About

Edward Clug is a Slovenian choreographer and artistic director of the Ballet of the
Slovenian National Theatre in Maribor. He was born in Beius, Romania. He graduated from the National Ballet School in Cluj-
Napoca in 1991 and received his first appointment at the Slovenian National Theatre in
Maribor the same year, dedicating his career of more than three decades to the country
that welcomed him.

He discovered his vocation for choreography early on and, after several successful
productions, took over as director of the ballet in 2003. In 2005, he created the
performance Radio & Juliet to the music of Radiohead, which became a worldwide hit
and brought him international recognition. His unique interpretation of Igor
Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps in 2012 and the breakthrough of his first full-length
ballet Peer Gynt in 2015 made him an important choreographic voice of his generation.
He then began collaborating with other ballet companies around the world, putting the
Slovenian National Theatre Maribor Ballet on the world dance map. Over the years, he
developed close relationships with Stuttgart Ballet, where he prepared a new version
of The Nutcracker in 2022, and Zurich Ballet, where he created the full-length
ballet Faust in 2018. He has also worked successfully with Dutch Dance Theatre, where
he created several projects for NDT2 and NDT1. He was also invited to join the famous
Bolshoi Theatre Ballet in Moscow, where he directed and choreographed Bulgakov’s
masterpiece The Master and Margarita. This year he will stage Coppélia with the Greek
National Ballet in Athens and at the beginning of 2025 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
with Staatsballett Berlin.

Media & Awards:

He has received several national and international awards for his work and was
nominated for the prestigious Benois de la Danse Award in 2017 and the German
theatre prize Der Faust in 2019. In 2022, he received the Silver Order of Merit of the
Republic of Slovenia and the Medal of Cultural Merit of Romania for his contribution
to the development of culture and art.