The Stuttgart National Theatre, home to the Stuttgart Ballet

Stuttgart Ballet was the first major German ballet company.^[1] It rose to fame in the 1960s under Artistic Director John Cranko. The company, which is renowned for presentations of full-length narrative ballets including Romeo and Juliet, Eugene Onegin, The Taming of the Shrew, John Neumeier's ''Die Kameliendame and Streetcar Named Desire, continues to be defined critically as one of the world's best ballet theatres for its combination of classical, story and new modern ballets. ^[2]

Stuttgart Ballet has a tradition of producing new and exciting dance while giving young choreographers and dancers opportunity to express themselves and flourish^{[citation needed]}. Famous dancers who have emerged from the ranks of the company to become some of the world's most well-known choreographers include Neumeier, William Forsythe, Foofwa d’Imobilité, Uwe Scholz, John Alleyne, Jiri Kylian and Renato Zanella.

The modern Stuttgart Ballet evolved from the royal ballet resident at the court of the Duke of Württemberg as early as 1609. Previous directors include Glen Tetley and Marcia Haydee. Reid Anderson has been the artistic director since 1996. Stuttgart Ballet is known for its enthusiastic and knowledgeable audiences and performs in the Stuttgart Opera House and (slightly smaller) playhouse. The company is recognised all over the world and is regularly invited to perform on the most distinguished stages, giving approximately twenty shows a season across a variety of countries.^[2]

John Cranko Schule[link]

The director of the John Cranko School is Tadeusz Matacz.

[edit] Current artists ^[3]

Principal dancers[link]

Soloists[link]

Demi soloists[link]

Corps de ballet[link]

Apprentices[link]

References[link]

1. ^ Stuttgart Ballet Accessed Feb. 26, 2010
2. ^ ^{a b} Official website of the Beijing government. Accessed Feb. 26, 2010
3. ^ "as of April 2010, updated March 2012". Stuttgart Ballet. http://www.staatstheater.stuttgart.de/ballett/english/compagnie/. Retrieved 27 April 2010. 

External links[link]

• Official website (German)

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Evan McKie (born 1983) is a Canadian ballet dancer. He achieved Principal Dancer status after performing Kevin O'Day's abstract ballet version of Hamlet in Stuttgart. In December 2011, McKie became the first Canadian to be invited to perform as a guest star with the Paris Opera Ballet. The Financial Times called his Paris performance of John Cranko's Onegin, “the sensation of the season.” He is known for his technical abilities in both classical and contemporary dance works and is acclaimed for his dramatic depth and unusual range in ballet roles. McKie has publicly stated that his interest in developing characters through the use of his body is what he is most interested in. In Japanese ballet magazine SWAN, McKie credited his home company, John Cranko's Stuttgart Ballet, for accepting and nurturing (his) individuality as an artist. McKie is also a photographer, published writer and has choreographed two works for Stuttgart's Noverre Society. He was one of the last graduates of the late Russian ballet legend, Pyotr Pestov.

Biography[link]

McKie received his dance training from The National Ballet School of Canada, The Kirov Academy of Ballet and the John Cranko School, Stuttgart upon special invitation from Pyotr Pestov. In a Russian interview just before his death, Pestov cited McKie as one of the most interesting students in his forty-year teaching career with the Bolshoi and Stuttgart schools.

McKie has received critical praise for many roles including Hamlet, Onegin, Siegfried in Swan Lake, Prince in The Sleeping Beauty among others. He appeared in Dance Europe (London) Magazine's Critic's Choice List for his portrayal of Albrecht in Giselle. Many of the world's top choreographers have created for him including Wayne McGregor, Marco Goecke, Mauro Bigonzetti, Christian Spuck, Kevin O'Day and Douglas Lee. McKie has also worked with legendary choreographers John Neumeier and Glen Tetley and has danced in Japan, South Korea, China, Thailand, Africa, United States, England, Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Russia. He is a guest artist with The Paris Opera Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, The Universal Ballet of South Korea, The Ballet de Santiago de Chile and The Tokyo Ballet.

McKie is a guest writer for Dance Magazine in New York and is an honorary advisory board member.

