BORN
In Buenos Aires. Argentinian-German
EDUCATION
School of the Teatro Colón
MAIN TEACHERS
Ilse Wiedmann, Wasil Tupin
ENGAGEMENTS
Ballet of the Teatro Colón (1971-1974)
Hamburg Ballet since 1974, 1978 Soloist, since 1988 Ballet Master as well as Production Coordinator since 2001
CREATIONS
King Mark in "Tristan"
Brabantio in "Othello"
and solos in
Sixth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
REPERTORY
Gaston and Monsieur Duval in "Lady of the Camellias"
Tybalt in "Romeo and Juliet"
The Man in the Shadow in "Illusions - like Swan Lake"
Gremin in "Onegin" (John Cranko)
Hortensio in "The Taming of Shrew" (John Cranko)
The Groom's Father in "Les Noces" (Jerome Robbins)
and solos in
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Fourth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Lieb' und Leid und Welt und Traum
HE STAGED NEUMEIER’S BALLETS
Stuttgart Ballet: A Streetcar Named Desire, Medea, Now and Then; Deutsche Oper, Berlin: Ondine; Dresden Ballet: The Nutcracker, As You Like It, Illusions - like "Swan Lake"; National Ballet of Canada, Toronto: Now and Then; Ballet National de l'Opéra de Paris: The Nutcracker, Magnificat, Spring and Fall, Vaslav, Sylvia, Lady of the Camellias; Royal Danish Ballet, Copenhagen : The 5th Symphony (Gustav Mahler); Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva: Spring and Fall; Royal Swedish Ballet Stockholm: Peer Gynt, Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler; American Ballet Theatre, New York: Spring and Fall, Getting Closer; Vienna State Opera Ballet: New Year's Concert 1999; The Tokyo Ballet: Spring and Fall; San Francisco Ballet: Pizzicato-Polka; Bavarian State Ballet: Illusions – like "Swan Lake"; English National Ballet: Spring and Fall
T: +49 (0)40 35 68-914
F: +49 (0)40 35 68-988
Eduardo.Bertini@hamburgballett.de
BORN
In Buenos Aires. Argentinian-German
EDUCATION
School of the Teatro Colón
MAIN TEACHERS
Ilse Wiedmann, Wasil Tupin
ENGAGEMENTS
Ballet of the Teatro Colón (1971-1974)
Hamburg Ballet since 1974, 1978 Soloist, since 1988 Ballet Master as well as Production Coordinator since 2001
CREATIONS
King Mark in "Tristan"
Brabantio in "Othello"
and solos in
Sixth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
REPERTORY
Gaston and Monsieur Duval in "Lady of the Camellias"
Tybalt in "Romeo and Juliet"
The Man in the Shadow in "Illusions - like Swan Lake"
Gremin in "Onegin" (John Cranko)
Hortensio in "The Taming of Shrew" (John Cranko)
The Groom's Father in "Les Noces" (Jerome Robbins)
and solos in
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Fourth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Lieb' und Leid und Welt und Traum
HE STAGED NEUMEIER’S BALLETS
Stuttgart Ballet: A Streetcar Named Desire, Medea, Now and Then; Deutsche Oper, Berlin: Ondine; Dresden Ballet: The Nutcracker, As You Like It, Illusions - like "Swan Lake"; National Ballet of Canada, Toronto: Now and Then; Ballet National de l'Opéra de Paris: The Nutcracker, Magnificat, Spring and Fall, Vaslav, Sylvia, Lady of the Camellias; Royal Danish Ballet, Copenhagen : The 5th Symphony (Gustav Mahler); Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva: Spring and Fall; Royal Swedish Ballet Stockholm: Peer Gynt, Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler; American Ballet Theatre, New York: Spring and Fall, Getting Closer; Vienna State Opera Ballet: New Year's Concert 1999; The Tokyo Ballet: Spring and Fall; San Francisco Ballet: Pizzicato-Polka; Bavarian State Ballet: Illusions – like "Swan Lake"; English National Ballet: Spring and Fall
T: +49 (0)40 35 68-914
F: +49 (0)40 35 68-988
Eduardo.Bertini@hamburgballett.de
BORN
31.3.70 in Cassano d'Adda. Italian
EDUCATION
In Bergamo
Academie de Danse Princesse Grace, Monte Carlo.
