Spotlight - Raimondo Rebeck

Each month we highlight a Prix de Lausanne-related international dance artist.

Die meisten wollen etwas sein, aber die wenigsten wollen etwas werden!

Name: Raimondo Rebeck

Birthplace:Berlin, Germany

Training:Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin 1979 - 1987

Prix de Lausanne:

Previous companies/positions:

First soloist - Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin 1987-1995
First soloist Deutsche Oper Berlin 1996-2004
First soloist + First ballet master - Aalto Ballett Theater Essen 2005-2008

Current company/position:

Freelance international ballet master, teacher, coach and choreographer

Favorite roles/choreographies:

"romeo and juliet" - J.C. Maillot
"onegin" - J. Cranko
" wonderful mandarin" – M. Béjart

Career highlight:

-The luck to work and to create with idols like M. Béjart, R. Nurejev, J. Kylian and W. Forsythe.
- And now the luck to give the magic and spirit of this unique profession further to the next generation.

Message to the Prix de Lausanne candidates:

If you are a Prix de Lausanne candidate, then you are already a winner.  Don´t compete with the others, compete with yourself every day. Enjoy every moment in your dance life and treat yourself, your career and this art like something very special!

Message to the Prix de Lausanne organisation:

Prix de Lausanne was and is the gate for the young generation, where doors are getting open, careers have started, talents got discovered and supported. All this is Lausanne! Thanks to Mr. Braunschweig and to the organization today and all the very best!!! You are wonderful!