Ein Mittsommernachtstraum | Choreografie: Alexander Ekman | © Leszek Januszewski
STRAWINSKY! - Sacre | Choreografie: Edward Clug | © Leszek Januszewski
Dust | Choreografie: Akram Khan | © Leszek Januszewski
Ein Mittsommernachtstraum | Choreografie: Alexander Ekman | © Leszek Januszewski
STRAWINSKY! - Sacre | Choreografie: Edward Clug | © Leszek Januszewski
Dust | Choreografie: Akram Khan | © Leszek Januszewski
The BALLETT DORTMUND is an independent division of the THEATER DORTMUND. In its programming it combines the tradition of European dance art with the artistic signatures of contemporary choreographers. Over the past decade and a half, it has contributed to the international revitalisation of the genre with its own productions of story ballets based on world literature not previously accessible to dance. Close collaboration with Mauro Bigonzetti, Demis Volpi, Christian Spuck, Douglas Lee, Jacopo Godani, Alexander Ekman, Edward Clug and others. Affiliated with the main company is the NRW JUNIORBALLETT, founded in 2014 by Xin Peng Wang as a two-year training programme for highly talented young dancers, which has since advanced to become Dortmund's "dance ambassador" through its Europe-wide guest performances.
On the history of the ensemble
The Ballett Dortmund currently comprises 26 dancers from 14 nations. Since 2014, it has also been affiliated with the twelve-dancer NRW Junior Ballet, a project that offers young dancers the opportunity to gain professional and stage experience for two years, to participate in productions and to develop and realise independent dance projects. Under the direction of Xin Peng Wang, Ballett Dortmund has established itself as an innovative force in the dance scene of North Rhine-Westphalia. Wang, himself an artistic representative of a movement language based on neoclassicism, focuses on the discovery of new (literary) material and composers for full-length story ballets. The repertoire also includes creations and existing works by renowned choreographers such as William Forsythe, Hans van Manen, Mauro Bigonzetti, Christian Spuck, Benjamin Millepied, Alexander Ekman, Cayetano Soto, Edwaard Liang, Douglas Lee, Demis Volpi, Edward Clug, Wayne McGregor, Akram Khan and George Balanchine. With its youth and senior dance theatre, Ballett Dortmund focuses on active cultural development work. At the Ballettzentrum Westfalen, Ballett Dortmund organises an annual summer academy with internationally renowned teachers and students from all over the world.
Xin Peng Wang, born in Dalian (China), trained in Beijing, member of the Chinese National Ballet. Emigrated to Europe in 1989. 2001 - 2003 Ballet Director at the State Theatre in Meiningen, since 2003 artistic director and since 2020 general director of BALLETT DORTMUND. Artistic collaborations include The Hong Kong Ballet, National Ballet of China Beijing, Contemporary Dance Festival in New York, Ballet of the Semperoper Dresden, Het Nationale Ballet Amsterdam and Royal Ballet van Vlaanderen Antwerpen. In 2000 he created the ballet "Die rote Laterne ("The Red Lantern") with director Yimou Zhang, which was shown more than 250 times worldwide. Xin Peng Wang contributed to the revitalisation of the genre with his highly acclaimed story ballets.
Productions from the 2022/2023 season
Romeo und Julia
Premiere: 1996
Choreography: Jean-Christophe Maillot
Music: Sergej Prokofjew
29 dancers
Stage dimensions: 16x16 meter
Dauer: 120 minutes
Peer Gynt
Premiere: 2015
Choreography: Edward Clug
Music: Edvard Grieg
31 dancers
Stage dimensions: 16x16 meter
Duration: 105 minutes
Da Vinci Mode
Premiere: 2023
Choreography: Douglas Lee, Gaj Žmavc, Marijn Rademaker
Music: Nicolas Sávva, Gaj Žmavc, Peter I. Tschaikowsky
4 dancers (Douglas Lee), 6 dancers (Gaj Žmavc), 3 dancers (Marijn Rademaker)
Stage dimensions: variable
Duration: 15 minutes (Douglas Lee), 30 minutes (Gaj Žmavc), 15 minutes (Marijn Rademaker)
Strawinsky! Petruschka / Le Sacre Du Printemps
Premiere: 2021 (Petruschka), 2012 (Sacre)
Choreography: Xin Peng Wang (Petruschka), Edward Clug (Sacre)
Music: Igor Strawinsky
29 dancers (Petruschka), 12 dancers (Sacre)
Stage dimensions: 16x16 meter (Petruschka), variable (Sacre)
Duration: 34 minutes (Petruschka), 45 minutes (Sacre)
New London Moves
