Stijn Celis
Stijn Celis is a
world-renowned dancer, choreographer and set-designer.
He has with the Royal Ballet of Flanders, Zürich Ballet, Le Ballet du Grand Théâtre in Geneva
and the Cullberg Ballet. He has worked as a set-designer for Didy Veldman and has assisted Jan
Verzweyveld in many opera and theatre productions.Celis has also created ballets for the
Cullberg Ballet, Ballet Gulbenkian, Bern Ballet, Ballet Mainz, Ballet Wiesbaden and Ballet
Nürnberg. He created L'odeur de l'ombre for L'Association de Danse
Contemporaine en 1996 and UBILOZ Vanilla for the Cullberg Ballet in 1997. Since then
he has choreographed for various companies.
In a critic survey he got the mention "most outstanding young choreographer" in the
Ballet International 2001 yearbook.
Stijn Celis is currently artistic Director of Bern Ballet.
Iceland Dance Company performed his work Practise Paradise in February 2004
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