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Edward Clug (born in 1973 in Beiuș, Romania) is an international renowned choreographer in the field of contemporary ballet and a director of Maribor Ballet. Clug studied classical ballet in Cluj-Napoca.〔(Edward Clug. ) En Knap. Retrieved January 04, 2012.〕 ==Career== In 1991 Clug joined Maribor's Slovene National Theater (SNT) as a Principal Dancer while also performing with Zagreb Ballet as a guest artist.〔 In 1996, the Slovene National Theater commissioned Clug to choreograph his first ballet called ''Babylon'' by Tomas Pandur. Clug's first full evening ballet, called ''Tango'', premiered at SNT in 1998.〔(Edward Clug - Radio and Juliet Tour. ) 6-prime Agency. Retrieved January 05, 2012.〕 Continuing his relationship with the Slovene National Theater, in 2003 he was appointed director of Maribor ballet, leading the company towards new and distinctive directions. Throughout the past decade, Clug drew attention of the international audience to himself, due to his specific choreographic style. He equally succeeded in putting the Maribor Ballet ensemble on the international dancing map. The Ballet of the SNG Maribor participated in the largest theatre festivals throughout the world performing his choreographies. His ''Radio & Juliet'', choreographed in 2005 in Maribor, became an international hit and toured internationally: Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (USA), The Stars of the with nights festival in Mariinski theatre St.Petersburg, Festival of Firsts in Pittsburgh, Arts Festival in Singapore, Biarritz Festival in France, Dance Festival in Tel Aviv, Sintra Festival in Portugal, Festival Des Arts de Saint-Sauveur (Canada), and at the Seoul International Dance Festival (Korea), at the Milan Teatro Piccolo and toured Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and the countries of ex-Yugoslavia. In 2006, he created ''Architecture of Silence'', in partnership with the Slovene National Theaters in Maribor and Ljubljana, with two choirs and two orchestras.The performance opened Singapore Arts Festival (2008). In 2008 he starts to collaborate with Slovenian composer Milko Lazar with whom he creates ''Pret-a-porter'' at the SNG Maribor (2008), ''4 Reasons'' for the National Ballet of Portugal (2009) and ''Pocket Concerto'' for Stuttgart Ballet (2009).〔〔(Edward Clug. ) Ardani Artists. Retrieved January 04, 2012.〕 After the success of Pocket Concerto he continues to collaborate with Stuttgart Ballet for whom he creates "Ssss..." (2012) and together with Lazar "No Men´s Land" (2014). Both pieces received great response from critics and the audience. After Stuttgart Ballet, Edward Clug continues to work with other major companies. For the Zurich Ballet he created the acclaimed Hill Harper´s Dream (2013) and Royal Ballet of Flanders commissioned him to stage Stravinsky´s "Les Noces" (2013). His latest creation for the Maribor Ballet is Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. Maggie Foyer describes his work in Dance Europe magazine: "Edward Clug, director of the Maribor Ballet, has achieved the near impossible: a new and meaningful interpretation of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps". His works are being performed around the world and were commissioned by many ballet theatres: West Australian Ballet, Romanian National Ballet in Bucharest, Station Zuid in the Netherlands, Bitef Dance Company in Belgrade, Aalto Ballet in Essen, Ukrainian National Ballet in Kiev, Ballet Graz, Croatian National Ballet in Zagreb and Rijeka and Ballet Augsburg. New works are being on the way for Zurich Ballet and NDT2 in 2015. Edward Clug also collaborated with theatre directors. Beside Tomaz Pandur with whom he started his choreographic career, he also worked with Haris Pašović the founder of East West Theatre Company. Together they created two pieces: ''Europe Today''〔Shuttleworth, Ian. (February 23, 2011). ("Europe Today, Slovenian National Theatre, Maribor" ) ''Financial Times'' Website. Retrieved January 05, 2012.〕 and ''Roses for Anne Teresa/Football Stories''〔(MESS Official Website. ) Retrieved December 07, 2011.〕 In ''Europe Today'' he was both choreographer and performer, while in ''Roses for Anne Teresa/Football Stories'' he was choreographer and coauthor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Clug」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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