I danced ballet as child, albeit with little success. Despite this, my passion for ballet and dance has carried into adulthood. I still love to watch ballet performances and would love to share my passion with you.
It‘s tricky to figure out the right time to clap at a ballet. First-time goers are often concerned about embarrassing themselves by being the only one to clap. While you would never consider clapping in the middle of a symphony, at a ballet it is completey acceptable to clap throughout the performance to show your excitement and encourage the ballet dancers. Ballet ettiquette is also dependant on culture. For example, at the Bolchoi Theatre, it‘s a tradition to clap long, loudly and wildly.
12 Compagnien auf 36 Bühnen in 31 Schweizer Städten
30jähriges Jubiläum des Schweizer Tanzfestival Steps vom 12. April bis 5. Mai
Wenn Tänzer 3.5 Tonnen Lehm vertanzen und asiatische Begrüssungsrituale zelebriert werden, dann ist Steps Zeit. Das berühmte Tanzfestival des Migros-Kulturprozent präsentiert ein einzigartiges Programm. International gefragte Companien touren durch die ganze Schweiz von Altdorf bis Vevey.
Ein absolutes Muss für alle Tanzbgeisterte!
Diese Compagnien sind dabei:
Cie Greffe/Cindy Van Acker, Schweiz
Speechless Voices*, Choreografie: Cindy Van Acker
Compagnie Wang Ramirez, Frankreich/Deutschland EVERYNESS*, Choreografie: Honji Wang, Sebastien Ramirez
Faso Danse Theatre, Burkina Faso/Mali
Simply The Best West Africa*, Choreografie: Fatoumata Bagayogo, Adonis Nebié, Florent Nikiema
Gauthier Dance/Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Deutschland
Stream, Choreografie: Mauro Bigonzetti, Andonis Foniadakis, Itzik Galili, Eric Gauthier, Po-Tcheng Tsai, Nadav Zelner
Nederlands Dans Theater 2, Niederlande
I New Then, Choreografie: Edward Clug, Johan Inger, Sol Leon & Paul Lightfoot, Hans van Manen
Stopgap Dance Company, Grossbritannien The Enormous Room, Choreografie: Lucy Bennet
Take Off! Die Schweizer Tanzbachelors, Schweiz
Take Off!*, Choreografie: Itzik Galili, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Fabrice Mazliah, Jasmine Morand, Michael Schumacher
Kommentar von SIDI LARBI CHERKAOUI zu seinen Erfahrungen mit STEPS
Not only has the nationwide network of Steps allowed and encouraged me as an artist to present my work to a large-scale Swiss audience, but without its support, some of my signature works, like “Babel(words)”, “Milonga”, “Fractus V” and “Icon”, would not exist. I’ve been privileged to know Isabella Spirig, artistic director of Steps, for about 10 years. She has followed my journey as an artist and given me valuable feedback throughout many creations. Foto: Mats Baecker
News of Sydney Dance Company: Interview and Tour dates
Don’t miss the European Spring Tour 2018
See the terrific triple bill of Rafael Bonachela’s Lux Tenebris, Cheng Tsung-lung’s Full Moon and Gabrielle Nankivell’s Wildebeest at Théâtre National de la Danse Chaillot, Paris, at the Belgrade Dance Festival in Serbia, at Cankarjev Dom Cultural and Congress Centre in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and in Germany at the Movimentos Festival, Wolfsburg.
Performance-Strategin Crystal Pité mit 2 Stücken in Zürich
Das Tanzfestival Steps zeigt das Sensations-Stück BETROFFENHEIT von Crystal Pité und Jonathon Young. Der Tod des eigenes Kindes ist das Thema – eine Grenzerfahrung, die unter die Haut geht. Getanzt von der Compagnie KIDD PIVOT am 28.4. in Zürich und am 2.5. in Fribourg.
Wie passt das alles zusammen? Im Thema Kunst hat alles Platz. Das Leben und Schaffen des Kunstfälschers Wolfgang Beltracchi bildet die Story der diesjährigen Eisrevue. Die eigens von Beltracchi gemalten Bühnenbilder bilden einen passenden Rahmen. Jetzt braucht es noch die perfekten Künstler. Auf dem Eis: Aljona Savchenko und Bruno Massot, die frischgekürten Goldmedaillengewinner von Pyeongchang, die mit ihrer Weltrekordkür Furore machten, sowie die Eislauflegende Evgeni Pluschenko und Publikumsliebling Stéphane Lambiel. Auf der Bühne: Die weltweit populäre Sängerin Emeli Sandé, die schweizweit erfolgreichste Popband Pegasus, die Wonderwoman am Cello Tina Guo sowie die junge, talentierte Sopranistin Laura Bretan.
Interview with Birgit Deharde, a freelance Choreologist and expert in Benesh Movement Notation
Why do we need Movement Notation?
Similar to music, dance needs to be written down, but unlike music, dance is a fleeting art. It has taken until the 20th century to find a tool to record dance notations and preserve these choreographies. It was Rudolf Benesh who created a tool for human movement notations in 1955 and defined choreology as “The aesthetic and scientific study of all forms of human movement by movement notation”.
Congratulations to Merritt Moore for Making FORBES „30 under30“
WOW! What an achievement. Not only has Merritt Moore made it onto the Forbes list this year, but she is also the one and only active ballerina with a PhD in quantum physics from Oxford University!
Merritt shared her secrets as a physicist on pointe – “I really do think it’s made me a better dancer to have done physics and a better physicist to have done dance. You need the creative brain in the lab to think of new ideas, and you need the analytic brain in the dance studio to figure out your center of mass.”
I was lucky to get an interview with her. So enjoy these five questions for the Quantum Ballerina!
