Stuttgart Ballet

Stuttgart Ballet was the first major German ballet company.^[1] It rose to fame in the 1960s under Artistic Director John Cranko. The company, which is renowned for presentations of full-length narrative ballets including Romeo and Juliet, Eugene Onegin, The Taming of the Shrew, John Neumeier's ''Die Kameliendame and Streetcar Named Desire, continues to be defined critically as one of the world's best ballet theatres for its combination of classical, story and new modern ballets. ^[2]

Stuttgart Ballet has a tradition of producing new and exciting dance while giving young choreographers and dancers opportunity to express themselves and flourish. Famous dancers who have emerged from the ranks of the company to become some of the world's most well-known choreographers include Neumeier, William Forsythe, Uwe Scholz, John Alleyne, Jiri Kylian and Renato Zanella.

The modern Stuttgart Ballet evolved from the royal ballet resident at the court of the Duke of Württemberg as early as 1609. Previous directors include Glen Tetley and Marcia Haydee. Reid Anderson has been the artistic director since 1996. Stuttgart Ballet is known for its enthusiastic and knowledgeable audiences and performs in the Stuttgart Opera House and (slightly smaller) playhouse. The company is recognised all over the world and is regularly invited to perform on the most distinguished stages, giving approximately twenty shows a season across a variety of countries.^[2]

Contents 1 John Cranko Schule 2 Current Artists 2.1 Principal dancers 2.2 Soloists 2.3 Demi soloists 2.4 Corps de ballet 2.5 Apprentices 3 References 4 External links

John Cranko Schule

The director of the John Cranko School is Tadeusz Matacz.

Current Artists

As of April 2010:^[3]

Principal dancers

Alexander Jones Alicia Amatriain Bridget Breiner

Maria Eichwald Sue Jin Kang Elizabeth Mason Anna Osadcenko

Katja Wünsche Filip Barankiewicz Douglas Lee Evan McKie

Marijn Rademaker Jason Reilly Friedemann Vogel Alexander Zaitsev

Soloists

Oihane Herrero

Laura O'Malley Myriam Simon

Nikolay Godunov William Moore

Damiano Pettenella Hyo-Jung Kang

Demi soloists

Magdalena Dziegielewska Katarzyna Kozielska

Alessandra Tognoloni Linda Waasdorp

Angelina Zuccarini Laurent Guilbaud

Roland Havlica Dimitri Magitov Arman Zazyan

Corps de ballet

Maria Alati Francesca Berruto Anais Bueno Garces Rachele Buriassi Christina Burnell Jelena Buschuyeva Annabel Fawcett

Nathalie Guth Catherine Hamer Miriam Kacerova Daniela Lanzetti Daisy Long Julie Marquet Elizabeth Wisenberg Renee Wright

Bilyana Yancheva Özkan Ayik Attila Bako Daniel Camargo Matthew Crockard-Villa Tomas Danhel Lee Fennell Sébastien Galtier

David Moore Roman Novitzky Ludovico Pace Brent Parolin Mikhail Soloviev Petros Terteryan Demis Volpi Yaosheng Weng

Apprentices

Elisa Badenes Mariya Batman

Valeria Busdraghi Heather MacIsaac

Ami Morita Lea Zoe Weidner

Lionel de Bayser Doruk Demirdirek

References

1. ^ Stuttgart Ballet Accessed Feb. 26, 2010
2. ^ ^{a b} Official website of the Beijing government. Accessed Feb. 26, 2010
3. ^ "Company". Stuttgart Ballet. http://www.staatstheater.stuttgart.de/ballett/english/compagnie/. Retrieved 27 April 2010. 

External links

• Official website (German)

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