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Dancer of the Month: Eléonore Guérineau

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Eléonore Guérineau's grand jeté to Zurich

Eléonore Guérineau, a French soloist dancer moving to dance with the Zurich Ballet for the 2018-19 season is our Dancer of the Month this August.

Rarities among the new productions at Zurich Opera

Bachtrack, 20 Apr

The 2018-19 season at Opernhaus Zürich features plenty of new productions, including operas which don't feature too often, such as Die Gezeichneten and Le Grand Macabre.

French dancer Eléonore Guérineau is our Dancer of the Month

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Opernhaus, Sep 23 18:00, Sep 30 18:00, Dec 13 19:30, Dec 14 19:30, 2019 May 31 19:30, Jun 01 19:00, Jun 08 19:00, Jun 20 19:30

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Mario Schröder; Leipziger Ballet; Christoph Gedschold; Paul Zoller; Aleksandar Noshpal; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

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Orff: Carmina Burana

Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Tibor Bogányi; Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Hungarian State Opera; Hungarian National Ballet; Rita Rácz

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Volksoper Vienna, Sep 23 18:00, Sep 28 19:00, Oct 07 16:30, Oct 12 19:00

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Jorma Elo; Vienna State Ballet; Andreas Schüller; Sandra Woodall; Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper

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Staatsoper, Sep 24 19:30, Sep 26 19:30, Sep 30 19:00, Oct 03 19:30, Oct 09 19:00, Oct 20 20:00

Adam: Giselle

Jean Coralli; Jules Perrot; Elena Tschernischova; Vienna State Ballet; Ermanno Florio; Paul Connelly; Ingolf Bruun; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

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Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Sep 25 at 20:15

Chopin, Bernstein, Talbot

Jerome Robbins; Alexei Ratmansky; Wayne McGregor; Dutch National Ballet; Matthew Rowe; Het Balletorkest; Noé Inui

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ENB in Liam Scarlett's No Man's Land © Laurent Liotardo

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ENB's Lest We Forget opens at Sadler's Wells

Rym Kechacha, 20 Sep

Lest We Forget, a triptych of original work first commissioned in 2014 for the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War now returns to the repertoire to commemorate a hundred years since the armistice of 1918.

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Burlesque ballet - a wonderful mix of serious, comical, pastiche mixed with envy, self-doubt, rivalry and a swig or two of bourbon...

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Graham Watts, 11 Sep

Fresh energy and vibrant comedy marks the Trocks' return to the UK

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Staatsballett Berlin in Celis' Your Passion is Pure Joy © Jubal Battisti

Katja Vaghi, 07 Sep

To reassure the sceptics, the break from tradition of Stijn Celis’ Your Passion is Pure Joy to Me, and Sharon Eyal’s and Gai Behar’s Half Life made for a great start to the Staatsballett Berlin’s new season.

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