Angela Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 Next season at Stuttgart Ballet: - a Stravinsky evening with creations by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (Firebird) and Demis Volpi (L’histoire du soldat), also Le Chant du rossignol by Marco Goecke, made for Leipzig ballet in 2009 - a Cranko evening with Concerto for Flute and Harp, Holberg Pas de deux, Opus 1 and Initialen R.B.M.E - a MacMillan evening with Requiem and Song of the Earth Repertory: John Neumeier’s A Streetcar named Desire, Christian Spuck’s Leonce and Lena, Onegin, Sleeping Beauty, a Triple Bill “Dance Lab” with ballets by Louis Stiens, Katarzyna Kozielska and Douglas Lee - and a gala on new years eve The company will be touring to Bangkok, Singapur, Muscat/Oman and Ludwigshafen/Germany. Miriam Kacerova, David Moore (RBS alumnus) and Constantine Allen (after only two years with the company!) are promoted to Principal Dancers, Alessandra Tognoloni is promoted to soloist, Pablo von Sternenfels to Demi-Soloist. Among the nine new dancers is Adam Russell-Jones from the RBS, the other eight come from the John Cranko School. Besides Maria Eichwald (studying choreology), Filip Barankiewicz (freelance) and Evan McKie (NBoC), also Canadian Demi-Soloist Brent Parolin is leaving the company, returning to Toronto. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aruna S Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Thanks for this, Angela,I was wondering when Stuttgart's new season would be announced. Although I was hoping for Cranko's R&J, the Cranko evening looks very interesting. I have no idea of the ballets but the music is all works I know and love so I'm strongly tempted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toursenlair Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 I'm always amused to see what cheery ballets the Stuttgart Ballet schedules for Christmas. This year: MacMillan's Song of the Earth and Requiem. Meanwhile, it's radical for a North American company to schedule La Fille mal Gardee instead of Nutcracker! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamicro Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Neumeier's Tatjana cast is still not on Hamburg Ballett web site, but it's printed on June programme available in the theatre: Onegin: Edvin Revazov Tatjana : Helene Bouchet Olga: Leslie Heylmann Lensky: Alexandr Trusch Prince N.: Carsten Jung it seems the same for all the performances... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted May 23, 2014 Author Share Posted May 23, 2014 The future of the Forsythe Company is secure, at least until 2018: all four parties who subsidize the company (Hesse, Saxony, Dresden and Frankfurt) agreed to continue their cooperation until 2018. William Forsythe himself will retire as director, his successor from September 2015 is Jacopo Godani. Forsythe will stay as Artistic Advisor. The company will continue to dance his works. John Neumeier’s new "Tatiana" will be a co-production with Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre in Moscow, the premiere there is on Nov 7th. Principal Dancer Rainer Krenstetter will leave Berlin State Ballet after this season and move to Miami City Ballet, also as Principal. At Gelsenkirchen, Ballet Director Bridget Breiner has extended her contract until 2018. Debuts at Stuttgart Ballet: Daniel Camargo and Elisa Badenes will dance Romeo and Julia for the first time on June 12th, with Marijn Rademaker as Mercutio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kira Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 (edited) Maybe is not the subject but as I think that there are many people from Germany... I would like to share this clip I found in the net of a dancer on a roof in Hamburg really really cool !! Edited May 26, 2014 by Kira Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Angela: You seem to have missed this gem from Munich: http://www.thelocal.de/20140526/bulky-ballet-dancer-75-sues-club-for-fall-in-munich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 Yes, it seems I completely misjudged the international relevance of this news. The Munich dance scene is in uproar, of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Picking up on Angela's news that Bridger Breiner has had her contact as AD for Ballett im Revier in Gelsenkirchen extended, Cathy Marston had a full-length premiere there on Sunday - Three Sisters, based on Chekhov of course, but with the action moved to a ballet studio, by the sounds of things. There's a review in one of the local papers - in German, of course - that seems to be saying that it all went very well: http://www.marler-zeitung.de/nachrichten/kultur/Tschechows-Drei-Schwestern-als-Ballett-am-MiR-Das-Unglueck-ungelebten-Lebens;art1258,1308380 This commission for Cathy follows another, Orpheus, as half of a Double Bill there last year, shortly after she finished in