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Zurich Ballet season 2024/2025: https://www.opernhaus.ch/en/spielplan/ballett/#154051

Berlin State Ballet Season 2024/2025 SEASON 2024/25 Reflection spaces between love troubles, climate change, and the madness of the individual Berlin, March 27, 2024 --- On this Wednesday morning, the Staatsballett Berlin has released the program for the 2024/25 season. Artistic Director Christian Spuck and his team presented four premieres including one world premiere, five revivals, a guest performance by the Nederlands Dans Theater, and a broad framework and education program that will be integrated into the Staatsballett starting next season. In his second season, Artistic Director Christian Spuck will present four premieres including one world premiere. The evening Minus 16 (October 25, 2024, Deutsche Oper Berlin) brings together works by Sharon Eyal and Ohad Naharin, two strong voices of the present. Choreographer Edward Clug is creating A Midsummer Night's Dream after William Shakespeare (February 21, 2025, Deutsche Oper Berlin), a full-length creation set to commissioned music by Milko Lazar. The ballet Winterreise, set to Franz Schubert's song cycle of the same name in the musical arrangement by Hans Zender (May 11, 2025, Staatsoper Unter den Linden), will be reworked by Christian Spuck with the ensemble. In the final premiere, Gods and Dogs (June 28, 2025, Staatsoper Unter den Linden), Jiří Kylián explores the madness of the individual, while Crystal Pite uses the dancing bodies to symbolize human transience and vitality. The Nederlands Dans Theater, one of the most prestigious dance companies worldwide, will be a guest at the Staatsballett Berlin (July 2025, Deutsche Oper Berlin) presenting the trilogy Figures in Extinction, a four-year project by choreographer Crystal Pite and theater maker Simon McBurney on the theme of climate change. At the end of the season, the Ballet Week will offer eight days of full programming with three productions from the repertoire, two gala evenings, two education formats, and two panel discussions. Returning to the repertoire is Swan Lake by Patrice Bart at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Also remaining there is Giselle by Patrice Bart, another major classical narrative ballet, as well as 2 Chapters Love with works by Sol León and Sharon Eyal. At the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bovary by Christian Spuck and the triple bill evening William Forsythe will also be performed. In the ensemble, nine dancers are pleased with promotions. Weronika Frodyma, Martin ten Kortenaar, and Haruka Sassa will become Principal Dancers from the upcoming season, while Danielle Muir and Kalle Wigle will become Soloists. Marina Duarte, Gregor Glocke, Leroy Mokgatle, and Clotide Tran will be promoted from the corps de ballet to Demi-Soloists. Structural changes are taking place for Tanz ist KLASSE!, the education program of the Staatsballett, which will become its own department of the Staatsballett after 17 years as an association. A wide range of workshops for families, schools, daycares, as well as dance classes and holiday courses for various age groups and populations will continue to be offered. New offerings include 3D classes for teenagers, STEPahead, a training series for educators, and (K)nie zu spät, an event offering for seniors. The behind-the-scenes look is further facilitated by the program of premieres conversations and training sessions for spectators. Opportunities for exchange are offered through ballet conversations, where ensemble members and artists invite the audience for more personal discussions. Or at the forum, where social issues related to dance on stage are discussed. The upcoming season will be visually characterized by the photographic work of South African artist Caroline Mackintosh. The Berlin-based artist embarked on a colorful exploration of the Deutsche