ensembles: Schwerin_Ballett X Schwerin

Portrait

Starting with the 2021/22 season, Xenia Wiest is the new artistic director and chief choreographer at the Mecklenburg State Theatre Schwerin. With at least one new creation per season, she shapes the artistic profile of the international 14-member company. As a choreographer, the former ballerina finds her inspiration in the musical material and the individual body dynamics of her dancers. The X in the company's name symbolises an openness in all directions and the will to innovate. This applies not only to the artistic side, but also to the open management style involving the creation of a healthy and positive working environment. The integration and implementation of a holistic health programme and the realisation of a comprehensive scientific sport and medical approach is a novelty in the dance world. The dance language is based on a strong classical technique that integrates neo-classical and contemporary influences and does not limit itself aesthetically. Ultimately, the X symbolises a "for": an accessibility of the programme as well as a closeness of the choreographer Xenia to the audience.

History and biography

On the ensemble´s history

The first documented reference to a dance ensemble at the Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin was in 1755: on the occasion of Duchess Amalia von Mecklenburg-Schwerin’s birthday, a ballet with pantomimes was performed under the directorship of the ballet master Girard who was employed by the court. The ballet ensemble, which was almost completely dismantled and temporarily replaced by choir members in the 19th century, was reborn with a new ensemble and permanently contracted dancers at the beginning of the 20th century; it then integrated contemporary developments and German expressionist dance (Ausdruckstanz) into a classical repertoire. After the end of the Second World War, work on dance began again immediately. The ballet ensemble has been a successful, nationally acclaimed department of the Mecklenburgische Staatstheater Schwerin since 1945.

Ballett director: Xenia Wiest

Images

Dancing Souls | © Victoria Nazarova

Nacht ohne Morgen | © Admill Kuyler

Through my eyes | © Maria-Helena Buckley Klemm

Productions

2022/2023
2022/2023
Productions from the 2022/2023 season
Dancing Souls
Premiere: 28.10.2022
Choreography: Xenia Wiest, Marco Goecke
14 dancers
Stage: 13 x 15 m, ca. 80 min
Tanzkulturen
Premiere: 3.3.2023
Choreography: Nicholas Palmquist, Jonathan dos Santos, Alessandra La Bella, Ana Isabel Casquilho
14 dancers
Stage: 10 x 9 m, ca. 80 min
Der kleine Prinz
Premiere: 28.04.2023
Choreography: Xenia Wiest
14 dancers
Stage: 13 x 15 m, ca. 80 min
2021/2022
2021/2022
Productions from the 2021/2022 season
Nacht ohne Morgen
Premiere: 25.09.2021
Choreography: Xenia Wiest
14 dancers
Stage dimensions: 13 x 15 m, 55 min
Rendezvous
Premiere: 19.11.2021
Choreography: Xenia Wiest
10 dancers
stage dimensions: 10 x 9 m
Through my eyes
Premiere: 04.03.2022
Choreography: Xenia Wiest
14 dancers
stage dimensions: 13 x 15 m, 55 min
2019/2020
2019/2020
Productions of the 2019/2020 season
Move On!
Choreography: Members of the ballet company
Number of dancers: 12 dancers
Duration of the piece: 70 minutes, no intermission
Geliebte Clara
Choreography: Jutta Ebnother
Revival: 23.10.2019
Musical direction: Daniel Huppert
Music: Clara and Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms and Aribert Reimann
Number of dancers: 14 dancers
Duration of the piece: 125 minutes, one intermission
Orfeo ed Euridice
Choreography: Stefano Giannetti
Premiere: 15.11.2019
Musical direction: Manfred Mayrhofer
Libretto: Ranieri Simone Francesca Maria de' Calzabigi
Number of dancers: 12 dancers 3 singers and choir
Duration of the piece: 110 minutes, one intermission
Frida ¡! Carmen
Choreography: Jutta Ebnother and Ihsan Rustem
Premiere: 13.03.2020 -> not performed due to Covid-19
Musical direction: Ivo Hentschel
Orchestra: Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin
Number of dancers: 14 dancers
(One singer with Frida)
Duration of the piece: did not take place due to Covid-19
previous seasons
previous seasons
Expected touring program 2017/2018

Ravel
Choreography: Jutta Ebnother

Apropos Liebe
Choreography: Martin Chaix

Mazl Tov
Choreography: Jutta Ebnother

Productions from the 2015/2016 season

Kammertanz – Uraufführung (2016)
Choreography: Sergej Gordienko
16 dancers
Stage: 10 x 9 m

Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung (2015)
Choreography: Tomasz Kajdanski, Musik: Dmitri Schostakowitsch
16 dancers, 1 Extra
Stage: 13 x 15 m, 110 min

Una scatola di vita – Ein Karton voller Leben (2015)
Choreography: Francesco Nappa
16 dancers
Stage: 10 x 9 m, 90 min

Der Nussknacker (2014)
Choreography: Sergej Gordienko, Musik: Peter I. Tschaikowski
16 dancers, 10 Kids, 2 Extra
Stage: 13 x 15 m, 120 min

HardBeat – Das Rockballett (2014)
Choreography: Sergej Gordienko
16 dancers, 11 extras
Stage: 13 x 15 m, 125 min

MOZART? maybe! (2014)
Choreography: Lode Devos
16 dancers
Stage: 10 x 9 m, 90 min

Productions from the 2014/2015 season
Una scatola di vita – Ein Karton voller Leben (2015)
Choreography: Francesco Nappa
16 dancers, stage: 10 x 9 m
Der Nussknacker (2014)
Choreography: Sergej Gordienko, music: Peter I. Tschaikowsky
16 dancers, 10 children, 2 background actors
stage: 13 x 15 m, 120 min

HardBeat – Das Rockballett (2014)
Choreography: Sergej Gordienko
16 dancers, 11 background actors
Bühnenmaße: 13 x 15 m, 125 min

MOZART? maybe! (2014)
Choreography: Lode Devos
16 dancers, stage: 10 x 9 m, 90 min
Hummelflug – Klassik trifft Moderne (2013)
Choreography: Sergej Gordienko, Lode Devos
16 dancers, stage: 10 x 9 m, 100 min

Schlafes Bruder (2013)
Choreography: Ralf Rossa
16 dancers, 2 background actors
stage: 13 x 15 m, 120 min

Productions from the 2013/2014 season
HardBeat – Das Rockballett (2014)
Choreography: Sergej Gordienko
16 dancers, 11 background actors
stage: 13 x 15 m, 125 min

MOZART? maybe! (2014)
Choreography: Lode Devos
16 dancers, stage: 10 x 9 m, 90 min
Hummelflug – Klassik trifft Moderne (2013)
Choreography: Sergej Gordienko, Lode Devos
16 dancers, stage: 10 x 9 m, 100 min

Schlafes Bruder (2013)
Choreography: Ralf Rossa
16 dancers, 2 background actors
stage: 13 x 15 m, 120 min
Coppélia (2012)
Choreography: Sergej Gordienko, music: Léo Delibes, Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin
16 dancers, stage: 13 x 15 m, 120 min

Brel – Pure Leidenschaft (2011)
Choreography: Oliver Dähler
16 dancers, satge: 10 x 9 m, 90 min