References[link]

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• Hüster, Wiebke (06.11.2007). "Cranko-Festival. Die schwere Erbschaft einer Wunderzeit". F.A.Z., Nr. 258 / Seite 35. http://www.faz.net/s/Rub4D7EDEFA6BB3438E85981C05ED63D788/Doc~E185217FA35E442D591270957E89B8C3A~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html?rss_googlefeed. Retrieved 2008-07-15.  (German)
• "Tanzsichten II. Tanzsichten II Orma. Drei Uraufführungen für die Stuttgarter Kompanie". Stuttgarter Nachrichten. 02.04.2004 - aktualisiert: 10.05.2004 10:24 Uhr. http://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/stn/page/detail.php/707213?_suchtag=2004-04-17. Retrieved 2008-07-15.  (German)
• Bosshard, Dominique (2006-02-25). "Danse. Dans l'ombre des grands". L'Impartial. http://www.limpartial.ch/dossiers/scene/art_78188.php. Retrieved 2008-07-15.  (French)
• "EVAN MCKIE – Principal Dancer". Stuttgart Ballet. http://www.staatstheater.stuttgart.de/ballett/english/compagnie/. Retrieved 2010-02-26. 

Maria Eichwald is ballet dancer hailing from Talgar, Kazakhstan.

Biography[link]

Eichwald trained at the national ballet academy in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan before becoming a soloist dancer at the national theatre. Due to her German ancestry she moved to Germany in 1995. In 1996 she joined the National Theatre Munich where she became a principal dancer in 1999. In Munich she danced a variety of leading roles including Kitri in Don Quixote, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake (Petipa), Tatiana and Olga in Onegin (Cranko), Marguerite Duval in Die Kameliendame (Neumeier) and Manon in Manon (Macmillan). In 2004, Eichwald caused a scandal in the press when she abrubtly left the company to accept an offer at the celebrated Stuttgart Ballet in Stuttgart, Germany. Since then, Eichwald has toured the world with the company and in 2005 danced opposite Paris Opera etoile Manuel Legris as Tatiana in Onegin (Cranko) on a tour of Asia. As of 2008, Eichwald continues to be an international ballet favorite among critics and audiences alike and is known for her exceptional skill and technique.

Nominations and Prizes[link]

Eichwald was nominated for a Prix Benois de la Danse in 2002.^[1]

References[link]

External links[link]

• The Stuttgart Ballet
• Ballerina Gallery
• hucky.com
• Bayerisches Ballett
• Prix de Benois History

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John Cyril Cranko (15 August 1927 – 26 June 1973) was a choreographer with the Sadler's Wells Ballet (which later became the Royal Ballet) and the Stuttgart Ballet.

Cranko was born in Rustenburg in the former province of Transvaal, South Africa. As a child, he would put on puppet shows as a creative outlet. Cranko received his early ballet training in Cape Town under the leading South African ballet teacher and director, Dulcie Howes, of the University of Cape Town Ballet School. He then moved to London.

Following the expiration of the copyright on Arthur Sullivan's music in 1950, John Cranko choreographed the comic ballet Pineapple Poll, in collaboration with Charles Mackerras, for a British Festival. Pineapple Poll was based on W. S. Gilbert's Bab Ballad The Bumboat Woman's Story, with music exclusively by Sir Arthur Sullivan including music from various Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. His father, Herbert, a balletomane, spent a great deal of time with him in London. Another collaboration with Mackerras followed with The Lady and the Fool.

John Cranko wrote and developed a musical revue Cranks, which opened in London in December 1955, moved to a West End theatre the following March, and ran for over 220 performances. With music by John Addison, its cast of four featured singers Anthony Newley, Annie Ross, Hugh Bryant and dancer Gilbert Vernon then transferred to New York. An original cast CD has recently been released. Cranko followed the format of Cranks with a new revue New Cranks opening at the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith on 26 April 1960 with music by David Lee and a stellar cast including Gillian Lynne, Carole Shelley and Bernard Cribbins, but it failed to have the same impact.

Cranko also choreographed the ballet Onegin, an adaptation of the verse novel Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin set to music by Tchaikovsky (mainly The Seasons) orchestrated by Kurt-Heinz Stolze. Other full length ballets he choreographed are Romeo and Juliet, set to music by Prokofiev and The Taming of the Shrew.

Cranko choked to death after suffering an allergic reaction to a sleeping pill he took during a transatlantic flight.^[1] His mother, Grace, who was divorced from Herbert and lived in what was then Rhodesia, heard about his death from a radio broadcast. The ballet Voluntaries by Glen Tetley was created in the memory of John Cranko.

References[link]

External links[link]

• John Cranko website (German)
  • list of works (German)

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