Bern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 Two other reviews, Ian: http://www.derwesten.de/kultur/drei-schwestern-im-ballettsaal-aimp-id9397277.html http://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/leben-und-erleben/kultur-region/Musiktheater-im-Revier-Taenzer-zeigen-ihre-Anmut-und-ihre-Alptraeume;art1541,2375746 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Macmillan Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Angela: Many thanks for those links, both essentially favourable I'd say, with one suggesting that it was a little long at 75 minutes? But not too long for a full-length work, especially when contending with Chekhov, I'd suggest. And thinking about the story being set in a ballet studio since this morning, I ended up recalling that Slava Samadurov's Romeo and Juliet for Royal Ballet of Flanders that I saw in Antwerp a couple of months back started with a dance company arriving at the Globe Theatre to rehearse a performance, and it all grew quite naturally from there. Seems so simple - for a dance work, find a dance setting! But I'm greatly cheered to see that Cathy can still turn in the goods for a continental audience and I live in hope that she'll be invited to put on another full-length piece for one of our larger companies over here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 The review (only one) says it felt too long for its length: "… an evening which despite all its refined dancing is sometimes tenaciously drawn-out in its only 75 minutes." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 Another review for Cathy Marston, very positive: http://www.tanznetz.de/blog/26445/gefangen-im-ballettsaal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 Alastair Marriott's "Simply Symphony", made for the Royal Ballet School in 2012, will receive its German premiere at the Cranko School performances in Stuttgart in July. Marriott himself and Jonathan Howells will work with the students at Stuttgart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 The extraordinary biography of Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” is continuing unabated, this time in Gebläsehalle, Duisburg on 16. August 2014. Romeo Castellucci: Le Sacre du Printemps. Choreography for 40 Machines. “Castellucci translates all this into a choreography of bone dust. With this industrially treated animal material, which is used in agriculture as fertilizer, Castellucci refers to the motifs of sacrifice and fertility.” http://www.ruhrtriennale.de/en/programm/produktionen/romeo-castellucci-le-sacre-du-printemps/ Has anyone seen it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mallinson Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Far out man! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Thank you, John, for this clip which lasted 3 min. 7 sec. However, the duration of this choreography for 40 Machines, without dancers, was 1 hour. I really would like to hear something from those who attended the performance. What did they enjoy apart from the Music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBBB Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 A documentary about Polina Semionova will be shown on ARTE tomorrow 31st August at 23:25 CET: http://www.arte.tv/guide/de/048870-000/polina-semionova-primaballerina-zwischen-new-york-und-berlin Unfortunately it doesn't look like the film will be available to watch from the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 After the broadcast, the documentary will be available for one week online at http://www.arte.tv/guide/de/plus7 It works for France and Germany, but I have no idea if you can watch the portrait in other countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) German Tanztheater choreographer Susanne Linke was appointed Artistic Director of the dance company at Trier Theatre, a smaller town in the West near the Luxembourg border. Linke, 70 years old, is one of the prominent figures of expressionist dance in Germany, in 2007 she was awarded the German Dance Prize. Her longtime collaborator Urs Dietrich was appointed Choreographer in Residence. Linke follows choreographer Sven Grützmacher who will leave after this season. At Zurich Ballet, Christian Spuck’s contract was extended until 2022. The winners of the annual critics‘ survey of Germany’s most important dance magazine "tanz": production of the year: Tauberbach by Alain Platel, Kammerspiele Munich choreographer of the year: Meg Stuart company of the year: Martin Schläpfer’s Ballet on the Rhine at Düsseldorf/Duisburg female dancer of the year: Natalia Osipova male dancer of the year: Paul White / Wuppertal Dance Theater Among the 33 "bearers of hope": Jiří and Otto Bubeníček, The Federal Youth Ballet, Edward Clug, Guillaume Côté, Nacho Duato, Kim Kimin, Matthew Koon (Northern Ballet), Yun-Su Park (Hamburg), Lemi Ponifasio, Robert Robinson (Stuttgart), Martin Schläpfer, Richard Siegal, Vladimir Varnava, Valentino