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Preview 2015 / 2016

STAATSBALLETT BERLIN

GENERAL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR NACHO DUATO

OUT OF LOVE FOR THE WORLD

WE ARE THE STAATSBALLETT BERLIN

Choreography, the submerging of the self in music and the language of body movement, is like “un acto de amor”, an act of love in which boundaries dissolve and man and the world recognise each other. At the same time, it is a declaration of love to the world and a plea for the social relevance of dance.

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and its patrons Maria Fenner, Catherine von Fürstenberg-Dussmann, Marlene Krug and

Beautiful or ugly – these terms play no role in such a poetic investigation; terror, innocence, poetry, horror – all things become equal as the beautiful is seen in the ugly, the ugly in the beautiful. It is this tension field that all three premieres of the 2015 | 2016 season navigate: “Jewels”, choreographed by George Balanchine in 1967, reflects on the clarity of emeralds, rubies and diamonds, and, using a neo-classical language of movement, defines the purist and abstract gems of dance: pure elegance, perfection, aimless understatement. Diametrically opposed to this choreographic abstraction stands “Herrumbre”, both as a highly emotional examination of terror and violence and a warning plea for the safeguarding of human dignity. Violence versus the beauty of the voice is also the topic of my own choreography “Castrati”, which is part of the program, “Duato I Kylián I Naharin”.

Photo: Josep Rodenas

General Artistic Director Nacho Duato General Financial Director Georg Vierthaler Deputy Artistic Director Dr. Christiane Theobald First Ballet Master Gentian Doda Ballet Masters Christine Camillo | Tomas Karlborg | Barbara Schroeder | Marzena Sobanska, Choreology | Korina Stolz-Franke, Choreology Pianists Nodira Burchanowa | Peter Hartwig | Marita Mirsalimova | Alina Pronina Referent to the ArtisticDirection Petra Konerding Secretary of the Ballet Direction Jutta Schaudinn Production Manager Charlotte Butler Technical Production Manager Mathias Hofmann Dramaturg Annegret Gertz Controlling | Contracts Mario Grabe Company Assistant Oliver Wulff Head of Marketing| Press | Public Relations Dr. Christopher Vorwerk Press Marie-Therese Schulte Marketing | Online Communications Agnieszka Jasinska Marketing Assistant Stefanie Scharnagel Coordination Freundeskreis Staatsballett Berlin Stefanie Scharnagel | Alexandra van Veldhoven (on maternity leave) Tanz ist KLASSE! | Director Alexandra van Veldhoven (on maternity leave) Project Manager Henriette Köpke Project Manager “Kinder tanzen” Rebecca Berger Pedagogues Birgit Brux | Kathlyn Pope | Bettina Thiel | Stefan Witzel Physiotherapy Andreas Lee Elek | Benno Hawelka | Bodo Vopel

The approaching season’s program moves along the outer limits of reality, examining aesthetic boundaries where human feeling is extreme and uncontrolled. There, on that line, the poetic-political power of dance ignites. The coexistence of beauty, perfection, radiance and the examination of disturbing images of human terror evoke emotions that could hardly be more contrary. Viewing habits are put to the test, familiar thinking patterns are broken down.

The premieres are embedded in the classic repertoire of the Staatsballett Berlin, featuring “The Sleeping Beauty”, “Swan Lake”, “The Nutcracker”, “Giselle”, “Onegin”, “Romeo and Juliet” as well as the two productions “Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness” and the triple bill “Duato I Kylián”, which helped to announce my path during the last season. Now, new performances of idiosyncratic beauty await you. Possibly disturbing, sometimes provocative, they transform images and experiences of the 21st century by way of a modern dance vocabulary, and they see themselves as part of a social statement on the changes of our time. Nacho Duato General Artistic Director Staatsballett Berlin

THE TIME IS RIGHT The curtain for Nacho Duato’s second season rises. The Friends and Supporters of the Staatsballett Berlin are looking forward to it! Of course, our foremost attention lies on the exciting premieres: With Duato’s “Herrumbre” the Staatsballett will perform a highly political piece. We think this suits Berlin well and meets the high aspirations of a capital’s ballet. The time is right for it. Another highlight of the season will be Ohad Naharin’s contribution to the evening “Duato | Kylián | Naharin“. With his contemporary approach, Naharin offers ballet new and fascinating perspectives. This will be a welcomed challenge for the company, yet we are sure that the ensemble will master it with brilliance. As the summer premiere, George Balanchine’s “Jewels” will be no less brilliant. Sticking to its principles of presenting the whole variety of ballet, many of the beloved classics will remain in the repertoire, which we are looking forward to as well. But first and foremost we are looking forward to all the exciting encounters with the Staatsballett dancers and the team, on stage as well as backstage. Because dance equals encounters. This we will continue to support in 2015/2016.

