Hessian State Ballet

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The Hessian State Ballet is a ballet company that was founded in 2014. In the two Hessian state theaters Wiesbaden and Darmstadt it covers the respective ballet branch. The sponsors are the state of Hesse and the cities of Darmstadt and Wiesbaden . The core of the ensemble is made up of 28 dancers and a management team.

history

The creation of the Hessian State Ballet goes back to an initiative of Uwe Eric Laufenberg , Artistic Director at the State Theater Wiesbaden, and Karsten Wiegand, Artistic Director at the State Theater Darmstadt. When they began their artistic directorship in 2014, they agreed to merge their dance divisions and to replace two of their own dance ensembles with a total of 40 permanent dancers with the joint Hessian State Ballet. The close cooperation goes back to a contract from the seventies, in which the possibilities for cooperation between the two houses are regulated. The concept of the Hessian State Ballet provides on the one hand action ballets by the permanent chief choreographer and the rehearsal of pieces with guest choreographers from all over the world. In addition, the Hessian State Ballet invites international dance professionals and companies to guest performances. This should allow audiences in Darmstadt and Wiesbaden to experience a wider range of contemporary dance. Accordingly, the first ballet evening of the Hessian State Ballet (2014/15) under the title “Aufwind” consisted of three parts with pieces by Tim Plegge, Richard Siegal and Alexander Ekman.

In addition to the repertoire performances as well as guest performances and residencies, the Hessian State Ballet offers a number of events and workshops in the field of dance education. The target group are people with and without prior knowledge of dance.

When the Hessian State Ballet was founded, Tim Plegge was engaged as ballet director and chief choreographer. The full-length narrative ballets he created include the pieces Cinderella , Midsummer Night's Dream , Kaspar Hauser , Eine Winterreise, Fake and The Nutcracker . In addition, Plegge initiated several participation projects in which interested amateur dancers can also participate (including Odysee_21).

Bruno Heynderickx has been curator and deputy ballet director since the first season ; In this function he designs the program of guest performances and residencies of the Hessian State Theater. Heynderickx will take over the ballet management for the 2020/21 season, as the previous director Tim Plegge intends to devote himself more to choreographic work in the future. However, he will stay with the Hessian State Ballet as resident choreographer.

Guest choreographers

As guest choreographers in residences, the Hessian State Ballet was able to include Itzig Galili, Marco Goecke , Marcos Morau, Damien Jalet , Yaniv Cohen, Paula Rosolen , Alexander Whitley, Richard Siegal, Alexander Ekman, Itamar Serussi, Crystal Pite , Václav Kunes, Cayetano Soto, Wayne McGregor , Itamar Serussi, Hofesh Shechter, Philippe Saire, Helena Waldmann , Nadia Geugré, Jason Jacobs, Alejandro Cerrudo, Jeroen Verbruggen, Bryan Arias and Edward Clug win.

Guest performances

At the invitation of the Hessian State Ballet, the Nederlands Dans Theater 2 , Rianto and Surjit Nongmeikapam, Melk Prod, Spitfire Company, Leineroebana, La Veronal, Hofesh Shechter Company, Balé da Cidade de Sao Paulo, Companhia Nacional de Bailado, Dorrance Dance, Jan Martens have already performed , Compagnie XY, Ayelen Parolin, LEV, Compagnie Kadidi, Candoco Dance Company, Cocoondance, Eun-Me Ahn, Leonid Yacobson Ballet, Balletto di Roma, Cie Philippe Saire, Nadia Beugré, Batsheva Dance Company, Chunky Move, Sol Dance Company, Compagnie MAD, Aloalii Tapu, La Intrusa, Cie Lanabel, MichaelDouglas Kollektiv, Cie Nicole Seiler, Cie Himé, Les Ballets C de la B, Ballet du Grand Théatre de Geneve, the GöteborgOperans Danskompani, the Bavarian Junior Ballet Munich and the Alonzo King Lines Ballet the stages in Wiesbaden and Darmstadt.

Others

The Hessian State Ballet has performed several times on national and international stages, including in Ludwigsburg, Innsbruck, Santander, Pamplona, ​​Valladolid and Belgrade.

In October 2017 the association "Friends of the Hessian State Ballet" was founded. The aim of the association is to support the ensemble, to accompany the work of the State Ballet and to promote dance art in the region.

With the “Startbahn” format, the dancers of the company themselves have the opportunity to rehearse and perform their own choreographies with the Hessian State Ballet.

For his role as a wanderer in Tim Plegge's play “Die Winterreise”, Ramon John received the German theater prize “Der Faust” for best dance performer of the year in 2018; John belongs to the permanent ensemble of the Hessian State Ballet.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Pas de deux for a common ballet. In: op-online.de. September 13, 2013, accessed April 15, 2020 .
  2. ^ "Hessisches Staatsballett Darmstadt Wiesbaden" opens up new perspectives for dance - Hessian Ministry for Science and Art. In: Wissenschaft.hessen.de. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
  3. ^ The German stage. In: die-deutsche-buehne.de. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Dance mediation. In: hessisches-staatsballett.de. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden - change of leadership at the Hessisches Staatsballett. In: Staatstheater-wiesbaden.de. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b magazine. In: hessisches-staatsballett.de. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
  7. ↑ friends. In: hessisches-staatsballett.de. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .
  8. ↑ https://www.staatstheater-wiesbaden.de/download/9580/hsw_spz1617_ballett.pdf
  9. ↑ Press releases. In: buhnenverein.de. Retrieved April 15, 2020 .