Oper Berlin with nine dancers for this project. Artistic director Christian Spuck is setting accents with the program: "Ballet, as well as dance as a living art form, creates spaces that reflect our present in a very special way, offer a look into the past, but also capture our current experiences in a deeply turbulent and torn world. The Staatsballett Berlin is for me a place of creative creation, networking, and mutual exchange that explores and enables these spaces." Regular ticket sales begin on June 10, 2024, with members of the Friends Circle and holders of the Danceticket being able to purchase tickets in advance starting on June 3, 2024. STAATSBALLETT BERLIN Season 2024/25 Productions 2024/2025 Premieres Minus 16 SAABA Choreography by Sharon Eyal Minus 16 Choreography by Ohad Naharin 25, 28, 29 October, 7, 8, 21, 24 (double performance), 29 November 2024 Deutsche Oper Berlin World Premiere Ein Sommernachtstraum Ballet by Edward Clug after William Shakespeare Music by Milko Lazar 21, 23, 26 February, 1, 9, 10, 30 (double performance) March, 21, 28 May 2025 Deutsche Oper Berlin Winterreise Choreography by Christian Spuck Music by Hans Zender after Franz Schuberts Winterreise 11, 14, 17, 23, 29 May, 7, 9, 14 June 2025 Staatsoper Unter den Linden Gods and Dogs Gods and Dogs Choreography by Jiří Kylián Angels´ Atlas Choreography by Crystal Pite 28, 29 June, 2, 6, 13, 18 July 2025 Staatsoper Unter den Linden Revivals Bovary Choreography by Christian Spuck after the novel by Gustave Flaubert Music by Camille Saint-Saëns, Thierry Pécou, György Ligeti u.a. 7, 8, 13, 22, 26 September, 3 (double performance) October, 21, 25 December 2024 Deutsche Oper Berlin Giselle Choreography by Patrice Bart after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot Music by Adolphe Adam 20, 24, 29 (double performance) September, 10 October, 1, 2 November, 4 December 2024 Staatsoper Unter den Linden 2 Chapters Love Stars Like Moths Choreography by Sol León 2 Chapters Love Choreography by Sharon Eyal 15, 17, 23, 26, 30 November, 6 December 2024, 14, 17, 19, 22 April, 30 May 2025 Staatsoper Unter den Linden Schwanensee Choreography by Patrice Bart after Lew Iwanow and Marius Petipa Music by Peter I. Tschaikowsky 14, 19, 26, 28, 30 December, 16, 18 January, 15, 19, 22, 28 March, 5, 6 April 2025 Staatsoper Unter den Linden William Forsythe Blake Works I Choreography by William Forsythe Approximate Sonata 2016 Choreography by William Forsythe One Flat Thing, Reproduced Choreography by William Forsythe 24, 29, 31 January 2025, 27 February 2025, 6, 12 March 2025, 2, 10, 18, 25 April 2025 Deutsche Oper Berlin Special Events Ballet Week 25 May TanzTanz Spezial Staatsballett Berlin, Studio 26 May TiK Workshop Staatsballett Berlin, Studio 27 May Forum Deutsche Oper Berlin, Rangfoyer 28 May Ein Sommernachtstraum Deutsche Oper Berlin 29 May Winterreise Staatsoper Unter den Linden 30 May 2 Chapters Love Staatsoper Unter den Linden 31 May Ballet Gala Staatsoper Unter den Linden 1 June Ballet Talk Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Appollosaal 1 June Ballet Gala Staatsoper Unter den Linden Guests Nederlands Dans Theatre & Complicité 4, 5, 6 (double performance) July 2025 Deutsche Oper Berlin Staatliche Ballett- und Artistikschule 25, 29 June 2025 Deutsche Oper Berlin Conversations Pre-premiere Conversation Talk before the premiere 13 October 2024, 9 February, 27 April, 15 June 2025 Ballet Talk Artists and guests of the Staatsballett Berlin in conversation 3 November 2024, 2 February, 23 March, 1 June 2025 Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Appollosaal Forum Discussion Event Event series discussing socio-political topics related to dance and ballet 12 November 2024, 14 January, 27 May 2025 Deutsche Oper Berlin, Rangfoyer Backstage Ballet Class Up Close 17 November 2024 Staatsoper Unter den Linden Season Opening Festivities Stage rehearsal „Bovary“ 31 August 2024 Deutsche Oper Berlin