The School of The Hamburg Ballet
MAIN TEACHERS
Marika Besobrasova, Truman Finney
ENGAGEMENET
The Hamburg Ballet since 1988, Soloist in 1993,
Principal in 1998. Ballet Mistress since 2008
CREATIONS
Cinderella's Mother and Princess from Another Country in "A Cinderella Story"
The Sea in "Odyssey"
Revue Star in "The Seagull"
Geruth in "Hamlet" (1997, new version)
Pas de deux "Sheherazade III" (Easter Concert 1999, Munich)
Laura in "Préludes CV"
Aschenbach's assistant, his mother and Tadzio's mother in "Death in Venice"
Orgeluse in "Parzival – Episodes and Echo"
Silver Fairy in "The Sleeping Beauty" (Mats Ek)
and solos in
Time after Time from "Images from Bartók"
Messiah
Winterreise
Nocturnes from "Songs of the Night"
REPERTORY
Lykainion in "Daphnis and Chloe"
Olympia and Prudence in "Lady of the Camellias"
Penelope in "Odyssey"
Diana in "Sylvia"
Cinderella's Mother and a Stepsister in "A Cinderella Story"
Hermia in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Dulcinea in "Don Quixote"
Bianca in "Othello"
Bäsle and The Music in "Windows on MOZART"
The Good Fairy and The Queen in "The Sleeping Beauty"
Lady Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet"
Olivia in "VIVALDI or What You Will"
The Queen Mother in "Illusions - like Swan Lake"
Myrtha in "Giselle"
Louise, Mrs. Stahlbaum, "La Fille du Pharaon" and Esmeralda and the Clowns" in "The Nutcracker"
Tamara Karsavina in "Nijinsky"
Ygerne in "The Saga of King Arthur"
Aase in "Peer Gynt"
Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina in "The Seagull"
Celia in "As You Like It"
Elizabeth in "Préludes CV"
Gamzatti and Hindu Dance in "La Bayadère" (Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa)
The Old Madge, a witchin "La Sylphide" (Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni)
Madame Larina in "Onegin" (John Cranko)
Veronica in "Napoli" (August Bournonville / Lloyd Riggins)
and solos in
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Soldier Songs (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
Requiem
Kinderszenen
Trilogy M.R.: Secrets
Spring and Fall
Bernstein Dances
Vaslav
Le Sacre
Getting Closer
Bach-Suite 3
Fourth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Brahms-Waltz
(Frederick Ashton after Isadora Duncan)
Moments Movements Mendelssohn (Kevin Haigen)
Triple Self (Petr Zuska)
Fandango and Sinfonia Concertante (Lar Lubovitch)
Forgotten Land (Jirí Kylián)
Violin Concerto (George Balanchine)
A la Françaix (George Balanchine)
Jewels – Emeralds (George Balanchine)
GUESTING
Cesena, Vicenza, Legnago, Munich and Moscow.
She has been coaching the candidates of the Prix de Lausanne 2008
SHE STAGED NEUMEIER'S BALLETS FOR
The Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris: "Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler", the Norwegian National Ballet and the Pittsburg Ballet Theatre: "A Streetcar Named Desire", the Het National Ballet: "Sylvia", the National Ballet of Canada: "Nijinsky"
AWARDS
Half final of the "Prix de Lausanne" and Silver Medal in the "Concorso di Danza Viotti"
BORN
in California. American
EDUCATION
Began her study with Ingrid Carriker. With Barbara Crockett, Artistic Director of Sacramento Ballet. School of American Ballet, NYC
ENGAGEMENTS
Sacramento Ballet. Ballet de Marseille Roland Petit (1973-1974)
Milwaukee Ballet (Principal Dancer 1974-1980)
Stuttgart Ballet (Soloist 1980-1985)
Zurich Ballet (Principal Dancer 1985-1987)
Ballet Arizona (Guest Principal Dancer 1988-1991)
Ballet du Nord, France (Principal Dancer 1991-1995)
Alberta Ballet (Ballet Mistress 1996-2003)
The Hamburg Ballet as Ballet Mistress since 2003
CREATIONS
Among other: ballets by Jean-Paul Comelin and Uwe Scholz
REPERTORY
John Cranko: "The Taming of the Shrew", "Eugene Onegin", "Romeo and Juliet", "Initials R.B.M.E"
John Neumeier: "The Lady of the Camellias", "String Quintet in C-Major of Franz Schubert", "A Streetcar Named Desire"
William Forsythe: "Orpheus", "Love Songs", "Galileo"
George Balanchine: "Allegro Brilliante", "Serenade", "Scotch Symphony"
Kenneth MacMillan: "Gloria", "Fauré's Requiem", "My Brothers my Sisters"
Glen Tetley: "The Rite of Spring", "Voluntaries"
Maurice Béjart: "Petrouchka", "Gaieté Parisienne"
Jirí Kylián: "Forgotten Land"
Roland Petit: "Proust", "Carmen"
Hans van Manen: "Five Tangos", "Five Easy Pieces"
Jean-Paul Comelin: "Mozart's Requiem", "Les Nuits d’été", "Firebird" a.o.