Premiere: 2005 (Eden│Eden), 2022 (Maquette), 2015 (Dust)
Choreography: Wayne McGregor (Eden│Eden), Douglas Lee (Maquette), Akram Khan (Dust)
Music: Steve Reich (Eden│Eden), Nicolas Sávvaa (Maquette), Jocelyn Pook (Dust)
9 dancers (Eden│Eden), 6 dancers (Maquette), 24 dancers (Dust)
Stage dimensions: variable (Eden│Eden), 16x16 meter (Maquette), variable (Dust)
Duration: 30 minutes (Eden│Eden), 20 minutes (Maquette), 30 minutes (Dust)
Ein Mittsommernachtstraum
Premiere: 2015
Choreography: Alexander Ekman
Music: Mikael Karlsson
31 dancers, 6 musicians and 1 singer
Stage dimensions: variable
Duration: 1 h 45 minutes
Productions from the 2021/2022 season
Strawinsky! Petruschka / Le Sacre Du Printemps
Year of premiere: Petrushka: 2021, Sacre: 2012
Choreographer: Petrushka: Xin Peng Wang, Sacre: Edward Clug
Libretto / Composition / Orchestra: Igor Stravinsky
Number of dancers: Petrushka: 29, Sacre: 12 dancers
Stage dimensions: Petrushka: 16*16 metres, Sacre: variable
Duration of the piece: Petrushka: 34 minutes, Sacre: 45 minutes
New London Moves
Year of premiere: Eden│Eden: 2005, Maquette: 2022, Dust: 2015
Choreographer: Eden│Eden: Wayne McGregor, Maquette: Douglas Lee, Dust: Akram Khan
Libretto / Composition / Orchestra: Music by Eden│Eden: Steve Reich, Maquette: Nicolas Sávvaa, Dust: Jocelyn Pook
Number of dancers*: Eden│Eden: 9, Maquette: 6, Dust: 24 dancers
Stage dimensions: Eden│Eden: variable, Maquette: 16*16 metres, Dust: variable
Duration of the piece: Eden│Eden: 30 minutes, Maquette: 20 minutes, Dust: 30 minutes
Ein Mittsommernachtstraum
Year of premiere: 2015
Choreographer: Alexander Ekman
Libretto / Composition / Orchestra: Music: Mikael Karlsson
Number of dancers: 31 dancers + 6 musicians and 1 singer
Stage dimensions: variable
Duration of the piece: 1 h 45 minutes
#Zauberflöte3.0
Year of premiere: 2019
Choreographer: Raimondo Rebeck
Libretto / Composition / Orchestra: Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arranged by Matthias Grimminger and Henning Hagedorn
Number of dancers: 12 dancers
Stage dimensions: variable
Duration of the piece: 1 h 20 minutes
Productions from the 2020/2021 season
Abstand
Year of premiere: 2020
Choreographer: Xin Peng Wang
Libretto / composition / orchestra: Music by Ólafur Arnalds, Samuel Barber, Beirut, Electric Youth, Missy Mazzoli and Giacomo Puccini
Number of dancers: 10 dancers
Stage dimensions: 16*16 metres
Duration of the piece: 75 minutes
Digital & Analog – zweiteiliger Ballettabend: Fluid Housing / Die Vier Jahreszeiten
Year of premiere: Fluid Housing: 2019, Die Vier Jahreszeiten: 2020
Choreographer: Fluid Housing: Wubkje Kuindersma, The Four Seasons: Raimondo Rebeck
Libretto / Composition / Orchestra: Fluid Housing: Valgeir Sigurðsson, Die Vier Jahreszeiten: Antonio Vivaldi, Max Richter, Ólafur Arnalds
Number of dancers: Fluid Housing: 6, Die Vier Jahreszeiten: 10 dancers
Stage dimensions: Fluid Housing: 8*12 metres, Die Vier Jahreszeiten: variable
Duration of the piece: Fluid Housing: 21 minutes, Die Vier Jahreszeiten: 60 minutes
Die göttliche Komödie III: Paradiso
Year of premiere: 2021
Choreographer: Xin Peng Wang
Libretto / Composition / Orchestra: 48Nord
Number of dancers: 30 dancers
Stage dimensions: 16*16 metres
Duration of the piece: 60 minutes
Fordlandia
Year of premiere: 2020
Choreographer: Anna Hop, Yuri Possokhov, Juanjo Arqués and Christopher Wheeldon
Libretto / Composition / Orchestra: Music by Frédéric Chopin, Georgi Vasilyevich Sviridov, Johánn Johánnsson and Arvo Pärt
Number of dancers: 2 dancers
Stage dimensions: variable
Duration of the piece: 70 minutes
In the Still of the Night
Year of premiere: 2021
Choreographer: Matthew Golding
Libretto / Composition / Orchestra: Music by The Five Satins, Philip Glass, Ben E. King & The Drifters, Edith Piaf, Max Richter, The Righteous Brothers, The Ronettes
Number of dancers: 2 dancers
Stage dimensions: variable
Duration of the piece: 60 minutes
Productions of the 2019/2020 season
XXX. International Ballet Gala - Gala of St. Petersburg Ballet Soloists (2019)
Choreographer: Various
Number of dancers*: NN
Stage dimensions: 16m x 16m
Duration: approx. 2 hours
DIE GÖTTLICHE KOMÖDIE II – PURGATORIO (2019)
Choreographer: Xin Peng Wang
Number of dancers: 21
Stage dimensions: 16m x 16m
Duration: 75 min.
