©Annemone Taake
Dutch opera director and choreographer Nanine Linning (1977, Amsterdam) consciously leaves the beaten theatrical track. Moving beyond divisions and working across disciplines, combining dance, opera, concerts and installations. Crossing fields of design, video, visual arts and music, her productions are characterized by an explosive movement language and an equally vivid imagery. Linning designs opulent poetic work; her evening-length productions are worlds on their own in their visual and dramaturgical content. Her out of the box concepts make reference to human emotions as well as aspects of cultural history and social criticism. Linning’s close collaboration with diverse internationally known artists and scientists is reflected in the broad spectrum of her projects, which include European co-productions and touring, exhibitions and installations.
Linning received the Philip Morris Prize (2003), a Swan for Best Dance Production for BACON (2006), and was nominated twice for the German ‘Faust’ Award (2012 and 2013) for VOICE OVER and ZERO respectively. Her REQUIEM (2015) for Konzert Theater Bern, gained the Swiss Dance Award. Die Deutsche Bühne named her top 4 Impressive Choreographers of 2017. Magazine tanz mentioned her in the Category Choreographer of the Year 2017. Her film LA VOIX HUMAINE, Poulenc’s monooper, won several prizes in film festivals in Venice, Tokyo, London, Lisbon, Amsterdam and New York in 2021-2022.
Nanine Linning will be the new Artistic Director of Scapino Ballet Rotterdam in 2024/25.
“Linning’s dazzling visual language creates a manifest beauty because she does not simply amach images to the music: she systematically refines it and, with this multi-disciplinary approach, ingeniously explodes the form of theater.”
“Nanine Linning is an unstoppable talent with longevity”
“As a stage director and choreographer of the opera ECHNATON by Philip Glass, Nanine Linning created with orchestra, choir, dancers, actors, singers, video projections, costumes and set design, a fabulous multidisciplinary work of art.”
“Linnings revolt can be considered a beacon for „breakthrough.”
“Award-winning Dutch choreographer has “a “cultlike following” in Europe”