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Zurich Ballet returns to the stage for Chamber Minds and Walking Mad

By Sarah Batschelet, 01 May 2021

An audience limited to 50 people watched Zurich Ballet perform Edward Clug’s electrifying Chamber Minds and Johan Inger's Vaudevillian *Walking Mad*.

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02 May 2021

Zurich Ballet returns for Chamber Minds and Walking Mad

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Christian Spuck's enigmatic Winterreise revived by Ballett Zürich

By Graham Watts, 13 February 2021

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

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15 Feb 2021

Christian Spuck's enigmatic Winterreise revived by Ballett Zürich

By Graham Watts

Zürich

Risks and rewards: a celebration of William Forsythe at Ballett Zürich

By Sarah Batschelet, 17 January 2020

Ballett Zürich’s tribute to the visionary American choreographer William Forsythe included three ballets that had never before been performed in Switzerland.

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19 Jan 2020

Risks and rewards: a celebration of William Forsythe at Ballett Zürich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

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

By 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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26 Nov 2019

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

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Down with bourgeoise indifference: a new ballet in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 12 October 2019

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

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14 Oct 2019

Down with bourgeoise indifference: a new ballet in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

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

By Sarah Batschelet, 01 June 2019

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

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02 Jun 2019

Brilliant revival of Spuck's Romeo and Juliet in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Masterwork of the Romantic: Patrice Bart’s Giselle returns to Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 11 April 2019

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

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13 Apr 2019

Patrice Bart’s Giselle returns to Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Zurich: Marco Goecke’s new age Nijinsky

By Sarah Batschelet, 09 March 2019

Marking a century after Vaslav Nijinsky’s last solo performance, Marco Goecke’s ballet gives a new dynamic to the name and story of the legendary Polish-born Russian dancer.

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11 Mar 2019

Zurich: Marco Goecke’s new age Nijinsky

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

The Zurich ballet pays tribute to Jiří Kylián, master of the dance

By Sarah Batschelet, 19 January 2019

In a magical and widely-varied programme, the Zurich Ballet pays homage to the celebrated Czech choreographer Jiří Kylián by performing four of his extraordinary works together for the first time.

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21 Jan 2019

The Zurich ballet pays tribute to Jiří Kylián, master of the dance

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King: A redesign in Zürich

By Sarah Batschelet, 11 December 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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12 Dec 2018

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King: A redesign in Zürich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

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

By Sarah Batschelet, 18 October 2018

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

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19 Oct 2018

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

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

May Beauty and Madness Speak: Young Choreographers Light up the Zurich Stage

By Sarah Batschelet, 19 June 2018

Promising new talents among Zurich’s “Young Choreographers” recently showed a variety of inviting works at the city’s opera house.

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21 Jun 2018

Young Choreographers Light up the Zurich Stage

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Kapitonova enchants in Ratmansky's Zurich Swan Lake

By Mark Pullinger, 03 June 2018

Ratmansky's staging is more than a reconstruction. It's a staging that's moving and joyful in its own right.

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04 Jun 2018

Kapitonova enchants in Ratmansky's Swan Lake

By Mark Pullinger

Zürich

An ambitious undertaking: world première of Edward Clug's Faust in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 28 April 2018

Edward Clug’s choreography is consistently imaginative and powerful, and exceptionally ambitious in the case of “Faust”, which recently celebrated its world première in Zurich.

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30 Apr 2018

World première of Edward Clug's Faust in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Choreographers Marco Goecke and Edward Clug reinvent Stravinsky

By Sarah Batschelet, 14 March 2018

Just as Igor Stravinsky’s Petrushka and Le Sacre du Printemps opened up new musical horizons for dance at the start of the 20th century, Ballett Zürich’s Stravinsky evening sees two leading modern choreographers revive these works.

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15 Mar 2018

Goecke and Clug reinvent Stravinsky

By Sarah Batschelet

Hong Kong

Ballett Zürich's powerful Anna Karenina journeys to Hong Kong

By Carla Escoda, 24 February 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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26 Feb 2018

Spuck's Anna Karenina journeys to Hong Kong

By Carla Escoda

Zürich

Ballet in black to pointed parody: Zurich’s junior ensemble takes to the stage

By Sarah Batschelet, 11 February 2018

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

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12 Feb 2018

From Ballet in Black to Pointed Parody

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

A stunning double-bill of ballets by León/Lightfoot and Crystal Pite in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 13 January 2018

Zurich recently welcomed the Swiss premieres of two extraordinary ballets, one by choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoot, the other by Crystal Pite.

