Noverre: Young Choreographers 2021

NOVERRE: YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHERS 2021 Livestream from the Schauspielhaus Sunday, 18th April 2021 (Premiere) Begin 6:00 pm // End 7:15 pm

We dedicate Noverre: Young Choreographers 2021 to Rainer Woihsyk, former Chairman of the Noverre Society, who passed away on November 25th 2020.

With the kind support of

Partner of Noverre: Young Choreographers

DEAR AUDIENCE, Just a few days ago, one of our talented choreographers and dancers told me, “... nothing can stop our creativity!”

I am very grateful and proud that, together with our Artistic Director Tamas Detrich and the support of EnBW AG, we can make it possible for the members of our company to create new works for the venerable Young Choreographers evening. Given the current situation, this is not something we take for granted! Especially as it is only the second time that Noverre: Young Choreographers is presented by the Stuttgart Ballet and the first time ever that this unique program can be seen by so many people online via a livestream. Fritz Höver, the founder of the Noverre-Gesellschaft, would never have dreamed that the whole world would be able to watch the program which he – together with John Cranko – created and which was particularly close to his heart.

Noverre: Young Choreographers 2021 provides seven dancers from our own ranks the opportunity to show their new creations on stage. Hopefully, we will soon be able to invite emerging choreographers from all around the world again to present their works as well. As has been the tradition in Stuttgart for 60 years.

In this special edition of Noverre: Young Choreographers we would like to commemorate a person who not only served the Stuttgart Ballet for more than 22 years as a beloved and valuable staff member, but who was also chairman of the Noverre Society for many years: Rainer Woihsyk. He passed away on 25th November 2020, and we dedicate tonight’s Young Choreographers evening to him.

We wish all participants a big Toi Toi and you a lot of fun!

Sonia Santiago Project Management Noverre: Young Choreographers

PEACE APART Choreography Jessica Fyfe Music Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in D-flat major Op. 27 No. 2, Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor Op. 65, Nocturne in B-flat minor Op. 9 No. 2, Etude Op. 10 No. 4 Lighting Design Rüdiger Benz

Dancers Jessica Fyfe, Moacir de Oliveira Piano Eva Llorente Díaz Violoncello Olivier Marger

AJNA Choreography Aurora De Mori Music Ennio Morricone: Canone Inverso, Vaghi riflessi, Tema d’amore disperato, Finale, Ciaconna Lighting Design Rüdiger Benz Text Aurora De Mori Speaker Piergiorgio Piccoli

Dancers Mizuki Amemiya, Aiara Iturrioz Rico, Martina Marin Christopher Kunzelmann, Martino Semenzato, Vincent Travnicek

AJNA Memories resurface Hopes fly So nostalgic now for freedom and extravagance.

This turbid resentement Will not be silently blamed Finally unmasked It becomes a new path of peace.

Let go, let yourself go In this vortex of uncertainty That will perhaps be a chance For a new awareness.

Now we are ready to listen Let the voices of the soul vibrate On a journey worthy of destiny where the truth can be revealed.

So silent, Yet awakened To an ocean of vibrations We feel interrelated.

In a single conjunction Where the same essence binds us We rediscover love Sustained by the deepest authenticity.

Now we can turn Those sad words Which at the start of this chorus Made sense but are now alone.

Memories fly Hopes resurface In the wonder that is life In all its dances.

Aurora De Mori

KINEOGRAPH Choreography Vittoria Girelli Music Oren Ambarchie, Kassel Jaeger, James Rushford: Face Time Kristian Eidnes Andersen / Lars von Trier: Antichrist Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello sonata in A major Op. 69 No. 3 Lighting Design Rüdiger Benz

Dancers Rocio Aleman, Hyo-Jung Kang Fabio Adorisio, Timoor Afshar, Henrik Erikson

THE STORM BEFORE THE CALM Choreography Adrian Oldenburger Musik Evgeny Grinko: Lullaby for Yasha Christoph Willibald Gluck: Melody from Orfeo ed Euridice Lighting Design Rüdiger Benz

Dancers Veronika Verterich, Clemens Fröhlich

DELTANGI Choreography Timoor Afshar Musik Mamak Khadem / Ramin Torkian (Axiom of Choice): Calling The Cinematic Orchestra: The Workers of Art Lighting Design Rüdiger Benz

