Press Informations of the Bavarian State Ballet

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The press releases will remain here in the order of publication. Please note the release date.


 

“If you are looking for me, I am the girl walking on bare feet.” – Premiere at the Bavarian State Ballet on January 30th, 2012

Munich, January 2012 – The last year finished "very British" indeed - and in that same spirit, we begin the New Year. On January 30th 2012, the Bavarian State Ballet will celebrate a world premiere, a Germany premiere and a Munich premiere all in one evening with the quadruple bill program "The Girl and the Knife Thrower / AfterLight / Broken Fall / Las Hermanas".

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Das Mädchen und der Messerwerfer, AfterLight, Las Hermanas. ©Christin Losta, Bureau Mirko Brosche

 

"Steps & Times" - Première at the Bavarian State Ballet on December 22, 2011

Munich, December 2011 – The current season at the Bavarian State Ballet is titled "Very British!?" The season's first première, "Steps & Times", on December 22nd, 2011 implements this theme by presenting the work of two of the most prominent English choreographers: Frederick Ashton and Kenneth MacMillan.

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Gözde Özgür receives Bavaria State Art Award 2011

Munich, August 2011 - The Bavaria State Art Award, established in 1965, is awarded annually in various categories including music, dance, literature, the visual and performing arts. On November 18, State Minister Wolfgang Heubisch will award Gözde Özgür for her achievement in the dance.

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Mats Ek: Giselle. Gözde Özgür, Lukáš Slavický

 

To start the new season the Bavarian State Ballet will present great ballerinas as guests in "Don Quijote"

Munich, August 2011 – After refreshing holidays the dancers of the Bavarian State Ballet have returned to daily class and rehearsals. With the motto "Very British!?" the 2011/2012 season will present works of the most important British choreographers, both classical and modern.

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Of Windmills and Barbers in Love. On June 24, The Bavarian State Ballet celebrates the revival of "Don Quijote"

With the beginning of the Bavarian State Ballet's summer season, the Knight of the Woeful Countenance and his trusty esquire Sancho Panza will again conquer the stage of the Prinzregententheater. For the performances on June 24 and 26, ballet director Ivan Liška has also contracted the celebrated Bolshoi ballerina Ekaterina Krysanova as Kitri.

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Lisa-Maree Cullum Foto: Charles Tandy

 

Paradises and Poetic Refuges

The Bavarian State Ballet opens the Ballet Festival Week with John Neumeier’s "Illusionen – wie Schwanensee" ("Illusions Like Swan Lake")

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Illusionen - wie Schwanensee. Tigran Mikayelyan, Marlon Dino. © Hösl

 

Katharina's still feisty...

Revival of "The Taming of the Shrew" at the Bavarian State Ballet

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Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung_Lisa-Maree Cullum_Foto Charles Tandy

 

Natalia Osipova will dance “Sleeping Beauty” on 2/11/2011

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World première of “Mein Ravel: Wohin er auch blickt…/Daphnis und Chloé”

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Mein Ravel_Sukhorukova, Pierre.©Wilfried Hösl

 

Revival of “Sleeping Beauty”

After a three-year beauty sleep and right on time for the Christmas season in December, Marius Petipa and Pyotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky’s epochal masterwork will be reawakened with a kiss.

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Six Awards from Dance Europe

In the critics' survey conducted by “Dance Europe”, the dance magazine published in London, the Bavarian State Ballet was again frequently mentioned under the heading: “Outstanding Dancers of the Year”.

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Weddings at the Bavarian State Ballet

Ballerina Lucia Lacarra married principal dancer Marlon Dino; Maira Fontes, Corps de Ballet dancer married first Soloist Javier Amo Gonzalez.

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Lucia Lacarra, Marlon Dino

 

Lights off… Curtain up! The Bavarian State Ballet opens the new season 2010/11 with an autumn-season at the Prinzregententheater.

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Série Noire – A Choreographic Thriller by Terence Kohler

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Série Noire. Lucia Lacarra, Cyril Pierre. © Charles Tandy

 

Artifact by William Forsythe – Premiere with the Bavarian State Ballet on April 25, 2010

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The Forsythe Company: Artifact. © Dieter Schwer

 

Preview for the season 2010 / 2011

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Ivan Liska

 

Ballet Festival Weeks 2010 – The Bavarian State Ballet will celebrate the finale of the jubilee year from April 25 till May 9, 2010

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Terence Kohler: Once Upon An Ever After

 

Leap to the very top

Marlon Dino becames principal dancer

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PREMIERE Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness – Creation with the Bavarian State Ballet, National Theatre Munich, December 23, 2009 at 19.30 hrs.

The Bavarian State Ballet will present a work by the Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato to music by Johann Sebastian Bach

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Vielfältigkeit. Formen von Stille und Leere. © Fernando Marcos

 

Bavarian State Ballet announces next season’s program: Jiri Kylián and Terence Kohler to create new works for the Munich company, celebrating their twenty years of existence in 2009.

Ivan Liška presented the plans of the Bavarian State Ballet for the 2008/2009 season in his official annual press conference. He has now been the company’s ballet director for one decade.

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Ivan Liska

 

"Le Corsaire" mit weiteren Debuts ab 8. Oktober wieder auf dem Spielplan

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Ivan Liska gibt Programm der kommenden Spielzeit bekannt: Jörg Mannes und Martin Schläpfer kreieren für München / Weitere Höhepunkte und Besetzungsmeldungen der aktuellen Spielzeit

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Ivan Liska

 

Wiederaufnahme "La Bayadère" am 28. Februar 2007

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Lucia Lacarra

 

Ballettwoche 2007 mit Gastspiel des Bolschoi-Balletts und zweiter Spielzeit-Premiere: Der Kartenvorverkauf beginnt!

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Bolschoi Ballett: Don Quixote Osipova

 

Plans for Season 2006/2007

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Review Season 2004/2005 Opening of Season 2005/2006

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Press release December 20, 2005

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Press Release November 3, 2004

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International Prizes for Lacarra, Slavicky and Cullum

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Beginn des Kartenverkaufs für die Münchner Opern-Festspiele am 3. Mai

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Lucia Lacarra gewinnt den Nijinsky Award 2002

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Kostüm- und Stoffverkauf an der Bayerischen Staatsoper

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Start of the 2002/3 Season (September-November 2002)

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Kartenverkauf für die Münchner Opern-Festspiele 2002

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Ballett-Abonnement

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Ivan Liska's plans for 2002/2003. New Ballets and New Dancers

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