Olivier Vercoutère

Ballet master Bayerisches Junior Ballett München

Olivier Vercoutère was born in Wattrelos (France) and studied on the John-Cranko-Ballet School in Stuttgart. After graduating there, he became a member of the Stuttgart Ballet. In 1995 he joined the Corps de ballet of the Bayerisches Staatsballett where he also danced solos. He left the Bayerisches Staatsballett in 1996 and joined the ballet of Deutsche Oper Berlin, but re-joined the Munich company in 1999, where he was promoted to soloist in autumn 2004. Godani’s After Dark was created especially for him.

Olivier Vecoutère ended his career as a dancer in July 2012. He now, as a teacher of the Ballet Academy, gives all his knowledge to young talents.

(Information as of January 2019)

Debuts with the Bayerisches Staatsballett 

Svadebka (J. Kylián)
Sechs Tänze (J. Kylián)
Limb's Theorem (W. Forsythe)
Count N. in The Lady of the Camellias (J. Neumeier)
So nah so fern (I. Galili)
hotographer in The Silver Rose (G. Murphy), creation
Solo in Elemental (J. Godani)
Pasha in Le Corsaire (M. Petipa/I. Liška)
Solo in Chamber Symphony (L. Childs)
Trinculo in The Tempest (J. Mannes), creation
Priest in The Taming of the Shrew (J. Cranko)
The Man in the Shadows in Illusions - like Swan Lake (J. Neumeier)
Theme in Goldberg-Variations (J. Robbins)