmim and regular dance training for the toladá dance company, Berlin and Szegedi Kortárs Ballet in Szeged, Hungary
Professional experience / dancer:
1994 – 1997		• toladá dance company Berlin, artistic director: Joseph Tmim. Repertoire: "Shesh Besh" (by dancers of the toladá dance company); "Hevel Bavel", "to Bavel two", "Havalim III", "Silence Dance" / Joseph Tmim
1996		• Compagnie Smafu, Wien, artistic director & choreographer: Elisabeth Orlowsky. Repertoire: "Die hypnotisierte Kröte"
1997 – 1998		• "Space Dream" Musical Theatre Berlin; choreography by Mark Wuest
1998 – 1999		• Tanzlabor Berlin, artistic director & choreographer: Norbert Servos, Repertoire: "Weiß and rot", "Crumbling Stunts"
1999		• Christoph Winkler, Berlin: "Nocturne" I, II & III
		• Dan Pelleg, Berlin: "Risiken & Nebenwirkungen"
		• Helge Musial, Berlin: "cuts+slices.bodykind"
1999 – 2009		• commercial performing with Pyro Space Ballet, Phase7, Les Lionnes, art & performance
2000		• choreographic debut while "artist in residence" with the wee dance comp. at Podewil: "Y"
		• Alex B, Berlin: "the lefthanded man"
2001		• Gandula Peuthert, Berlin: "Die dicke Frau"
1999 – 2010		• Sommer Ulrickson, Berlin: "Writer's Block", "Intervista", "Jerusalem Syndrom", "Lovesick", "Kurs: Liebe"
2011 – today		dancer at the "wee dance company of the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz-Zittau"
Professional experience / Music:
1999 – 2010		Singer / dancer in various stage productions (wee dance company, Helge Musial, Christoph Biermeier / S. Ulrickson, S. Ulrickson and Moritz Gagern)
2005 – 2010		Musical participation as singer, instrumentalist & choir master for radio play productions by Kai Grehn
1989 – 1991		singer at the chamber choir of the musicology department at the Leipzig University; artistic director: Dr. Michael Reuter
1987 – 1989		singer at the church choir of the Paulus Church, Leipzig; artistic director: cantor Christoph Müller
1986 – 1989		singer at the Grünauer children and youth choir Leipzig and at the chamber choir of the Grünau Youth Choir; artistic director: senior teacher Frank Hirsch
Professional experience / theatre and film:
2010		• Sommer Ulrickson, Berlin: "Lovesick", Schwäbisch Hall: "Kurs: Liebe"
2009		participation in the film "The Countess", director: Julie Delpy
2001		participation in the film "Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale", director: Philip Saville
1984 – 1990		at the Theatre Ensemble ATL, Leipzig; artistic director: Prof. Bernd Guhr. Repertoire: "Spring Awakening" / Frank Wedekind; "Philadelphia, Here I Come!" / Brian Friel, "Equus" / Peter Shaffer, "Bent " / Martin Sherman
1987		participation in the DEFA–film "Mit Leib and Seele", director: Bernhard Stephan.