Hamburg Ballet
The Hamburg Ballet is a German ballet company, which celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2012/ 13 by the ballet director and chief choreographer John Neumeier. The performances of the Hamburg Ballet will take place mainly in the Hamburg State Opera, while training and educational facility, the " Ballet Centre Hamburg - John Neumeier " in Hamburg -Hamm. In addition, the company is characterized by a lively guest performances at home and abroad.
- 3.1 Ballet workshops
- 3.2 Hamburger Ballett-Tage
- 3.3 Ballet Centre Hamburg - John Neumeier
- 5.1 First soloists
- 5.2 guest dancers and dancers
- 5.3 soloists
- 5.4 Group dancers and dancers
- 5.5 aspirants and aspirants
History
On August 16, 1973 John Neumeier took over the post of Artistic Director and chief choreographer of the ballet department of the Hamburg State Opera, which had been offered to him by the director August Ever thing. At that time the entire life of the company focused on the State Opera, since there were also the rehearsal rooms.
The first appearance under the new management had the ballet company on September 9, 1973, a ballet workshop on the topic " classic technique in the modern choreography ", later the ballet workshops should become the hallmark of the Hamburg Ballet. On September 30, 1973, the first ballet was followed at the Hamburg State Opera with " Divertimento No. 15 ", " Allegro Brillante ," " Désir " and " Jeu de cartes ".
In January 1974, the Hamburg Ballet danced its first premiere: " Romeo and Juliet" in the choreography of John Neumeier, who embodied the couple together with Marianne Kruuse. In the year of the 40th anniversary of the ballet to the music of Sergei Prokofiev was resumed on 11 April 2013. In May 1974 happened to " Meyerbeer - Schumann " the first world premiere of a ballet by John Neumeier in Hamburg. It tells the story of the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer and Robert Schumann - the main characters were at the time of Max Midinet ( Meyerbeer ) and François Klaus ( Schumann) danced.
In June 1974, the Company of the Hamburg Ballet has been invited for the first time for a guest performance and danced under the " XXIII. Festival Internacional de Musica y Danza " in Granada (Spain). Tours have since started an integral part of the Hamburg Ballet. In the 40 years the company had a total of 29 countries and on four continents move: for example, in France, Russia, China and Brazil.
From 14 to June 22, 1975, the first " Hamburg Ballet Days", which, like the " Nijinsky - Gala" ( for the first time on 22 June 1975) developed ballet a tradition of Hamburg.
On 1 January 1978 John Neumeier created the ballet school of the Hamburg Ballet, which was initially also housed in the premises of the State Opera, before she moved four years later, first in the beer palace on Dammtorbahnhof and on September 23, 1989 in the newly opened Ballet Centre Hamburg Hamm. There is also the possibility that students live in the adjoining boarding. Under one roof to train in this way the ensemble, the students of the ballet school was founded in 2011 and the " National Youth Ballet ". There is now the Compagnie more than 80% of graduates from the ballet school.
Repertoire
Over the 40 years the Hamburg Ballet has developed a wide-ranging repertoire, which consists mainly of John Neumeier's choreography. Over time, 120 choreographies have been dancing ballet director. Its main interest is to create new, contemporary forms, in conjunction with the classical ballet tradition.
Stage
Therefore, the new versions of full-length story ballets are a focal John Neumeier's work. This includes works such as " The Nutcracker" (1971 ), " Illusions - like Swan Lake" (1976 ), " Sleeping Beauty" ( 1992), " Giselle " (2000) and created for the Paris Opera Ballet " Sylvia " (1997).
The repertoire of the Hamburg Ballet you will find a variety of choreographies to orchestral music, especially " Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler" (1975). Together with other ballets to the music of Mahler form Neumeier's choreography a cycle. In addition, John Neumeier Johann Sebastian Bach's " St. Matthew Passion " (1980) and " Christmas Oratorio " (Part I-III 2007, Part I-VI 2013), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's " Requiem " (1991 ) and Georg Friedrich Handel's " Messiah" has ( 1999) dance designed. In addition, various composers were commissioned ballets with compositions for John Neumeier. Among them is Alfred Schnittke, who contributed the music to " Peer Gynt " (1989), and Lera Auerbach. She composed the music for " Préludes CV" ( 2003) and " The Little Mermaid " (2005).
