Biography
Andreas Heise began his artistic career with dance studies at the Palucca Hochschule für Tanz in Dresden. In 1998, he started his professional career as a dancer with the Leipziger Ballett under the direction of Uwe Scholz. In 2003, he joined the Norwegian National Ballet in Oslo, where he danced numerous leading roles, including Romeo, Lenski and Albrecht, and created roles in works by Jiří Kylián, William Forsythe, John Neumeier, Nacho Duato and Christopher Wheeldon. Since 2006, he has regularly choreographed for the Norwegian National Ballet.
In 2018, he created »Nachtstück« for the Noverre series of the Stuttgart Ballet, followed by the world premiere of »Lamento« in 2019. His choreographic interpretation of Schubert's »Winterreise« has been performed internationally, including in Germany, Chile, Taiwan and Pakistan. In 2022, he created »Schwanengesang« for Ballett Graz. In 2023, he was one of five project leaders of the community project »LOVE est.2023« at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. In 2024, he presented »Reach for Tomorrow« with the Salzburg Ballet and »Rückblick« at the International Music Festival Kissinger Sommer.
He made his debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2017 with the choreography for Handel's »Ariodante«, working alongside director Christof Loy and Cecilia Bartoli, and choreographed »Jedermann« in 2018. That same year, he created the choreography for »Der fliegende Holländer« at Nederlandse Reisopera. In 2019, he made his directorial debut with Purcell's »Dido and Aeneas« at the Norwegian National Opera and collaborated with Christof Loy on Strauss's »Capriccio« at Teatro Real Madrid.
Most recently, his full-length production »KaiserRequiem« premiered at Volksoper Wien in January 2025. In June 2026, he collaborated with director Marta Pazos on a new production of Mozart's »Le nozze di Figaro« at Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona.
In the 2026/27 season, choreography and direction of »O Fortuna« at Oper Leipzig.