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WHEN THE SUN SETS, THE SECRETS OF THE NIGHT START TO REVEAL THEMSELVES. AT NIGHT, EVERYTHING THAT SHALL NOT SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY TAKES PLACE: THINGS CRUEL AND DEVASTING, BUT ALSO THINGS ALL TOO HUMAN. TAKE THE RISK

PREMIERE DUATO | KYLIÁN | NAHARIN Castrati | Choreography by Nacho Duato Petite mort | Choreography by Jirˇ í Kylián TBA | Choreography by Ohad Naharin Music by Vivaldi and Jenkins is the basis for Nacho Duato’s contribution to this ballet evening. However, the focus of “Castrati” lies on the dark side of the castrati era. Jirˇ í Kylián’s piece equally revolves around the genital – since the French term “petite mort” describes nothing else but the sexual highpoint. The music is by Mozart. And for the very first time Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin will work with the Staatsballett. Premiere on 22 October 2015 Deutsche Oper Berlin 22 23 27 29 10 04 20 11 02 10 03

PREMIERE HERRUMBRE

IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT

Choreography by Nacho Duato Music by Pedro Alcalde, Sergio Caballero and David Darling When the soul begins to rust – A photograph of the American deten tioncamp Guantanamo became the starting point for this ballet. In his choreography, Nacho Duato transforms the images of violence spread by the media into movements. By doing so he wants to raise awareness for a subject that we all should care for. As for how we treat others also defines who we are ourselves. Premiere on 14 February 2016 Staatsoper im Schiller Theater 14 16 18 21 26 28 02

DUATO | KYLIÁN Static Time | Choreography by Nacho Duato Click-Pause-Silence | Choreography by Jirˇ í Kylián White Darkness | Choreography by Nacho Duato

GISELLE Choreography and staging by Patrice Bart after Coralli and Perrot Music by Adolphe Adam

LOVE’S LOST

Dance until death: Giselle loves not only dancing but also Albrecht. Yet, he has already been promised to someone else. Upon learning the truth, Giselle loses her mind and dies. After her death, she is condemned to seduce men into dancing in the dark forest until they die from exhaustion. One day, Albrecht ventures into the forest … Patrice Bart remains true to the French tradition and restages this ballet classic with all the human abysses the story provides. Staatsoper im Schiller Theater 03 04 05 06 03 02 16 18 24 04

DOES ALL LOVE HAS TO FAIL ON ONEGIN Choreography and staging by John Cranko STAGE ? NOT IN A BALLET. FOR THE Music by Peter I. Tchaikovsky HEARTACHE WOULD BE ONLY HALF AS A lavish love letter marks the beginning of the ballet “Onegin”. atiana is writing it to the reckless Onegin. Yet, female sensuality BEAUTIFUL. HERE YOU ARE ALLOWED Tsoon meets cold arrogance – with unforeseen consequences. With a one-of-kind sense for subliminal sensitivities, John Cranko makes in TO ENJOY IT TO THE FULLEST Weronika Frodyma in Nacho Duato’s “Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness”. Photo: SINISSEY

ROMEO AND JULIET Choreography by John Cranko Music by Sergei Prokofiev

his legendary story ballet visible what in Alexander Pushkin’s verse novel “Eugen Onegin” is so masterly told.

In hardly any other tale, love and misery are as closely linked as in “Romeo and Juliet”. John Cranko has taken up this timeless story, too. In his groundbreaking production he is not afraid to display the whole emotional spectrum with the means of classical ballet: from the very first meeting of the two young lovers and the blind hatred of their families to the tragic death.

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Saying goodbye is at the center of Nacho Duato’s choreography “Static Time” (Music: Rachmaninov, Schubert among others) and equally affects his “White Darkness” (Music: Jenkins), his famous ballet that deals with the consequences of drug abuse. But instead of telling moral tales, his main concern is what it means to be a human being. This issue also concerns Jirˇ í Kylián: In “Click-Pause-Silence” he dissects a Bach composition and by doing so looks for the elements of life itself. Staatsoper im Schiller Theater 21 28 12 02 04 12 14 21 01 26 03 09 20 22 29 04 04 23 06