GUEST TEACHER
Singapore Dance Theatre, Universal Ballet of Korea, The Playhouse Dance Company (Durban, South Afrika), Gothenburg Ballet (Sweden), Philippines Ballet Theatre, Ballet Aspen, Ballet British Columbia, Milwaukee Ballet, Mid West Regional Dance Festival, Les Grands Ballets de Montréal, Pacific Northwest Ballet.
SHE STAGED
John Neumeier: "Lady of the Camellias", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Illusions – like 'Swan Lake'", "The Little Mermaid" and "Nijinsky"; Rudy Van Dantzig: "Four Last Songs"; George Balanchine: "Rubies", "Prodigal Son"; John Butler: "Othello"; Helgi Tomasson: "Much Ado"; Christopher Wheeldon: "A Midsummer’s Night Dream"; Robert North: "Entre dos Aguas", "Living in America"; Myriam Naisy: "Stars and Dust"; Anthony Tudor: "Echoing of Trumpets"; Dominique Dumais: "Sans détour"; Jean-Paul Comelin (many of these pieces were created on her): "Mozart's Requiem", "Florestan", "Eternal Spring", "Les Nuits d’été", Firebird, Skylark, Signatures, and his version of the Classics: "Giselle", "The Sleeping Beauty", "Swan Lake", "Coppelia", "Cinderella", "The Nutcracker" a.o.
SHE DANCED AS A GUEST
Jacob's Pillow Festival (partnered by Ted Kivitt), Malmo Opera Ballet (partnered by Jonas Kage), Arizona Dance Theatre (partnered by Christopher Boatwright), Hamburg Ballet, Ballet de Rio de Janeiro (with Marcia Haydee), Ballet Arizona (partnered by Otto Neubert) and Milwaukee Ballet (partnered by Peter Schetter).
BORN
21.7.71 in Puerto Rico. American
EDUCATION
Nana Hudo School of Dance, Puerto Rico
Southern Ballet Theater, Orlando, Florida
MAIN TEACHERS
Nana Hudo. Barbara Riggins, Russel Siulzbach, Kip Watson. Hennig Kronstam, Colleen Neary
ENGAGEMENTS
Royal Danish Ballet 1990-1995
The Hamburg Ballet since 1995, promoted Soloist in 2000, Ballet Mistress since 2007
CREATIONS
in Hamburg
Polina Andreyevna in "The Seagull"
Heather in "Préludes CV"
Ruby Fairy in "The Sleeping Beauty" (Mats Ek)
and solos in
Messiah
Winterreise
REPERTORY
in Florida
Myrtha in "Giselle" (Jean Coralli-Jules Perrot/Henning Kronstam)
and solos in
Flower Festival (August Bournonville)
Tchaikovsky Pas de deux (George Balanchine)
Clowns and Others (Salvatore Aiello)
Missing Persons (Marc Bogeart)
Graduation Ball (David Lichine)
in Copenhagen
A Fairy and Puss'n Boots in "The Sleeping Beauty" (Helgi Tomasson)
Elsa in "A Folk Tale" (August Bournonville)
in Hamburg
A Fairy in "The Sleeping Beauty"
The Spanish dance in "The Nutcracker"
Maria in "VIVALDI or What You Will"
A foreign Princess in "A Cinderella Story"
Aurora in "The Sleeping Beauty"
Audrey in "As You Like It"
Bronislava in "Nijinsky"
Arete and Eurycleia in "Odyssey"
Prudence in "Lady of the Camellias"
Ygerne in "The Saga of King Arthur"
Aurora in "The Sleeping Beauty" (Mats Ek)
Woman in "Rennen hinter dem was flieht" (Stephan Thoss)
The Young Girl in "Light Beings" (Mats Ek)
Hindu Dance in "La Bayadère" (Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa)
Amme in "Onegin" (John Cranko)
Veronica in "Napoli" (August Bournonville / Lloyd Riggins)
and solos in
Time after Time from Images from Bartók
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Vaslav
Saint Matthew Passion
Le Sacre
Peer Gynt
Magnificat
Rondo
Moments Movements Mendelssohn (Kevin Haigen)
Triple Self (Petr Zuska)
Weight on my Back (Gustavo Sansano)
Forgotten Land (Jirí Kylián)
She worked on Donna Feuer's documentary: "The Work of Utopia"
AWARD
Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer-Prize 2000
SHE STAGED NEUMEIER'S BALLETS FOR
The San Francisco Ballet: The Little Mermaid, the Stanislavsky Ballet Moscow: The Little Mermaid, The Royal Danish Ballet and Houston Ballet: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Vienna State Ballet: The Legend of Joseph and Verklungene Feste
