CHINA // OCTOBER 2016 (Day 13)

Greetings from Stuttgart! We’re back home now … here are the photos from our last day in Beijing:

The entrance of the huge theatre in Beijing

Alicia Amatriain as Juliet

Friedemann Vogel and Alicia Amatriain danced Romeo and Juliet in our last performance in Beijing

Alicia Amatriain and Friedemann Vogel

Roman Novitzky as Tybalt; this time in front of the camera and not behind it

Bowing in front of the enthusiastic Bejing audience: Alicia Amatriain and Friedemann Vogel

Dramatic scene in the second act: Louis Stiens as Benvolio, Roman Novitzky as Tybalt, Pablo von Sternenfels as Mercutio and Friedemann Vogel as Romeo

Paula Rezende, Roger Cuadrado, Ludovico Pace and Angelina Zuccarini

Group photo: Angelika Bulfinsky with her group of supers in Beijing

Louis Steins danced Benvolio in our last performance in Beijing, here before the performance with make up artist Samira Raedcher

CHINA // OCTOBER 2016 (Day 12)

Slowly our China tour is coming to an end. Last night was the second of three performances in Beijing. Hyo-Jung Kang and Constantine Allen who danced together for the first time as Romeo and Juliet were a beautiful couple and were celebrated by an amazing audience! Tonight is already our last performance at the China National Center of the Performing Arts after which we will have a short night before we start our trip back to Stuttgart …

Hyo-Jung Kang as Juliet and Constantine Allen as Romeo

Bows in front of a wonderful Beijing audience: Hyo-Jung Kang and Constantine Allen

Robert Robinson as Tybalt

A wonderful new couple: Hyo-Jung Kang as Juliet and Constantine Allen as Romeo

The fatal moment in act two: Constantine Allen as Romeo, Pablo von Sternenfels as Mercutio and in the back Robert Robinson as Tybalt

CHINA // OCTOBER 2016 (Day 11)

Photos  from yesterday – our first performance on this tour in Beijing :)

The impressive National Center for the Performing Arts reflecting in the artifical lake

The star-crossed lovers in our first Beijing performance were David Moore as Romeo, Elisa Badenes as Juliet

The sword fight in the first act from a different perspective

Our supers in Beijing

David Moore as Romeo

Elisa Badenes waiting for her entry in the second act

Elisa Badenes as Juliet, David Moore as Romeo

Matteo Crockard-Villa as Tybalt, just before the end of the second act

Quick massage during the intermission: Katarzyna Kozielska with our physio therapist Matthias Knop

Elisa Badenes as Juliet, David Moore as Romeo

CHINA // OCTOBER 2016 (Day 10)

Yesterday was a full day for all of us at the National Center for the Performing Arts with a stage rehearsal in the evening …

The dancers arriving at the theatre.

Hyo-Jung Kang and Constantine Allen in the rehearsal with Tamas Detrich

Hyo-Jung Kang and Constantine Allen in the rehearsal

Elisa Ghisalberti, Ayaka Fuji, Maria Betoret

Rehearsal in the studio with Hyo-Jung Kang (Juliet) and Sonia Santiago (Juliet’s Nurse) and the ballet masters: Yseult Lendvai, Tamas Detrich, Thierry Michel

Hyo-Jung Kang and Constantine Allen in the rehearsal

Hyo-Jung Kang and Constantine Allen in the rehearsal

Press conference in the theatre with the Artistic Director of the National Theatre Sonia Zhao, Reid Anderson, Alicia Amatriain and Friedemann Vogel, ©Wang Xiaojing/NCPA

Hyo-Jung Kang and Constantine Allen in the rehearsal

Press conference in the theatre with the Artistic Director of the National Theatre Sonia Zhao, Reid Anderson, Alicia Amatriain and Friedemann Vogel, ©Wang Xiaojing/NCPA

Tamas Detrich, Reid Anderson, Krzysztof Nowogrodzki on the stage of the National Center for the Performing Arts

Hyo-Jung Kang and Constantine Allen in the rehearsal

The dancers warming up on stage before the stage rehearsal

The dancers applaud to the National Ballet of China Symphony Orchestra before the first stage rehearsal with conductor Wolfgang Heinz

Hyo-Jung Kang and Constantine Allen in the rehearsal with conductor Wolfgang Heinz and pianist Alastair Bannerman

Press conference in the theatre with the Artistic Director of the National Theatre Sonia Zhao, Reid Anderson, Alicia Amatriain and Friedemann Vogel, ©Wang Xiaojing/NCPA

Company class

Our stage manager Ekkehard Kleine

Robert Robinson and Adam Russell-Jones on the bridge

CHINA // OCTOBER 2016 (Day 8&9)

October 31st was our travel, of which we spent most time in airplanes and buses – our arrival in Bejing was just in time for rush hour …

On the next day our technical staff arrived early at the theatre to unload the boxes and began working on the stage and the costume department set up the dressing rooms in this huge theatre, the National Center for the Performing Arts.

Most of our dancers were able to enjoy a free day yesterday to explore the city – at chilly temperatures, but in bright sunshine!

Our company checking in at Shanghai Airport

Destination: ???

Destination: Beijing!!!

Impressions from the Lama Temple