Tänzerischer Aufbruch: drei Uraufführungen am Stuttgarter Ballett

By Rainer Zerbst, 01 April 2019

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“die ganze Choreographie kreist um das Verhältnis von Individuum und Gruppe”

Reviewed at Schauspielhaus, Stuttgart on 28 March 2019

Revolt (Nanine Linning)

It.Floppy.Rabbit (Katarzyna Kozielska)

Patterns in 3/4 (Edward Clug)

Stuttgart Ballet

Ingo Joos, Set Designer

Irina Shaposhnikova, Costume Designer

Katharina Schlipf, Set Designer

Adrian Gross, Lighting Designer

Marko Japelj, Set Designer

Leo Kulaš, Costume Designer

Angelina Zuccarini, Dancer

Castor et Pollux in Geneva: among the stars, with shadows

Laura Servidei, 28th March

Rameau’s Castor et Pollux returns to the stage in a new production that brings together Baroque repertoire and contemporary theatrical aesthetics, conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón and performed by Cappella Mediterranea with an international cast.

***11

Ballet du Capitole’s double bill: a glorious musical feast

Jonathan Gray, 24th October

The conducting of Jordi Savall thrills during the Ballet du Capitole's double bill of ballets by Gluck.

****1

A fantasy-filled Peer Gynt thrills Zurich

Sarah Batschelet, 21st May

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

*****

A slippery end for Sacre in Zurich double bill

Sarah Batschelet, 29th October

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

****1

Zurich Ballet returns for Chamber Minds and Walking Mad

Sarah Batschelet, 1st May

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

****1

Freshly hatched: Gauthier Dance's Dying Swans Project

Graham Watts, 16th April

A very mixed set of filmed solos themed around The Dying Swan, although this link was often tenuous.

***11

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Rainer Zerbst

Seit dem Studium an den Universitäten Tübingen und Bangor und Promotion ist Rainer Zerbst freier Kulturjournalist für Hörfunk und Presse. Autor u.a. von "Antoni Gaudí".