BORN
9.10.69 in New York. American
EDUCATION
School of Southern Ballet Theatre, Orlando, Florida
MAIN TEACHERS
Barbara Riggins, Henning Kronstam, Kevin Haigen
ENGAGEMENTS
Southern Ballet Theatre, Orlando, Florida (1985-1987)
Royal Danish Ballet (1987-1995, 1989 as Principal)
Hamburg Ballet since 1995, as Principal. From 2006 to 2009 his was Assistant Ballet Master and he is since 2009 Ballet Master as well. Since 2015 he is also Deputy Artistic Director
CREATIONS
in Hamburg
Sebastian in "VIVALDI or What You Will"
Hamlet in "Hamlet" (1997 version)
Pas de deux "Scheherazade II" (Easter Concert 1998, Munich)
Petrushka in ‘Petrushka’ in "Nijinsky"
Piotr Nikolayevich Sorin in "The Seagull"
Lloyd in "Préludes CV"
Gustav von Aschenbach in "Death in Venice"
A Man in "Christmas Oratorio I-VI"
Ficsur in "Liliom" (for Dario Franconi)
Gustav Mahler in "Purgatorio"
King Florestan in "The Sleeping Beauty" (Mats Ek)
and solos in
hello
Bernstein Dances
Winter Ways from "Images from Bartók"
Messiah
Winterreise
Voice of the Night
Nocturnes and Nachtwanderung
from "Songs of the Night"
Purgatorio
Moments Movements Mendelssohn (Kevin Haigen)
Beautiful Freak (Marco Goecke)
Renku (Yuka Oishi / Orkan Dann)
REPERTORY
in Copenhagen
Lenski in "Onegin" (John Cranko)
The Joker in "Jeu de Cartes" (John Cranko)
James in "La Sylphide" (August Bournonville)
Gennaro in "Napoli" (August Bournonville)
Albrecht in "Giselle" (Jean Coralli-Jules Perrot / Henning Kronstam)
Romeo and Benvolio in "Romeo and Juliet" (John Neumeier)
Puck and Demetrius in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (John Neumeier)
King Christian VII in "Caroline Mathilde" (Flemming Flindt)
Don Quixote in "Don Quixote"
Apollo in "Apollo" (George Balanchine)
Poet in "La Sonnambula" (George Balanchine)
and solos in
Konservatorium (August Bournonville)
A Folk Tale (August Bournonville)
The Kermesse in Bruges (August Bournonville)
The Fifth Symphony (Gustav Mahler / John Neumeier)
Soldier Songs (John Neumeier)
Theme and Variations (George Balanchine)
Tchaikovsky Pas de deux (George Balanchine)
in Hamburg
Romeo, Mercutio, Valentino and Lord Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet"
Armand, Gaston and Monsieur Duval in "Lady of the Camellias"
Odysseus in "Odyssey"
Petrushka in "Petrushka"
Prince Désiré in "The Sleeping Beauty"
Günther and Drosselmeier in "The Nutcracker"
Puck, Theseus/Oberon, Demetrius and Bottom/Pyramus in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Orsino and Sebastian in "VIVALDI or What you will"
The Prince and Cinderella's Father in "A Cinderella Story"
The King in "Illusions - like Swan Lake"
Serge Diaghilev in "Nijinsky"
Albert in "Giselle"
King Arthur in "The Saga of King Arthur"
Petrushka in "Petrushka"
Doubt aspect in "Peer Gynt"
Touchstone in "As You Like It"
W. A. Mozart in "Windows on MOZART"
The Hermit in "Parzival – Episodes and Echo"
The Poet in "The Little Mermaid"
Harold Mitchell (Mitch) in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
A Man in "Seasons – The Colors of Time"
Widow Simone in "La Fille mal gardée" (Frederick Ashton)
A Dandy in "A la Françaix" (George Balanchine)
The Sage in "Le Sacre du Printemps" (Millicent Hoson, inspired by Vaslav Nijinsky)
Father Sheperd in "The Winter's Tale" (Christopher Wheeldon)
and solos in
Now and Then
Saint Matthew Passion
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Night Sketches aus "Images from Bartók"
Bach-Suite 3
Requiem
Theme and Variations (George Balanchine)
She was black (Mats Ek)
Forgotten Land (Jirí Kylián)
Wege (Yukichi Hattori)
Jewels – Emeralds (George Balanchine)
GUESTING
Tokyo, Moscow, Toronto, Copenhagen, Florida, Washington, Paris, Munich and in New York with the American Ballet Theatre.
