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Ballett Zürich: Timekeepers is an evening of contrasts

By Maggie Foyer, 20 January 2024

A diverse triple bill, both musically and choreographically, this has been a gamble that's paid off.

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20 Jan 2024

Ballett Zürich: Timekeepers is an evening of contrasts

By Maggie Foyer

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Nachtträume: Marcos Morau’s devastatingly brilliant production

By Maggie Foyer, 04 November 2023

Zürich Opera House welcomes a revival of Marcos Morau's dark but brilliant Nachtträume for Ballett Zürich.

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04 Nov 2023

Nachtträume: Marcos Morau’s devastatingly brilliant production

By Maggie Foyer

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A fantasy-filled Peer Gynt thrills Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 21 May 2022

Henrick Ibsen’s tragic figure is given a stunning interpretation by Romanian choreographer Edward Clug, who underscores the power of love.

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21 May 2022

A fantasy-filled Peer Gynt thrills Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

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Ballett Zürich's Monteverdi celebrates music in dance

By Sarah Batschelet, 15 January 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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15 Jan 2022

Ballett Zürich's Monteverdi celebrates music in dance

By Sarah Batschelet

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

By Sarah Batschelet, 08 December 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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08 Dec 2021

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

By Sarah Batschelet

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A slippery end for Sacre in Zurich double bill

By Sarah Batschelet, 29 October 2021

In Zurich, two sensational ballets by choreographers Johann Inger and Edward Clug pull out all the stops... including those on the water hoses.

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29 Oct 2021

A slippery end for Sacre in Zurich double bill

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

Crystal Pite's Angels’ Atlas triumphs in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 01 October 2021

World-renowned choreographers Crystal Pite and Marco Goecke bring their unparalleled electricity and imagination to the Zurich stage.

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01 Oct 2021

Crystal Pite's Angels’ Atlas triumphs in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

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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01 May 2021

Zurich Ballet returns for Chamber Minds and Walking Mad

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

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

By Sarah Batschelet, 10 October 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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10 Oct 2020

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

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

Shooting for the stars: Junior Ballett Zürich shines in three creations

By Sarah Batschelet, 08 March 2020

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

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08 Mar 2020

Junior Ballett Zürich shines in three creations

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

“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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01 Jun 2019

Brilliant revival of Spuck's Romeo and Juliet in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

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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11 Apr 2019

Patrice Bart’s Giselle returns to Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

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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09 Mar 2019

Zurich: Marco Goecke’s new age Nijinsky

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

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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19 Jan 2019

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

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

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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11 Dec 2018

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King: A redesign in Zürich

By Sarah Batschelet

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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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18 Oct 2018

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

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

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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11 Feb 2018

From Ballet in Black to Pointed Parody

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

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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27 May 2017

Modern Choreography meets the Baroque

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

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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18 Mar 2017

Ratmansky's Swan Lake in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

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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15 Jan 2017

Revisiting Anna Karenina

By Sarah Batschelet

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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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03 Dec 2016

Messa di Requiem

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

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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28 May 2016

Spuck's Der Sandman, Zurich Ballet

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

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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16 Apr 2016

Spuck's Romeo und Julia for Zurich Ballett

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

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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06 Feb 2016

Ratmansky's pivotal Swan Lake in Zurich

By Jade Larine

Zurich

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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20 Dec 2015

Restless in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

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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

Zurich

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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11 Oct 2015

Three Masterpieces in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

“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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21 Feb 2015

Zurich's Junior Ballet

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

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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13 Dec 2013

Zürich Ballett's Woyzeck

By Katja Vaghi