In addition, the company is dancing ballets by works of world literature. Thus, the created for Marcia Haydée literature ballets " The Lady of the Camellias " (1978), " A Streetcar Named Desire " (1983 ) and the adaptations of Henrik Ibsen's " Peer Gynt ", Homer's "Odyssey " (1995) and Anton Chekhov's " The Seagull" (2002). Recently processed John Neumeier Ferenc Molnár's " Liliom " (2011). Great attention gives the choreographer the works of William Shakespeare. Emerged in the discussion of the literary text: "Hamlet " (1985), " Romeo and Juliet" (1971 ), "A Midsummer Night's Dream " (1977), " VIVALDI or What You Will" (1996) and " As You Like It " (1985). To kick off the season 2013/14 John Neumeier's ballet " Othello " (1985) is resumed after William Shakespeare's play, and first presented on stage at the Hamburg State Opera.
Another important aspect in John Neumeier 's artistic work is the exploration of the genre of musical. So he staged Leonard Bernstein's " West Side Story " (1978) and "On the Town" (1991). In addition, he developed a rhapsodic form, which showed, for example, in the ballet revue " Shall we dance? " (1986) and in "Bernstein Dances " (1998).
But the Hamburg Ballet dancing is not only creations of John Neumeier. In addition to ballets by Mats Ek, Maurice Béjart and George Balanchine, also included reconstructions of historical choreography, Vaslav Nijinsky, for example, " Le Sacre du Printemps " by Millicent Hodson, of the repertoire. In the season 2010/11 the works of " Dances at a Gathering " and "The Concert" by Jerome Robbins came to the form as " Chopin Dances " a ballet evening. 2012 celebrated the ballet " renku " premiere, which was choreographed by the company members Yuka Oishi and hurricane Then after a form of Japanese poetry. In the same year a new production of John Cranko's " Onegin " was presented by the Hamburg Ballet.
Films
A film version of John Neumeier's " Lady of the Camellias " was premiered on September 26, 1987, the main roles danced Marcia Haydée ( Marguerite ) and Ivan Liska ( Armand Duval ). In addition, the NDR and ZDF filmed four of John Neumeier's ballets: " Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler ", " twist " - String Quintet in C Major by Franz Schubert, " Kinderszenen " and " Othello ". In addition, " Illusions - like Swan Lake" are, "Death in Venice " and the " St. Matthew Passion " with dancers of the Hamburg Ballet recorded.
Special
Ballet workshops
The ballet workshops, which are shown since 1973 several times per season at the Hamburg State Opera, see, traditionally takes place on a Sunday morning. John Neumeier speaks about a topic chosen by him, which he illustrated by a sample with the company. He explains to the audience his creative processes, but also addresses other issues, such as: " The Petipa era" (1978), " resumption of a Ballet - copy or creation" (1987 ) or " Danced Violence" (1988). Newer had titles such as " Orpheus and ... ", " The Little Mermaid reappears " or " debut". A four-part ballet workshop made the work of the main soloists of the 80s as Marianne Kruuse, Ivan Liska and Kevin Haigen to a wider audience in public, by being recorded by NDR. Four more workshops in 1982 produced for television. In the season 2012/13 John Neumeier offers with the company for the 200th time the audience insight into the development of his ballets.
Hamburger Ballett-Tage
Since 1975 find annually at the end of the season, the Hamburg Ballet Festival at the Hamburg State Opera instead. They usually start with the premiere of a new ballet and end with the " Nijinsky - Gala". This dedication to Vaslav Nijinsky with John Neumeier to explain long-standing fascination and engagement with the exceptional dancers of the Ballets Russes. Traditionally, during the Ballet Festival is also another renowned ballet company, a guest performance at the Hamburg State Opera. 2010, for example, the Tokyo Ballet, 2013, the Bavarian State Ballet and Les Ballets de Monte Carlo. In the season 2013/14 the Nederlands Dans Theater in The Hague is visiting the Hanseatic city.
