• 15 Years Alive | © Jeanette Bak

  • Kamuyot | Ohad Naharin | © Jeanette Bak

  • Swan Lakes | Marie Chouinard | © Jeanette Bak

  • The Seven Sins | Marcos Morau | © Jeanette Bak

Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart

Portrait

Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart is a young, dynamic company of 16 highly individual, versatile artists, directed by the dancer, choreographer and musician Eric Gauthier. Set up in October 2007, the company established itself in the German dance scene with record speed and has long since become an international brand. The repertoire includes works by Gauthier himself as well as famous contemporary choreographers such as Mauro Bigonzetti, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Marie Chouinard, Sharon Eyal, Andonis Foniadakis, William Forsythe, Itzik Galili, Jiří Kylián, Lightfoot/León, Hans van Manen, Marcos Morau, Ohad Naharin and Sasha Waltz. In addition to the performances at its home base Theaterhaus Stuttgart, the company is busy touring to international dance cities including Toronto, New York, Tel Aviv, Venice, Amsterdam, St. Petersburg, Monaco, Québec City, Montréal, Berlin and Chicago. Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart is the German Highlight in the yearbook of the specialist magazine tanz 2022. The two artists in residence are Marco Goecke and Hofesh Shechter.

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History and biography

Eric Gauthier
Artistic Director
Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart
Gauthier Dance JUNIORS//Theaterhaus Stuttgart
COLOURS International Dance Festival

It only took Eric Gauthier a few years to make it from charismatic soloist of the Stuttgart Ballet to high-profile international choreographer and artistic director of one of Germany's most successful companies. Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart is the German Highlight in the yearbook 2022 of the specialist magazine tanz. The company’s artists in residence are Marco Goecke and Hofesh Shechter.

Personal kudos for Eric Gauthier include the German Dance Prize »Future« 2011 in the category Choreography as well as two titles in the yearbook of the specialist magazine tanz, as a Great Hope 2016 and in the category Groundbreaking 2022.

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“One of my dreams became a reality when Gauthier Dance was founded. Now I have come closer to reaching my goal of sparking an enthusiasm for dance in as many people as possible. Dance is pure joy – and everyone should feel that!”

Eric Gauthier 

Productions

  • 2022/2023

    2022/2023

    Productions from the 2022/2023 season

    Swan Lakes
    Debut performance: 24.06.2021
    Choreography: Marie Chouinard, Marco Goecke, Hofesh Shechter, Cayetano Soto
    16 dancers
    Duration: approx. 130 minutes with intermission
    Stage dimensions: 12x18m

    The Seven Sins
    Debut performance: 26.03.2022
    Choreography: Aszure Barton, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Sharon Eyal, Marco Goecke, Marcos Morau, Hofesh Shechter, Sasha Waltz
    16 dancers
    Duration: approx. 105 minutes with intermission
    Stage dimensions: 12x18m

    15 YEARS ALIVE
    Premiere: 01.03.2023
    Choreography: Mauro Bigonzetti, Alejandro Cerrudo, Itzik Galili, Eric Gauthier, Dunja Jocić, Ohad Naharin
    Short films: Marco Goecke, Hofesh Shechter
    20 dancers
    Duration: approx. 130 minutes with intermission
    Stage dimensions: 12x18m

    Kamuyot
    Debut performance: July 2003, Tel Aviv
    Stuttgart premiere: 26 June 2015, Theaterhaus Stuttgart
    Choreography: Ohad Naharin
    15 dancers
    Duration: approx. 50 minutes with intermission

  • previous seasons

    previous seasons

    Productions of the 2014/2015 season

    Infinity - Black Painting (2015)
    choreography: Nanine Linning
    music: N.N.,
    8 dancers, stage: 20 x 12 m, 14 min

    Infinity - Now & now (2015)
    choreography: Johan Inger
    music: N.N.,
    2 dancers, stage: 20 x 12 m, 12 min

    Infinity - CONRAZONCORAZON (2015)
    choreography: Cayetano Soto
    music: N.N.,
    10 dancers, stage: 20 x 12 m, 15 min

    Infinity - Infinite Sixes (2015)
    choreography: Charles Moulton and Janice Garret
    music: N.N.
    15 dancers, stage: 20 x 12 m, 3,5 min

    Infinity - Floating Flowers (2014)
    choreography: Po-Cheng Tsai
    music: N.N.,
    2 dancers, stage: 20 x 12 m, 9,25 min

    Infinity - Pacopepepluto (2011)
    choreography: Alejandro Cerrudo
    music: N.N.,
    3 dancers, stage: 20 x 12 m, 7 min

    Infinity - Two Become Three (2011)
    choreography: Alexander Ekman
    music: N.N.,
    2 dancers, stage: 20 x 12 m, 6 min

    Kamuyot (2003)
    choreography: Ohad Naharin
    music: N.N.,
    14 dancers, stage: 20 x 14 m, 50 min

    Infinity - Black Cake (1989)
    choreography: Hans van Manen
    music: N.N.,
    12 dancers, stage: 20 x 12 m, 30 min


    Productions of the 2013/2014 season

    ALICE (2014)
    choreography: Mauro Bigonzetti
    composition: Antonio Galeandro,
    ASSURD (Cristina Vetrone, Enza Prestia, Lorella Monti), Enza Pagliara  
    15 dancers, stage: 20 x 12 m, 120 min

    Suite Love (2014)
    choreography: Eric Gauthier
    music: Krassimira Krasteva, Johann Sebastian Bach Cello, Suite No. 1. in G-Dur, BWV 1007 Prélude
    2 dancers, stage: 20 x 12 m, 3,5 min

    I found a Fox 2 (2013)
    choreography: Marco Goecke
    music: N.N.
    5 dancers, stage: 20 x12 m, 5,25 min

    Out of the Box IV - WAN I DEL I BAR (2013)
    choreography: Florian Lochner
    music: N.N.
    3 dancers, stage: 15 x 12 m

    Out of the Box IV - VESTE`N (2013)
    choreography: Maria Prat Balasch
    music: N.N.
    1 dancer, stage: 15 x 12 m

    Out of the Box IV - WAYS TO GO (2013)
    choreography: Sebastian Kloborg
    music: N.N.
    6 dancers, stage: 15 x 12 m

    Out of the Box IV - MAY-BE (2013)
    choreography: Rosario Guerra
    music: N.N.
    4 dancers, stage: 15 x 12 m

    Out of the Box IV - A THOUSAND SILVER DROPS (2013)
    choreography: Garazi Perez Oloriz
    music: N.N.
    4 dancers, stage: 15 x 12 m

    Out of the Box IV - CRAZY LAMBS (2013)
    choreography: David Valencia Martinez
    music: N.N.
    5 dancers, stage: 15 x 12 m

    Out of the Box IV - THIS SIDE OF THE TRUTH (2013)
    choreography: Miriam Gronewald
    music: N.N.
    2 dancers, stage: 15 x 12 m

    Out of the Box IV - SEETHING BENEATH (2013)
    choreography: Anna Süheyla Harms
    music: N.N.
    7 dancers, stage: 15 x 12 m

Materials

 

 

The Seven Sins
Trailer

Contact

Sitz des Ensembles: Theaterhaus Stuttgart
Siemensstr. 11 | 70469 Stuttgart
        
Künstlerisches Betriebsbüro Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart
Inga Kunz
Tel. 0711 40 20 7-724 | inga.kunz@theaterhaus.com
        
Pressearbeit Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart
Nicola Steller
Tel. 07156 / 350 616 | steller@freie-pr.de


http://www.gauthierdance.com