Beate Vollack
Movement direction
After receiving her training in the State School of Ballet in Berlin, Beate Vollack started working professionally at the "Komische Oper" in Berlin where she reached the rank of soloist in 1992. She won the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi in 1994, and was engaged by the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich from 1996 through 2005. While pursuing her dance career, Beate also trained as a professional ballet teacher. From 2003 to 2006, Beate was the resident choreographer for the Bavarian State Opera in which time she oversaw many productions and also worked successfully as a guest choreographer elsewhere. As a dancer and choreographer she has worked in many different theatres, such as the Bavarian State Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Bolschoi theater, the Zurich Opera House, the Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona, at the Salzburg festival, Ruhrtrienale festival, the Bregenz festival, Lincoln festival New York. She has also worked with many renowned directors, such as David Pountney, Christof Loy, Peter Mussbach, Richard Jones, David Alden. 2009 Beate choreographed her first ballet Don Quichotte at the Opera Wroclawska.