Just a reminder that Kameliendame will be live-streamed in 10 minutes - VOD for three days, no fee

Daniel Proietto has tried something similar before at Ballet Flanders in 2020: https://danielproietto.com/rasa

No idea how this happened, I'm sorry.

Isn't it interesting that these recontruction fetishists and titans suddenly go for modern/newly choreographed versions? First Ratmansky with his Coppelia at Milano, where almost every step was his own choreography, and now Doug Fullington with a kind-of-modern Bayadère. What would Sergei Vikharev have said...

There are several options with the Onegin sets and costumes, you don't have to use the Jürgen Rose design - but if you want to use it and need to make the sets from scratch for a production, then it's very expensive in the meantime, as all the sets are painted by hand, not printed, as most sets are nowadays. It's simply a question of money - as is Neumeier's Lady of the Camellias, which unlike Onegin cannot be played without the Rose costumes, which makes the production horrendously expensive. Rose insists on a certain quality of the fabrics, that's why it looks so gorgeous. [Moderators: The quote immediately above was originally from lady emily (1542 on 21 March)] Onegin has been staged in almost 40 companies worldwide, I would not call that stingy.

Debuts in Stuttgart's Swan Lake by Cranko: 6.4. Henrik Erikson as Siegfried (with Elisa Badenes) Clemens Fröhlich as Rotbart 13.4. Matteo Miccini as Siegfried (with Anna Osadcenko), Ciro Ernesto Mansilla as Rotbart

Hamburg Ballet season 2024/2025: "The Times Are Racing": “Adagio” by Pina Bausch, “Variations for two Couples” by Hans van Manen, The Thing with Feathers” by Demis Volpi and “The Times are racing” by Justin Peck “Slow Burn”: World premiere by Aszure Barton and "Blake Works 5" by William Forsythe (Hamburg has not seen a Forsythe ballet in the repertoire ever) Revival: Death In Venice. A Dance of Death by John Neumeier Creation: “Demian” by Demis Volpi after the novel by Hermann Hesse https://www.hamburgballett.de/en/schedule/overview_2425.php?type=premieren&season=2425 https://www.hamburgballett.de/en/news/editorial.php Download the brochure here Principal Karen Azatyan is leaving the company to go to Zurich, Futaba Ishizaki, Charlotte Kragh and Daniele Bonelli are following the company from Ballett am Rhein as soloists

https://www.staatsoper.de/en/inhalte-staatsballett-home/spielzeit-2024-25

Well it was 15 min for Hilaire, but yes, the opera and the concert stuff had 75 min. 😒

Bavarian State Ballet season 2024/25: Premieres: „La Sylphide“ by Pierre Lacotte Triple Bill „Wings of Memory” with Jiří Kylián, Bella Figura Sidi Larbi Cherkoaui, The Faun Pina Bausch, The Rite of Spring the third edition of “Spheres” curated by Sol Leon and Paul Lightfoot with one piece by them and three young choreographers they chose Revivals: Peter Wright's Giselle Illusions – Like Swan Lake by John Neumeier Guest Company at the ballet week in spring: Lucia Lacarra's company with “Lost Letter”, choreography by Matthew Golding

Dresden Semperoper Ballet season 2024/25, the first under new director Kinsun Chan: Premieres Kinsun Chan and Martin Zimmermann: „Wonderful World“, Premiere at the Playhouse Dresden John Neumeier’s “Nijinsky” Double Bill “Vice Versa” with “Noetic” by Sidi Larbi Cherkaouis and a creation by Imre and Marne van Opstal At Semper Zwei, the experimental, smaller stage at the Semperopera, there will be a triple bill celebrating 200 years of dance at the Semperoper with works by Francesca Frassinelli, Julian Nicosia and Giovanni Insaudo. For the same occasion, there will be a Ballet Gala called “Dresdance 2025“ with all companies of the town. Repertoire: Swan Lake and Peer Gynt by Johan Inger, a triple bill “Classics” with George Balanchine, Justin Peck and Twyla Tharp, and the old Nutcracker by Aaron S. Watkin and Jason Beechey after Petipa https://www.semperoper.de/interim/ballett-2024-25.html

Well, all these opera directors, music directors and playhouse directors still think that Germany is a land of opera, classical music and spoken word. WE KNOW DIFFERENT 💪

The Bavarian State Opera will livestream their season presentation 2024–25 of the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Bayerisches Staatsballett and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester on Saturday, 16 March 2024, 10 a.m. CET Go to https://www.staatsoper.de/tv/ to see Laurent Hilaire present the next season

