Welcome to the Jochen Ulrich Foundation

The Jochen Ulrich Dance Foundation is there for to protect and promote his creation in Dance, Opera and Acting Play.

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To support companies that brings Dance to everyone. Dance is a powerful means of expression and social inclusion, allowing everyone to connect with others and develop self-confidence. Several initiatives have been implemented to make dance accessible to disadvantaged People. 

To impulse the young generation of dancers to take part in Performing Arts Workshops at Faros Danza Lab & Stage. F.D.L.S

 

History

Jochen Ulrich, 

Jochen Ulrich born in Osterode am Harz on 3rd of August 1944 and † 10 November 2012 in Linz, was a German choreographer, director and dancer.

His life, 

After studying at the Cologne Institute for Stage Dance from 1964 to 1967, Jochen Ulrich made his debut as a dancer at the Cologne Opera in 1967. By 1970, his choreographic work had already attracted national attention, he won the Berlin Critics' Prize.

In 1971, together with Helmut Baumann, Jürg Burth and Gray Veredon, he co-founded the Cologne Dance Forum - Tanz Forum Köln at the Cologne Opera House - and from 1979 onward directed alone until 1995.

There he supported a number of talented young dancers from all over Europe, including the later choreographers and Artistic Directors; Richard Wherlock (Theater Basel ) & DWC,  Darrel Toulon (Opernhaus Graz) Vize-Rector in Dance at the Bruckner Uni Linz - Austria, Philippe Talard (Theater Mannheim), Lode Devos (Theater Chemnitz) and Katrin Hall (GöteborgsOperans Dancekompani) among others.

From 1995 - 2000, Jochen Ulrich created the Tanz-Forum Jochen Ulrich GmbH in Co- Production Institution together with several Opera Houses in Germany and abroad.

 
From 2000, Ulrich was director of the dance company at the Tiroler Landestheater in Innsbruck.

In 2006, General Manager, Rainer Mennicken brought him to Linz , where he achieved great success with Dennis Russell Davies and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, among others.
His style was characterised by athletic and technical extensions of his dance impulses. 

He died in Linz in November 2012 after a serious illness at the age of 68.  Die Theater Chemnitz mourns the loss of Jochen Ulrich, who died on the night of his Premiere of the re-staging his "Nutcracker and Mouse King" and was dedicated to him. He is buried in Cologne's Südfriedhof cemetery.

In 2013 together with his widow Petra Ulrich-Sager, the Jochen Ulrich Foundation was created to protect and promote all Ballets, Acting Plays and Operas that he created.

To promote young dancers towards their upcoming dance career.

To encourage dance companies to spread the work of a modern dance Pioneer and to foster cooperation on a international culture exchanges. 

The Tanz Archive Deutschland Köln is collaborating by holding all informations and documentation on his work achievement. 

Tanz Fond Erbe Deutschland has contribute of the revival of LULU at the Ballett Ralf Rossa - Operahouse Halle an der Saale - Documention link to Interview over the Revival and personal Interview from Darie Cardyn towards her relationship to Jochen Ulrich.

https://tanzfonds.de/project/dokumentation-2015/lulu/?st=4

Literature,
Dieter Blum, Peter Weiermair (ed.): Erotic Dance. Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, ISBN 3-9804523-4-4.

Jochen Schmidt: Dance history of the 20th century in one volume. With 101 portraits of choreographers Henschel Verlag, Berlin 2002. ISBN 3-89487-430-9.

Jochen Ulrich Internationales Biographisches Archiv 39/2001 from 17 September 2001, in the Munzinger Archive (article start freely accessible)

Weblinks:
Literature by and about Jochen Ulrich in the catalogue of the German National Library
Page on Jochen Ulrich at the German Dance Archive Cologne.

Jochen Ulrich at IMDb
State theatre mourns Jochen Ulrich. ooe.orf.at.

