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

By Sarah Batschelet, 18 October 2015
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“Tauwetter was a highly imaginative work ... of unparalleled beauty”
Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 18 October 2015
Programme
Passing By (Eva Dewaele)
Les Bourgeois (Ben van Cauwenbergh)
The Sofa (Itzik Galili)
Paysage Obscure (Christian Spuck)
Tauwetter (Filipe Portugal)
Performers
Ballett Zürich Junior Company
Jörg Zielinski, Set Designer
Eva Dewaele, Set Designer
Martin Gebhardt, Lighting Designer
Nastasja Lansen, Costume Designer
Ina Buschhaus, Costume Designer
Shlomi Miara, Dancer
Michelle Willems, Dancer
Mackenzie Farquhar, Dancer
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Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.