Dancers Daiana Ruiz, Alessandro Giaquinto, Martí Fernández Paixà

DELTANGI (TIGHTNESS OF THE HEART)

Footsteps of the past tread upon my heart, Leaving their sunken soles to the fate of eternity This limbo of attachment that relives its part From start to finish, over and over, to infinity

Space to gather the lost fragments of faces Sure to find an emotion or two hidden in the cracks Lingering long songs heard among the paces Hurting in their aftermath like metaphysical face smacks

As Rumi’s words ring their message through toll of time, Gashing their truth through these shifting facades of art Ever we feel this pain that can pierce the pantomime As the blow is dealt from the tightness of the heart.

Timoor Afshar

BRIDGES Choreography David Moore Music Michael Brook: Shona Bridge Lighting Design Rüdiger Benz

Dancers Agnes Su, Matteo Miccini, Adhonay Soares da Silva

AGOLOY Choreography Shaked Heller Musik Edvard Grieg: Solveig’s Song from Peer Gynt Suite Nr.2 op. 55 Alberto Mateo López: Agoloy, Part I – IV (commissioned piece) Lighting Design Jörg Schuchardt

Dancers Elisa Badenes, Sinéad Brodd, Mackenzie Brown, Paula Rezende, Louis Stiens

INTRODUCTION VIDEOS Sonia Santiago, Jessica Fyfe, David Moore, Shaked Heller Production Sonia Santiago, Matteo Crockard-Villa Filmed and edited by Roman Novitzky

INTRODUCTION VIDEOS Aurora De Mori, Vittoria Girelli, Adrian Oldenburger, Timoor Afshar Production Sonia Santiago, Matteo Crockard-Villa Filmed and edited by Alexander Mc Gowan

MUSIC CREDITS Ajna Music composed, orchestrated and conducted by Ennio Morricone; published by Cecchi Gori Music S.r.l. (P) 2000 Cecchi Gori Music S.r.l.

Kineograph Face Time: Oren Ambarchi, Kassel Jaeger and James Rushford.

Written & performed by Ambarchi/Jaeger/Rushford Black Truffle records 2018 Antichrist: Music by Lars von Trier and Kristian Eidnes Andersen © by Zentropa Music Rights Services and Warner Chappell Music Denmark As; All rights administered by Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH; Label: Cold Spring Records Deltangi Calling: Mamak Khadem /Ramin Torkian; Label: American Composers Forum The Workers of Art: The Cinematic Orchestra (Jason Swinscoe / Miguel Atwood-Ferguson / Peter Smith, Aleks Podraza). Published by Just Isn’t Music Ltd/ Warp Music; Courtesy of Ninja Tune Ltd www.ninjatune.net; Performance rights: Freibank Musikverlags und Vermarktungs GmbH und Warp Music Bridges Shona Bridge: Music and text: Brian Michael Brook © Universal/ Momentum Music Ltd. By courtesy of Universal Music Publishing GmbH. Performed by Michael Brook, Licensed Courtesy of 4AD Ltd; By arrangement with Beggars Group Media Ltd; www.4AD.com Agoloy Agoloy: Alberto Mateo López / delta9THC; https://www.hispasonic. com/index.php?controller=track&action=play_radio_user&user_id=67773

JESSICA FYFE Choreography Peace Apart Jessica Fyfe was born in Brisbane (Australia) and received her initial ballet training at the Marie Walton Dance Academy in Newcastle. As of 2000 she continued her dance education at the Australian Ballet School in Melbourne.

From 2010 until 2015 she danced as a Choryphée with the Australian Ballet.

During this time she danced solo roles in choreographies a.o. by John Cranko, David McAllister and Peter Wright. In February 2016 Jessica Fyfe joined the Stuttgart Ballet as Demi-Soloist, in the 2019-20 season she was promoted to Soloist. With the Stuttgart Ballet she has danced solo roles such as Lise in Frederick Ashton’s La fille mal gardée, Bianca in John Cranko’s The Taming of the Shrew, the Kantorka in Demis Volpis Krabat and Princess Stephanie in Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling. In 2018 her first piece Entropy premiered at the Noverre: Young Choreographers evening.