HE STAGED NEUMEIER'S BALLETS
"Sylvia" for the Het National Ballet in Amsterdam, "Odyssee" for the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen, "The Little Mermaid" for the San Francisco Ballet and for the National Ballet of China, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for the Houston Ballet
HE STAGED
Bournonville's "Napoli"-Pas de six for the National Youth Ballet and "The Kermesse in Bruges" for the Royal Danish Ballet for the Bournonville Festival 2005. In 2014 he staged and choreographically completed August Bournonville's "Napoli" for the Hamburg Ballet
He worked on Donya Feuer's documentary: "The Work of Utopia"
AWARDS
"Benois de la Danse 2004".
"Danza & Danza Prize 2004" for his interpretation of his roles in "Bernstein Dances" and "Nijinsky"
More about Lloyd Riggins
BORN
17.1.75 in Gomel. White Russian
EDUCATION
Minsk Ballet School
The School of the Hamburg Ballet
MAIN TEACHERS
Alexander Ivanovich Kaladenko, Anatoli Nisnevich, Kevin Haigen
ENGAGEMENT
Hamburg Ballet since 1994, Soloist in 1997, Principal in 1998, Ballet Master since 2020
CREATIONS
Telemachos in "Odyssey"
King Koll/Fortinbras in "Hamlet" ('97 version)
Sir Andrew in "VIVALDI or What You Will"
Eros in "Bernstein Dances"
Serge Diaghilev in "Nijinsky"
Carsten in "Préludes CV"
Frederick the Great in "Death in Venice"
Konstantin (Kostya) Gavrilovich Triplev in "The Seagull"
The Doctor and Serge Diaghilev in "Le Pavillon d'Armide"
Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin in "Anna Karenina"
and solos in
Time after Time from "Images from Bartók"
Messiah
Winterreise
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Osterkonzert 2004, Munich)
Du und Du-Waltzer (New Year's Concert 2006, Vienna)
Nocturnes from "Songs of the Night"
Verklungene Feste
Wege (Yukichi Hattori)
REPERTORY
Daphnis in "Daphnis and Chloe"
Armand, Des Grieux, Monsieur Duval and Comte N. in "Lady of the Camellias"
The Prince in "A Cinderella Story"
The young boy in "In The Between"
Theseus/Oberon and Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Prince Désiré, Catalabutte and Blue Bird in "The Sleeping Beauty"
Drosselmeier and Günther in "The Nutcracker"
Romeo, Tybalt, Lord Capulet and Benvolio in "Romeo and Juliet"
Hamlet in "Hamlet" and Polonius in "Hamlet 21"
Aminta in "Sylvia"
Malvolio in "VIVALDI or What You Will"
The main role in "Bernstein Dances"
The King, Prince Leopold and Prince Siegfried in "Illusions - like 'Swan Lake'"
Albert in "Giselle"
Peer, Solveig's Father and The Producer in "Peer Gynt"
Merlin in "The Saga of King Arthur""
Don Juan in "Don Juan"
Gustav von Aschenbach in "Death in Venice"
Odysseus in "Odyssey"
The Poet in "The Little Mermaid"
Her Husband in "Christmas Oratorio"
Jago in "Othello"
The Angel in "The Legend of Joseph"
Liliom and Gate Keeper in "Liliom"
Piotr Nikolayevich Sorin in "The Seagull"
The High Brahmin in "La Bayadère" (Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa)
The Young Boy in "Light Beings" (Mats Ek)
The Prince in The Sleeping Beauty" (Mats Ek)
Madge, a Witch in "La Sylphide" (Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni)
Man in Green in "Dances at a Gathering" (Jerome Robbins)
The Husband in "The Concert" (Jerome Robbins)
Onegin in "Onegin" (John Cranko)
Don Quixote in "Don Quixote" (Rudolf Nurejev after Marius Petipa)
and solos in
Saint Matthew Passion
Petrushka-Variations
Fratres
Requiem
Spring and Fall
Bernstein-Serenade
Soldier Songs (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
The Fifth Symphony (Gustav Mahler)
hello
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Bach Suite 2
Le Sacre
Magnificat
Opus 100 – for Maurice
Nocturnes from "Songs of the Night"
Afternoon of a Faun
Remanso (Nacho Duato)
Le Pavillon d'Armide (Michail Fokine)
Theme and Variations (George Balanchine)
Violin Concerto (George Balanchine)
Forgotten Land (Jirí Kylián)
Jewels – Diamonds (George Balanchine)
GUESTING
Berlin, Dusseldorf, Essen, Munich (Easter Concert 2000 and 2002), Moscow, Bordeaux, Toronto, Beijing, Vienna (New Year's Concert 2006), St.Barth's Music Festival, World Ballet Festival 2006 in Japan, Roberto Bolle and Friends-Galas in Italy, at the Charity Gala "Event Prominent" 2007 and 2010 in Hamburg and 2011 at a Tribute to Natalia Makarova in Alexandrinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.
