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| Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm |
 Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, LondonZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop |
ZooNation Dance Company |
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| Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London, Portugal Street, Holborn, London WC2 2HT, United Kingdom Wednesday 29-May-13 07:30pm ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop ZooNation’s Some Like It Hip Hop has been a runaway success since it hit the Peacock Theatre in 2011, wowing audiences and prompting widespread critical praise with five-star reviews and standing ovations. After a second successful run and celebrating the company’s tenth anniversary at Sadler’s Wells last year, Some Like It Hip Hop returns to the Peacock Theatre to kick-start the summer. Fast becoming a modern classic, Some Like It Hip Hop unites truly sensational dancing and a typically clever and engrossing storyline with infectious “wit, heart and magnificent energy” (The Independent). With a nod to Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, it tells a comical tale of love, mistaken identity, cross-dressing and revolution, all played out in ZooNation’s trademark style of hip hop, comedy and physical theatre. Directed by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince, Some Like It Hip Hop also features a ground-shaking original soundtrack, live singing and some of the UK’s top hip hop dance talent. | ||
| Wednesday 29-May-13 08:00pm |
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris The Rite of Spring |
Mariinsky Ballet |
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| Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, 15 avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris, France Wednesday 29-May-13 08:00pm The Rite of Spring Music by Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971) Original choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky Choreography by Sasha Waltz (revisions) | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Mayerling |
Royal Ballet |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Thursday 30-May-13 | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm |
Sadler's Wells, London Akram Khan Company — iTMOi |
Akram Khan Company |
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| Sadler's Wells, London, Rosebery Avenue,, London EC1R 4TN, United Kingdom Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm Akram Khan Company — iTMOi iTMOI Following outstanding success with his latest solo, DESH, award-winning dancer/choreographer Akram Khan returns to Sadler's Wells with the London premiere of his much-anticipated new work, iTMOi, the second part of the A String of Rites series.iTMOi (in the mind of igor) is Khan’s first full-length ensemble piece since Vertical Road in 2010 and is inspired by the work of prolific composer Igor Stravinsky. Created in the 100th year since Stravinsky’s iconic Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) was composed, iTMOi explores the human condition and the way in which Stravinsky transformed the classical music world by evoking emotions through pattern, rooted in the concept of a woman dancing herself to death.
Featuring an original score by Nitin Sawhney, Jocelyn Pook and Ben Frost, iTMOi is yet another extraordinary artistic collaboration from Khan and a talented artistic team including costume designer Kimie Nakano, dramaturge Ruth Little and an international cast of 12 dancers.Music by Sawhney, Nitin (b. 1964) / Pook, Jocelyn (b. 1960) / Frost, Ben (b. 1980) Choreography by Akram Khan | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm |
Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop |
ZooNation Dance Company |
| More info... | ||
| Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London, Portugal Street, Holborn, London WC2 2HT, United Kingdom Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop ZooNation’s Some Like It Hip Hop has been a runaway success since it hit the Peacock Theatre in 2011, wowing audiences and prompting widespread critical praise with five-star reviews and standing ovations. After a second successful run and celebrating the company’s tenth anniversary at Sadler’s Wells last year, Some Like It Hip Hop returns to the Peacock Theatre to kick-start the summer. Fast becoming a modern classic, Some Like It Hip Hop unites truly sensational dancing and a typically clever and engrossing storyline with infectious “wit, heart and magnificent energy” (The Independent). With a nod to Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, it tells a comical tale of love, mistaken identity, cross-dressing and revolution, all played out in ZooNation’s trademark style of hip hop, comedy and physical theatre. Directed by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince, Some Like It Hip Hop also features a ground-shaking original soundtrack, live singing and some of the UK’s top hip hop dance talent. | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm |
Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris) Béjartin/Nijinski/Robbins/ Cherkaoui, Jalet |
Paris Ballet de L'Opéra |
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| Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris), 75009 Paris, France Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm Béjartin/Nijinski/Robbins/ Cherkaoui, Jalet Boléro [Cherkaoui, Jalet] For choreographers, music has never ceased to be a source of endless inspiration. For their first production for the Opera Ballet, Marina Abramovic, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet return to a legendary work of the 20th century, Maurice Ravel’s Boléro.Music by Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) Choreography by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Forsythe, Clug, Lightfoot /León |
Ballett Zürich |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm Forsythe, Clug, Lightfoot /León The second ballet evening of this season is characterised by a sense of inner drama. It combines two milestones of recent ballet history with a new creation, and offers the opportunity to witness the combination of three fascinating dance languages in one evening. The American William Forsythe has influenced and shaped ballet in the second half of the 20th century like no other choreographer. In his work, he explores and crosses the boundaries of dance as an art form, time and again. In New Sleep, created in 1987 for the San Francisco Ballet, three clown-like figures – accompanied by electronic music by Thom Willems – fall under the spell of a yardstick, a potted plant and a collection of bowling balls.