AURORA DE MORI Choreography Ajna Aurora De Mori was born in Italy and started her ballet training at the Centro Idea Danza in Sandrigo as well as at the Centro Danza Vicenza.

Subsequently she attended the Academy Teatro alla Scala in Milan before she came to the John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart in 2012. She graduated in 2015 and became an apprentice with the Stuttgart Ballet at the beginning of the 2015-16 season. Since 2016 she is a member of the Corps de ballet. Here she has performed solo roles such as Olympia in John Neumeier's The Lady of the Camellias and Princess Stephanie in Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling, as well as in ballets by John Cranko and Jiří Kylián.

Aurora De Mori created her first own choreography, Klimt’s Persuasion, for the Young Choreographers evening of the Noverre Society in 2016, when she was still a student. This was followed by Devenire anima (2017), Quintessenz der Vielfalt (2018) and Pompei (2019) also for Noverre: Young Choroegraphers. In 2020 she was commissioned by Tamas Detrich to create a work for the triple bill RESPONSE II; Aliunde Levi premiered at the Schauspielhaus Stuttgart.

VIT TORIA GIRELLI Choreography Kineograph Vittoria Girelli was born in Monza (Italy) and grew up in Milan. She received her initial ballet training at the Scuola di Ballo Accademia Teatro alla Scala.

From 2014 to 2016 she completed her education at the English National Ballet School. In 2016 she joined the Stuttgart Ballet as a member of the Corps de ballet, where she danced numerous solo roles. In addition, Fabio Adorisio, Mauro Bigonzetti and Edward Clug a.o. have created roles for her.

In 2020, Vittoria Girelli created her first piece Chrysalis for the triple bill RESPONSE II, commissioned by Tamas Detrich.

ADRIAN OLDENBURGER Choreography The storm before the calm Adrian Oldenburger was born in Des Moines (Iowa, USA). He received his initial ballet training at Miss Ediths School of Ballet and at the school of the Montgomery Ballet. Subsequently he attended the School of Classical Ballet and Dance. From 2013 to 2016 he completed his education at the John Cranko Schule, from which he graduated in 2016. In the 2016-17 season Adrian Oldenburger joined the Stuttgart Ballet as an apprentice and became a member of the Corps de ballet the following season. He has danced solo roles in ballets by John Cranko and Marcia Haydée, among others.

In 2018 he created his first piece for the Young Choreographers evening: It’s what you make of it.

TIMOOR AFSHAR Choreography Deltangi Timoor Afshar was born in Indianapolis (USA) and received his initial ballet training at the Indiana Ballet Conservatory. As of 2011 he attended The Harid Conservatory and from 2012 to 2016 he attended the John Cranko Schule from which he graduated. In the 2016-17 season he joined the Stuttgart Ballet as an apprentice, one season later he became a member of the Corps de ballet and at the beginning of the 2019-20 season he was promoted to Demi-Soloist. Since then he has taken on numerous solo roles, for example in works by John Cranko. In addition, Marco Goecke, Louis Stiens, Roman Novitzky and most recently Nanine Linning have created roles for him. His first choreography B-Side premiered at Noverre: Young Choreographers in 2019.

DAVID MOORE Choreography Bridges David Moore was born in Ipswich (England). He began his dance training at the Angela Rowe School of Dance in his hometown in 1998. Subsequently he attended the Royal Ballet School in London from which he graduated in 2007. At the beginning of the 2007-08 season, Moore became a member of the Stuttgart Ballet’s Corps de ballet. In the 2010-11 season he was promoted to Demi-Soloist, in 2013-14 to Soloist. In the fall of 2014 he was appointed Principal Dancer with the Stuttgart Ballet. His extensive repertoire includes the male leading roles in John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet and Swan Lake, in Marcia Haydee’s The Sleeping Beauty, in John Neumeier’s The Lady of the Camellias, Crown Prince Rudolph in Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling. Many choreographers have created roles specifically for him, a.o. Demis Volpi who created leading roles for him in Krabat, Salome and Death in Venice.

For the Noverre: Young Choreographers’ evening David Moore has created four pieces. Meridian had it’s world premiere in 2010, the pas de trois Love your ground in 2011, Dearest premiered in 2012 followed by Manomanca in 2013. For the New Year’s Concert of the Strauss Capelle Wien he created Pish Posh (2014).

