Spuck's Anna Karenina journeys to Hong Kong

By Carla Escoda, 26 February 2018

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“the dramatic staging, score, and outstanding performances ... prove dazzling”

Reviewed at Hong Kong Cultural Centre: Grand Theatre, Hong Kong on 24 February 2018

Anna Karenina (Filipe Portugal, Christian Spuck)

Ballett Zürich

Viktorina Kapitonova, Dancer

William Moore, Dancer

Galina Mihaylova, Dancer

Daniel Mulligan, Dancer

Michelle Willems, Dancer

Tars Vandebeek, Dancer

Luigi Largo, Piano

Lin Shi, Vocals

Junior Ballett Zürich shines in three creations

Sarah Batschelet, 8th March

Three different and highly-spirited works, each choreographed for the Junior Ballett Zürich, were recently performed at the city’s opera house.

*****

Transcendental spheres: dancing Verdi’s Messa da Requiem in Zurich

Sarah Batschelet, 24th November

Christian Spuck revisits Verdi’s sublime Messa da Requiem with a host of gifted dancers and singers at the Zurich Opernhaus.

****1

Patrice Bart’s Giselle returns to Zurich

Sarah Batschelet, 11th April

Based on a story published by Heinrich Heine in 1834, Giselle has long stood as a front runner in the classical ballet canon.

****1

From Ballet in Black to Pointed Parody

Sarah Batschelet, 11th February

Made up of aspiring professional dancers from eight different nations, the Junior Ballett Zürich performs a programme of internationally renowned choreographers every two years.

***11

Modern Choreography meets the Baroque

Sarah Batschelet, 27th May

Two fine choreographers and the Orchestra La Scintilla heralded two world premiere performances of new ballets at the Zurich opera house.

*****

Spuck's Der Sandman, Zurich Ballet

Sarah Batschelet, 28th May

Christian Spuck’s marvellous ballet "Der Sandmann" (Sandman) was first performed in Stuttgart in the spring of 2006, but this marks its first run in Zurich.

*****

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.

Ballett Zürich's powerful Anna Karenina journeys to Hong Kong