Zucchetti A new Junior Company, the third in Germany after Munich and Hamburg, was founded by Dortmund Ballet AD Xin Peng Wang. The twelve young dancers will form the "NRW Juniorballett" which will be supported by the state of Northrhine-Westphalia. Names of the dancers here ed. for typo Edited September 4, 2014 by Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susankelly693 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 HI Thanks for the update, Angela I am a professional dance instructor in ohio city.If any one interested to learn salsa, mambo, argentine tango, belly etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 Dates for Polina Semionova at Bavarian State Ballet/Munich: Cranko's Romeo (with Friedemann Vogel), Onegin and her debut as Neumeier's Lady of the Camellias (partner tbc, most certainly Matej Urban) http://www.staatsoper.de/biographien/detail-seite/semionova-polina.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Oh gosh....Vogel and Semionova in R&J....sounds like a dream to me! Thanks for the info, Angela. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 German Tanztheater choreographer Susanne Linke was appointed Artistic Director of the dance company at Trier Theatre, a smaller town in the West near the Luxembourg border. *And* the oldest town in Germany, of course, going back to pre-Christian times I must admit that I didn't know it had a dance company, although I imagine the stage would be good for dance - a trapezium-shape, IIRC, so great sightlines. Sorry, I obviously haven't been keeping up with this thread over the last month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Friedemann Vogel will join the "Kings of the Dance" in December 2014, together with Ivan Vassiliev, Marcelo Gomes, Denis Matvienko and Herman Cornejo. First dates here: http://friedemannvogel.com/schedule/ http://mikhailovsky.ru/en/afisha/performances/detail/605528/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Thanks Angela....I am glad Friedemann has been elevated to a 'king' from the prince that he normally dances!! Very well deserved, and I will be interested to see how he gets on. I assume that this will tour as per usual? Not my cup of tea, to be honest, but I am sure he will do very well in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I hope that he will come back and dance with Alina again in an ENB production. They were great together in R&J. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Polina Semionova will return to Berlin State Ballet, which she left two years ago, for guest performances: http://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/en/presse/mitteilungen/14-10-2014/18 (scroll down) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Stuttgart principal dancer Marijn Rademaker will join Dutch National Ballet as a principal from January 2015. He will continue to dance as a guest at Stuttgart. His first Onegin in Cranko's ballet will take place on the upcoming Asia tour of Stuttgart Ballet, his farewell performance at Stuttgart will be the Gala on Dec. 31. http://www.operaballet.nl/en/node/2879 http://www.marijnrademaker.com/m/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 Casting for Stuttgart Ballet’s Tour to Bangkok and Singapore – with many debuts Bangkok’s 16th International Festival of Dance and Music, Thailand Cultural Centre 25.10.2014 Tatjana: Alicia Amatriain, Onegin: Friedemann Vogel*, Olga: Angelina Zuccarini*, Lensky: Daniel Camargo, Gremin: Damiano Pettenella 26.10.2014 Tatjana: Elisa Badenes*, Onegin: Marijn Rademaker*, Olga: Elizabeth Wisenberg*, Lensky: David Moore*, Gremin: Roman Novitzky* Singapore, Esplanade Theater 31.10.2014 Tatjana: Anna Osadcenko*, Onegin: Jason Reilly, Olga: Elisa Badenes, Lensky: Marijn Rademaker, Gremin: Roland Havlica 01.11.2014 mat Tatjana: Alicia Amatriain, Onegin: Friedemann Vogel, Olga: Angelina Zuccarini, Lensky: Daniel Camargo, Gremin: Damiano Pettenella 01.11.2014 eve Tatjana: Miriam Kacerova*, Onegin: Alexander Jones, Olga: Elisa Badenes, Lensky: Marijn Rademaker, Gremin: Roland Havlica * debut in role Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 So, Badenes gets both Tatiana and Olga. Hope she doesn't do what Cojocaru did and get confused as to who she was supposed to be during the duel scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted October 21, 2014 Author Share Posted October 21, 2014 Honestly, did she? Oh my! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamicro Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) So, Badenes gets both Tatiana and Olga. Hope she doesn't do what Cojocaru did and get confused as to who she was supposed to be during the duel scene.Really? :-D When? I saw Cojocaru just once as Olga.Anyway, hope Badenes does everything else Cojocaru does.;-) Edited October 21, 2014 by annamicro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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