The Ballett Theater Basel is a dynamic, polyvalent and multicultural ensemble in the internatio nal class, one of the leading contemporary dance groups in Europe. The members of the Ballett Theater Basel have thoroughly mastered the vocabulary of both classical ballet and contemporary dance, combining the highest standards of dance with virtuoso dynamism and inspired ex- pressiveness. The Basel ensemble has an outstanding command of both narrative and abstract ballet. There are plenty of contem-porary Choreographers working with the Ballett in Basel – Jiri Kylian, Nacho Duato, Ohad Naharin, Alexander Ekman, Johan Inger, Hofesh Shechter – to name only a few of them, and of course the outstanding choreo graphic Œvre of the Director of the Ballett Theater Basel, Richard Wherlock.
THE BALLETT THEATER
BASEL
OUR PRODUCTIONS 2017 / 2018SHECHTER / ARIASChoreographies from Hofesch Shechter (The Fools) and Bryan Arias (this is everything)Premiere September 29, 2017
SWANLAKEChoreography by Stijn Celis Premiere November 17, 2017
TEWJEChoreography by Richard WherlockFebruar 15, 2018; March 18, 23, 2018
DEATH IN VENICEChoreography by Richard WherlockPremiere April 13, 2018
DANCELAB 9Choreographies from the dancers of the Ballett Theater BaselPremiere Mai 24, 2018
TOURING PROGRAM
SNOW WHITEby Richard Wherlock
TEWJE by Richard Wherlock
DEATH IN VENICEby Richard Wherlock
PEER GYNT by Johan Inger
SWANLAKEby Stijn Celis
SHECHTER / ARIAS / EKMAN
THE FOOLSby Hofesh Shechter
THIS IS EVERYTHINGby Bryan Arias
CACTIby Alexander Ekman
BIOGRAPHY Born in Bristol (GB). After studying at London’s prestigious Ballet Rambert School, he joined their company as a dancer. Wherlock was Ballet Director at Hagen Theatre in Germany from 1991 to 1996, then spending three seasons as director of the Lucerne Ballet before moving to Komische Oper Berlin as artistic director and choreographer of BerlinBallett. He has been director and head choreographer of Ballett Basel since the 2001 / 2002 season, and artistic director of the renowned festival «basel tanzt» from 2004 to 2009. Richard Wherlock has been Director and Head Choreographer of Ballett Basel since 2001 / 2002 and has created many choreographies for the company. He has enjoyed particular success with his adaptations of great classics such as «A Swan Lake», «James or La Sylphide», «Traviata – a Ballet», «Carmen», «Giselle», or «Eugene Onegin» and other full- length narrative ballets which he has reinterpreted using contem porary dance techniques. He worked as choreographer with, among others, the following companies: New English Contemporary Ballet, Tanzforum Köln, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Finnish Dance Theatre Helsinki, Ballett Staatstheater Braunschweig, Romanian National Ballet, The Icelandic Ballet, Ballet National de Nancy et de Lorraine, Ballet National de Marseille, Ballet de l’Opéra de Nice, aalto ballett theater essen, Europa Danse (UNESCO), Ballett der Deutschen Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, Singapore Dance Theatre, Ballett der Vereinigten Bühnen Graz, Introdans in Arnheim / Holland, Ballett des Badischen Staatstheaters Karlsruhe, Phoenix Dance Theatre Leeds and Ballet Contemporaneo del Teatro San Martín / Argentina. Wherlock also created a full-length ballet for Les Étoiles de l’Opéra National de Paris, for the Ballet of the Opéra National de Bordeaux and for the Seoul Ballet Theatre. His film and TV work includes the choreography for Claude Lelouch’s cinema production «Hasards ou Coïncidences», presented in 1998 at the Venice Biennale and at the Montréal and Chicago festivals. In 2000,
Wherlock received the Prix Italia for the award-winning dance film «Passengers», produced by the Swiss broadcasting company DRS,
RM Associates and 3SAT. His most recent film success «One bullet left» – also produced by Swiss broadcasting
company DRS – was awarded the Golden Rose of Montreux in 2003. In 1999 he was nominated for
the international dance award «Benois de la Danse». Richard Wherlock’s particular
interest lies in supporting talented up-and-coming dancers. He serves on the
juries of numerous international dance competitions and president
of the Migros scholarship jury.
