DIRECTOR TOM RYSER
After mime school in London and Circus School in Switzerland, he became a classical actor. (Conservatory of Music&Theatre Bern) Then he started to direct shows: modern circus, dance theatre,
classical theatre and a lot of crossover.
Recently he has worked more and more on huge outdoor projects with big crowds of actors and singers. He adds beautiful machines - excavators, helicopters, boats etc - because he believes that they are alive.
For example:
Expo 2002 «Ausfahrt Aargau» Excavator ballet with 700 people,10 Bands, orchestra, and 3 helicopters.
Theater der Welt 2005 «Singing River» based on the idea of Marie Zimmermann,
a ballet with 12 boats, 700 singers, locomotives and cranes in Stuttgart harbour
in collaboration with Orlando Gough.
„SINGING RIVER“ London Version Gough/Ryser
Reopening of the Royal Festival Hall (Southbank Centre)
Choral Event with 500 singers on boats and balconies.
Royal Festival Hall London / Themse zw. Tower Bridge und Waterloo Bridge
"RAKETENSYMPHONIE" outdoor performance
Symphony for 16 Soloists ("the Shout" London), a firework display and a big choir
by Orlando Gough und Tom Ryser
Opening of "LINZ 09" cultural capital 2009
He works continuously for the Opera Basel/Switzerland (Operahouse of the Year 2009)
Curriculum Vitae
Director/Choreographer/Actor
Born in Basel, Switzerland 3rd July 1966
1988 - The Desmond Jones School of Mime and Physical Theatre, London
1989 - “Scuola Dimitri” (Theatre/Dance/Artistic formation)
1989-93 - Conservatory of Music and Theatre (Classical Acting School)
1990 to current - director for Ursus & Nadeschkin
1993-1996 - work as an actor in Germany (Göttingen/Nordhausen/Leipzig/Berlin)
1996 to current - freelance Director and Choreographer in;
Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Stuttgart, Kassel, Zurich, Basel, Brest, Moscow, London, South Africa, New York and Melbourne...
Continuous work as a director for;
Opera Basel/Switzerland
Ursus & Nadeschkin
Cirquenflex (modern European circus)
Gendertainment Theatre Company
2010
"MY FAIR LADY"
After Bernard Shaws "Pygmalion"
Musical in two acts.
Opera Basel / Switzerland
Musical director: David Cowan
Director: Tom Ryser
Setdesign: Silvia Merlo, Ulf Stengl
Costumes: Uta Meenen
Choirleader: Henryk Polus
Dramaturg: Brigitte Heusinger
Choreography: Eva Gruner
Mit u. a. Agata Wilewska, the Operachoir Theater Basel and the orchestra: basel sinfonietta
Premier: 11th of November 2010
http://www.theater-basel.ch/spielplan/stueck.cfm?s_nr=4279
2009
"OUTSIDE HEAVEN"
a Play by Susanne Heising/Tom Ryser
25th of november 2009
Opera Basel / Switzerland
Girlschoir, operachoir and soloists of "Theater Basel"
"THE TAMING OF A SHREW"
Shakespeare Company Berlin / Germany
13th of june 2009
www.shakespeare-berlin.de
2008
"RAKETENSYMPHONIE"
outdoor performance
Music for 16 Soloists ("the Shout" London), a firework display and a big choir
by Orlando Gough und Tom Ryser
Opening of "LINZ 09"
cultural capital 2009
new years eve 2008/2009 Linz austria
"HAIR"
Musical by Jerome Ragni and James Rado
Music Galt Mc Dermot
Oper Theater Basel Sitzerland
Director Tom Ryser
Premier Oktober 31st 2008
"FIDELIO" Opera by Ludwig van Beethoven
Oper Frankfurt
Director: Alex Harb Choreographer: Tom Ryser
Premier 1st of June 2008
„IM ORCHESTER GRABEN“ "IN THE ORCHESTRA PIT"
a concert theatre with the symphony orchestra "Camerata Switzerland" and Ursus&Nadeschkin
Conductor: Graziella Contratto Director: Tom Ryser
Premier 11th of march TheaterBasel Switzerland
on tour in 2009
2007
„MASTERCLASS“ A play by Terrence McNally. Music by Vincenzo Bellini, Giuseppe Verdi und Giaccomo Puccini
Theater Basel Switzerland
Premier 24th of october 2007
„ERFOLG ALS CHANCE“ "SUCESS AS A CHANCE"
A play by and with Patrik Frey, Viktor Giacobbo und Mike Müller
Director Tom Ryser
Casinotheater Winterthur
Premier 6th of September 2007
«20 YEARS JBILEE OF URSUS&NADESCHKIN - the saturday night show»
SF Swiss Television
„SINGING RIVER“ London Version Gough/Ryser
Reopening of the Royal Festival Hall (Southbank Centre)
Choral Event with 500 singers on boats and balconies.