Portrait Theatre Linz
Individual references

State theatre mourns the death of Jochen Ulrich. ooe.orf.at. Retrieved on 10 November 2012.
Obituary. Linz Theatre. Retrieved on 10 November 2012.
theatre-chemnitz.de.
Dance has lost an important choreographer personality: Retrieved 16 October 2015
Jochen Ulrich in the Find a Grave database, retrieved on 6 October 2024.

 

In Planing:

Workshops in Performing Arts -

FAROS DANZA - Lab & Stage - F.D.L&S

The Jochen Ulrich Dance Foundation is there for to promote the young generation of dancers to take part in his Academy in Performing Arts, F.D.L&S the only one on the Canary Islands in dance and acting classes and much more in collaboration with several institutions on the Canary Islands and abroad. We aim to train aspiring students from 17 to 23 years old to become professionals in the performing arts and conduct them to a high level of technic, passion, endurance, ready to go on stage! 

 

From Andressa Miyazato: 

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Exploring Contemporary Dance with Jochen Ulrich’s Legacy

My current collaboration with the Jochen Ulrich Dance Foundation, led by Darie Cardyn (Artistic Director and President of the Foundation), is driven by a shared commitment to care for and activate the choreographic archive of Jochen Ulrich. The Foundation’s mission is to preserve his legacy and set his work in motion — through the reconstruction of his remarkable and still resonant pieces, as well as through the development of new projects that explore archival methodologies in dance.

Alongside Darie, I contribute as a choreographic assistant, researcher, and project developer. Together, we are creating programs focused on the transmission, reconstruction, and creative reimagining of Jochen’s work in dialogue with current generations of dancers, teachers, and choreographers. The project also includes the participation of Lode Devos, professor at the Conservatoire de la danse de Chartres, and Jonatan Salgado Romero, filmmaker and lecturer in media and dance.

The Jochen Ulrich Dance Foundation supports the preservation and promotion of Jochen’s creations in dance, opera, and theatre. It endorses initiatives that make dance more accessible, recognizing its role in artistic expression, social inclusion, and personal development. In line with this mission, we are also involved in the development of Faros Danza Lab & Stage (F.D.L.&S.), a platform for training and exchange aimed at emerging artists.

Having worked directly with Jochen Ulrich as a dancer, I experienced firsthand the depth, rigor, and beauty of his choreographic language. I first met Darie Cardyn during one of the reconstructions of his works in Germany, and it was in that process that I began to fully understand how meaningful the transmission of repertoire can be for younger generations — not only as an artistic and technical practice, but as a way of connecting to his artistic vision.

In our view, what we call “contemporary dance” does not imply a break with the past or a stance in opposition to other forms. Rather than treating past and present as separate, we understand the contemporary as a coexistence of multiple temporalities — a dynamic weave of historical memory, embodied knowledge, and future potential. The body is a living archive: it carries ancestral memory, cultural crossings, and embodied practices from different times and geographies.

Jochen’s legacy continues to live through the many generations of dancers, choreographers, and teachers shaped by his vision — individuals who now lead and influence the field of dance around the world.

As I’ve written elsewhere, my choreographic voice has been shaped by returns — not as acts of repetition, but as re-encounters. Re-turning is a motion that, in dance, evokes spirals, shifts in direction, and circular movements that never arrive at the same place twice — not because the path is unfamiliar, but because the place itself changes with each breath, breathing in different rhythms. It means revisiting a place, a memory, or a body of work with new eyes, attuned to the subtle shifts and transformations that emerge moment by moment. This collaboration with the Jochen Ulrich Dance Foundation is such a return: a generative engagement with Jochen’s repertoire, seen through the urgencies and questions of the present.

We welcome the interest of institutions, companies, and dance festivals that wish to engage with Jochen’s legacy through reconstructions, workshops, and collaborative artistic research. We believe his work offers powerful tools for learning, experimentation, and dialogue — and we look forward to exploring these possibilities across diverse dance contexts.