Demis Volpi
Ballet Director & Principal Choreographer

© Sigrid Reinichs
Demis Volpi has been Ballet Director and Principal Choreographer of the Ballett am Rhein since the beginning of the 2020/21 season. The German-Argentinian artist trained as a dancer in Buenos Aires, at Canada’s National Ballet School in Toronto and the John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart. He subsequently danced in the corps de ballet at Stuttgarter Ballett. He began choreographing for the company in 2006 in one of the Noverre evenings for emerging choreographers and in 2013, following his first successful narrative ballet ‘Krabat’, he was appointed Resident Choreographer. He continues to be fascinated by stories and to explore the possibilities for storytelling within ballet.
He has created both narrative and abstract works for companies including American Ballet Theatre, Ballet de Santiago de Chile, Ballet Nacional del Sodre in Uruguay, Latvian national Ballet, Ballett Dortmund, Compañia Nacional de Danza de México and Ballet Vlaanderen. He has also created works for Canada's National Ballet School, where he was Guest Artist in Residence in 2014.
Since 2014, Volpi has also worked as an opera director, challenging the boundaries of theatrical genres. For example, in 2017 he directed Benjamin Britten’s ‘Death in Venice’ in a co-production between Staatsoper Stuttgart, Stuttgarter Ballett and the John Cranko Schule.
Volpi was awarded the Erik Bruhn Prize in 2011, the Chilean Art Critics’ Circle Prize in 2012 and the “Future” category of the German Dance Award in 2014. He was also nominated for the Prix Benois de la Danse in 2017 for his full-length ballet ‘Salomé’ and, following the successful premiere of ‘Death in Venice’, he was named Emerging Artist of the Year 2017 in the critics’ poll organized by the professional journal Opernwelt. Demis Volpi was a member of the jury for the Prix de Lausanne in 2018. In September 2019 his work and achievements as a choreographer over the previous decade were recognised with the Merit Diploma at the Konex Awards in Buenos Aires.
He has created both narrative and abstract works for companies including American Ballet Theatre, Ballet de Santiago de Chile, Ballet Nacional del Sodre in Uruguay, Latvian national Ballet, Ballett Dortmund, Compañia Nacional de Danza de México and Ballet Vlaanderen. He has also created works for Canada's National Ballet School, where he was Guest Artist in Residence in 2014.
Since 2014, Volpi has also worked as an opera director, challenging the boundaries of theatrical genres. For example, in 2017 he directed Benjamin Britten’s ‘Death in Venice’ in a co-production between Staatsoper Stuttgart, Stuttgarter Ballett and the John Cranko Schule.
Volpi was awarded the Erik Bruhn Prize in 2011, the Chilean Art Critics’ Circle Prize in 2012 and the “Future” category of the German Dance Award in 2014. He was also nominated for the Prix Benois de la Danse in 2017 for his full-length ballet ‘Salomé’ and, following the successful premiere of ‘Death in Venice’, he was named Emerging Artist of the Year 2017 in the critics’ poll organized by the professional journal Opernwelt. Demis Volpi was a member of the jury for the Prix de Lausanne in 2018. In September 2019 his work and achievements as a choreographer over the previous decade were recognised with the Merit Diploma at the Konex Awards in Buenos Aires.
Sat 29.04.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:30
Premiere Ballett
Sun 30.04.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
15:00 - 17:00
Ballett
Fri 19.05.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Im Anschluss: Nachgefragt
Sun 21.05.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
15:00 - 17:00
Ballett
Sun 28.05.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 20:30
Ballett
Thu 02.02.2023
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 21:30
Revival Ballett
Sun 05.02.2023
Theater Duisburg
15:00 - 17:00
Ballett
Thu 09.02.2023
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Fri 10.02.2023
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Tue 14.03.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Fri 17.03.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Sat 25.03.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Thu 06.04.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Fri 14.04.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
20:00 - 22:00
Revival Ballett
Fri 21.04.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Der Nussknacker
Ballet in two acts by Demis Volpi in collaboration with young choreographers
Fri 25.11.2022
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 21:30
Revival Ballett
Sun 27.11.2022
Theater Duisburg
15:00 - 17:00
Ballett
Sun 27.11.2022
Theater Duisburg
19:00 - 21:00
Ballett
Sat 03.12.2022
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Sun 04.12.2022
Theater Duisburg
15:00 - 17:00
Ballett
Sat 10.12.2022
Theater Duisburg
18:00 - 20:00
Ballett
Wed 14.12.2022
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Mon 26.12.2022
Theater Duisburg
18:30 - 20:30
Ballett
Sat 31.12.2022
Theater Duisburg
19:00 - 21:00
Ballett
Krabat
Ballet based on a book by Otfried Preußler
Thu 10.11.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Premiere Ballett
Sun 13.11.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Sat 19.11.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Ballett
Fri 02.12.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Ballett
Sun 11.12.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Fri 16.12.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Ballett
Sun 18.12.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
15:00 - 18:00
Ballett
Mon 19.12.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
11:00 - 14:00
Ballett
Sun 25.12.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Wed 28.12.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Ballett
Im Anschluss: Nachgefragt
Fri 30.12.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Ballett
Sat 14.01.2023
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Ballett
Wed 21.09.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Revival Ballett
Sun 25.09.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Thu 29.09.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Ballett
Sat 01.10.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
19:30 - 22:30
Ballett
Im Anschluss: Nachgefragt
Sun 02.10.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
15:00 - 18:00
Ballett
Sun 09.10.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Sun 30.10.2022
Opernhaus Düsseldorf
18:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Wed 07.09.2022
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 21:30
Premiere Ballett
Sat 24.09.2022
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Wed 28.09.2022
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Tue 11.10.2022
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 21:30
Ballett
Im Anschluss: Nachgefragt
Fri 21.10.2022
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 21:30
Ballett