CHOREOGRAPHIES of the 70s and early phase

• 1971
• 1973
• 1974
• 1975
• 1976
• 1977
• 1978

• premiere: June 1970, Folkwang-Hochschule, Essen
• dancers:Susanne Linke (Solo)
  as well as students of the Folkwang-Hochschule graduating class: Tan Gwat Mee, Beate Preuss, Rudi Wolf, Horst Schreiber
• music:Djangar Bali

1971

• premiere:December  12th 1971, Folkwang-Hochschule, Essen, Folkwang-Tanzstudio
• dancers:Catherine Denisot, Carlos Orta, Horst Schreiber
• music:Modern Jazz Quartet

ehre73

1973

1978 further developed to "L´Histoire obscure"

• premiere:1973, Folkwang-Hochschule, Essen, Folkwang-Tanzstudio
• dancers:Vivienne Newport (soloist: witch);
  Tjitske Broersma, Frances Carty, Manne Dahlsted, Catherine Denisot, Susanne Linke, Horst Schreiber
• music:Walter Carlos: Air from "Water Music" -
  Allegro deciso by Georg Friedrich Händel Sonate G-Dur by Domenico Scarlatti
• costumes:Susanne Linke, Frau Wenninger (seamstress)

adance75

1975

• premiere:March 15th 1975, 
  in the context of the competition "Ballet pour demain" in Paris, Bagnolet
• dancers:Marilen Breuker, Frances Carty, Reinhild Hoffmann, Bettina Kleinhammes from the Folkwang master class;
  Susanne Linke (solo as "Die Seele des verstorbenen Mädchens")
• music:Gustav Mahler:"Das Lied von der Erde", "Der Abschied", "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen"
  from the 5 Rückert songs
• costumes:Susanne Linke

(Revivals: 1976, 1977/78, 1978)

hist75

• premiere:April 1975, Pont-à-Mousson, Frankreich
• dancers:of the Folkwang-Hochschule master class: Arnaldo Álvarez, Marilen Breuker, Frances Carty, Guy Detot,
• Reinhild Hoffmann, Bettina Kleinhammes, Susanne Linke
• music:Walter Carlos: Air from "Water Music" -
• Allegro deciso by Georg Friedrich Händel Sonate G-Dur by Domenico Scarlatti 
• costumes:Susanne Linke

(Revival: 1978)

puppe75

• premiere:July 1975, at the Choreographic Competition in Cologne, 2nd prize
• dancers: Vivienne Newport (soloist), and dancer of Pina Bausch´Wuppertaler Tanztheater;
  the Folkwang-Hochschule students: Arnaldo Álvarez, Guy Detot, Lutz Förster
• music:Wolfgang Amadeus Morzart: Kv. 563 Andante by the trio Divertimiento Allegro deciso by Georg Friedrich Händel Sonate G-Dur by Domenico Scarlatti 
• costumes:Susanne Linke, Frau Wenninger (seamstress)

(Revival: 1977)

• premiere:in the context of Festival Estival de Paris, 2nd prize September 1975, Opéra-Comique, Paris
• dancers:Guy Detot, Lutz Förster, Reinhild Hoffmann from the Folkwang-Hochschule master class
• music:Jean-Ives Bosseur

danse76

1976

• revival:March 1976, with the Wuppertaler Tanztheater, directed by Pina Bausch
• soloist:Vivienne Newport as "Die Seele des verstorbenen Mädchens"
• dancers:(photo montage) Reinhild Hoffmann, Marlies Alt, Barbara Passow, Jolanda Meier
• music:Gustav Mahler:"Das Lied von der Erde", "Der Abschied", "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen"
  from the 5 Rückert songs
• costumes:Susanne Linke

(Premiere:1975; Revivals:1977/78, 1978)

tod76

Tribute to Mary Wigman - 1978 further developed to the solo "Wandlung"

• premiere:1976, Folkwang-Hochschule, Essen; Folkwang master class
• soloist: Vivienne Newport as "Die Seele des verstorbenen Mädchens"
• dancers:(photo montage):Frances Carty (solo; Arnaldo Álvarez, Geta Bahrmann, Marilen Breuker, Huy Detot,
• Lutz Förster, Michael Hall, Gillian Horine, Christine Parker
• music:Franz Schubert
• costumes:Susanne Linke, Frau Wenninger (seamstress)

• premiere:1rst October 1976, Pont-à-Mousson, France with the Folkwang master class
• dancers:(photo montage):soloists: Dominique Mercy, Reinhild Hoffmann, Frances Carty;
• group:Geta Bahrmann, Lutz Förster, Gillian Horine, Christine Parker
• music:Johannes Brahms: "Das Deutsche Requiem"
• costumes:Susanne Linke, Frau Wenninger (seamstress)