For the first time, Zurich Ballet will be working with the Romanian choreographer Edward Clug, who rose to international fame primarily thanks to his ballet Radio and Juliet, a modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet set to the music of the rock band Radiohead. Clug’s pieces, which enchant audiences with their often absurd tempi and their wealth of choreographic detail, have been performed in Lisbon, Zagreb, Essen and at the Stuttgart Ballet, among other locations.
Having thrilled audiences in Zurich in 2004 with their furiously witty choreography, Skew Whiff, choreographers Lightfoot/León now present their ballet Sleight of Hand. The Englishman Paul Lightfoot and the Spanish woman Sol León met in 1987 in the ensemble of the Nederlands Dans Theaters (NDT) and are among the internationally most sought-after choreographers. They have succeeded Hans van Manen and Jiří Kylián as representatives of modern dance in the Netherlands. Paul Lightfoot took over the directorship of the NDT in the 2011/12 season. In the mysterious darkness of Sleight of Hand an encrypted fantasy unfurls; its dance and theatrical roots lie in the story of a family fraught with conflict. The title, Sleight of Hand, is a reference to the art of card-playing. | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Mayerling |
Royal Ballet |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm Rudolf, the emotionally unstable Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, is forced to marry Princess Stephanie of Belgium against his will. He is drawn into a downward spiral of political intrigue, violence and, ultimately, suicide. | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm |
Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY American/Stravinsky/Tchaikovsky |
New York City Ballet |
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| Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Thursday 30-May-13 07:30pm American/Stravinsky/Tchaikovsky | ||
| Thursday 30-May-13 08:00pm |
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris The Rite of Spring |
Mariinsky Ballet |
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| Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, 15 avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris, France Thursday 30-May-13 08:00pm The Rite of Spring Music by Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971) Original choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky Choreography by Sasha Waltz (revisions) | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 |
Staatsoper, Vienna Don Quixote |
Ballet of Vienna State Opera and Volksoper |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Friday 31-May-13 Don Quixote Music by Minkus, Ludwig (1826-1917) Original choreography by Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev (revisions) | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Forsythe, Clug, Lightfoot /León |
Ballett Zürich |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Friday 31-May-13 07:00pm Forsythe, Clug, Lightfoot /León The second ballet evening of this season is characterised by a sense of inner drama. It combines two milestones of recent ballet history with a new creation, and offers the opportunity to witness the combination of three fascinating dance languages in one evening. The American William Forsythe has influenced and shaped ballet in the second half of the 20th century like no other choreographer. In his work, he explores and crosses the boundaries of dance as an art form, time and again. In New Sleep, created in 1987 for the San Francisco Ballet, three clown-like figures – accompanied by electronic music by Thom Willems – fall under the spell of a yardstick, a potted plant and a collection of bowling balls.
For the first time, Zurich Ballet will be working with the Romanian choreographer Edward Clug, who rose to international fame primarily thanks to his ballet Radio and Juliet, a modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet set to the music of the rock band Radiohead. Clug’s pieces, which enchant audiences with their often absurd tempi and their wealth of choreographic detail, have been performed in Lisbon, Zagreb, Essen and at the Stuttgart Ballet, among other locations.
