THE FAB FIVE: TOI, TOI, TOI

Toi, toi, toi to our fab five!

Roman Novitzky © Carlos Quezada

Fabio Adorisio © Carlos Quezada

Katarzyna Kozielska © Carlos Quezada

Louis Stiens © Carlos Quezada

Marco Goecke © Carlos Quezada

THE FAB FIVE: REHEARSALS II

A little sneak peek into our ballet halls

Katarzyna Kozielska and ensemble in Take Your Pleasure Seriously © Carlos Quezada

Alicia Amatriain in Take Your Pleasure Seriously © Carlos Quezada

Ensemble in Under the Surface © Carlos Quezada

Alessandro Giaquinto and Timoor Afshar in Under the Surface © Carlos Quezada

Elisa Badenes in Skinny © Carlos Quezada

Shaked Heller and ensemble in Skinny © Carlos Quezada

Fabio Adorisio in Or Noir © Carlos Quezada

Anna Osadcenko and Fabio Adorisio in Or Noir © Carlos Quezada

Timoor Afshar in Almost Blue © Carlos Quezada

Elisa Badenes in Almost Blue © Carlos Quezada

THE FAB FIVE: REHEARSALS I

A little sneak peek into our ballet halls

Adhonay Soares da Silva, Daiana Ruiz and Fabio Adorisio in Or Noir © Carlos Quezada

Shaked Heller and Angelina Zuccarini in Skinny © Carlos Quezada

Shaked Heller in Skinny © Carlos Quezada

Elisa Badenes in Almost Blue © Carlos Quezada

Anna Osadcenko and Jason Reilly in Or Noir © Carlos Quezada

Diana Ionescu and Daniele Silingardi in Take You Pleasure Seriously © Carlos Quezada

Angelina Zuccarini in Almost Blue © Carlos Quezada

Veronika Verterich and Alessandro Giaquinto in Under the Surface © Carlos Quezada

Jessica Fyfe and Matteo Miccini in Under the Surface © Carlos Quezada

Jason Reilly and Rocio Aleman in Take Your Pleasure Seriously © Carlos Quezada

EMAIL FROM … MAINZ (LOUIS STIENS)

Hello everybody,

Louis Stiens sends love from Mainz, photo: private

I am writing to you from Mainz, where Stephen Dellatre’s ballet company will perform their company premiere of my choreography MatchBox. Maybe some of you still remember this little work which I created for the dancers of the Stuttgart Ballet. The world premiere was at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix 2015 on the Court of the Porsche Arena and can still be watched on the internet. Back then I had the idea to send two ballerinas in the arena, surrounded by their male colleagues and team members. Their pointe shoes were ruined after each performance because of the sandy ground which is not ideal for dance – but now in Mainz this will hopefully not be the case. Still, the men dance in sports shoes and the ladies on pointe, but without the arena and the excitement of the tournament. I will now watch the last rehearsals with lights and costumes before I send those six adorable dancers from Mainz into their intimate “arena”.

As soon as I am back in Stuttgart, I will be dancing in Krabat, the mixed repertory evening SEDUCTION! and continuing to work on my second commission for the Stuttgart Ballet for the mixed repertory evening NIGHT PIECES. I hope you are all well and that you will be there for the premiere on March 24, 2017! Let us welcome spring with an open heart!

Greetings,

louis *+*