Before taking over the direction of the school in 2016, Karine Andrei-Sutter had a career as a dancer — soloist and choreographer — performing the ballets of world-renowned choreographers.
Career
- Education
- École de commerce (business school), diploma obtained in June 1994.
- Languages
- French, German, English, Romanian.
- Dance training
- From the age of 6, with André Ruffieux in Gland, then with Jean Martinelli in Gland and Nyon.At 14, at the École de Danse Classique de Genève, with Geneviève Chaussat — a school affiliated with the Académie de Danse Princesse Grace in Monaco, directed by Marika Besobrasova.From 1988, annual examinations of the Académie Princesse Grace; final diploma with distinction in 1994.Migros scholarship holder in 1993 and 1994.
- Engagements
- 1994–1995 — Basler Ballett (Switzerland) (dir. Youri Vàmos)1995–1996 — Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf (Germany) (dir. Heinz Spoerli)1996–2006 — Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach (Germany) (dir. Heidrun Schwaarz)2006–2016 — Theater Krefeld und Mönchengladbach (Germany) (dir. Robert North)
- Soloist
- Named soloist in 2002.
- Choreographer
- (CH2-O-NO2)-(CH-O-NO2)-(CH2-O-NO2) — 2004À l'aube de la liberté — 2007
- Awards
- Oscar for best dancer, awarded by the audience — 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012.
- Tours
- Germany, Italy and Russia.
- Today
- Since 2016, director of the École de Danse Classique de Genève.
Repertoire
- Youri Vàmos
- Casse-noisette · Julien Sorel · La belle au bois dormant · Le Songe d'une nuit d'été
- Heinz Spoerli
- … und Farben, die mitten in die Brust leuchten · Casse-noisette (Russian dance) · La belle au bois dormant · Le songe d'une nuit d'été
- Erich Walter
- Fantaisies
- Heidrun Schwaarz
- Alice au pays des merveilles (one of the sisters) · Casse-noisette (Clara) · Cendrillon (one of the sisters) · Coppélia · Daphnis et Chloé · Der stürmische Morgen · Die Windsbraut (Alma Mahler) · La mégère apprivoisée (the Columbine) · L'histoire sans fin · Nijinsky — Dieu de la Danse · Orbits · Peer Gynt (Ingrid and Anitra) · Remixed · Roméo et Juliette · Schubert · Voyage(s) d'hiver · Tango !
- Peter Marcus
- Max et Moritz
- Jan Linkens
- La route de la soie · Nuevas Cruzes
- Michael Fokine
- L'après-midi d'un faune
- Hans van Manen
- Black Cake · Concertante · 5 Tangos
- Kurt Jooss
- La table verte (the partisan)
- Renato Zanella
- Alles Walzer (2nd pas de deux, and lead role) · Empty Place
- Christopher Bruce
- Rooster (Ruby Tuesday solo) · Sergeant Early's Dream (Black is the colour pas de deux)
- Robert North
- Arkadien · Bach (Anna Magdalena; the muse) · Boléro · Bilder aus der Neuen Welt · Carmina Burana (lead role) · Casanova · Chagall-Fantasie (the woman) · Eine Frau ohne Namen · Entre Dos Aguas · Fado (Maria Severa) · La jeune fille et la mort · Le songe d'une nuit d'été (Titania) · Lonely town, lonely street · Offenbach · Petruschka · Prinz Rama · Roméo et Juliette (Juliet) · Rumba · Tempo · Tschaikowsky's Träume (Nadeshda von Meck) · Verlorene Kinder · Verschollen · Schottische Tänze · Schubertiade
- Young choreographers' evenings
- Claudia Creutz · Silvia Behnke · Augustus Damian · Lidija Curcic · Ziga Jereb · Takashi Kondo · Gökce Sönmemis
Photographs: Rolf GEORGES — © all rights reserved
Five-time winner of the Oscar for best dancer,awarded by the audience.