GUEST PERFORMANCE GHOSTS Ballet after Henrik Ibsen’s “Ghosts” Music by Nils Petter Molvær For a long time, Osvald Alving lived as a bohemian in Paris. With his return to Norwegian small-town living two worlds collide. Old secrets come to light, illusions shatter … In corporation with the choreographer Cine Espejord director Marit Moum Aune turned Ibsen’s “Ghosts” into a modern dance thriller. The Staatsballett Berlin invited this production from the Norwegian National Ballet for two guest performances. Komische Oper Berlin 07 08 04

CALENDAR 2015/2016

Herrumbre Choreography by Nacho Duato Music by Pedro Alcalde, Sergio Caballero, and David Darling STAATSOPER IM SCHILLER THEATER

Duato | Kylián Static Time | Choreography by Nacho Duato Click-Pause-Silence | Choreography by Jirˇ í Kylián White Darkness | Choreography by Nacho Duato STAATSOPER IM SCHILLER THEATER

STAATSBALLETT BERLIN

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PREMIERE

Thu 22 19.30 C2 Fri 23 19.30 B2

Wed 04 19.30 A2

Wed 02 19.30 A2

Tue 27 19.30 A2

Fri 20 19.30 B2

Thu 10 19.30 A2

PREMIERE

STAATSBALLETT BERLIN ON TOUR TEATRO REAL | MADRID

Thu 18 19.30 B1 Sun 21 19.30 B1 Fri 26 19.30 B1 Sun 28 15.00 B1

Static Time | White Darkness Choreographies by Nacho Duato and the sky on that cloudy day Choreography by Marco Goecke 08 and 09 September 2015

Thu 08 19.30 C1

Choreography and staging by John Cranko Music by Peter I. Tchaikovsky STAATSOPER IM SCHILLER THEATER

Sat 10 19.30 C1 Sun 25 16.00 C1*

Sun 14 18.00 C1 Tue 16 19.30 B1

The Sleeping Beauty Choreography by Nacho Duato 04, 05, and 06 September 2015

Onegin

Sat 02 19.30 B1 Mon 21 19.30 B1 Mon 28 19.30 B1

Sat 09 19.30 B1

Mon 04 19.30 B1 Sat 26 19.30 B1

Tue 12 19.30 B1 Thu 14 19.30 B1 Thu 21 19.30 B1

Fri 27 19.30 D1 Sat 28 19.30 D1

Fri 04 19.30 D1

Giselle Choreography and staging by Patrice Bart after Coralli and Perrot | Music by Adolphe Adam STAATSOPER IM SCHILLER THEATER

Guest performance Norwegian National Ballet Oslo

Ghosts Ballet after Henrik Ibsen’s “Ghosts” Music by Nils Petter Molvær KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

Sun 10 19.30 C1

Staatsballett Magazin The Staatsballett Magazin gives interesting insights into the Staatsballett Berlin with exclusive stories, interviews, and news. You get free copies of the Magazin in one of three Berlin opera houses or as a supplement to the Berlin edition of the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT. Or read it online at www.staatsballett-berlin.de. (In German only).

Tue 15 19.30 C2 Thu 26 19.30 C2 Sun 29 18.00 C2*

Gala of the Staatliche Ballettschule Artistic Direction Gregor Seyffert STAATSOPER IM SCHILLER THEATER

Sat 16 19.30 D1

Sat 05 19.30 D1

Mon 18 19.30 C1

Sun 06 20.00 C1

Sun 24 18.00 C1*

Thu 07 19.30 C3 Fri 08 19.30 C3

Fri 25 15.00 C2* Fri 01 18.00 C2 Fri 25 19.30 D2

Sat 16 19.30 C2

Wed 17 19.30 B2

Wed 20 19.30 B2

Sat 20 19.30 C2* Wed 24 19.30 B2

STAATSBALLETT BERLIN ON TOUR HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE The Sleeping Beauty Choreography by Nacho Duato 17, 18, 19, and 20 March 2016

