German television ballet

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German TV Ballet GmbH
legal form GmbH
founding 1962
Seat Berlin , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management Peter Wolf
Branch Entertainment industry
Website www.deutsches-fernsehballett.de

The German TV Ballet (until 2012 German TV Ballet of the MDR ) is a German ballet ensemble founded in 1962. It is to be dissolved in 2021 because the order situation no longer allows it to continue. A farewell tour in 2021 should be the official end of the ensemble.

history

On April 1, 1962, ballet master and dance soloist Günter Jätzlau laid the foundation stone for the television ballet on behalf of the GDR's German television station. At first eight dancers were engaged, by 1967 the ensemble increased to twenty members. Guest choreographers determined the further development alongside the existing management team.

Walter Schumann, previously a soloist and choreographer at the Friedrichstadtpalast Berlin, from 1967 promoted other dancers such as Emöke Pöstenyi and Susan Baker , who performed many soloists (based on the Kessler twins from West Germany ). In addition, a larger ballet hall was put into operation during this time , music and ballet masters and costume designers were hired, and a new production studio for the ensemble's costumes was created.

After 1975 the former soloists of the television ballet, Ferenc Salmayer and Emöke Pöstenyi, now designed a new profile for the dance ensemble as choreographers. In Ein Kessel Buntes , the Saturday evening show on GDR television, they regularly danced alongside national and international stars. From 1982 onwards, new soloists such as Ophelia Vilarova and Maik Damboldt took their place, and they were well recognized by the audience. In 1989 André Höhl was hired for the ballet.

After the collapse of the GDR in 1990, the continued existence of the TV ballet of GDR television was initially unclear. When the Telestar was awarded, Emöke Pöstenyi made an appeal to those responsible from the entertainment industry, which sparked discussions. At the end of December 1991, shortly before the shutdown of GDR television on December 31 of that year, the television director of the newly founded MDR television offered to keep the television ballet and connect it to its ARD station. A stroke of luck was the commitment of other shareholders who wanted to participate financially in the ballet.

In January 1992, the TV ballet of the GDR television in the MDR German television ballet GmbH . Since July 1992 the company has been responsible for the finances. In November of the same year the ensemble celebrated its 30th birthday. The previous location of the television ballet in the former film ateliers that wrote film history in Berlin-Johannisthal had to be cleared at the time. The Sender Free Berlin (now Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg ) provided a ballet hall in its television center on Masurenallee in Berlin-Westend at the end of May 1992, which is still the seat and rehearsal stage of the ensemble to this day.

The dance ensemble appeared increasingly in the shows of the MDR, followed by some engagements on the part of private television. They danced with Thomas Gottschalk on his Late Night Show on RTL , and there was also an ARD portrait called Alles balletti . In live performances, the ensemble appeared in the first fashion opera Mimi - La Bohème . At the same time drefa Filmatelier GmbH became active as a partner. The dancers also appeared in ARD feature film productions such as the Tatort film At Appearance Murder . The three-part dance on the volcano also showed the dancing ensemble members as actors.

In 1996 the television ballet broke even for the first time. The reach of the programs in which the dance ensemble participated increased to 122 million television viewers at the time. In 1997 there was also a tango special for MDR television, including with André Höhl, who has been dancing as a soloist since 1992. In 1999, the MDR transferred its shares in the German TV Ballet to DREFA Media Holding GmbH , which is a subsidiary of the station. In the same year the ensemble was free of debt for the first time since the fall of the Wall.

The German TV Ballet, 2012

Regularly Fernsehballett in occurs first in various galas at ARD and MDR. From 2013 to 2016 the German TV Ballet danced in the ZDF Eurovision show Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel .

In October and November 2008 the television ballet embarked on its first own World of Dance tour for the 45th anniversary of the ensemble in 13 German venues. Further tours followed under the titles Tanzpalast (2009) and STEPS - the perfection of movement (2010). In May and June 2013, the German TV Ballet took to the stage on David Garrett's Music Tour.

In February 2012, the MDR sold all of its shares in the television ballet to the artist manager Peter Wolf . Accordingly, the part of the name "of the MDR" was omitted. In June 2012, following a lawsuit by the German Football Association (DFB), the Munich Regional Court prohibited the use of the name "DFB-Ballett" and a logo similar to the Football Association.

In 2012 the German TV Ballet celebrates its 50th anniversary. In October 2012, Carmen Nebel presented a TV gala on the MDR on the occasion of the anniversary. In January 2013 the ensemble was on a major anniversary tour on the occasion of its 50th birthday. In November 2013 it was announced that the ballet would be dissolved.

In December 2013 the ballet was included in the Red List of Culture of the German Cultural Council and classified in Category 1 ( threatened with closure ).

After the imminent closure became known, the German TV Ballet experienced a wave of solidarity. Many celebrities, including Hape Kerkeling , David Garrett, and Carmen Nebel , offered their help. Since March 2014 it has been certain that the German TV Ballet will be preserved.