«Our art is … holding on and letting go, precision and disorganization. Dizzyingly fast, achingly slow, and everything in between. Back up, forth and down. Immeasurable. … I just love it.»Richard Wherlock
RUBEN DARIO BANOL HERRERA Colombia
Training: Incolballet (Colombia), Real Consérvatorio Profesional de Danza de Madrid
Previous companies: Compañía colombiana de ballet, Europadanse, Compañía Nacional de Danza 2, Ballet de la Generalitat Valenciana, Elephant in the Black Box
DIEGO BENITO GUTIERREZ Spain
Training: Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Madrid
Previous companies: ballett du Grand Theatre de Geneve, Nafas Dance Company, Introdans
CAMILLE AUBLÉ France
Training: Centre de Danse International Rosella Hightower (Cannes), Ecole de Rudra Béjart, Lausanne
Previous company: Ballet Biarritz
ENSEMBLE
ARMANDO BRASWELL USA
Training: La Guardia Highschool of Performing Arts, School of American Ballet, The Ailey School, The Juilliard School
Previous companies: The Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Ballett Theater München, Gauthier Dance Stuttgart
LISA HORTENSKILBREI* Norway
Training: Oslo National Academy of The Arts (KHiO), Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Scholarships at Batsheva Dance Company and Nederlands Dans Theater
PIRAN SCOTT Australia
Training: Theatre Arts Mackay, Queensland Ballet Professional Year (Australia)
Previous company: Queensland Ballet, Leipziger Ballett
SERGIO BUSTINDUY Spain
Training: Instituto del Teatro Barcelona, Balletschool Nacional de Cuba
Previous companies: Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Zürcher Ballett, TanzForum Köln, Euregio TanzForum, Staatstheater Saarbrücken, BerlinBallett/Komische Oper, Hannover Ballett
ALBA CARBONELL CASTILLO Spain
Training: Conservatorio Profesional de Danzade RibaRoja del Turia Valencia
Previous companies: Centro coreografico de Valencia, Compagñía National de Danza 2
LUNA BUSTINDUY MERTENS
France
Training: Ecole National Supérieure de Danse Marseille, Rudra Béjart Lausanne,
Hamburg Ballet School.
Previous companies: Company Igokat, Nederlands Dans Theater 2
LYDIA CARUSO Italy
Training: Rosella Hightower, Cannes
Previous companies: Compania de Danza La Mov, Ballet du Grand Théatre de Genève, Rudra Béjart LausanneISMAEL
DEL VALLE* Spain
Training: Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Madrid, Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin
Previous company: Larreal Madrid
MIRKO CAMPIGOTTO Italy
Training: Achillea in Rivarolo C.se., Kaos Balletto di Firenze, Codarts Rotterdam
Previous companies: Kaos Balletto di Firenze, Introdans, Saalandisches Staastheater Saarbrücken
JULIAN JUAREZ CASTAN Spain
Training: Coppelia Dance School, Instituto superior de danza Alicia Alonso
Previous companies: Ballet de Zaragoza, Ballet de Teatres de la Generalitat, Les Grand Ballets du Montreal, Scottish Dance Theater
DEBORA MAIQUES MARIN Spain
Training: Elise LummisSchool
Previous companies: Compañía Nacional de Danza España 2, Ballet Carmen Roche, Centro Coreografico de Valencia
JORGE GARCÍA PÉREZ Spain
Training: Escuela de danza Maria de Avila, Zaragoza, Spain
Previous companies: Biarritz Ballet II, SYBAA Ballet, Zürcher Ballett
ANNABELLE PEINTRE France
Training: Conservatoire de Danse d’Avignon
Previous companies: Compania Nacional de Danza II, Ballet Basel, Opéra de Lyon
AYAKO NAKANO Japan
Training: Tokyo, Royal Ballet School London, Prize Scholarship Prix de Lausanne 1992
Previous companies: Zürcher Ballett, TanzForum Köln, Euregio TanzForum, Staatstheater
Saarbrücken, BerlinBallett/Komische Oper
FLORENT MOLLET France
Training: Ecole de l’Opéra national de Paris, Ecole Atelier Rudra Béjart (Lausanne)
Previous companies: Opéra de Nice, Ballet d’Europe, Ballet Biarritz
FRANK FANNAR PEDERSEN Iceland
Training: Iceland Ballett School Reykjavik, Ballett schule der Finnischen Nationaloper (Helsinki)
Previous companies:Iceland Dance Company, IT Dansa Barcelona, Ballett des Staatstheaters Wiesbaden
ANTHONY RAMIANDRISOA France
Training: Conservatoire de Lyon
Previous company: Junior Ballet Lyon
MAX OSSENBERGENGELS* Germany
Training: BallettAkademie Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
Previous companies: Nürnberg Ballett
TANA ROSÁS SUNÉ Spain
Training: Instituto del Teatro Barcelona, Koninklijk Conservatorium (Den Haag)
Previous company: IT Dansa Barcelona
JAVIER RODRIGUEZ COBOS Spain
Training: Real Conservatorio Nacional de Danza de Madrid
Previous companies: Europa Danse, Ballet des jeunes d’Europe, Compañía National de Danza 2, Ballet de l’Opéra National du Rhin, Introdans
RAQUEL REY RAMOS Spain
Training: Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Madrid, Carmina OcañaSchule
Previous companies: Compañía Nacional de Danza España 2, Balletto di Teatro di Torino, Centro Coreografico de Valencia