Fri 02 19.30 C2* Wed 30 19.30 B2

Tue 21 19.30 B2

Sat 03 18.00 C2

Wed 29 19.30 B2

Fri 09 19.30 C2

Form and Refinement Sat 12 20.00 B3 Sun 27 19.00 B3

Thu 01 19.30 B3 Tue 06 20.00 B3

Tue 01 20.00 B3*

Mon 26 19.30 B3

Sun 03 18.00 B3 Fri 22 19.30 B3*

Thu 25 20.00 B3

PREMIERE

Sun 29 18.00 B2*

Sun 03 16.00 B2* Tue 05 19.30 B2 Sat 09 19.30 C2

Fri 10 19.30 B2 Sun 19 18.00 B2*

Fri 11 19.30 B3* Sun 10 19.30 B3

Fri 03 19.30 B3

Mon 28 19.00 B3

Thu 14 20.00 B3

Mon 13 19.30 B3

Thu 31 19.30 B3

Mon 25 19.30 B3

Mon 27 19.30 B3

BALLET UNIVERSITY

10/20 Euro Thu 10 11.00

Full Power

Sat 21 19.30 C2 Thu 26 19.30 B2

Tue 08 11.00

Hansel & Gretel

Guests

Sat 02 19.30 D1*

Fri 04 19.30 D1

Mon 16 18.00 B2

Mon 01 19.30 B2

Tanz ist KLASSE! – Kinder tanzen Fairy play by Giorgio Madia Music by Edvard Grieg DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN

Thu 03 19.30 C1

Fri 13 19.30 C2*

Tchaikowsky’s Magic

Wed 16 19.30 C2

Wed 30 19.30 D2

The Sleeping Beauty

Choreography by Nacho Duato Music by Johann Sebastian Bach KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

Thu 21 19.30 B2 Thu 28 19.30 B2

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Choreography and staging by Patrice Bart after Ivanov and Petipa | Music by Peter I. Tchaikovsky DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN

Multiplicity. Forms Of Silence And Emptiness

Wed 30 19.30 C2

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Swan Lake

Choreography by George Balanchine | Music by Gabriel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky and Peter I. Tchaikovsky DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN

Thu 23 19.30 B1

Fri 15 19.30 C2*

Ballet féerie by Vasily Medvedev and Yuri Burlaka Music by Peter I. Tchaikovsky DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN

Jewels

Sat 04 19.30 B1

Fri 22 19.30 B1

Love’s Lost

Thu 07 19.30 C1

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The Nutcracker

Choreography and staging by Nacho Duato Music by Peter I. Tchaikovsky DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN

Wed 20 19.30 B1 Fri 29 19.30 B1

Romeo and Juliet Choreography by John Cranko Music by Sergei Prokofiev DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN

In the Dark of the Night

Thu 29 19.30 A2

A joint venture with the Institute of Theater Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin | Zentrum für Bewegungsforschung

10/20 Euro Sat 19 11.00

Introductions Introductions to the performances are available to the public 45 minutes before they begin, excluding premieres, guest performances and special performances

10/20 Euro

Sat 09 18.00 A1 Mon 11 19.30 A1 Mon 18 19.30 A1

* Performances for families at special prices

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Sun 13 14.00 A1 Sun 13 18.00 A1

Lecture Series Experts regularly delve into the theory and practice of dance and ballet. More Info: www.staatsballett-berlin.de.

TCHAIKOVSKY’S MAGIC PETER I. TCHAIKOVSKYIS THE GRANDMASTER OF CLASSICAL BALLET MUSIC. HIS C OMPOSITIONS HAVE INSPIRED GENERATIONS OF CHOREOGRAPHERS, DANCERS AND AUDIENCES. BE ENCHANTED, TOO

PREMIERE JEWELS Choreography by George Balanchine Music by Garbiel Fauré, Igor Stravinsky and Peter I. Tchaikovsky The window display of the jewelry store Van Cleef & Arpels on New York’s Fifth Avenue inspired George Balanchine to create this abstract ballet. The remarkable sparkle of rubies, emeralds, and diamonds provided him with associations, which he turned into a brilliant dance composition. Understatement and elegance are his trademarks, which unmistakably come to shine in this production and which will challenge the dancers. Premiere on 21 May 2016 Deutsche Oper Berlin 21 26 29 05 10 19 06

FORM AND REFINEMENT GEORGE BALANCHINE AND NACHO DUATO DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO THE ABSTRACT FORM AND ITS REFINEMENT. BOTH TRANSFORM MUSICAL FORMATIONS INTO MOVEMENT OF CAPTIVATING BEAUTY. AND YET BOTH STAND OUT AS DISTINCTLY UNIQUE. DARE TO COMPARE

THE NUTCRACKER Ballet féerie by Vasily Medvedev and Yuri Burlaka Music by Peter I. Tchaikovsky This Christmas night is full of magic: The enchanting Nutcracker takes little Clara into a world full of fantasy. Here she meets dancing tin soldiers, ambassadors from distant kingdoms and of course the Nutcracker Prince. Vasily Medvedev and Yuri Burlaka created a version of this ballet full of nostalgia, which is – together with its costumes and stage design – all based on the original from 1892.

