Stuttgart Ballet

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Stuttgart Ballet is a leading German ballet company. Dating back to 1609, then the court ballet of the dukes of Württemberg, the modern company was founded by John Cranko and is known for full-length narrative ballets. The company received the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance in 1981.

History

The Stuttgart Ballet evolved from the court ballet of the Duke of Württemberg, dating back to 1609. The modern company was founded and shaped from 1961 by the South African born British dancer John Cranko "into a group with an exciting and visually arresting style". He created full-length narrative ballets including Romeo and Juliet, Onegin and The Taming of the Shrew, John Neumeier created for the company Die Kameliendame and A Streetcar Named Desire. The first tour to the US in 1969 resulted in international fame.

Dancers who have emerged from the company became well-known choreographers, including Neumeier, William Forsythe, Foofwa d'Imobilité, Uwe Scholz, Jiří Kylián and Renato Zanella.

Cranko was succeeded by as director by Glen Tetley (1974–1976) and Marcia Haydée (1976–1996) and then Reid Anderson (1996-present). The choreologist Georgette Tsinguirides has recorded all major ballets by Cranko and Kenneth MacMillan in Benesh Movement Notation and has been teaching these works to several generations of ballet companies internationally.

The company received the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance in 1981.

More than 25 years James Tuggle was the principal conductor of the Stuttgart Ballet.{{Cite web|last=Ballett|first=Stuttgarter|title=James Tuggle {{!}} Stuttgart Ballet|url=https://www.stuttgart-ballet.de/company/james-tuggle/|access-date=18 February 2022|website=www.stuttgart-ballet.de|language=de}} From 2019 through 2021 Mikhail Agrest was principal conductor.[https://theviolinchannel.com/conductor-mikhail-agrest-stuttgart-ballet-new-principal-conductor/ Germany's Stuttgart Ballet Announces New Principal Conductor] The Violin Channel, 15 July 2019.Gisela Sonnenburg: [https://heise.de/-6314657 Verrohung im vornehmen Opernbetrieb] Telepolis, 29 Dezember 2021; Rupert Koppold: [https://www.kontextwochenzeitung.de/medien/558/totschweiger-und-lobmaschinen-7876.html Totschweiger und Lobmaschinen] Kontext, 8 Dezember 2021; Gisela Sonnenburg: [https://ballett-journal.de/stuttgarter-ballett-reid-anderson-stardirigent-mikhail-agrest/ Reid Anderson feuert Stardirigenten] Ballett-Journal, 25 November 2021; Gisela Sonnenburg: [https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/417228.ballett-denn-sie-haben-ihn-gefeuert-das-stuttgarter-ballett-k%C3%BCndigt-musikdirektor-mikhail-agrest.html Denn sie haben ihn gefeuert. Das Stuttgarter Ballett kündigt Musikdirektor Mikhail Agrest] junge Welt, 23 Dezember 2021; Andrea Kachelrieß: [https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.stuttgarter-ballett-trennt-sich-die-kompanie-von-musikdirektor-mikhail-agrest.92602e13-70db-4779-8f60-64cb0e7d00ab.html?reduced=true Trennt sich die Kompanie von Musikdirektor Mikhail Agrest?] Stuttgarter Nachrichten, 9 Dezember 2021.

The ballet's school is the {{ill|John Cranko School (ballet)|de|John Cranko Schule|lt=John Cranko Schule}}.

Notable people

References

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{{cite web

| last = Hanselmann

| first = Ulla

| url = http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.die-stuttgarter-choreologin-georgette-tsinguirides-die-hueterin-des-tanzerbes.c5bcf2af-deb5-42c2-8b53-33b3ddaca041.html

| title = Die Stuttgarter Choreologin Georgette Tsinguirides / Die Hüterin des Tanzerbes

| date = 28 November 2014

| work = Stuttgarter Zeitung

| access-date = 9 April 2015

}}

{{cite book

| last = Koegler

| first = Horst

| chapter = Das erste Jahrzehnt|title=50 Jahre Stuttgarter Ballett. Programmbuch|language=de

| publisher = Stuttgart Ballet

| year = 2010

}}