Royal Festival Hall London / Themse zw. Tower Bridge und Waterloo Bridge
Premiere 8. Juni 2007
„SECRETAIRIES“ by Franz Wittenbrink
with 9 female classical singers and one tenor.
Opera Basel Switzerland
Premiere january 21st 2007
2006
CYRANO
("Cirano de Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand
Basel Version by: Simone Meier
Director Christina Paulhofer /Choreographer: Tom Ryser
Theater Basel Switzerland
Premier september 28th 2006
„ORBITE“
"öff öf" Company (modern circus and dance)
outdoor performance
on the "airstation" (17 meters highsteel construction with two revolving wings.
Direction and Choreography: Heidi Aemisegger / Tom Ryser
Premiere in Lausanne
3rd of june 2006
„TAKE A SEAT"
Performance with 3500 foldable chairs at Bahnhofstrasse Zurich
2nd of April 2006
„WORLDRECORD“ Ryser/Sieger/Wehrli
with Ursus und Nadeschkin, director Tom Ryser
Swiss Premier 24.01.2006
Theater Basel Switzerland
since February 2006 „Worldrecord"on tour
Switzerland, Germany, Austria
2005
“CONFLICT“ physical theatre with the "Cossroad Crew" (Hip Hop)
Dabceperformance about how conflicts develop.
Kaserne Basel
Premier 20th of october 2005
„outclass entertainment“ , Kaserne Basel und Gendertainment.
Director Tom Ryser and Skelt!
2005
“Singing River” - Theatre Of The World, (international theatre festival) Stuttgart, Germany.
Premier on 18th June 2005. Choreography for 500 singers on boats, Stuttgart Harbour.
“Sirkona” - The Limpopo Dance Circus and Theatre-Company.
Premier 11th March at the State Theatre, Pretoria, South Africa
February – April 2005 - "Worldrecord" directing work in progress with Ursus & Nadeschkin in Melbourne
2002 - 2007
“Sirkona, the Limpopo Circus – Dance and Theatre Company” Venda, South Africa.
Modern circus project with “Cirquenflex” the Swiss Modern Circus
November 2004
“Hop O’ My Thumb” - Acapella Group
Combination of theatre, comedy and acapella singing.
Three singers and two sampling machines.
July 2004
“Borussia” Mönchengladbach, Germany - Choreography about soccer in a stadium,
with 200 soccer players, marching bands and abseiling.
May 2004
“Wirrklichkeit” - Project about reality, at the State Theatre, Kassel, Germany.
Major outdoor project with 150 policemen, firemen, choirs, pupils, trams, dancers and actors.
Feb 2004
“Schwatz & Weis” - a travel through 20 languages with the duo, “Pasta del Amore” (Comedy Switzerland)
May 2003
“Sick Men” a play about aging men. Comedy. Winterthur, Switzerland
April 2003
“The Governement Game”
Performance about how the Governement works. Solo.
June 2002
“Ausfart Aargau“ - Excavator Ballet at Expo 2002 Switzerland. 8 hour performance with 700 actors, dancers and musicians including a full Orchestra, 4 excavators, 3 helicopters, special force policemen, policemen, street workers & yodelling.
April 2002
Director - Ursus & Nadeschkin for the Swiss National Circus Knie
May 2001
“Gefährliche Spiele” (“Dangerous Games”) - Circus and dance performance based on action film soundtracks.
October 2000
“GWAND” - Choreography for the international Fashion Catwalk, Lucerne/Switzerland
May 2000
“OUTLANDER“ by Heinrich von Kleist, State Theatre, Basel, Switzerland.
A play about how conflicts become war. All actors were children of immigrants.
Play in seven languages. Theatre and dance performance - Gendertainment
May 1999
Foundation of “Gendertainment” Theatre Company in Switzerland
May 1999
“PRINZÄHSSINNEN” (“Rough Princesses”) - A play about eight girls around twenty years of age, their visions and apocalypses. Theatre and dance.
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Zurich/Switzerland.
September 1998
“SOLO” - Two People in a one man show Ursus & Nadeschkin, New York.
Still on tour in Europe.
May 1998
“The Lover of my Husband, the Daughter of his Wife, the Man of my Daughter.”
Cirquenflex (modern European Circus). Theatre and artistic performance.
March 1998
“CARMEN” or “Am I the Asshole of the Eighties?” - Wondratsheck
Dance Theatre
June 1997
“Track X” - Hip Hop Dance Theatre at State Theatre, Basel, Switzerland.
History of Hip Hop in Switzerland
May 1997
“ZOOM” - Cirquenflex (modern Eurpoean Circus) Brest, France.
Circus theatre in a big hemisphere tent. “What ever happens…irritates.”
For more info:
www.skelt.ch - Gendertainment, Ausfahrt Aargau und Wirrklichkeit
www.cirquenflex.ch - Modern Cirkus and SIRKONA- Project
www.bewillie.ch - Dance Company
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