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15 Jan 2018

León/Lightfoot & Crystal Pite in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

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

By Sarah Batschelet, 14 October 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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15 Oct 2017

A new Nutcracker in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Modern choreography meets the Baroque: A double-bill “Corpus” in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 27 May 2017

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

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28 May 2017

Modern Choreography meets the Baroque

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

A Swan Lake reconstruction: Ratmanksy's living theatre in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 18 March 2017

Not all choreographers take on a gruelling tabletop assignment before defining the movements of a performance. Yet to reconstruct the 1895 Mariinsky Theatre production of Swan Lake, Alexei Ratmansky did just that.

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19 Mar 2017

Ratmansky's Swan Lake in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Animal instinct, humanity and some serious hustle: a stellar Quintett in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 11 February 2017

Zurich’s new triple-bill ballet programme bridges the 20 and 21st centuries with choreography by three different contemporary masters: Jacopo Godani, Hans van Manen, and William Forsythe.

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13 Feb 2017

Zurich's Quintett

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

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

By Sarah Batschelet, 15 January 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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16 Jan 2017

Revisiting Anna Karenina

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

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

By Sarah Batschelet, 03 December 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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04 Dec 2016

Messa di Requiem

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Stravinsky Ballets in Zurich: Petrushka and The Rite of Spring

By Sarah Batschelet, 14 October 2016

Choreographers Marco Goerke and Edward Clug take Stravinsky’s two most familiar ballet works to a whole new level.

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16 Oct 2016

Goecke's Petrushka / Clug's Sacre in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Footprints XII in Zurich: Today’s choreography, tomorrow’s dancers

By Sarah Batschelet, 02 July 2016

Getting a glimpse of a next generation of promising artists is always a fascinating pursuit. Seeing the Zurich Dance Academy’s 12th annual “Footprints” performance was no exception.

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04 Jul 2016

Footprints XII in Zurich: Today’s choreography, tomorrow’s dancers

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Serving dark powers and evil games: Spuck’s Der Sandmann in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 28 May 2016

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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29 May 2016

Spuck's Der Sandman, Zurich Ballet

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

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

By 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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17 Apr 2016

Spuck's Romeo und Julia for Zurich Ballett

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Ratmansky brings Swan Lake back to its nearly original ballet idiom

By Jade Larine, 06 February 2016

By bringing a fairy tale alive, Ratmansky may have stayed truth to Petipa's and Ivanov's legacy but he betrayed Tchaikovsky's inner intentions.

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07 Feb 2016

Ratmansky's pivotal Swan Lake in Zurich

By Jade Larine

Zürich

Four works, four choreographers: The new "Restless" in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 20 December 2015

In Restless, a striking 4-part programme which the Ballett Zürich recently premiered, it’s sheer energy, speed and unequivocal action in the movements of the human body that are underscored.

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21 Dec 2015

Restless in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

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

By Sarah Batschelet, 18 October 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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18 Oct 2015

New Creations highlight Zurich's young talents

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Three Choreographers, Three Masterpieces: Zürich Ballet Triple Bill

By Sarah Batschelet, 11 October 2015

In a three-bill programme that opens its season, the Zurich Ballet celebrates works of three choreographers who all pioneered new genres in contemporary dance.

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12 Oct 2015

Three Masterpieces in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Balanchine, Van Manen and Kylián: On the jaw-dropping human condition

By Sarah Batschelet, 10 May 2015

Zurich Ballet performs works by three of the twentieth-century's most foregrounding choreographers: Balanchine, Van Manen and Kylián

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11 May 2015

Balanchine, Van Manen and Kylián in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

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

By Sarah Batschelet, 21 February 2015

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

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22 Feb 2015

Zurich's Junior Ballet

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Spuck, Forsythe and Clug: neoclassical Strings in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 17 January 2015

Zurich’s fine new Strings programme features the works of three renowned choreographers’ and also demonstrates the democratization of ballet.

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18 Jan 2015

Strings : Spuck / Forsythe / Clug in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

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

By Sarah Batschelet, 17 October 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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18 Oct 2014

Spuck's Anna Karenina, Zurich Ballet

By Sarah Batschelet

Zürich

Zürich Ballett in Christian Spuck’s Woyzeck

By Katja Vaghi, 13 December 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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15 Dec 2013

Zürich Ballett's Woyzeck

By Katja Vaghi