Having thrilled audiences in Zurich in 2004 with their furiously witty choreography, Skew Whiff, choreographers Lightfoot/León now present their ballet Sleight of Hand. The Englishman Paul Lightfoot and the Spanish woman Sol León met in 1987 in the ensemble of the Nederlands Dans Theaters (NDT) and are among the internationally most sought-after choreographers. They have succeeded Hans van Manen and Jiří Kylián as representatives of modern dance in the Netherlands. Paul Lightfoot took over the directorship of the NDT in the 2011/12 season. In the mysterious darkness of Sleight of Hand an encrypted fantasy unfurls; its dance and theatrical roots lie in the story of a family fraught with conflict. The title, Sleight of Hand, is a reference to the art of card-playing. | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 07:30pm |
Sadler's Wells, London Akram Khan Company — iTMOi |
Akram Khan Company |
| More info... | ||
| Sadler's Wells, London, Rosebery Avenue,, London EC1R 4TN, United Kingdom Friday 31-May-13 07:30pm Akram Khan Company — iTMOi iTMOI Following outstanding success with his latest solo, DESH, award-winning dancer/choreographer Akram Khan returns to Sadler's Wells with the London premiere of his much-anticipated new work, iTMOi, the second part of the A String of Rites series.iTMOi (in the mind of igor) is Khan’s first full-length ensemble piece since Vertical Road in 2010 and is inspired by the work of prolific composer Igor Stravinsky. Created in the 100th year since Stravinsky’s iconic Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) was composed, iTMOi explores the human condition and the way in which Stravinsky transformed the classical music world by evoking emotions through pattern, rooted in the concept of a woman dancing herself to death.
Featuring an original score by Nitin Sawhney, Jocelyn Pook and Ben Frost, iTMOi is yet another extraordinary artistic collaboration from Khan and a talented artistic team including costume designer Kimie Nakano, dramaturge Ruth Little and an international cast of 12 dancers.Music by Sawhney, Nitin (b. 1964) / Pook, Jocelyn (b. 1960) / Frost, Ben (b. 1980) Choreography by Akram Khan | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 07:30pm |
Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop |
ZooNation Dance Company |
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| Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London, Portugal Street, Holborn, London WC2 2HT, United Kingdom Friday 31-May-13 07:30pm ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop ZooNation’s Some Like It Hip Hop has been a runaway success since it hit the Peacock Theatre in 2011, wowing audiences and prompting widespread critical praise with five-star reviews and standing ovations. After a second successful run and celebrating the company’s tenth anniversary at Sadler’s Wells last year, Some Like It Hip Hop returns to the Peacock Theatre to kick-start the summer. Fast becoming a modern classic, Some Like It Hip Hop unites truly sensational dancing and a typically clever and engrossing storyline with infectious “wit, heart and magnificent energy” (The Independent). With a nod to Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, it tells a comical tale of love, mistaken identity, cross-dressing and revolution, all played out in ZooNation’s trademark style of hip hop, comedy and physical theatre. Directed by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince, Some Like It Hip Hop also features a ground-shaking original soundtrack, live singing and some of the UK’s top hip hop dance talent. | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 07:30pm |
Barrow-in-Furness Sixth Form College Dance through the Ages Ulverston International Music Festival |
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| Barrow-in-Furness Sixth Form College, Ranting Lane, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, Barrow-in-Furness LA13 9LE, United Kingdom Friday 31-May-13 07:30pm Dance through the Ages Finally, after ten years, the Festival makes its debut in Barrow, with a spectacular variety show featuring Baroque Dance, Classical Ballet, Character Dance, Flamenco, and Contemporary Dance | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Heroes - Première |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm Heroes - Première "To become a hero, one must be different. The deeds of a hero shall bring him glory, they can be of physical or intellectual nature: Courage, a willingness to make sacrifices and to stand up for ideals and fellow human beings. Heroes are the counterpart of villains and cowards – or so they should be.”
