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Newly appointed Director of Staatsballett Berlin, Christian Spuck makes his mark with this season opener, a world premiere of Bovary, a ballet based on Gustave Flaubert’s classic novel of 1856.

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Berlin

24. Okt. 2023

Spuck delivers compelling drama in Staatsballett's season opener

Von Vikki Jane Vile

Whitney Jensen as Aurora in Christian Spuck's Sleeping Beauty © Erik Berg

Oslo

Glitter, fun, surprises: Norwegian National Ballet's Beauty sparkles

Von Deborah Weiss, 3. Juni 2023

Closer to Matthew Bourne than Marius Petipa, Christian Spuck's Sleeping Beauty is full of invention, captivating the audience in numerous, unexpected ways.

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Oslo

3. Juni 2023

Glitter, fun, surprises: Norwegian National Ballet's Beauty sparkles

Von Deborah Weiss

Adelaide

Christian Spuck’s acclaimed Verdi Requiem wows the Adelaide Festival

Von Brian Angus, 9. März 2023

An exciting festival event spectacularly highlights a great blend of European and Australian talent.

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Adelaide

9. März 2023

Christian Spuck’s acclaimed Verdi Requiem wows the Adelaide Festival

Von Brian Angus

Zürich

Ballett Zürich's Monteverdi celebrates music in dance

Von Sarah Batschelet, 15. Januar 2022

Blending the music of Monteverdi with lesser-known contemporaries, and even some pop, choreographer Christian Spuck takes leave of Zürich with a work that is as full of poetry as it is of emotional charge.

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Zürich

15. Jan. 2022

Ballett Zürich's Monteverdi celebrates music in dance

Von Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Christian Spuck's loveable Leonce and Lena returns to Ballett Zürich

Von Sarah Batschelet, 8. Dezember 2021

Spuck’s Leonce and Lena is a feel-good treat that lifts the spirits measurably and makes a fine case for the modern genre.

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Zürich

8. Dez. 2021

Christian Spuck's loveable Leonce and Lena returns to Ballett Zürich

Von Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Christian Spuck's enigmatic Winterreise revived by Ballett Zürich

Von Graham Watts, 13. Februar 2021

Christian Spuck gives choreographic identity to Hans Zender's composed interpretation of Franz Schubert's Winterreise.

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Zürich

13. Feb. 2021

Christian Spuck's enigmatic Winterreise revived by Ballett Zürich

Von Graham Watts

Zürich

Christian Spuck’s new Sleeping Beauty runs into overdrive in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet, 10. Oktober 2020

Against all the odds, and despite Corona restrictions, Zurich Ballet launches a new production of The Sleeping Beauty by Christian Spuck.

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Zürich

10. Okt. 2020

Christian Spuck’s new Sleeping Beauty runs into overdrive in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Returning to Hoffmann's tale: Nussknacker und Mausekönig revived at Ballett Zürich

Von Graham Watts, 29. Februar 2020

An inventive reimagining of this well-worn tale

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Zürich

29. Feb. 2020

Nussknacker und Mausekönig revived at Ballett Zürich

Von Graham Watts

Zürich

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

Von Sarah Batschelet, 24. November 2019

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

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Zürich

24. Nov. 2019

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

Von Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Down with bourgeoise indifference: a new ballet in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet, 12. Oktober 2019

In the Zurich premiere of The Little Match Girl, choreographer Christian Spück tackles a project of major proportions.

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Zürich

12. Okt. 2019

Down with bourgeoise indifference: a new ballet in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

“For never was a story of more woe…”: brilliant revival of Spuck's Romeo and Juliet in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet, 1. Juni 2019

Giulia Tonelli's Juliet was sheer perfection, the true mainstay of this unforgettable performance.

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Zürich

1. Juni 2019

Brilliant revival of Spuck's Romeo and Juliet in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King: A redesign in Zürich

Von Sarah Batschelet, 11. Dezember 2018

In Zurich, ballet director Christian Spuck recently launched the second season of the multi-layered ballet he choreographed to the great P.I. Tchaikovsky score.

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Zürich

11. Dez. 2018

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King: A redesign in Zürich

Von Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

On longing and abandonment: Spuck’s Winterreise premieres in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet, 18. Oktober 2018

Christian Spuck, Zurich’s ballet director has crafted a new version of Hans Zender’s adaptation of Die Winterreise

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Zürich

18. Okt. 2018

On longing and abandonment: Spuck’s Winterreise premieres in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet

Hong Kong

Ballett Zürich's powerful Anna Karenina journeys to Hong Kong

Von Carla Escoda, 24. Februar 2018

Ballett Zürich's Anna Karenina travels to Hong Kong (sadly, sans orchestra.) Nevertheless, the dramatic staging, score, and outstanding performances, among them mezzo soprano Lin Shi, prove dazzling.

