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Stuttgart Ballet is a leading German
Verrohung im vornehmen Opernbetrieb
Telepolis, 29 Dezember 2021; Rupert Koppold
Totschweiger und Lobmaschinen
Kontext, 8 Dezember 2021; Gisela Sonnenburg
Reid Anderson feuert Stardirigenten
''Ballett-Journal'', 25 November 2021; Gisela Sonnenburg
junge Welt, 23 Dezember 2021; Andrea Kachelrieß
Stuttgarter Nachrichten, 9 Dezember 2021. The ballet's school is the .
Stuttgart Ballet is a leading German ballet
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...
company. Dating back to 1609, then the court ballet of the dukes of Württemberg, the modern company was founded by John Cranko and is known for full-length narrative ballets. The company received the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance in 1981.
History
The Stuttgart Ballet evolved from the court ballet of the Duke of Württemberg, dating back to 1609. The modern company was founded and shaped from 1961 by the South African born British dancer John Cranko "into a group with an exciting and visually arresting style". He created full-length narrative ballets including ''Romeo and Juliet
''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...
'', '' Onegin'' and '' The Taming of the Shrew'', John Neumeier created for the company ''Die Kameliendame'' and ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. The first tour to the US in 1969 resulted in international fame.
Dancers who have emerged from the company became well-known choreographers, including Neumeier, William Forsythe, Foofwa d'Imobilité, Uwe Scholz, Jiří Kylián and Renato Zanella.
Cranko was succeeded by as director by Glen Tetley (1974–1976) and Marcia Haydée (1976–1996) and then Reid Anderson (1996-present). The choreologist Georgette Tsinguirides has recorded all major ballets by Cranko and Kenneth MacMillan in Benesh Movement Notation and has been teaching these works to several generations of ballet companies internationally.
The company received the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance in 1981.
More than 25 years James Tuggle was the principal conductor of the Stuttgart Ballet. From 2019 through 2021 Mikhail Agrest was principal conductor.Gisela SonnenburgVerrohung im vornehmen Opernbetrieb
Telepolis, 29 Dezember 2021; Rupert Koppold
Totschweiger und Lobmaschinen
Kontext, 8 Dezember 2021; Gisela Sonnenburg
Reid Anderson feuert Stardirigenten
''Ballett-Journal'', 25 November 2021; Gisela Sonnenburg
junge Welt, 23 Dezember 2021; Andrea Kachelrieß
Stuttgarter Nachrichten, 9 Dezember 2021. The ballet's school is the .
Notable people
* Mikhail Agrest * Alicia Amatriain * Reid Anderson * Elisa Badenes * Ray Barra * Bridget Breiner * Daniel Camargo * Richard Cragun * John Cranko * Foofwa d'Imobilité * William Forsythe * Marco Goecke * Marcia Haydée * Kang Sue-jin * Birgit Keil * Jiří Kylián * Nora Kimball * Vladimir Malakhov * Egon Madsen * Evan McKie * John Neumeier * Sonia Santiago * Uwe Scholz * * * Glen Tetley * Georgette Tsinguirides * Friedemann Vogel * Renato ZanellaSee also
*List of productions of Swan Lake derived from its 1895 revival
This is a list of notable major productions of the ballet ''Swan Lake''. Throughout the long and complex performance history of ''Swan Lake'', Swan Lake (1895), the 1895 edition of Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, and Riccardo Drigo has served as the de ...
References
External links
* {{Authority control Ballet companies in Germany 1609 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire Organisations based in Stuttgart