Companies
Ballet Director of the Tanztheater der Komischen Oper Berlin, Germany
from August 1994 until August 1999 together with Artistic Director and Resident Choregrapher Jan Linkens.
Choreographers he invited are:
1995 – Jacalyn Carley (USA) – “Ich übertanze Euch”
1995 – Norbert Servos (GER) – “Songs”
1996 – Francois Raffinot (FR) – “Au-Dela”
1996 – Cesc Gelabert (SP) – “Lucrecia Stop”
1996 – Vicente Saez (SP) – “Wirbel”
1996 – Juan Carlos Garcia (SP) – “Landschaft mit Schatten” (short version)
1997 – Birgit Scherzer (GER) – “Franz Woyzeck”
1997 – Amanda Miller (GER) – “My Father´s Vertigo”
1997 – Samuel Wuersten (NL) – “Memento”
1997 – Gerhard Bohner (GER) – “Angst und Geometrie” (Reconstruction)
1998 – Lionel Hoche (FR) – “Purple Dreams”
1998 – Juan Carlos Garcia (SP) – “Landschaft mit Schatten“ (Full-length version)
1998 – Martin Müller (NL) – for the Opera “Bürger als Edelmann“
1999 – Ton Simons (USA) – “Magnificat“
Guest teachers he invited:
Irena Milovan, Sighilt Pahl, Vitor Garcia, Patrick Hinson, Yannick Boquin, Tomas Karlborg,
Siegfried Wende
Artistic Director of Companhia Nacional de Bailado (National Ballet of PortugaL), Lisbon
from January 2001 until August 2002
Programs he brought in this period are:
2001 Workshop from dancers of the company. Ballets by; Didier Chazeau, Filipe Portugal,
Pedro Mascarenhas, Joao Pinto, Xavier Carmo, Filipa Rola, Alexandre Fernandes,
Fernando Duarte
2001 “Savalliana” Choreography: Rui Lopes Graça
2001 “Agon” (George Balanchine), “In The Middle Somewhat Elevated”
(William Forsythe), “Sacre de Printemps” (Vaslav Nijinski, Hodson)
2001 “Serenade” (George Balanchine), “Anfractus” (Filipe Portugal), “Bruicheath”
(Jan Linkens), “Raymonda III Act” (Terry Westmoreland after Petipa)
2001 “Apollo” (George Balanchine), “Aract” (Kevin O´Day)
“Theme and Variations” (George Balanchine)
2001 “Romeo and Julia” (John Cranko)
2002 “Aract” (Kevin O´Day), “A Cloud in Trousers” (Kevin O´Day)
“Theme and Variations” (George Balanchine)
2002 “Giselle” (George Garcia)
Guest teachers he invited:
Ivan Kramer, Irena Milovan, Sonja Marchiolli, Lindsay Fisher, Rosario Cardenetti,
Jan Linkens, Mehmet Balkan, Yannick Boquin, George Garcia, José Luis Vieira.
General Manager Danshuis Limburg
From July 2003 – January 2006
Choreographies he (co)produced:
2004:
“Heerlijk Heerlen” Choreography: Sjoerd Vreugdenhil
Within the festival Cultura Nova
“Zandmannetjes” (Sandmen) for children who already reached the age of 4
Choreography: Wies Merkx
Within the festival KIDS@
2005:
“San Clemente” Choreography/Dramaturgy: Ives Thuwis / Gregory Caers
“THIS IS US” Direction / Choreography: Vicky Wesseling / Aline Barbou
A Coproduction with Toneelacademie Maastricht (Theatre Academy Maastricht)
“De Finalisten” (The Finalists) Choreography: Paul Selwyn Norton
Direction: Dirk Groenevelt
“De Koning Danst” (The King Dances) : Choreography: Wies Merkx
A coproduction with Merkx & Dansers
Within the festival KIDS@
Guest teachers he invited:
Timothy Couchman
In zijn functie als artistiek directeur van genoemde festivals en gezelschappen, werkte Marc Jonkers hecht samen met tal van internationale dans-instellingen en produceerde en coproduceerde met de meest belangwekkende choreografen en gezelschappen ter wereld, zoals:
Choreografen:
Jiří Kylián en Hans van Manen (Nederlands Dans Theater), William Forsythe (Ballett Frankfurt), Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker (Rosas), Pina Bausch (Tanztheater Wuppertal), Ohad Naharin (Batsheva Dance Company – Tel Aviv), Mats Ek (Cullberg Ballet – Stockholm), Michael Baryshnikov (White Oak Dance Company), Merce Cunningham (New York), Francois Raffinot (Le Havre/Paris), Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane (New York), Twyla Tharp (New York), Nina Wiener (New York), Trisha Brown (New York), Michael Clark (London), Edouard Lock (Montreal), Dominique Bagouet (Montpelier), Johann Kresnik (Bremen), Victor Ullate (Madrid), Randy Warshaw (New York), Susanne Linke (Essen), Tere O’Connor (New York), Stephen Petronio (New York), Gideon Obarzanek (Sydney), Shusaku Takeuchi (Tokio/Amsterdam), Irene Hultman (New York), Sacha Waltz (Berlin), Henrietta Horn (Essen), Rusell Dumas (Sydney), Leigh Warren (Adelaide), Jean-Pierre Perreault (Montreal), Philip Trehet (Le Havre), Maguy Marin (Paris), Carolyn Carlson (Paris), Tony Maya (Sacramento/Spanje), Mark Sieczkarek (Essen), Paul Selwyn Norton (London/Amsterdam), Andreia Leine and Harijono Roebana (Amsterdam), Douglas Wright (Auckland), Juan Carlos Garcia (Barcelona), Vicente Saez (Valencia), Cesc Gelabert (Barcelona), Lukas Hoving (San Francisco), Dennis O’Connor (New York), Mehmet Sander (Los Angeles), Iztok Kovac (Ljubljana), Amanda Miller (Frankfurt/Amsterdam), Itzik Galili (Tel Aviv/Amsterdam), Philippe Découfleé (Paris), Martino Müller (The Hague), Krzystof Pastor (Amsterdam), Ted Brandsen (Amsterdam), Rainer Behr and Ruth Amarante (Wuppertal), Krisztina de Chatel (Amsterdam), Dana Reitz (New York), Arthur Rosenfeld (Rotterdam), Ton Simons (New York), Hans Tuerlings (Tilburg), Ton Lutgerink (Rotterdam), Bart Stuyf (Amsterdam), Jacqueline Knoops Amsterdam), Vera Sander (Essen), Karina Sapporta (Paris), Bianca van Dillen (Amsterdam), Kevin O’Day (New York), Shen Wei (Guangdong/New York), Jo Fabian (Berlin), Nigel Charnock (London), Sjoerd Vreugdenhil (Amsterdam), Ives Thuwis (Gent), Wies Merkx (Utrecht), Karinne Sapporta (Parijs), Bianca van Dillen (Amsterdam), Norbert Servos (Berlijn), Kevin O’Day (New York/Mannheim), Jo Fabian (Berlijn), Angel Rojas / Carlos Rodriquez (Madrid), Joelle Bouvier / Regis Obadia (Le Havre), Vincent Sekwati Mantsoe (Zuid Afrika), Joost Vrouenraets (Heerlen)