To be honest, Tattin, I find Neumeier's version very clear and rather easy to understand - I mean, Shakespeare's comedy is as complicated as it gets, but in Neumeier's version you get introduced to all the characters, you have a very clear musical distinction between the court (Mendelssohn-Bartholdy), the fairies (Györgi Ligeti) and the amateur players who make their music on a barrel organ by themselves. The costumes for the court are historical, the costumes for the fairies are very modern - you always know in which world we are. Neumeier's trick is to combine Theseus/Oberon and Hippolyta/Titania in one dancer respectively one ballerina. That was not his idea, but the famous British director Peter Brook invented this in 1970 for his staging at the Royal Shakespeare Company. I don't think you have to feel sorry for the dancers, except maybe for the extra-difficult lifts for Oberon and Titania. I guess it's the same problem that an American audience has with Neumeier's works - I read reviews about his Lady of the Camellias where the critic just did not get the story. If you're used to the old classics like Sleeping Beauty and to abstract, neoclassical works, it may be a little bit difficult to understand drama ballet or "literature ballet", as Cranko, MacMillan or Neumeier are called in Germany. With Neumeier, you have to watch very closely, but then everything is clear and you can understand it all.

Tattin, I don't think you have to pay for arte concert, as far as I know it's for free. Or geoblocked 😔

Tattin, I'm sorry - no idea how they distribute the availability on arte concert. Former arte links seem to have worked in Britain, at last. There's a DVD, but I'd only recommend it if you like Neumeier's religious works very much. https://hamburgballett-shop.de/p/dona-nobis-pacem

And here we go, the first season announcement for 2024/2025 - the winner is Ballet Leipzig which has a new director, Rémy Fichet. Leipzig Ballet explores new choreographic languages New Ballet Director, Rémy Fichet, has curated a highly emotional programme for his inaugural season. The focus is on new story ballets and the creative further development of classical technique. On 26.10.24, the American choreographic talent Lauren Lovette opens with a new take on the famous love drama »Romeo und Julia«, which she transposes into the world of theatre. A two-part ballet evening by Sofia Nappi and Louis Stiens celebrates its premiere on 1.2.25: »Humans«, to music by Clara Schumann, Henry Purcell, Franz Schubert, Werner Egk and others. The third premiere takes place on 12.4.25: Martin Chaix, whose previous solo career also brought him to Leipzig in 2006 for a three-year stay, is choreographing one of the oldest Japanese legends, »Die Mondprinzessin« (The Moon Princess), to the music of Henryk Mikołaj Gorecki, Koyama Kiyoshige, Sōmei Satō and Arvo Pärt. In collaboration with the Bachfest Leipzig, the »Black Box« will become a choreographic case study of various forms of artistic expression, and for the first time on 20.6.25, will see Marcelino Libao, Daniel Róces Gómez and Vincenzo Timpa of the Leipzig Ballet engage with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The 24/25 season will feature the return of two choreographies as a special tribute to the legendary choreographer Uwe Scholz to mark the 20th anniversary of his death. Until his passing in 1991, Uwe Scholz played a key role in shaping the identity and programme of the Leipzig Ballet. »Scholz-Symphonien« (Scholz Symphonies), premiering on 6.12.24, includes his symphonic ballets »Siebente Symphonie« (Seventh Symphony), music by Ludwig van Beethoven, and »Zweite Symphonie« (Second Symphony), music by Robert Schumann. The Gewandhausorchester, which plays for all Oper Leipzig performances, also provides live accompaniment for the performances of the Leipzig Ballet. The ballet season gets underway on the 31.8.24 with an open training session, followed by a talk with Rémy Fichet. Full brochure available at https://www.oper-leipzig.de/de/publikationen

John Neumeier's latest creation "Dona nobis pacem" is on arte concert now. https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/109725-000-A/john-neumeier-dona-nobis-pacem/

Munich March 16th Hamburg March 18th Berlin March 27th Stuttgart - somewhere near the summer holidays 🙄 I'll try to post everything as soon as I know!