With Once Upon An Ever After stage designer rosalie and choreographer Terence Kohler have produced a celebrated blockbuster of dance as the centerpiece of the 100 years of Ballets Russes bill. For Heroes the two artists will once again collaborate to create the premiere of the Ballet Festival Week 2013 on the Bavarian State Ballet. Terence Kohler chose musical scores by Alfred Schnittke for his piece. In addition he is working with composer Lera Auerbach. New production.Image credit: Once Upon an Ever After © Wilfried Hösl | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm |
Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY Ratmansky, Martins, Balanchine |
New York City Ballet |
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| Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm Ratmansky, Martins, Balanchine Tchaikovsky Suite No.3 Music by Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893) Choreography by George Balanchine | ||
| Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm |
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris The Rite of Spring |
Mariinsky Ballet |
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| Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, 15 avenue Montaigne, 75008 Paris, France Friday 31-May-13 08:00pm The Rite of Spring Music by Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971) Original choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky Choreography by Sasha Waltz (revisions) | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Mayerling |
Royal Ballet |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Saturday 1-Jun-13 Matinee and evening performances. | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 01:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Mayerling |
Royal Ballet |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Saturday 1-Jun-13 01:30pm Rudolf, the emotionally unstable Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, is forced to marry Princess Stephanie of Belgium against his will. He is drawn into a downward spiral of political intrigue, violence and, ultimately, suicide. | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 02:00pm |
Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY Tchaikovsky, American |
New York City Ballet |
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| Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Saturday 1-Jun-13 02:00pm Tchaikovsky, American | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 02:30pm |
Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop |
ZooNation Dance Company |
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| Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London, Portugal Street, Holborn, London WC2 2HT, United Kingdom Saturday 1-Jun-13 02:30pm ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop ZooNation’s Some Like It Hip Hop has been a runaway success since it hit the Peacock Theatre in 2011, wowing audiences and prompting widespread critical praise with five-star reviews and standing ovations. After a second successful run and celebrating the company’s tenth anniversary at Sadler’s Wells last year, Some Like It Hip Hop returns to the Peacock Theatre to kick-start the summer. Fast becoming a modern classic, Some Like It Hip Hop unites truly sensational dancing and a typically clever and engrossing storyline with infectious “wit, heart and magnificent energy” (The Independent). With a nod to Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, it tells a comical tale of love, mistaken identity, cross-dressing and revolution, all played out in ZooNation’s trademark style of hip hop, comedy and physical theatre. Directed by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince, Some Like It Hip Hop also features a ground-shaking original soundtrack, live singing and some of the UK’s top hip hop dance talent. | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Mayerling |
Royal Ballet |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:00pm Rudolf, the emotionally unstable Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, is forced to marry Princess Stephanie of Belgium against his will. He is drawn into a downward spiral of political intrigue, violence and, ultimately, suicide. | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop |
ZooNation Dance Company |
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| Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London, Portugal Street, Holborn, London WC2 2HT, United Kingdom Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop ZooNation’s Some Like It Hip Hop has been a runaway success since it hit the Peacock Theatre in 2011, wowing audiences and prompting widespread critical praise with five-star reviews and standing ovations. After a second successful run and celebrating the company’s tenth anniversary at Sadler’s Wells last year, Some Like It Hip Hop returns to the Peacock Theatre to kick-start the summer. Fast becoming a modern classic, Some Like It Hip Hop unites truly sensational dancing and a typically clever and engrossing storyline with infectious “wit, heart and magnificent energy” (The Independent). With a nod to Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, it tells a comical tale of love, mistaken identity, cross-dressing and revolution, all played out in ZooNation’s trademark style of hip hop, comedy and physical theatre. Directed by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince, Some Like It Hip Hop also features a ground-shaking original soundtrack, live singing and some of the UK’s top hip hop dance talent. | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris) Béjartin/Nijinski/Robbins/ Cherkaoui, Jalet |
Paris Ballet de L'Opéra |
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| Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris), 75009 Paris, France Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm Béjartin/Nijinski/Robbins/ Cherkaoui, Jalet Boléro [Cherkaoui, Jalet] For choreographers, music has never ceased to be a source of endless inspiration. For their first production for the Opera Ballet, Marina Abramovic, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet return to a legendary work of the 20th century, Maurice Ravel’s Boléro.Music by Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) Choreography by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm |
National Theatre, Munich Heroes - Première |
Bavarian State Ballet |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Saturday 1-Jun-13 07:30pm Heroes - Première "To become a hero, one must be different. The deeds of a hero shall bring him glory, they can be of physical or intellectual nature: Courage, a willingness to make sacrifices and to stand up for ideals and fellow human beings. Heroes are the counterpart of villains and cowards – or so they should be.”