He danced the role of Konstantin (Kostya) Gavrilovich Triplev in "The Seagull" with the National Ballet of Canada in Toronto and with the ballet of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre in Moscow.
HE CHOREOGRAPHED
"Instant"
Music: Samuel Barber
Premiere: Bolshoi Theatre on November 22, 2006
Cast: Bolshoi principal dancers' Marianna Ryzhkina and Yan Godovsky
AWARDS
In 1992 he was half finalist of the "Prix de Lausanne" and received a scholarship from the Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation to complete his education at The Hamburg Ballet School.
Dr. Wilhelm-Oberdörffer-Prize 1996
BORN
in Miami, Florida, USA. American
EDUCATION
School of American Ballet, NYC.
American Ballet Theater School, NYC
ENGAGEMENTS
American Ballet Theatre, NYC
Stuttgart Ballet
Hamburg Ballet 1976-1983
Nederlands Dans Theater 1983-1985
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo as dancer, Ballet Master and choreographer 1985/1986
London Festival Ballet 1986-1988
Béjart Ballet Lausanne in 1988
Hamburg Ballet as Ballet Master for the school and the company since 1991, since 2006 Principal Ballet Master. Since 2011 he is also Artistic and Pedagogical Director of the National Youth Ballet
CREATIONS
Joseph in "The Legend of Joseph"
Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Catalabutte and Blue Bird in "The Sleeping Beauty"
Petrushka in "Petrushka"
Lancelot in "The Saga of King Arthur"
Emble in "The Age of Anxiety"
A principal role in "Saint Matthew Passion"
Armand in "Die Kameliendame" (Hamburg version)
"Fourth Symphony of Gustav Mahler" (Hamburg version)
REPERTORY
Armand and Gaston in "Lady of the Camellias"
Günther in "The Nutcracker"
Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet"
Prince Désiré in "The Sleeping Beauty"
Daphnis in "Daphnis and Chloë"
and solos in
Vaslav
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Fourth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Lieb' und Leid und Welt und Traum
(Mahler's 1st and 10th Symphony)
Les Noces (Jerome Robbins)
Le Train Bleu (Bronislava Nijinska)
GUEST TEACHER
Royal Swedish Ballet, Malmö Ballet, English National Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Ballet der Deutsche Oper Berlin, Ballett Dresden and Le Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris and its Ballet School.
HE STAGED
"Les Sylphides" at the age of 17 for the Royal Danish Ballet, with Erik Bruhn. "Yondering" for the National Ballet School of Canada and the Ballet School of the Opéra National de Paris. "The Little Mermaid" for the San Francisco Ballet and the Stanislavsky Ballet Moscow. "Lady of the Camellias" for the American Ballet Theatre and the Bolshoi Ballet. "Romeo and Juliet" for the Tokyo Ballet.
HE DANCED
Joseph as a guest in "The Legend of Joseph" productions of Munich and Vienna, and also for the video production of this ballet with the Ballet Company of Vienna State Opera.
John Neumeier's "Opus 100 - for Maurice" with Ivan Liska at a Gala, in Lausanne, for the 70th Anniversary of Maurice Béjart.
He also performed this ballet in May 98 and during the season 98/99. In the same evening, the Hamburg Ballet danced a ballet that Kevin Haigen choreographed for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo in December 30, 1985, "Moments Movements Mendelssohn" (Original title: "After Dawn").
HE CHOREOGRAPHED
for the School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre II, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, English National Ballet, Spoleto Festival, Malmö Ballet, Hamburg Ballet, Ballettschule der Österreichischen Bundestheater Wien and the School of the Hamburg Ballet.
Donya Feuer made a documentary about him: The Work of Utopia.
John Neumeier was born in 1939 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he received his first dance training. He continued his dance studies in Chicago as well as at Marquette University in Milwaukee where he created his first choreographic works. After further ballet study both in Copenhagen and at The Royal Ballet School in London, John Cranko invited him in 1963 to join Stuttgart Ballet, where he progressed to soloist and continued his choreographic development.