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Hong Kong

24. Feb. 2018

Spuck's Anna Karenina journeys to Hong Kong

Von Carla Escoda

Zürich

A mix of soap and sweetmeats: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet, 14. Oktober 2017

In an entirely new version of the ballet, choreographer Christian Spuck wanted to explore the darker realms and fantasy of the ETA Hoffmann narrative that inspired Tchaikovsky’s suite.

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Zürich

14. Okt. 2017

A new Nutcracker in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

A Russian Reality Revisited: A new cast for Anna Karenina in Zürich

Von Sarah Batschelet, 15. Januar 2017

Just as rereading a favourite novel can give the reader new literary impulses to explore, so, too, can the revival of a popular ballet offer a fresh interpretation.

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Zürich

15. Jan. 2017

Revisiting Anna Karenina

Von Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Shaking fists at the fates: Christian Spuck's Messa da Requiem in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet, 3. Dezember 2016

Christian Spuck’s new ballet Messa da Requiem in Zurich, is a breathtakingly powerful achievement. But its profound impact is spurred by more than dance alone.

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Zürich

3. Dez. 2016

Messa di Requiem

Von Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

The pulp of great fiction: Christian Spuck’s Romeo and Juliet in Zurich

Von Sarah Batschelet, 16. April 2016

At the Zurich opera house, ballet director and chief choreographer Christian Spuck employs emotionally charged imagery and highly acrobatic dance technique to tell the story his way.

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Zürich

16. Apr. 2016

Spuck's Romeo und Julia for Zurich Ballett

Von Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Airbound, Earthbound: Zurich's Junior Ballet dazzles in New Creations

Von Sarah Batschelet, 18. Oktober 2015

Ballett Zürich’s Junior Ballet, fifteen members strong from ten different nations, recently wowed an enthusiastic audience with a varied programme of five modern choreographers’ works.

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Zürich

18. Okt. 2015

New Creations highlight Zurich's young talents

Von Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

“New Creations” – Junior Ballett Zurich in five-fold delights

Von Sarah Batschelet, 21. Februar 2015

Celebrating the modern genre, the Junior Ballet Zurich performs five diverse works to great acclaim.

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Zürich

21. Feb. 2015

Zurich's Junior Ballet

Von Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Another Good Woman Goes Down: The Zurich Ballet's "Anna Karenina"

Von Sarah Batschelet, 17. Oktober 2014

The Zurich Ballet's production of Anna Karenina is an opulent feast. The great tragedy of love, loyalty and betrayal was set against a seamless score of music by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Witold Lutoslawski.

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Zürich

17. Okt. 2014

Spuck's Anna Karenina, Zurich Ballet

Von Sarah Batschelet

Montreal

Les Grands Ballets Canadiens open the season with Spuck's Leonce and Léna

Von Pia Savoie, 18. September 2014

Les Grands Ballets Canadiens' kick off their 2014-15 season with an entertaining <em>Leonce and Léna</em> at the Théâtre Maisonneuve in Montreal.

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Montreal

18. Sept. 2014

Leonce and Lena, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens

Von Pia Savoie

Berlin

A spooky Damnation de Faust in Berlin transports us to a sinister world

Von Christie Franke, 23. Februar 2014

Christian Spuck's new La damnation de Faust for the Deutsche Oper Berlin is creepy and elegant. Its impact will stay with you long after the opera is finished.

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Berlin

23. Feb. 2014

A spooky Damnation de Faust in Berlin transports us to a sinister world

Von Christie Franke

Zürich

Zürich Ballett in Christian Spuck’s Woyzeck

Von Katja Vaghi, 13. Dezember 2013

The Zürich Ballet and Christian Spuck celebrate Georg Büchner’s anniversary with Woyzeck at the Zürich Opera House: a tragic ballet that perfectly balances emotion and form, abstraction and natural movement maintaining real life ambiguity.

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Zürich

13. Dez. 2013

Zürich Ballett's Woyzeck

Von Katja Vaghi

London

Stuttgart Ballet’s Made in Germany: A showcase of repertory

Von Cristina de Lucas, 18. November 2013

Stuttgart Ballet has a long tradition of promoting new choreography, and in this spirit the first programme for its visit to Sadler’s Wells included thirteen brief choreographies, all specially made for the company.

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London

18. Nov. 2013

Stuttgart Ballet at Sadler's

Von Cristina de Lucas