Christian Spuck's enigmatic Winterreise revived by Ballett Zürich

Par Graham Watts, 15 février 2021

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“Spuck’s dances build a continuing and absorbing momentum in ever-changing permutations”

Critique faite à Opernhaus, Zurich, le 13 février 2021

Winterreise (Christian Spuck)

Ballett Zürich

Benjamin Schneider, Direction

Rufus Didwiszus, Décors

Emma Ryott, Costumes

Martin Gebhardt, Lumières

Mauro Peter, Ténor

Orchestre de l'Opéra de Zurich

Spuck delivers compelling drama in Staatsballett's season opener

Vikki Jane Vile, 24th October

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.

****1

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

Deborah Weiss, 3rd June

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

****1

Christian Spuck’s acclaimed Verdi Requiem wows the Adelaide Festival

Brian Angus, 9th March

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

*****

Ballett Zürich's Monteverdi celebrates music in dance

Sarah Batschelet, 15th January

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.

****1

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

Sarah Batschelet, 8th December

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

****1

Woher – Wohin? NEW/WORKS am Stuttgarter Ballett

Rainer Zerbst, 19th June

Das Stuttgarter Ballett zeigt mit NEW/WORKS einen beeindruckenden Abend neuer Werke.

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.