1977

• premiere:February 5th 1977,Folkwang-Hochschule, Essen
• soloist: Susanne Linke
• music:Ivo Malec, Bernardo Parmegiani, Guy Reibel
• costumes:Susanne Linke

warten77

• premiere:March 22nd 1977, Musikhochschule, Köln, in the context of the Ballett Werkstatt directed by Rolf Garske
  with the Folkwang master class
• dancers:
  soloists: Lutz Förster (Herr Wendehals), Frances Carty (Fink Gauch);
  Geta Bahrmann, Gillian Horine, Philip Kilner, Christine Parker (as her thoughts)
• music:chirping birds
• costumes:Susanne Linke

(revival:1977/78)

puppe77

• revival:1977
• dancers:(photo collage): Urs Kaufmnn, Beatrice Libonati, Carlos Gollier, Lutz Förster;
  dancers of the FTS-Folkwang Tanzstudio, Essen
• music:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:Kv. 563 Andante by the trio Divertimiento
• costumes:Susanne Linke, Frau Weninger (seamstress)

(premiere:1975)

• premiere:November 1977, Folkewang-Hochschule, Essen
• dancers:Lutz Förster (soloist);
  Geta Bahrmann, Christine Brunel, Carlos Gollier, Gillian Horine, Urs Kaufmann, Philip Kilner,
• Beatrice Libonati
• music:Eric Satie: various works for piano
• costumes:Susanne Linke, Frau Weninger (seamstress)

danse7778

• revival:1977/78
• dancers: Marilen Breuker, Christine Brunel, Kyomi Ichida, Beatrice Libonati,
  Susanne Linke (solo as "Die Seele des verstorbenen Mädchens")
• music:Gustav Mahler:"Das Lied von der Erde", "Der Abschied", "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen"
  from the 5 Rückert songs
• costumes:Susanne Linke

(premiere:1975, revivals:1976, 1978)

warten7778

• revival:1977/78, Folkwang Tanzstudio, Essen
• dancers:soloists: Lutz Förster (Herr Wendehals), Beatrice Libonati (Fink Gauch); 
• group (the thoughts):Geta Bahrmann, Marilen Breuker, Kyomi Ichida, Philip Kilner
• music:chirping birds
• costumes:Susanne Linke

(premiere:1977)

1978

wandlung78

Tribute to Mary Wigman, olo, further developed from "Der Tod und das Mädchen"

• premiere:March 1978, Theater Heidelberg, in the context of the choreographers´meeting
• soloist:Susanne Linke
• music:Franz Schubert
• costume:Susanne Linke, Frau Wenninger (seamstress)

(revivals:1992,2006,2007 and REPERTOIRE>SOLI)

• revival:1978
• dancers: (of the Folkwang Tanzstudio, Folkwang-Hochschule, Essen): soloist Beatrice Libonati (witch);
• group:Geta Bahrmann, Marilen Breuker, Christine Brunel, Lutz Förster, Kyomi Ichida, Philip Kilner
• music:Walter Carlos: Air from "Water Music"-Allegro deciso, Domenico Scarlatti: Sonate G-Dur
• costumes:Susanne Linke

(premiere further developed from "Habe die Ehre...  zum Ball" 1973)

• premiere:May 1978, Folkwang_Hochschule, Essen, Folkwang-Tanzstudio
• dancers:(premiere) soloists:Christine Brunel, Kyomi Ichida, Beatrive Libonati, Philip Kilner;
• Geta Bahrmann, MarilenBreuker
• music:Carlos: American folk songs of the 1950s
• costumes:Susanne Linke, Frau Wenninger (seamstress)

(revivals: 1978 and 1984)

• revival:1978, Folkwang Tanzstudio, Essen
• dancers:Marilen Breuker, Christine Brunel, Kyomi Ichida, Barbara Passow;
  Susanne Linke (solo as "Die Seele des verstorbenen Mädchens")
• music:Gustav Mahler:"Das Lied von der Erde", "Der Abschied", "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen"
  from the 5 Rückert songs
• costumes:Susanne Linke

(premiere: 1975 - revivals: 1976 and 1977/78)

• revival:automn 1978, Folkwang_Hochschule, Essen, Folkwang-Tanzstudio
• dancers:Christine Brunel, Kyomi Ichida, Barbara Passow; Mikhael Honnesseau
  Geta Bahrmann, Marilen Breuker
• music:American folk songs of the 1950s
• costumes:Susanne Linke, Frau Wenninger (seamstress)

(premiere: May 1978 - revival: 1984)

• premiere:December 9th 1978, Folkwang_Hochschule, Essen, Folkwang-Tanzstudio
• actor:Sabine Wegner (graduating class of the Folkwang Hochschule für Schauspiel
• dancers:Francoise André, Marilen Breuker, Christine Brunel, Mikhael Honnesseau
• Kyomi Ichida, Urs Kaufmann, Barbara Passow
• music:Moderns Jazz Quartet
• stage:Steffen Boeckmann
• costumes:Susanne Linke, Frau Wenninger (seamstress)

1972

1979