With Once Upon An Ever After stage designer rosalie and choreographer Terence Kohler have produced a celebrated blockbuster of dance as the centerpiece of the 100 years of Ballets Russes bill. For Heroes the two artists will once again collaborate to create the premiere of the Ballet Festival Week 2013 on the Bavarian State Ballet. Terence Kohler chose musical scores by Alfred Schnittke for his piece. In addition he is working with composer Lera Auerbach. New production.Image credit: Once Upon an Ever After © Wilfried Hösl | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Macau Cultural Center: Grand Auditorium FAR |
Wayne McGregor | Random Dance |
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| Macau Cultural Center: Grand Auditorium, Macau, China Saturday 1-Jun-13 08:00pm | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY Stravinsky, American, Tchaikovsky |
New York City Ballet |
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| Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Saturday 1-Jun-13 08:00pm Stravinsky, American, Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Suite No.3 Music by Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893) Choreography by George Balanchine | ||
| Saturday 1-Jun-13 09:00pm |
Oliver-Arena, Würzburg Mozart meets Breakdance Mozartfest Würzburg |
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| Oliver-Arena, Würzburg, Stettiner Str.1, 97072 Würzburg, Germany Saturday 1-Jun-13 09:00pm Mozart meets Breakdance is a complete new performance, which will be show at the Mozartfest as world premiere. Live piano music from Mozart will be played by Christoph Hagel and the reigning world champions in break dancing will perform their steps and moves to Mozart - especially interesting for young adults and teenagers. Tickets: 30,- € (Kat. I) / 20,- € (Kat. II) / 15,- € (Kat. III) | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 02:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Forsythe, Clug, Lightfoot /León |
Ballett Zürich |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 2-Jun-13 02:00pm Forsythe, Clug, Lightfoot /León The second ballet evening of this season is characterised by a sense of inner drama. It combines two milestones of recent ballet history with a new creation, and offers the opportunity to witness the combination of three fascinating dance languages in one evening. The American William Forsythe has influenced and shaped ballet in the second half of the 20th century like no other choreographer. In his work, he explores and crosses the boundaries of dance as an art form, time and again. In New Sleep, created in 1987 for the San Francisco Ballet, three clown-like figures – accompanied by electronic music by Thom Willems – fall under the spell of a yardstick, a potted plant and a collection of bowling balls.
For the first time, Zurich Ballet will be working with the Romanian choreographer Edward Clug, who rose to international fame primarily thanks to his ballet Radio and Juliet, a modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet set to the music of the rock band Radiohead. Clug’s pieces, which enchant audiences with their often absurd tempi and their wealth of choreographic detail, have been performed in Lisbon, Zagreb, Essen and at the Stuttgart Ballet, among other locations.