#zauberflöte3.0 (2019)
Choreographer: Raimondo Rebeck
Number of dancers: 13
Stage dimensions: 12m x 16m
Duration: 80 min.
Bauhaus100. Tanzarchitekturen von Oskar Schlemmer, Wubkje Kuindersma / Nicole Aebersold.
Oskar Schlemmer / Gerhard Bohner / Ivan Liska: Triadic Ballet. (Bavarian Junior Ballet Munich), Wubkje Kuindersma / Nicole Aebersold: Fluid Housing (world premiere).
Year of premiere: 1921 / 2019
Stage dimensions: 16m x 16m
Number of dancers: Triadic Ballet: 13, Fluid Housing: 6
Duration: 45 min / 22 min
Rachmaninow | Tschaikowsky (2017)
Choreographer: Xin Peng Wang
Stage dimensions: 16m x 16m
Number of dancers: 22
Duration: 120 min
EIN MITTSOMMERNACHTSTRAUM (2015)
Choreographer: Alexander Ekman
Stage dimensions: 16m x 16m
Number of dancers: 34
Duration: approx. 2 hours
Drei Farben: Tanz (2013)
Choreographer: William Forsythe, Johan Inger and Alexander Ekman
Stage dimensions: 16m x 16m
Number of dancers: 21
Duration: 100 min
XXXI. Internationale Ballettgala (2020)
Choreographer: Various
Stage dimensions: 16m x 16m
Number of dancers: NN
Duration: approx. 2.5 hours
Und Seide wasche ich nur mit 90 Grad – Seniorentanztheater (And silk I only wash at 90 degrees - Senior Dance Theatre) (2020)
Choreographer: Mark Hoskins
Stage dimensions: 12m x 12m
Number of dancers: tba
Duration: 75 min.
Productions of the season 2017/2018
Der Nussknacker (première 2005)
Choreography: Benjamin Millepied, Music: P.I. Tchaikovsky,
26 dancers, stage dimensions 14 x 14 m, 95 min
Faust II (premiere 2016)
Choreography: Xin Peng Wang, Music: Hans Abrahamsen, Louis Andriessen, Luciano Berio, Michael Gordon, David Lang, Peteris Vasks
22 dancers, stage dimensions: 14 x 14 m, 90 min
Premieres
Rachmaninow I Tschaikowsky (2017)
Choreography: Xin Peng Wang, Music: Sergei Rachmaninov and Peter Tchaikovsky
29 dancers, 130 min
Touring Repertoire 2017/2018
Rain Dogs (UA 2011)
Choreography: Johan Inger
Music: Tom Waits
9 dancers, 25 min
Unitxt (UA 2013)
Choreography: Richard Siegal
Music: Carsten Nicolai aka Alva Noto
12 dancers, 30 min
Balkan-Hochzeit (UA 2017)
Choreography: Edward Clug
Music: Balanescu Quartet,
18 dancers, 35 min
The Sofa (UA 1995)
Choreography, lighting: Itzik Galili
Music: Tom Waits
3 dancers, 10 min
Four little swans (UA 2017)
Choreography: Itzik Galili
Music: P. I. Tchaikovsky
4 dancers; 10 min
Versus Standard (UA 2015)
Choreography: Jacopo Godani
Music: 48nord
6 dancers, 20 min
Orient Express (UA 2017)
Choreography: Demis Volpi
12 dancers, 70 min
Faust II (UA 2016)
Choreography: Xin Peng Wang
Music: Hans Abrahamsen, Louis Andriessen, Luciano Berio, Michael Gordon, David Lang, Peteris Vasks
22 dancers, 90 min
Der Nussknacker (première 2005)
Choreography: Benjamin Millepied
Music: P. I. Tchaikovsky
26 dancers, 95
Alice (UA 2014)
Choreography: Mauro Bigonzetti
Music: Gruppo Azzuro
20 dancers, 100 min
Rachmaninow 3. Klavierkonzert (UA 2017) /
Tschaikowski 6. Sinfonie (UA 2017)
Choreography: Xin Peng Wang
Music: Sergei Rachmaninov / P. I. Tchaikvosky
26 dancers, 95 min
Productions of the 2016/2017 season
Faust I - Gewissen (UA 2016)
Choreography: Xin Peng Wang, Music: Hans Abrahamsen, Louis Andriessen, Luciano Berio, Michael Gordon, David Lang and Pēteris Vasks, Libretto: Christian Baier
24 dancers, stage dimensions 14 x 18 m, 90 min.