In 1969, Ulrich Erfurth appointed Mr. Neumeier Director of Ballet Frankfurt, where he soon caused a sensation with his new interpretations of such well-known ballets as "The Nutcracker" and "Romeo and Juliet". In 1973, August Everding invited him to become Director and Chief Choreographer of The Hamburg Ballet. Under his direction, The Hamburg Ballet became one of the leading ballet companies on the German dance scene and soon received international recognition. As a choreographer, Mr. Neumeier has continually focused on the preservation of ballet tradition, while giving his works a modern dramatic framework. His ballets range from new versions of full-length story ballets to musicals and to his symphonic ballets, especially those based on Gustav Mahler's compositions, as well as his choreographies to sacred music. His latest creations for The Hamburg Ballet: "Duse" in 2015, "Turangalîla" in 2016, “Anna Karenina” in 2017 ands "Beethoven Project. In 1975, Neumeier conceived the Hamburg Ballet Festival as a climax and end to each season.
In 1978, he founded the School of the Hamburg Ballet. In 1989 the school, together with the company, moved into its own "Ballettzentrum" (ballet center) provided by the city of Hamburg. Its facilities include nine studios and a boarding school for over 30 students. Today more than 80% of the company's dancers are graduates from the school.
Neumeier has worked as guest choreographer with many companies, including The Royal Ballet in London; The Vienna, Munich and Dresden State Operas; The Stuttgart Ballet (for which he has created several works); The Royal Danish Ballet; The Ballet of the Paris Opera; The Tokyo Ballet; American Ballet Theatre in New York; San Francisco Ballet; Joffrey Ballet; Boston Ballet; The National Ballet of Canada; The Ballet of the Mariinsky Theater; Moscow Bolshoi and Stanislavsky Ballet; and The National Ballet of China, among others.
Mr. Neumeier holds the Dance Magazine Award (1983), Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and French Order of Arts and Letters and the Legion of Honour. In 2006, he was awarded the prestigious Nijinsky Award for Lifetime Achievement. He received the Herbert von Karajan Musikpreis in 2007 and the Deutscher Jubiläums Tanzpreis in 2008. In 2007, he was made an honorary citizen of the city of Hamburg. In November 2012, he accepted the Order of Friendship of the Russian Federation. In 2015, the Inamori Foundation presented Mr. Neumeier with the Kyoto Prize for his contributions to the Arts and Philosophy; in 2016 he received the renowned Prix Benois de la Danse for Lifetime Achievement. Among his recent awards are the Livetime Achievement Award of the Prix de Lausanne 2017, the Erich Fromm Prize 2017 and in 2019 the People's Republic of China Friendship Award. In 2023 Honorary Member of the Hamburg State Opera.
Neumeier established the John Neumeier Foundation in February 2006 with the aim of preserving and eventually making available to the public his collection of dance and balletrelated objects. The Foundation will maintain and secure his repertoire and related materials for the city of Hamburg. In 2011, Neumeier founded Germany's National Youth Ballet. The young company of eight dancers is based at the Ballettzentrum in Hamburg but finds its performing spaces away from the Hamburg Opera. In addition to international touring this creative young company dances in schools, retirement homes and prisons.
