Pure Seduction! // PREMIERE

Tonight’s the night! We hope you’ ll enjoy the premiere of our mixed repertory evening SEDUCTION!

With Katarzyna Kozielska’s Dark Glow …

Pablo von Sternenfels in a rehearsal of Katarzyna Kozielska’s Dark Glow

The choreographer in action: rehearsal of Katarzyna Kozieska’s Dark Glow

Rehearsal of Katarzyna Kozieska’s Dark Glow

Rehearsal of Katarzyna Kozieska’s Dark Glow

The choreographer in action: rehearsal of Katarzyna Kozieska’s Dark Glow

Alicia Amatriain, stage rehearsal of Katarzyna Kozieska’s Dark Glow

Alicia Amatriain, Fabio Adorisio, stage rehearsal of Katarzyna Kozieska’s Dark Glow

Stage rehearsal of Katarzyna Kozieska’s Dark Glow: Jessica Fyfe, Paula Rezende, Elisa Ghisalberti, Julia Bergua Orero, Veronika Verterich, Anouk van der Weijde, Joana Romaneiro, Sinead Brodd

… Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Faun …

Hyo-Jung Kang in a rehearsal of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Faun

Hyo-Jung Kang in a rehearsal of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Faun

Hyo-Jung Kang in a rehearsal of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Faun

… Marco Goecke’s Le Spectre de la Rose …

Rehearsal for Marco Goecke’s Le Spectre de la Rose

Rehearsal for Marco Goecke’s Le Spectre de la Rose: Fernanda de Souza Lopez, Matteo Miccini, Roger Cuadrado, Rolando D’Alesio, Agnes Su, Kieran Brooks, Noan Alves

Rehearsal for Marco Goecke’s Le Spectre de la Rose: Fabio Adorisio

Rehearsal for Marco Goecke’s Le Spectre de la Rose

… und Maurice Béjart’s Bolero!

Friedemann Vogel in a rehearsal of Maurice Béjart’s Bolero, photo: Roman Novitzky

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 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

EMAIL FROM … SANTIAGO DE CHILE (FRIEDEMANN VOGEL & HYO-JUNG KANG)

Hyo-Jung Kang and Friedemann Vogel with Marcia Haydée, photo: privat

Dear friends and audience in Stuttgart,

we’re sending you greetings from Santiago de Chile, where we will be dancing tonight with Marcia Haydée’s company, the Ballet de Santiago, in her version of The Sleeping Beauty. It will be a very exclusive Gala performance for the newspaper El Mercurio, with only invited guests watching – and we’re very glad to be a part of it!

Besides me, Hyo has also four passionate princes from Marcia’s company for her Rose Adagio :) During the rehearsals we had a lot of fun with Egon Madsen, who is also here as a guest ballet master, and of course also with Marcia! It is always wonderful to be working with her and everybody in her company is very friendly and welcoming!

Love from Santiago,

Friedemann & Hyo

Hyo-Jung Kang und Friedemann Vogel mit Marcia HaydéeHyo-Jung Kang and Friedemann Vogel with Marcia Haydée and Egon Madsen, photo: private

 

JAPAN // NOVEMBER 2015 (Day 13)

Dear Tour Diary,

last night was a very special night as our principal dancer Roman Novitzky gave his debut as Onegin. It is no exaggeration to say that it was spectacular. With perfect calm, superb partnering and a very own interpretation, Roman delivered the performance of a lifetime.

His Tatiana was Hyo-Jung Kang who also threw herself heart and soul into her role. Angelina Zuccarini and Pablo von Sternenfels were a feisty and passionate couple as Olga and Lensky and Matteo Crockard-Villa gave his equally successful debut as Prince Gremin, every inch the aristocrat who presented his wife proudly and with great solicitude at his ball. All in all a very exciting evening which was rewarded with many curtain calls and a very enthusiastic audience.

Tomorrow is a travel day: the company flies to Sapporro. There the next debuts await us: Miriam Kacerova and Constantine Allen will give their debuts as Juliet and Romeo.

We will keep you posted!!!

Unsere zweite Onegin Vorstellung in Tokio mit Hyo-Jung Kang als Tatjana und Roman Novitzky als OneginRoman Novitzky bei seinem Onegin Debüt in Tokio

Hyo-Jung Kang as Tatiana und Roman Novitzky als Onegin in our second performance of Onegin in Tokyo

Hyo-Jung Kang as Tatiana und Roman Novitzky als Onegin in our second performance of Onegin in Tokyo

Roman Novitzky dancing his debut as Onegin

Roman Novitzky dancing his debut as Onegin

The second act: Roman Novitzky as Onegin

The second act: Roman Novitzky as Onegin

The second act of Onegin: Tatiana meets Prince Gremin

Onegin in the third act

Tatiana and Gremin in the third act

The heart-breaking final pas de deux of Tatiana and Gremin

The heart-breaking final pas de deux of Tatiana and Gremin

The dramatic ending of the ballet

Tatiana and Onegin in the last moments of the performance

Well-earned applause

Roman Novitzky with a young fan

Hyo-Jung Kang and Roman Novitzky with their japanese fans

Hyo-Jung Kang and Roman Novitzky with their japanese fans

Hyo-Jung Kang and Roman Novitzky pose for a photo after the performance