Ballet Centre Hamburg - John Neumeier
The ballet students are taught in ballet center of Hamburg, which was the " secondary school for girls at the Caspar- Voght -Straße " (OCV ) earlier and one of the last building of the Hamburg architect and city architect Fritz Schumacher. Train In the nine ballet studios and rehearse both the members of the ensemble, as well as the students. In addition, the boarding school is housed with space for 35 young people in this building.
The international youth aged 10 to 18 years old are trained for the stage dance, with a focus on the classical-academic dance. In addition to teaching modern dance technique, dance composition and folklore, with physical fitness, rhythmic talent, dancing disposition, talent for improvisation and an age appropriate ballet technique are admission criteria. The entrance exams are held every year in the spring. The minimum age for Preschool is 7-9 years for training classes 10 to 16 years and for the theater classes 16 to 18 years, with boys can dance for up to 19 years. Financial and moral support, the school is supported by the clubs "Friends of the Ballet Centre Hamburg" and "Ballet Friends Hamburg ".
The Ballet Centre is also the seat of the first German " Federal Youth Ballet ", which was founded in 2011 by John Neumeier, but not to the Hamburg Ballet is one.
The John Neumeier Foundation
The John Neumeier Foundation was founded on 23 February 2006. It is the third focus of artistic creation John Neumeier next to the Hamburg State Opera and Ballet Centre. The foundation under the curator Hans -Michael Shepherd serves science, research and documentation. The foundation's goal is to get the extensive collection of Dance and Ballet John Neumeier for posterity and make accessible to the public. In this way, the life's work of John Neumeier and thus in particular his work with the Hamburg Ballet is to be displayed.
Ensemble 2013/2014
Currently, there is a complete ensemble of 58 dancers from 22 nations, as well as a guest dancer.
First soloists
Carolina Aguero, Silvia Azzoni, Hélène Bouchet, Leslie Heylmann, Anna Laudere, Anna Polikarpova, Thiago Bordin, Otto Bubeníček, Carsten Jung, Edvin Revazov, Alexandre Riabko, Lloyd Riggins, Ivan Urban
Guest dancers and dancers
Alina Cojocaru, Amilcar Moret Gonzales
Soloists
Florencia Chinellato, Yuka Oishi, Patricia Friza, Silvano balloons, Dario Franconi, Alexandr Trush, Konstantin Tselikov, Kiran West
Group dancers and dancers
Mayo Arii, Kristína Borbélyová, Hannah Coates, Yaiza Coll, Futaba Ishizaki, Xue Lin, Aurore Lissitzky, Ekaterina Mamrenko, Natalie Ogonek, Yun -Su Park, Zhaoqian Peng, Lucia Rios, Priscilla Tselikova, Sophie Vergères, Miljana Vracaric, Emanuel Amuchastegui, Braulio Alvarez, Jacopo Bellussi, Zachary Clark, Orkan Dann, Christopher Evans, Graeme Fuhrman, Marc Jubete, Marcelino Libao, Aleix Martínez, Florian Pohl, Lennart Radtke, Dale Rhodes, Sasha Riva, Thomas Stuhrmann, Lizhong Wang, Eliot Worrell
Aspirants and aspirants
Hannah Beach, Winnie slides, Emilie Mazon, Hayley Page, Alyosha Lenz
Former first soloists (selection)
Trumann Finney ( 1973-76 ), Max Midinet ( 1973-87 ), Beatrice Cordua ( 1973-86 ), Marianne Kruuse ( 1973-85 ), Ivan Liska ( 1977-97 ), Kevin Haigen ( 1977-83 ), Colleen Scott ( 1978-91 ), Gigi Hyatt ( 1986-97 ), Jiri Bubeníček ( 1997-2006 ), Joëlle Boulogne ( 1999-2011 )
Former guest dancers and dancers (selection)
Natalia Makarova, Manuel Legris, Roberto Bolle, Sylvie Guillem, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Darcey Bussell, Isabelle Ciaravola, Alina Cojocaru, Guillaume Coté, Patrick Dupond, Alessandra Ferri, Marie- Agnès Gillot, Marcia Haydée, Cynthia Harvey, Polina Semionova ...