Having thrilled audiences in Zurich in 2004 with their furiously witty choreography, Skew Whiff, choreographers Lightfoot/León now present their ballet Sleight of Hand. The Englishman Paul Lightfoot and the Spanish woman Sol León met in 1987 in the ensemble of the Nederlands Dans Theaters (NDT) and are among the internationally most sought-after choreographers. They have succeeded Hans van Manen and Jiří Kylián as representatives of modern dance in the Netherlands. Paul Lightfoot took over the directorship of the NDT in the 2011/12 season. In the mysterious darkness of Sleight of Hand an encrypted fantasy unfurls; its dance and theatrical roots lie in the story of a family fraught with conflict. The title, Sleight of Hand, is a reference to the art of card-playing. | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 03:00pm |
Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky |
New York City Ballet |
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| Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Sunday 2-Jun-13 03:00pm Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 04:00pm |
Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop |
ZooNation Dance Company |
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| Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London, Portugal Street, Holborn, London WC2 2HT, United Kingdom Sunday 2-Jun-13 04:00pm ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop ZooNation’s Some Like It Hip Hop has been a runaway success since it hit the Peacock Theatre in 2011, wowing audiences and prompting widespread critical praise with five-star reviews and standing ovations. After a second successful run and celebrating the company’s tenth anniversary at Sadler’s Wells last year, Some Like It Hip Hop returns to the Peacock Theatre to kick-start the summer. Fast becoming a modern classic, Some Like It Hip Hop unites truly sensational dancing and a typically clever and engrossing storyline with infectious “wit, heart and magnificent energy” (The Independent). With a nod to Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, it tells a comical tale of love, mistaken identity, cross-dressing and revolution, all played out in ZooNation’s trademark style of hip hop, comedy and physical theatre. Directed by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince, Some Like It Hip Hop also features a ground-shaking original soundtrack, live singing and some of the UK’s top hip hop dance talent. | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 08:00pm |
Macau Cultural Center: Grand Auditorium FAR |
Wayne McGregor | Random Dance |
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| Macau Cultural Center: Grand Auditorium, Macau, China Sunday 2-Jun-13 08:00pm | ||
| Sunday 2-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam LA Dance Project |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sunday 2-Jun-13 08:30pm LA Dance Project He was an award-winning dancer and choreographer with the prestigious New York City Ballet. He created the choreography for the Oscar winning psychological thriller Black Swan. But Benjamin Millepied likes a new challenge, and has moved to Los Angeles to set up L.A. Dance Project. It’s not a dance company in the traditional sense of the word, but more of an artists’ collective. Within this collective, Millepied is looking for collaborations with other art forms, with a view to moving into new frontiers of dance.
At the Holland Festival, L.A. Dance Project will present a programme with Merce Cunningham’s radical piece Winterbranch, William Forsythe’s Quintett, which is seldom performed, and Reflections, a new piece by Millepied himself.Running time 1 hour 30 minutes including one interval. Tickets €32.50 - 20, students/CJP €17.50 all categories.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 |
Staatsoper, Vienna Don Quixote |
Ballet of Vienna State Opera and Volksoper |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Monday 3-Jun-13 Don Quixote Music by Minkus, Ludwig (1826-1917) Original choreography by Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky Choreography by Rudolf Nureyev (revisions) | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Raven Girl / Symphony in C |
Royal Ballet |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Monday 3-Jun-13 Raven Girl / Symphony in C Symphony in C (Le Palais de Cristal) Music by Bizet, Georges (1838-1875) Choreography by George Balanchine | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 07:00pm |
The Liederkranz Club, New York City, NY On Point: From Duel to Pas de Deux |
New York City Ballet |
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| The Liederkranz Club, New York City, NY, 6 E 87th Street, New York City, 10128, United States Monday 3-Jun-13 07:00pm On Point: From Duel to Pas de Deux | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris) Béjartin/Nijinski/Robbins/ Cherkaoui, Jalet |
Paris Ballet de L'Opéra |
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| Palais Garnier (Opéra de Paris), 75009 Paris, France Monday 3-Jun-13 07:30pm Béjartin/Nijinski/Robbins/ Cherkaoui, Jalet Boléro [Cherkaoui, Jalet] For choreographers, music has never ceased to be a source of endless inspiration. For their first production for the Opera Ballet, Marina Abramovic, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet return to a legendary work of the 20th century, Maurice Ravel’s Boléro.Music by Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) Choreography by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet | ||
| Monday 3-Jun-13 08:30pm |
Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam LA Dance Project |
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| Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Monday 3-Jun-13 08:30pm LA Dance Project He was an award-winning dancer and choreographer with the prestigious New York City Ballet. He created the choreography for the Oscar winning psychological thriller Black Swan. But Benjamin Millepied likes a new challenge, and has moved to Los Angeles to set up L.A. Dance Project. It’s not a dance company in the traditional sense of the word, but more of an artists’ collective. Within this collective, Millepied is looking for collaborations with other art forms, with a view to moving into new frontiers of dance.