Balkan-Hochzeit (UA 2017)
Choreography: Edward Clug, Music: Balanescu Quartet,
18 dancers, stage dimensions variable, 35 min
Unitxt (première 2013)
Choreography: Richard Siegal, Music: Carsten Nicolai aka Alva Not Jo
12 dancers, 12 x 12 m, 30 min
Raindogs (première 2011)
Choreography: Johan Inger, Music: Tom Waits
9 dancers, stage dimensions 12 x 12 m, 25 min
Quizas (UA 2017)
Choreography: Raimondo Rebeck, Music: Nat King Cole / Perez Prado
10 dancers, stage dimensions variable, 10 min
Four little swans (UA 2017)
Choreography: Itzik Galili, Music: P. I. Tchaikovsky
4 dancers, stage dimensions variable, 10 min
Productions of the 2015/2016 season
Faust I - Gewissen (premiere 2016)
Choreography: Xin Peng Wang, Music: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Bryce Dressner, Igor Wakhevitch, Superflu and Rammstein, Libretto: Christian Baier
34 dancers, stage dimensions 14 x 16 m, 90 min.
Der Nussknacker (première 2005)
Choreography: Benjamin Millepied, Music: P.I. Tchaikovsky,
26 dancers, stage dimensions 14 x 14 m, 95 min
Versus Standard (UA 2015)
Choreography: Jacopo Godani, Music: 48nord
6 dancers, 12 x 12 m, 20 min
The Sofa (UA 1995)
Choreography: Itzik Galili, Music: Tom Waits
3 dancers, stage dimensions variable, 10 min
Regen in deinen dunklen Augen (Rain in your dark eyes) (première 2015)
Choreography: Raimondo Rebeck, Music: Ezio Bosso
12 dancers, stage dimensions variable, 20 min
In-Between (UA 2013)
Choreography: Craig Davidson, Music: Franz Schubert
10 dancers, 12 x 12 m, 25 min
Productions of the 2014/2015 season
n.N. (2015)
Choreography: Demis Volpi
10 dancers
Das Piano (2015)
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček, Music: Michael Nyman, Libretto: Jane Campion
22 dancers, stage dimensions 12 x 14 m, 70 min.
Zauberberg (2014)
Choreography: Xin Peng Wang, Music: Lepo Sumera, Libretto: Christian Baier
36 dancers, stage dimensions 14 x 16 m, 90 min
A full half turn (2014)
Choreography: Raimondo Rebeck, Music: J. S. Bach, Barbatuques
12 dancers, stage dimensions variable, 6 min
Der Traum der Roten Kammer (The Dream of the Red Chamber) (2012)
Choreography: Xin Peng Wang, Music: Michael Nyman, Libretto: Christian Baier
46 dancers, stage dimensions 16 x 24 m, 95 min
Schwanensee (2012)
Choreography: Xin Peng Wang, Music: P. I. Tchaikovsky
52 dancers, stage dimensions 14 x 16 m, 100 min
Closer (2006)
Choreography: Benjamin Millepied, Music: Philip Glass
2 dancers, stage dimensions variable, 18 min
Productions of the 2013/2014 season
Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald (Tales from the Vienna Woods) (2014)
Choreography: Xin Peng Wang, Music: Alban Berg, J. Strauß, Libretto: Christian Baier
22 dancers, stage dimensions 14 x 20 m, 90 min.
PianoPieces (2013)
Choreography: Douglas Lee, Music: Jurriaan Andriessen, Frank Henne, Chiel Meijering, Jeroen van Veen, F. Schubert
7 dancers, stage dimensions variable, 25 min
Fantasia (2011)
Choreography: Xin Peng Wang, Music: Modest Mussorgski, Libretto: Christian Baier
44 dancers, stage dimensions 16 x 20 m, 95 min
Cacti (2010)
Choreography: Alexander Ekman, Music: L. v. Beethoven, J. Haydn, F. Schubert, Libretto: Spencer Theberge
16 dancers, stage dimensions variable, 30 min
Krieg und Frieden (War and Peace) (2008)
Choreography: Xin Peng Wang, Music: Dmitri Shostakovich, Libretto: Christian Baier
26 dancers, stage dimensions variable, 90 min
Cantata (2001)
Choreography: Mauro Bigonzetti, Music: Gruppo Azzuro
18 dancers, variable stage dimensions, 50 min
The Vertigenous Thrill of Exactitude (1996)
Choreography: William Forsythe, Music: F. Schubert
5 dancers, variable stage dimensions, 16 min
Strawinsky!
New London Moves
#zauberflöte3.0
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