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2017/ 2018 DIRECTOR: RICHARD WHERLOCK The Ballett Theater Basel is a dynamic, polyvalent and multicultural ensemble in THE the internatio nal class, one of the leading contemporary dance groups in Europe. The members of the Ballett Theater Basel have BALLETT thoroughly mastered the vocabulary of both classical ballet and contemporary dance, combining the highest standards of dance THEATER with virtuoso dynamism and inspired ex- pressiveness. The Basel ensemble has an outstanding command of both narrative and BASEL abstract ballet. There are plenty of contem- porary Choreographers working with the Ballett in Basel – Jiri Kylian, Nacho Duato, Ohad Naharin, Alexander Ekman, Johan Inger, Hofesh Shechter – to name only a few of them, and of course the outstanding choreo graphic Œvre of the Director of the 2 Ballett Theater Basel, Richard Wherlock. OUR PRODUCTIONS 2017/ 2018 SHECHTER / ARIAS Choreographies from Hofesch Shechter (The Fools) and Bryan Arias (this is everything) Premiere September 29, 2017 SWANLAKE Choreography by Stijn Celis Premiere November 17, 2017 TEWJE Choreography by Richard Wherlock Februar 15, 2018; March 18, 23, 2018 DEATH IN VENICE Choreography by Richard Wherlock Premiere April 13, 2018 DANCELAB 9 Choreographies from the dancers of the Ballett Theater Basel Premiere Mai 24, 2018 TOURING PROGRAM SNOW WHITE by Richard Wherlock TEWJE by Richard Wherlock DEATH IN VENICE by Richard Wherlock PEER GYNT by Johan Inger SWANLAKE by Stijn Celis SHECHTER / ARIAS / EKMAN THE FOOLS by Hofesh Shechter THIS IS EVERYTHING by Bryan Arias CACTI by Alexander Ekman BIOGRAPHY Born in Bristol (GB). After studying at London’s prestigious Ballet Rambert School, he joined their company as a dancer. Wherlock was Ballet Director at Hagen Theatre in Germany from 1991 to 1996, then spending three seasons as director of the Lucerne Ballet before moving to Komische Oper Berlin as artistic director and choreographer of BerlinBallett. He has been director and head choreographer of Ballett Basel since the 2001 / 2002 season, and artistic director of the renowned festival «basel tanzt» from 2004 to 2009. Richard Wherlock has been Director and Head Choreographer of Ballett Basel since 2001 / 2002 and has created many choreographies for the company. He has enjoyed particular success with his adaptations of great classics such as «A Swan Lake», «James or La Sylphide», «Traviata – a Ballet», «Carmen», «Giselle», or «Eugene Onegin» and other full- length narrative ballets which he has reinterpreted using contem porary dance techniques. He worked as choreographer with, among others, the following companies: New English Contemporary Ballet, Tanzforum Köln, Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Finnish Dance Theatre Helsinki, Ballett Staatstheater Braunschweig, Romanian National Ballet, The Icelandic Ballet, Ballet National de Nancy et de Lorraine, Ballet National de Marseille, Ballet de l’Opéra de Nice, aalto ballett theater essen, Europa Danse (UNESCO), Ballett der Deutschen Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf, Singapore Dance Theatre, Ballett der Vereinigten Bühnen Graz, Introdans in Arnheim / Holland, Ballett des Badischen Staatstheaters Karlsruhe, Phoenix Dance Theatre Leeds and Ballet Contemporaneo del Teatro San Martín / Argentina. Wherlock also created a full-length ballet for Les Étoiles de l’Opéra National de Paris, for the Ballet of the Opéra National de Bordeaux and for the Seoul Ballet Theatre. His film and TV work includes the choreography for Claude Lelouch’s cinema production «Hasards ou Coïncidences», presented in 1998 at the Venice Biennale and at the Montréal and Chicago festivals. In 2000, Wherlock received the Prix Italia for the award-winning dance film «Passengers», produced by the Swiss broadcasting company DRS, RM Associates and 3SAT. His most recent film success «One bullet left» – also produced by Swiss broadcasting company DRS – was awarded the Golden Rose of Montreux in 2003. In 1999 he was nominated for the international dance award «Benois de la Danse». Richard Wherlock’s particular interest lies in supporting talented up- and-coming dancers. He serves on the juries of numerous international dance competitions and president of the Migros scholarship jury. «Our art is … holding on and letting go, precision and RICHARD WHERLOCK disorganization. Dizzyingly fast, achingly slow, and Choreographer and Director everything in between. Back up, forth and down. of the Ballett Theater Basel Immeasurable. … I just love it.» Richard Wherlock ENSEMBLE CAMILLE AUBLÉ France Training: Centre de Danse International Rosella Hightower (Cannes), Ecole de Rudra Béjart, Lausanne Previous company: Ballet Biarritz PIRAN SCOTT Australia Training: Theatre Arts Mackay, Queensland Ballet RUBEN DARIO BANOL HERRERA Professional Year (Australia) Colombia Previous company: Queensland Ballet, Leipziger Ballett Training: Incolballet (Colombia), Real Consérvatorio ARMANDO Profesional de Danza de Madrid BRASWELL Previous companies: Compañía colombiana de ballet, USA Europadanse, Compañía Nacional de Danza 2, Ballet de Training: La Guardia la Generalitat Valenciana, Elephant in the Black Box Highschool of Performing Arts, School of American Ballet, The Ailey School, The Juilliard School Previous companies: The Metropolitan Opera Ballet, DIEGO Ballett Theater München, BENITO Gauthier Dance Stuttgart GUTIERREZ Spain Training: Real Conser­ vatorio Profesional de Danza de Madrid Previous companies: ballett du Grand Theatre * de Geneve, Nafas Dance LISA HORTEN­SKILBREI Norway Company, Introdans Training: Oslo National Academy of The Arts (KHiO), Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Scholarships at Batsheva Dance Company and Nederlands Dans Theater LUNA BUSTINDUY MIRKO CAMPIGOTTO MERTENS Italy France Training: Achillea in Rivarolo C.se., Kaos Balletto di Firenze, Codarts Rotterdam Training: Ecole National Supérieure de Danse Marseille, Rudra Béjart Lausanne, Previous companies: Kaos Balletto Hamburg Ballet School. di Firenze, Introdans, Saalandisches Staastheater Saarbrücken Previous companies: Company Igokat, Nederlands Dans Theater 2 SERGIO BUSTINDUY Spain Training: Instituto del Teatro Barcelona, Balletschool Nacional de Cuba Previous companies: Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Zürcher Ballett, Tanz­Forum Köln, Euregio Tanz­Forum, Staatstheater Saarbrücken, BerlinBallett/Komische Oper, Hannover Ballett ALBA LYDIA CARUSO CARBONELL Italy Training: Rosella Hightower, CASTILLO Cannes Spain Previous companies: Compania Training: Conservatorio de Danza La Mov, Ballet du Profesional de Danzade Grand Théatre de Genève, Riba­Roja del Turia ISMAEL Rudra Béjart Lausanne Valencia * Previous companies: DEL VALLE Spain Centro coreografico de Valencia, Compagñía Training: Real Conservatorio National de Danza 2 Profesional de Danza de Madrid, Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin Previous company: Larreal Madrid FLORENT MOLLET France Training: Ecole de l’Opéra national de Paris, Ecole Atelier Rudra Béjart (Lausanne) Previous companies: Opéra de Nice, Ballet d’Europe, Ballet Biarritz JORGE GARCÍA PÉREZ Spain Training: Escuela de danza Maria de Avila, Zaragoza, Spain AYAKO NAKANO Japan Previous companies: Biarritz Ballet II, JULIAN JUAREZ Training: Tokyo, Royal Ballet School London, Prize SYBAA Ballet, Zürcher Ballett CASTAN Scholarship Prix de Lausanne 1992 Spain Previous companies: Zürcher Ballett, Tanz­Forum Training: Coppelia Dance School, Köln, Euregio Tanz­Forum, Staatstheater Instituto superior de danza Alicia Saarbrücken, BerlinBallett/Komische Oper Alonso Previous companies: Ballet de Zaragoza, Ballet de Teatres de la Generalitat, Les Grand Ballets du Montreal, Scottish Dance Theater ANNABELLE PEINTRE France Training: Conservatoire de Danse d’Avignon Previous companies: Compania Nacional de Danza II, Ballet Basel, Opéra de Lyon DEBORA MAIQUES MARIN Spain Training: Elise Lummis­School Previous companies: Compañía Nacional de Danza España 2, Ballet Carmen Roche, Centro Coreografico de Valencia MAX OSSENBERG­ * ENGELS Germany Training: Ballett­Akademie Hochschule für Musik und Theater München Previous companies: Nürnberg Ballett RAQUEL REY RAMOS Spain Training: Real Conservatorio JAVIER Profesional de Danza Madrid, RODRIGUEZ Carmina Ocaña­Schule COBOS Previous companies: Compañía Spain Nacional de Danza España 2, Training: Real Conservatorio Naci­ Balletto di Teatro di Torino, onal de Danza de Madrid Centro Coreografico de Valencia Previous companies: Europa Dan­ se, Ballet des jeunes d’Europe, FRANK FANNAR Compañía National de Danza 2, Ballet de l’Opéra National du Rhin, PEDERSEN Introdans Iceland Training: Iceland Ballett School Reykjavik, Ballett schule der Finnischen Nationaloper (Helsinki) Previous companies: ANTHONY Iceland Dance Company, IT Dansa Barcelona, Ballett des TANA ROSÁS SUNÉ RAMIANDRISOA Staatstheaters Wiesbaden Spain France Training: Instituto del Teatro Training: Conservatoire Barcelona, Koninklijk de Lyon Conservatorium (Den Haag) Previous company: Previous company: Junior Ballet Lyon IT Dansa Barcelona ANDREA TORTOSA VIDAL MARINA SANCHEZ Spain GARRIGÓS Training: Estudio de danza Spain Maria de Avilar; Nederlands Training: Institut del Teatre (Barcelona), Danse Theater II Central School of Ballet (London) Previous company: Ballett Previous companies: New English Basel; Aterballetto Contemporary Ballet, Nürnberg Ballett DÉVI­AZELIA SIDNEY SELLY ELIZABETH France TURTSCHI MAX Training: Rosella Hightower Switzerland (Cannes), Rudra Béjart ZACHRISSON Training: Sweden (Lausanne) Ballettschule Theater Basel Training: Previous companies: Previous company: Royal Swedish Ballet School Béjart Ballet,
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