BORN
9.10.69 in New York. American
EDUCATION
School of Southern Ballet Theatre, Orlando, Florida
MAIN TEACHERS
Barbara Riggins, Henning Kronstam, Kevin Haigen
ENGAGEMENTS
Southern Ballet Theatre, Orlando, Florida (1985-1987)
Royal Danish Ballet (1987-1995, 1989 as Principal)
Hamburg Ballet since 1995, as Principal. From 2006 to 2009 his was Assistant Ballet Master and he is since 2009 Ballet Master as well. Since 2015 he is also Deputy Artistic Director
CREATIONS
in Hamburg
Sebastian in "VIVALDI or What You Will"
Hamlet in "Hamlet" (1997 version)
Pas de deux "Scheherazade II" (Easter Concert 1998, Munich)
Petrushka in ‘Petrushka’ in "Nijinsky"
Piotr Nikolayevich Sorin in "The Seagull"
Lloyd in "Préludes CV"
Gustav von Aschenbach in "Death in Venice"
A Man in "Christmas Oratorio I-VI"
Ficsur in "Liliom" (for Dario Franconi)
Gustav Mahler in "Purgatorio"
King Florestan in "The Sleeping Beauty" (Mats Ek)
and solos in
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Bernstein Dances
Winter Ways from "Images from Bartók"
Messiah
Winterreise
Voice of the Night
Nocturnes and Nachtwanderung
from "Songs of the Night"
Purgatorio
Moments Movements Mendelssohn (Kevin Haigen)
Beautiful Freak (Marco Goecke)
Renku (Yuka Oishi / Orkan Dann)
REPERTORY
in Copenhagen
Lenski in "Onegin" (John Cranko)
The Joker in "Jeu de Cartes" (John Cranko)
James in "La Sylphide" (August Bournonville)
Gennaro in "Napoli" (August Bournonville)
Albrecht in "Giselle" (Jean Coralli-Jules Perrot / Henning Kronstam)
Romeo and Benvolio in "Romeo and Juliet" (John Neumeier)
Puck and Demetrius in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (John Neumeier)
King Christian VII in "Caroline Mathilde" (Flemming Flindt)
Don Quixote in "Don Quixote"
Apollo in "Apollo" (George Balanchine)
Poet in "La Sonnambula" (George Balanchine)
and solos in
Konservatorium (August Bournonville)
A Folk Tale (August Bournonville)
The Kermesse in Bruges (August Bournonville)
The Fifth Symphony (Gustav Mahler / John Neumeier)
Soldier Songs (John Neumeier)
Theme and Variations (George Balanchine)
Tchaikovsky Pas de deux (George Balanchine)
in Hamburg
Romeo, Mercutio, Valentino and Lord Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet"
Armand, Gaston and Monsieur Duval in "Lady of the Camellias"
Odysseus in "Odyssey"
Petrushka in "Petrushka"
Prince Désiré in "The Sleeping Beauty"
Günther and Drosselmeier in "The Nutcracker"
Puck, Theseus/Oberon, Demetrius and Bottom/Pyramus in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Orsino and Sebastian in "VIVALDI or What you will"
The Prince and Cinderella's Father in "A Cinderella Story"
The King in "Illusions - like Swan Lake"
Serge Diaghilev in "Nijinsky"
Albert in "Giselle"
King Arthur in "The Saga of King Arthur"
Petrushka in "Petrushka"
Doubt aspect in "Peer Gynt"
Touchstone in "As You Like It"
W. A. Mozart in "Windows on MOZART"
The Hermit in "Parzival – Episodes and Echo"
The Poet in "The Little Mermaid"
Harold Mitchell (Mitch) in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
A Man in "Seasons – The Colors of Time"
Widow Simone in "La Fille mal gardée" (Frederick Ashton)
A Dandy in "A la Françaix" (George Balanchine)
The Sage in "Le Sacre du Printemps" (Millicent Hoson, inspired by Vaslav Nijinsky)
Father Sheperd in "The Winter's Tale" (Christopher Wheeldon)
and solos in
Now and Then
Saint Matthew Passion
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Night Sketches aus "Images from Bartók"
Bach-Suite 3
Requiem
Theme and Variations (George Balanchine)
She was black (Mats Ek)
Forgotten Land (Jirí Kylián)
Wege (Yukichi Hattori)
Jewels – Emeralds (George Balanchine)
GUESTING
Tokyo, Moscow, Toronto, Copenhagen, Florida, Washington, Paris, Munich and in New York with the American Ballet Theatre.
HE STAGED NEUMEIER'S BALLETS
"Sylvia" for the Het National Ballet in Amsterdam, "Odyssee" for the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen, "The Little Mermaid" for the San Francisco Ballet and for the National Ballet of China, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for the Houston Ballet
HE STAGED
Bournonville's "Napoli"-Pas de six for the National Youth Ballet and "The Kermesse in Bruges" for the Royal Danish Ballet for the Bournonville Festival 2005. In 2014 he staged and choreographically completed August Bournonville's "Napoli" for the Hamburg Ballet
He worked on Donya Feuer's documentary: "The Work of Utopia"
AWARDS
"Benois de la Danse 2004".
"Danza & Danza Prize 2004" for his interpretation of his roles in "Bernstein Dances" and "Nijinsky"
More about Lloyd Riggins
BORN
in Zurich. German
EDUCATION
Royal Ballet School, London, she got the "Benesh Prize for Dance Notation"
Benesh Institute of Choreology, London
ENGAGEMENTS
She worked as a guest with the Hamburg Ballet for the "In the Between" (1994) and "Odyssey" (1995) productions.
Hamburg Ballet since 1996 as choreologist
SHE STAGED NEUMEIER'S BALLETTS IN
Copenhagen, Helsinki, Dusseldorf, Moscow, Dresden, Toronto and Vienna