At the Holland Festival, L.A. Dance Project will present a programme with Merce Cunningham’s radical piece Winterbranch, William Forsythe’s Quintett, which is seldom performed, and Reflections, a new piece by Millepied himself.Running time 1 hour 30 minutes including one interval. Tickets €32.50 - 20, students/CJP €17.50 all categories.Image credit: Ada Nieuwendijk | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY Ratmansky, Tanner, J Peck, Balanchine |
New York City Ballet |
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| Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm Ratmansky, Tanner, J Peck, Balanchine | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Sadler's Wells, London Clod Ensemble — Zero |
Clod Ensemble |
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| Sadler's Wells, London, Rosebery Avenue,, London EC1R 4TN, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm Clod Ensemble — Zero Clod Ensemble has been making performance work that pushes the boundaries between art forms for over 15 years, led by choreographer/director Suzy Willson and composer Paul Clark. The company returns to Sadler’s Wells with its latest piece, Zero, after the world premiere of An Anatomie in Four Quarters in 2011. Set to an original score played live by a band of acclaimed musicians and featuring an explosive cast of performers, Zero, commissioned by Sadler’s Wells and produced in association with Fuel, is a turbulent mix of dance, music and visual theatre. Zero is a world where nothing is certain – where women can be tigers and men can be snakes. Families, marriages and friendships are laced with sibling rivalries, frustrated desires and murderous ambitions. Heavens open and lives fall apart. Here, we are all at the mercy of the stormy weather. At least we can still sing the blues. | ||
| Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop |
ZooNation Dance Company |
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| Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London, Portugal Street, Holborn, London WC2 2HT, United Kingdom Tuesday 4-Jun-13 07:30pm ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop ZooNation’s Some Like It Hip Hop has been a runaway success since it hit the Peacock Theatre in 2011, wowing audiences and prompting widespread critical praise with five-star reviews and standing ovations. After a second successful run and celebrating the company’s tenth anniversary at Sadler’s Wells last year, Some Like It Hip Hop returns to the Peacock Theatre to kick-start the summer. Fast becoming a modern classic, Some Like It Hip Hop unites truly sensational dancing and a typically clever and engrossing storyline with infectious “wit, heart and magnificent energy” (The Independent). With a nod to Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, it tells a comical tale of love, mistaken identity, cross-dressing and revolution, all played out in ZooNation’s trademark style of hip hop, comedy and physical theatre. Directed by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince, Some Like It Hip Hop also features a ground-shaking original soundtrack, live singing and some of the UK’s top hip hop dance talent. | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Mayerling |
Royal Ballet |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Wednesday 5-Jun-13 | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Leonce and Lena |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:00pm Leonce and Lena Leonce und Lena Music by Strauss II, Johann (1825-1899) / Zimmermann, Bernd Alois (1918-1970) / Donner, Martin / Schnittke, Alfred (1934-1998) Choreography by Christian Spuck BALLET by CHRISTIAN SPUCK
After the comedy by Georg Büchner
Music by Johann Strauss, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Amilcare Ponchielli,
Alfred Schnittke and Martin Donner
Swiss première
Christian Spuck has long been fascinated by the works of the German playwright Georg Büchner, whose work stands between German Romanticism and the emerging Modern Age. Taking a coolly analytical view, the author performed autopsies of the human soul, as it were, and as the poet Durs Grünbein put it, “registered the fissures that pass through the individual at an early stage, and certainly not coldly.” From 1836, Georg Büchner lectured in medicine in Zurich, and died here at the age of only 23. Christian Spuck created the full-length narrative ballet Leonce and Lena for the Aalto Ballet Essen in 2008. Zurich Ballet will now perform the piece for the first time in Switzerland – only a few weeks before Büchner’s 200th birthday.
