A Duato | Kylián evening with the Staatsballett in Berlin

By Katja Vaghi, 30 December 2015

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“the Staatsballett has some very fine dancers”

Reviewed at Schillertheater: Großer Saal, Berlin on 28 December 2015

Static Time (Nacho Duato)

Click-Pause-Silence (Jiří Kylián)

White Darkness (Nacho Duato)

Staatsballett Berlin

Jaffar Chalabi, Set Designer

Angelina Atlagić, Costume Designer

Brad Fields, Lighting Designer

Joke Visser, Costume Designer

Lourdes Frías, Costume Designer

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Deborah Weiss, 9th February

If you’re in need of some joy and exhilaration, the São Paulo Dance Company offers the perfect solution at Sadler's Wells.

*****

Petipa Awards Gala: thrilling theatrics and star turns!

Margaret Willis, 23rd September

A shimmering smorgasbord of some of today’s most exciting international dancers, who performed pristine works by Petipa.

****1

Polina and Friends gala wins Berlin balletomanes

Katja Vaghi, 17th May

Organised by Berlin State Ballet audience’s darling, the principal dancer Polina Semionova, the gala Polina & Friends and its stellar cast literally left the house roaring from enthusiasm.

*****

Duato | Shechter in Berlin

Katja Vaghi, 6th November

Duato | Shechter by the Staatsballett Berlin at the Komische Oper is a classic yet sleekly contemporary programme.

***11

Danse Danse brings the Brazilians

Rebecca Galloway, 28th April

São Paulo Companhia de Dança presents a mixed programme of works by Edouard Lock, Jomar Mesquita and Nacho Duato at the Théâtre Maisonneuve in Montréal

***11

Hong Kong Ballet visits NY

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 16th March

The program that the Hong Kong Ballet presented at the Joyce Theater showed a company that is disciplined and technically accomplished.

***11

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Katja Vaghi

With a background in Dance Studies, Literature and Linguistics (MA English Studies from Zurich University and PhD in dance philosophy from the University of Roehampton in London) and a formation as a modern dancer (Ballet Arts, NYC), Katja is a freelance dancer, choreographer, dance researcher and dramaturge currently living in Berlin.

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