SHAKED HELLER Choreography Agoloy Shaked Heller was born in Jerusalem (Israel) and grew up in the Kibbutz En-Harod Ihyd in the north of Israel. He received his initial ballet training at a small studio; as of 2010 he attended the Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts in Givatayim and in 2013 he joined the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C., from which he graduated in 2014. In the 2014-15 season he danced with the Israel Ballet and in the 2015-16 season with Ballet Zurich as a member of the Junior Company. He joined the Stuttgart Ballet at the beginning of the 2016-17 season as a member of the Corps de ballet. Since then he danced in ballets by among others Frederick Ashton, John Cranko and Johan Inger. He has been the inspiration for several new creations, most notably by Louis Stiens.

Since 2018 he has created four own choreographies. He made his debut as a choreographer with Arpatruf (2018) for the Young Choreographers evening. A year later, he created the piece Polosma for the same event. Like its predecessor, this piece was taken into the repertoire of the Stuttgart Ballet. In 2020 he created the solo Metrof for the State Theatre Stuttgart’s production We are such stuff as dreams are made on. Also in 2020, Tamas Detrich commissioned Mehlberg from him for the triple bill RESPONSE II.

THE COMPANY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Tamas Detrich

PRINCIPAL DANCERS Alicia Amatriain Elisa Badenes Miriam Kacerova Hyo-Jung Kang Anna Osadcenko David Moore Roman Novitzky Jason Reilly Adhonay Soares da Silva Friedemann Vogel

SOLOISTS Rocio Aleman Jessica Fyfe Diana Ionescu Agnes Su Angelina Zuccarini Alexander Mc Gowan Ciro Ernesto Mansilla Martí Fernández Paixà

DEMI-SOLOISTS Fernanda De Souza Lopes Daiana Ruiz Veronika Verterich Fabio Adorisio Timoor Afshar Matteo Crockard-Villa Clemens Fröhlich Matteo Miccini Moacir de Oliveira Louis Stiens

CORPS DE BALLET Mizuki Amemiya María Andrés Betoret Sinéad Brodd Mackenzie Brown Julliane Franzoi Priscylla Gallo Elisa Ghisalberti Vittoria Girelli Coralie Grand Eva Holland-Nell Martina Marin Natalija Miljevic Aurora De Mori Minji Nam Paula Rezende Aiara Iturrioz Rico Joana Romaneiro Natalie Thornley-Hall Alicia Garcia Torronteras Anouk van der Weijde Noan Alves Henrik Erikson Riccardo Ferlito Gabriel Figueredo Alessandro Giaquinto Shaked Heller Christopher Kunzelmann Adrian Oldenburger Christian Pforr Flemming Puthenpurayil Martino Semenzato Daniele Silingardi Satchel Tanner Vincent Travnicek

APPRENTICES Rose Maloney Marco Piraino Edoardo Sartori Triston Simpson Alexander Smith

PUBLISHED BY The Stuttgart Ballet Tamas Detrich, Artistic Director 2020-21 Season

DIRECTOR OF SCENIC WORKSHOPS Bernhard Leykauf

EDITED BY Vivien Arnold, Sonia Santiago

HEAD OF COSTUME DEPARTMENT Sabrina Heubischl (acting director)

ASSISTANT EDITOR Pia Christine Boekhorst

COSTUME PRODUCTION MANAGERS Diana Eckmann, Nicole Krahl

PHOTOS Carlos Quezada

COSTUME ASSISTANT Leonie Kawohl

GRAPHIC DESIGN Discodoener, Stuttgart

PPROJECT MANAGMENT NOVERRE: YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHERS Sonia Santiago STAGE MANAGERS Ekkehard Kleine, Janis Vollert

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR SCHAUSPIEL Guido Schneitz HEAD OF PRODUCTION CREW SCHAUSPIEL Manuel Willi TECHNICAL SETUP Hendrik Wilde STAGE TECHNICIAN Mustafa Agacdograyan LIGHTING SCHAUSPIEL Rüdiger Benz, Jörg Schuchardt SOUND AND VIDEO SCHAUSPIEL Frank Bürger PROPS SCHAUSPIEL Philipp Unger

2020-2021 Season