Die gefallenen Körper des Hans Christian Andersen

Neueinstiege werden an vorigen Engagements gemessen. Das muss sich auch Jörg Mannes gefallen lassen. Im Oktober wurde er  Ballettchef am Linzer Landestheater – in einer Zeit, da der amtierende Intendant Michael Klügl seinen Abschied Richtung Hannover ankündigt. An die 50 Kandidaten bewarben sich für dessen Nachfolge 2006/07, die meisten aus dem Opernbereich. Denn...

Robert Tewsley, you are the “Musagète“ of the dancers of the New York City Ballet, creating “Balanchine“ in the last choreography by Boris Eifman. Why do you want to change your life after enjoying such success?                                 Since my late teens, the question of “What shall I do when I stop dancing?“ has always been in the back of my mind....

The Holy Grail of the repertoire, unseen for over forty years, “Sylvia“ has risen like a phoenix from the ashes to renew our estimation of Frederick Ashton‘s genius. Created in 1952 as a showcase for the incomparable Margot Fonteyn it has been through many revisions of its complex structure and was last seen in 1967 as a one act “highlights“ version. The story has...