In January 2016, the German Press Agency (dpa) reported that the German TV Ballet is accompanying three German entertainment stars on their respective tours in 2016, star violinist David Garrett, Germany is looking for the superstar winner Beatrice Egli, ZDF presenter Carmen Nebel.

In 2017, the German TV Ballet was on a successful tour through the largest halls in the country with star violinist David Garrett for the 5th year in a row, danced in the Semperoper Dresden in 2017 in the performance “The Merry Widow”, was a guest in Stefanie Hertel's “The Great Show for Mother's Day ”on MDR as well as in many other programs. Among other things, the German TV Ballet performed on October 13, 2017 at the “Golden Hen Award” in Leipzig and on October 21, 2017 at Florian Silbereisen's Eurovision show (ARD, ORF, SRF) “Schlagerboom - Das Internationale Schlagerfest”, which took place in 3 Countries at the same time.

On October 14, 2017, the MDR honored the German TV Ballet on the occasion of the 55th anniversary with a big TV show "The big show of long legs, part 2". The anniversary show was on this Saturday evening with 1.42 million viewers nationwide, the most-watched prime-time show of all third programs. The anniversary gala was moderated by Stefanie Hertel. In the anniversary show for the 55th birthday of the German TV Ballet, the longstanding first female soloist of the German TV Ballet, Melanie Wolf , was bid farewell.

From 23 May to 21 July 2018, the shooting for the movie Traumfabrik with 19 dancers from the German TV Ballet took place in the Babelsberg studio .

In January and February 2019 the German TV Ballet danced again in the Semperoper in Dresden in 6 performances The Merry Widow .

On June 24, 2019, the world premiere of the movie “Dream Factory” took place in Berlin's Zoo Palast. The cinema release was on July 4, 2019 in 425 cinemas across Germany, and in Austria it was on July 5, 2019. "Traumfabrik" is the first cinema film for the German TV ballet in 45 years. In 1973 the fairy tale film Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella had the TV ballet Kino- Premiere. In 1975 the cult film was shown for the first time on ARD. Since then, it has been broadcast regularly in Germany and in many European countries during the Christmas season.

criticism

In October 2011, the appearance of six members of the ensemble in Grozny at the birthday party of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov , accused of serious human rights violations, led to criticism. It became known that nine dioceses of the Catholic Church were involved in the dance group through the holding company Tellux . As a result, Bodo Bergmann, the then managing director of the television ballet, received a warning from the broadcaster's shareholders' meeting.

Awards

  • 1991: Telestar - for Emöke Pöstenyi (TV ballet choreography)
  • 1992: Golden Camera - for the television ballet
  • 1994: Statue of the Paul Klinger Social Association - for the cohesion of the television ballet after 1989
  • 1995: Nomination for the Golden Rose of Montreux - for the ARD portrait about the ballet
  • 1995: Golden antenna of the Int. Blugoevgrad TV festivals in Bulgaria - for the ensemble
  • 2003: Krone der Volksmusik - for the television ballet

Web links

Commons : German TV Ballet  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The German TV Ballet. schlager.de, accessed on February 27, 2020 .
  2. ^ Off for the German TV Ballet! schlager.de, February 2, 2020, accessed on February 21, 2020 .
  3. ↑ PICTURE: Carmen Nebel kicks TV ballet out! September 13, 2016, accessed September 13, 2016 .
  4. ↑ MDR gets rid of the television ballet , Spiegel Online , February 6, 2012
  5. ↑ Dance out! The DFB stops the television ballet , evening newspaper from June 5, 2012
  6. ^ German television ballet before the end. sueddeutsche.de, November 24, 2013, accessed on November 24, 2013
  7. ↑ Politics & Culture Newspaper of the German Cultural Council 1 | 14 Page 13 Cultural Life Red List Culture ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 18, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kulturrat.de
  8. ^ German television ballet rescued , Saxon newspaper online.
  9. ↑ TV ballet with David Garrett, Beatrice Egli, Carmen Nebel on tour , Focus online on January 3, 2016
  10. ^ German television ballet we about us , German television ballet homepage
  11. ↑ The big show of long legs ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , mdr.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mdr.de
  12. ↑ The shooting of the love film 'Traumfabrik' has started in the Babelsberg studio - with Emilia Schüle, Dennis Mojen, Ken Duken and Heiner Lauterbach in the leading roles. In: studiobabelsberg.com, May 24, 2018.
  13. ↑ German bishops find themselves in need of explanation in Der Spiegel , issue 43/2011 , because of TV ballet guest performance with dictator Kadyrov
  14. ^ MDR television ballet danced for Kadyrow , Süddeutsche.de, October 16, 2011
  15. ↑ Bones up for Brother Dictator , Spiegel Online from October 16, 2011
  16. ↑ MDR television ballet: warned about Chechnya , Die Tageszeitung from October 26, 2011