DÉVIAZELIA SELLY France
Training: Rosella Hightower (Cannes), Rudra Béjart (Lausanne)
Previous companies:Béjart Ballet, Ballett Basel, Nederlands Dans Theater 2
GAIA MENTOGLIO* Italy
Training: Art Garage Napoli, Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden
MARINA SANCHEZ GARRIGÓS
Spain
Training: Institut del Teatre (Barcelona), Central School of Ballet (London)
Previous companies: New English Contemporary Ballet, Nürnberg Ballett
MAX ZACHRISSON Sweden
Training: Royal Swedish Ballet School
Previous company: Ballett Dortmund, SchleswigHolsteinisches Landestheater, Nürnberg Ballett
* Supported by Rosemarie StuzziThomiStiftung
SIDNEY ELIZABETH TURTSCHI Switzerland
Training: Ballettschule Theater Basel
Previous company: Ballett Basel
ANDREA TORTOSA
VIDAL Spain
Training: Estudio de danza Maria de Avilar; Nederlands
Danse Theater II
Previous company: Ballett Basel; Aterballetto
CRISTIANA SCIABORDI Italy
Ballet Mistress
TOMMASO PENNACCHIO Italy
Physiotherapist
THIBAUT CHERRADI France
Ballet Master
GUESTCHOREO-
GRAPHERS
OF THE
BALLETT THEATER BASEL
Rami Beer
Mauro Bigonzetti
Christopher Bruce
Claude Brumachon
Joelle Bouvier
Stijn Celis
Patrick Delcroix
Nacho Duato
Jorma Elo
Alexander Ekman
William Forsythe
Johan Inger
Jirí Kylián
Blanca Li
Hans van Manen
Ohad Naharin
Angelin Preljocaj
Hofesh Shechter
Stephan Thoss
Ed Wubbe
REPERTOIRE OF
RICHARD WHERLOCK
Le sacre du printemps / Sidewinding 2002
Rebus 2003
Prelude à l’après-midi d’un faune 2003
Der Tod und das Mädchen 2004
Nussknacker 2004
James oder la Sylphide 2006
Danses Galantes 2006
Verdi Code 2007
A Swan Lake 2008
Casanova.. was bleibt 2009
Carmen 2010
Le spectre de la Rose / La Valse 2011
Stoned 2012
Eugen Onegin 2013
Snow White 2013
Juditha Triumphans 2014
Tewje 2015
Robin Hood 2016
Tod in Venedig 2018
Richard Wherlock has rewritten the history of Ballet-Company in Basel. Over 15
years of unrelenting hard work, the ambitious and highly productive head of ballet
has assembled a company of the greatest technical skill, which is up there with the
best in the world in both neoclassical dance and contemporary dance techniques
and is frequently compared with famous international companies. For years,
Wherlock has pursued the concept of a blend of small-scale, contemporary
pieces, which are abstract in the broadest sense and play with associative
images, and modern, full-length narrative ballets which tell stories, paint
characters or interpret literary works in dance.
Richard Wherlock could be described as a gentle innovator: building on the
legacy of the classic and modern vocabulary, he choreographs contemporary
dance that is brimming with energy and brings it to the stage in traditional
story-telling form, as full-length narrative ballets. His choreographies are a
mix of effervescent, athletic tension and playful virtuosity and his pas de
deux in particular reveals a highly creative imagination. Today, the
company comprises 30 male and female dancers and is hugely popular
with audiences in Basel. Particularly successful are his adaptations of the
great classics, such as A Swan Lake, Traviata-Ein Ballett, Carmen,
Giselle, Eugen Onegin, his enchanting fairy tale ballet Snow White or
his outstanding Tewje and other full-length narrative ballets, which
Wherlock has reinterpreted in his own, incomparable way.
BALLETT THEATER BASEL ON TOUR SWITZERLAND Kurtheater BadenTheater Casino ZugStadttheater Bern «akzepTanz»Kronenmattsaal BinningenBâtiment des forces motrices, Genf
ISRAEL Opera Tel Aviv
KOREA National Theatre of KoreaGwacheon Citizens’ Hall
CHINATian Qiao Theater BeijingGrand Theater TianjinKaiming Theater SuzhouMajestic Theater Shanghai
GERMANY Graf Zeppelin Haus FriedrichshafenStadthalle GüterslohTheater im Pfalzbau LudwigshafenStadthalle Recklinghausen
FRANCE«Le Temps d’Aimer la Danse», BiarritzLa Coupole, Saint-Louis
ITALYTeatro Comunale, Modena
SPANIEN / SPAINTeatro Albeniz, Festival Internacional«Madrid en Danza», Teatro Arriaga, Bilbao«Baluarte» Palacio de Congresos, PamplonaTeatro Principal Antzokia, VitoriaTeatro Breton de Los Herreros, Logroño
HUNGARYThalia Theater, «Budapest Spring Festival»
CONTACTAnne-Catherine ThomasAdministration Ballett Theater BaselTheater Basel, Postfach, 4010 [email protected]
Tour manager: Stephan Hivert, [email protected]
Partner des Ballett Theater Basel
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Imprint: Published by: Theater Basel, Postfach, CH4010 Basel. Director: Andreas Beck, Administrative Director: Danièle Gross, Ballet Director: Richard Wherlock, Editorial Staff: Bettina Fischer, Photography: Portrait Cristiana Sciabordi: Armando Braswell, all other photographs: Ismael Lorenzo, graphic design: muxpp.de, Status: May 2017
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