SWAN LAKE

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

MULTIPLICITY. FORMS OF SILENCE AND EMPTINESS

Choreography and staging by Patrice Bart after Ivanov and Petipa Music by Peter I. Tchaikovsky

Choreography and staging by Nacho Duato Music by Peter I. Tchaikovsky

Choreography by Nacho Duato Music by Johann Sebastian Bach

With a spell-bound swan princess, scheming relatives and a prince at odds with himself, “Swan Lake” is classical ballet at its best. This beloved fairy tale has been transformed into opulent dance scenarios many times. Patrice Bart’s production is based on the traditional movements but features sensibly refreshed characters. This way, the myth of Swan lake receives a careful reinterpretation.

Nacho Duato has discovered Tchaikovsky’s popular classic anew and focuses on the plot of this well-known ballet fairy tale. The result: enchantingly fresh images that let this classic shine with new splendor – but without sparing the brilliance and grace of classical dance en pointe. The long-awaited ballet magic enfolds in the finest décor, delicate as porcelain and yet marvelously opulent at the same time.

With this choreography Nacho Duato pays tribute to the composer Johann Sebastian Bach by the means of dance. With great respect and care, Duato translates Bach’s compositions into moved and moving images. In a one-of-a-kind symbiosis of dance and music forms and emotions converge. Dancers turn into notes. And the audience is asked to listen with its eyes.

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Komische Oper Berlin 12 27 09 01 06 26 10 01 12 03 22 01 25 02 11 28 31 03 10 14 25 04 03 13 27 06

Marian Walter in Patrice Bart’s “Giselle”. Photo: Yan Revazov

Deutsche Oper Berlin 26 29 11 15 16 25 30 12 01 01

Artistic Direction Gregor Seyffert | Choreographies by Nacho Duato, Marco Goecke, Jirˇ í Kylián, Gregor Seyffert

It is a decade-long tradition that every year the students of the Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin present the results of their training on the stages of the opera houses of Berlin with a festive gala. From the youngest to the graduates – all students are part of a show created by the Berlin Kammertänzer Gregor Seyffert, which presents the many facets of a professional dance education. In January and in March, two different programs will be staged.

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Children of “Kinder tanzen” in Giorgio Madia’s “Hansel & Gretel”. Photo: Yan Revazov

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FAMILY PERFORMANCE – FAMILY DEALS For family performances, children and young visitors under the age of 18 pay 10 Euro for tickets in all price groups. In the calendar, all family performances are marked with *. This offer is limited. To prepare for their visit, children, young visitors, and their families are welcome to join a workshop of the Tanz ist KLASSE! program.

Never give up! This is the message of “Hansel & Gretel”. Choreo grapher and director Giorgio Madia has devised the famous fairy tale for the big stage with the children of “Tanz ist KLASSE! – Kinder tanzen”. Thus, the more than 50 performers are not much older than the members of the audience. Madia’s brother Claudio created spaces and objects to play with, which with the verve of the young performers unfold to great effect. Yet, the whole stage design is made out of cardboard alone. 4

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Fairy play by Giorgio Madia Music by Edvard Grieg TELEPHONE +49 (0)30 34 384 166 E-MAIL contact@tanz-ist-klasse.de INTERNET www.tanz-ist-klasse.de

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THE FUTURE IS ON ITS WAY AND IT IS UNSTOPPABLE. MEET TOMORROW’S GENERATION ON THE BIG STAGES OF BERLIN’S OPERA HOUSES ALREADY TODAY “Tanz ist KLASSE!” is the education program of the Staatsballett Berlin. In close collaboration with Staatsballett dancers, children and their families as well as adolescents and project groups, school classes and their teachers gain suitable a ccess into the fascinating world of dance and ballet. For school classesand families, Tanz ist KLASSE! offers age-appropriate workshops, preparing them for their visit to performances. Adolescents and young adults can learn original choreographies of the Staatsballett in “TanzTanz” workshops. During the holidays, Tanz ist KLASSE! offers many different events, in which school children can discover dance playfully.Children can also deepen their knowledge of dance in an ongoing course program for C reativeChildren’s dance and with dance lessons based on the method of the Royal Academy of Dance®. And there is even more to discover:school classes and project groups are allowed to take a look backstage to find exciting insights into trainings and rehearsals of the Staatsballett. Since the 2014/2015 season, the children and youth ballet “Kinder tanzen” is also part of the Staatsballett education program, in which young dancers make their big appearance on stage. So that in the end everyone can say: “Tanz ist KLASSE!”.

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