The royal children Leonce and Lena have been betrothed without knowing one another. Both decide to escape the wedding. Leonce, who is tormented by boredom, intends to go to Italy with his companion Valerio and live there in indolence; Lena is persuaded to escape by her governess. The two encounter one another en route – and fall in love. Ignorant of one another’s identity, they appear masked at the court of Leonce’s father and are married.
Christian Spuck transforms Büchner’s subtly sarcastic comedy into a high-spirited, fast-paced and imaginative farce of automata, at the same time providing the danced caricature of the small German state. The airy, at times grotesque pieces of the king of waltz, Johann Strauss, inspire the tragicomic story and underline its burlesque elements, as do the modern sounds of Alfred Schnittke and Bernd Alois Zimmermann. | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Mayerling |
Royal Ballet |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:30pm Rudolf, the emotionally unstable Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, is forced to marry Princess Stephanie of Belgium against his will. He is drawn into a downward spiral of political intrigue, violence and, ultimately, suicide. | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY Stravinsky, American, Tchaikovsky |
New York City Ballet |
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| Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, NY, New York City, NY, United States Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:30pm Stravinsky, American, Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux Music by Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893) Choreography by George Balanchine | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop |
ZooNation Dance Company |
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| Sadler's Wells: Peacock Theatre, London, Portugal Street, Holborn, London WC2 2HT, United Kingdom Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:30pm ZooNation Dance Company — Some Like It Hip Hop ZooNation’s Some Like It Hip Hop has been a runaway success since it hit the Peacock Theatre in 2011, wowing audiences and prompting widespread critical praise with five-star reviews and standing ovations. After a second successful run and celebrating the company’s tenth anniversary at Sadler’s Wells last year, Some Like It Hip Hop returns to the Peacock Theatre to kick-start the summer. Fast becoming a modern classic, Some Like It Hip Hop unites truly sensational dancing and a typically clever and engrossing storyline with infectious “wit, heart and magnificent energy” (The Independent). With a nod to Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, it tells a comical tale of love, mistaken identity, cross-dressing and revolution, all played out in ZooNation’s trademark style of hip hop, comedy and physical theatre. Directed by Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Kate Prince, Some Like It Hip Hop also features a ground-shaking original soundtrack, live singing and some of the UK’s top hip hop dance talent. | ||
| Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Sadler's Wells, London Clod Ensemble — Zero |
Clod Ensemble |
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| Sadler's Wells, London, Rosebery Avenue,, London EC1R 4TN, United Kingdom Wednesday 5-Jun-13 07:30pm Clod Ensemble — Zero Clod Ensemble has been making performance work that pushes the boundaries between art forms for over 15 years, led by choreographer/director Suzy Willson and composer Paul Clark. The company returns to Sadler’s Wells with its latest piece, Zero, after the world premiere of An Anatomie in Four Quarters in 2011. Set to an original score played live by a band of acclaimed musicians and featuring an explosive cast of performers, Zero, commissioned by Sadler’s Wells and produced in association with Fuel, is a turbulent mix of dance, music and visual theatre. Zero is a world where nothing is certain – where women can be tigers and men can be snakes. Families, marriages and friendships are laced with sibling rivalries, frustrated desires and murderous ambitions. Heavens open and lives fall apart. Here, we are all at the mercy of the stormy weather. At least we can still sing the blues. | ||
| Thursday 6-Jun-13 |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Mayerling |
Royal Ballet |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Thursday 6-Jun-13 | ||
| Thursday 6-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Ravinia Festival: Bennett Gordon Hall, Highland Park, IL Concert Dance, Inc - Ruth Page Festival of Dance Ravinia Festival |
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| Ravinia Festival: Bennett Gordon Hall, Highland Park, IL, Highland Park, IL, United States Thursday 6-Jun-13 07:30pm Concert Dance, Inc - Ruth Page Festival of Dance Ruth Page Festival of Dance. Programme TBC. $10 reserved, No lawn sales. Gates open at 5:00 PM | ||
