Bayerisches Staatsballett: Sphären.02 | Preljocaj
Sphären.02 certainly embraced a spectrum of styles. Whether it said much about future directions for ballet or dance is highly questionable, however.
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An evening of many colours: Badisches Staatsballett’s International Benefit Gala
Invariably a wonderful evening’s dance… this year’s gala was also a farewell, and a thank you, to outgoing artistic director Bridget Breiner
Duato, Skeels and Eyal at the Bayerisches Staatsballett
The three pieces are about the death of woman, the extinction of a whole society and a world in which people seem closed in on themselves
Andrew Skeels creates new work with Bayerisches Staatsballett
Despite knee-pads and sore muscles – the dancers said that Skeels’ style is hard on a ballet trained body – the studio at times reverberated with laughter.
Osiel Gouneo, Black Romeo, a biography
“My way into the white world of ballet,” well summarizes his story but the biography… also gives a rare insight into what it means to be a dancer
La Bayadère with the Bayerisches Staatsballett
La Bayadère is a fairytale, which the Bayerisches Staatsballett turn into big drama. But the company does not ignore the problems the ballet has
After five years, Onegin returns at the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Reid Anderson has brought a freshness to the Staatsballett performance and its strong characters as they journey through complicated emotions
Bayerisches Staatsballett: Schmetterling
Silent Screen and Schmetterling sit together comfortably, sharing Lightfoot and Léon’s distinct movement vocabulary and strong sense of theatricality
A dance of seduction: Bayerisches Staatsballett in Le Parc
Prelocaj deals with love and attraction, sexual desire and seduction. It’s very much a ballet of suggestion, of desire that’s only realised in Act III
Bayerisches Staatsballett: Alice in Wonderland
Its weird, dream-like story and imaginative set… explode with colour; and it offers multiple roles to show off dancers.
Silent Screen and Schmetterling: Bayerisches Staatsballett at its very best
The dancing is at a very high level… With both pieces focusing on relationships and death they complement each other perfectly