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Zurich Ballet returns to the stage for Chamber Minds and Walking Mad

By Sarah Batschelet, 02 May 2021
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Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 1 May 2021
Programme
Chamber Minds (Edward Clug)
Walking Mad (Johan Inger)
Performers
Ballett Zürich
Marko Japelj, Set Designer
Leo Kulaš, Costume Designer
Martin Gebhardt, Lighting Designer
Johan Inger, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Erik Berglund, Lighting Designer
Ada Pesch, Violin
Naoki Kitaya, Harpsichord
Ballett Zürich Junior Company
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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.