stuttgart at sadler’s wells theatre ..... mixed bill made in germany Choreographies by Mauro Bigonzetti, Edward Clug, John Cranko, Itzik Galili, Marco Goecke, Douglas Lee, John Neumeier, Christian Spuck, Demis Volpi November 18 + 19, 2013

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