The premiere of John Neumeier's "Lady of the Camellias" will be live streamed from Vienna on March 24th at 18.30 CET https://play.wiener-staatsoper.at/event/4dfb69e2-63b2-4be0-9ded-6af3a9a56fa1

Berlin, March 6, 2024 --- Iana Salenko, Principal Dancer of the Staatsballett Berlin, will receive the honorary title «Berlin Chamber Dancer" on March 17, 2024. Joe Chialo, Senator for Culture and Social Cohesion, will present the award after the performance of Giselle at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Following her performance as Giselle in the production of the same name, Iana Salenko, Principal Dancer of the Staatsballett Berlin, will be honored with the honorary title «Berlin Chamber Dancer" on March 17, 2024. Senator for Culture and Social Cohesion Joe Chialo will present the award, recognizing her exceptional artistic achievements. «On behalf of the Berlin Senate, as well as personally, I would like to thank Iana Salenko for the many wonderful and magnificent ballet evenings she has provided for her audience. I thank her for her connection to our city and her commitment on so many levels. Since the beginning of the Russian attack on her homeland, Ukraine, Iana Salenko, who was born in Berlin's partner city of Kyiv, has been extraordinarily dedicated to the needs of war victims and artists in Ukraine. With her ballet gala 'Ballet for Live', she supports needy children in Ukraine. My gratitude is combined with recognition and respect for the achievements of this exceptional artist.» Iana Salenko herself is delighted with the recognition, which she now shares with her husband Marian Walter, who has also received this award. «I feel very honored to receive this German honorary title. And I am proud that my husband Marian and I are currently the only chamber dancer couple. The award inspires me to reach new heights in my career. I am looking forward to more exciting dance moments.» The exceptional artist impresses with outstanding technique at the highest international level, complemented by a great joy of playing. Throughout her career, she embodied leading roles in the most important classical productions such as Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, La Bayadère, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, Onegin, Giselle, La Esmeralda, La Péri and Cinderella. She dances choreographies by renowned choreographers such as Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, Auguste Bournonville, John Cranko, Pierre Lacotte, Marius Petipa and Anton Dolin. In personal collaborations, she was able to bring her interpretation to works by Patrice Bart, Yuri Burlaka/Vasily Medvedev, Nacho Duato, Boris Eifman, Marcia Haydée, Giorgio Madia, Vladimir Malakhov, Alexei Ratmansky, Peter Schaufuss, Heinz Spoerli, Christian Spuck and Víctor Ullate. Iana Salenko completed her ballet training at the Pisarev Ballet School in Donetsk, where she also received her first engagement. In 2002, she became a First Soloist at the Ukrainian National Opera in Kiev. After meeting her husband Marian Walter, she joined the State Ballet Berlin as a Demi-Soloist, where she was promoted to Soloist in 2006 and First Soloist in 2007. Since then, she has danced leading roles especially in classical productions and received invitations for guest appearances in over 20 companies worldwide. From 2013 to 2017, she was a Principal Guest at the Royal Ballet in London. Since 2022, she has been committed to her home country, Ukraine, by founding the annual charity gala Ballet for Life by Iana Salenko. The title «Berliner Kammertänzer*in» has been awarded only to Oliver Matz (1995), Raffaela Renzi (1995), Gregor Seyffert (1999), Vladimir Malakhov (2014), Michael Banzhaf (2017), Polina Semionova (2017) and Marian Walter (2018). The rare honorary title is awarded by the Berlin Senate for outstanding artistic achievements and a minimum of five years of uninterrupted affiliation with a theater.

Wow that's interesting, Roberta - I rarely read the comments under videos, thank you! Dale Brannon, who wrote this, and Marcis Lesins were both in the creation of the piece in 1976, I suppose. Brannon talks about the circle of light that moves from midstage to the column in the back. As many times as I have seen "Requiem", I never once thought of Christ when I saw that light, but of John Cranko giving guidance and leading the way for his fatherless dancers...

The casts for Giselle at Staatsballett Berlin: In five performances in March, new ensemble members will be performing in leading roles for the first time. Kalle Wigle will make his debut as Albrecht alongside Iana Salenko as Giselle and Elisa Cabrera/Vera Segova as Myrtha (March 8th and 17th). Haruka Sassa will embody Giselle for the first time alongside David Soares as Albrecht and Vera Segova/Bruna Cantanhede as Myrtha (March 16th and 22nd). And Polina Semionova will interpret Giselle with Martin ten Kortenaar as the new Albrecht and Eloïse Sacilotto as Myrtha (March 23rd).