Angelin Preljocaj was born in 1957 in Sucy-en-Brie, France.

[citation needed] His father was born in Vermosh but was escaped from Albania because of the communism while his mother was from Ulcinj.They together went to France where Angelin was born.

His choreographic work is steeped in his writing of the history of classical ballet, but is resolutely contemporary.

In 1995, he received the Prix Benois de la Danse as choreographer.

In December 1984 he founded the ballet company that in 1996 that was subsequently renamed Ballet Preljocaj when it moved into its current home of residence at Pavillon Noir of Aix-en-Provence.