AUSTRIA<br />LINZ<br />BALLETT<br />LANDESTHEATER<br />Director: Jochen Ulrich<br />Repertoire: Coppélia ch: Ulrich<br />(10 Nov); Lorca und Dalí ch:<br />Ulrich (17 Feb); Gla(s)-Stücke<br />ch: Ulrich (3 May); Die<br />Spielzeugschachtel - Tanz Extra<br />II ch: Ulrich and Jucquois<br />(14 Jun).<br />www.landestheater-linz.at<br /><br />VIENNA<br />DAS BALLETT DER<br />WIENER STAATSOPER<br />UND<br />VOLKSOPER<br />Director: Gyula Harangozó<br />Repertoire: Tanzhommage an<br />Queen ch: van Cauwenbergh<br />(16 Sept); Romeo und Julia (17<br />Sept); The Nutcracker ch:<br />Harangozó after Wainonen (28<br />Sept); Coppélia ch: Harangozó<br />(21 Oct); Max und Moritz ch:<br />Barbay/Kropf (10 Nov); La<br />Bayadère ch: Malakhov/Petipa<br />(23 Dec); Anna Karenina ch:<br />Eifman (17 Jan): Ballettschule<br />der Wiener Staatsoper (20 Jan);<br />Manon ch: MacMillan (24 Jan);<br />Ballet gala: Kingdom of the<br />Shades + Glow - Stop ch: Elo +<br />new work ch: Lukács + Paquita<br />Grand Pas ch: Petipa (11 Mar);<br />Swan Lake ch: Nureyev/Petipa/<br />Ivanov (23 Mar); Onegin ch:<br />Cranko (29 Apr); Die<br />Puppenfee/Platzkonzert (26<br />May).<br />www.dasballett.at<br />www.wiener-staatsoper.at<br />www.volksoper.at<br /><br />BELGIUM<br />ANTWERP<br />ROYAL BALLET OF<br />FLANDERS<br />Director: Kathy Bennetts<br />Repertoire: Impressing the<br />Czar ch: Forsythe (18 Aug);<br />Herman Schmerman ch:<br />Forsythe + new work ch: Soto +<br />new work ch: Moles + new<br />work ch: Elo (Oct); The<br />Sleeping Beauty ch: Haydée (20<br />Dec); Apollo ch: Balanchine +<br />Orpheus ch: Corder WP +<br />Symphony of Psalms ch: Kylián<br />(1 Apr); Coupe Maison 2 -<br />young choreogaphers (25 May);<br />The Return of Ulysees ch:<br />Spuck (1 July).<br />Foreign tour: Edinburgh<br />International Festival (18 - 20<br />Aug).<br />Guest company: Introdans:<br />Blaze of Glory (14 - 17 Feb).<br />www.flandersballet.be<br /><br />BRUSSELS THEATRES<br />La Monnaie/La Munt<br />Programme: Sidi Larbi<br />Cherkaoui: Apocrifu (5 Sept);<br />Akram Khan and Sylvie<br />Guillem: Sacred Monsters (9<br />May).<br />Théâtre National<br />Programme: Israel Galvan:<br />Arena (19 Oct); Sasha Waltz:<br />Dido and Aeneas (12 Jan);<br />Nederlands Dans Theater I (19<br />Jun).<br /><br />KVS_BOL<br />Programme: Sidi Larbi<br />Cherkaoui: Myth (1 Feb);<br />Kaaitheater<br />Programme: Anne Teresa de<br />Keersmaeker: creation WP (6<br />Mar) + D’un soir un jour (20<br />Mar).<br />www.lamonnaie.be<br /><br />CZECH REPUBLIC<br />PRAGUE<br />NATIONAL BALLET<br />THEATRE PRAGUE<br />Director: Petr Zuska<br />Repertoire: The Czech Ballet<br />Symphony ch: Kylián, Zuska,<br />Rychetsky, Simáková;<br />Brel + Vysotsky + Kryl + Solo<br />for Three ch: Zuska; Onegin ch:<br />Cranko; Swan Lake prod:<br />Harapes; Ballet Mania;<br />Miniatures - Evening of works<br />by Young Choreographers: La<br />Sylphide + Napoli ch:<br />Bournonville/<br />Andersen; Romeo and Juliet ch:<br />Vamos; The Nutcracker - A<br />Christmas Carol ch: Vamos;<br />Goldilocks ch: Kodet: The<br />Sleeping Beauty ch: Slavicky;<br />Layers + Carmen; Mozart?<br />Mozart! ch: Kylián/Zuska;<br />Giselle ch: Hampson; Ibbur, or a<br />Prague Mystery ch: Zuska;<br />Ballet Gala.<br />Joining: Jade Clayton (from<br />RBS)<br />www.narodni-divadlo.cz<br /><br />DENMARK<br />HOLSTEBRO<br />PETER SCHAUFUSS<br />BALLETTEN<br />Director: Peter Schaufuss<br />Repertoire: Satisfaction ch:<br />Schaufuss (28 Aug); Swan Lake<br />(29 Sept); Sleeping Beauty +<br />Nutcracker (30 Sept); Michael,<br />I’m Bad (19 Oct);<br />Foreign tour: London (Aug-<br />Sept).<br />Joining:Adam Kirkham (from<br />ENB School).<br />www.schaufuss.com<br /><br />ENGLAND<br />BIRMINGHAM<br />BIRMINGHAM ROYAL<br />BALLET<br />Director: David Bintley<br />Repertoire: Edward II ch:<br />Bintley (26 Sept); Paquita ch:<br />Samsova/Petipa + Daphnis and<br />Chloë ch: Ashton + Nine Sinatra<br />Songs ch: Tharp (3 Oct); The<br />Nutcracker ch: Wright; Swan<br />Lake ch: Wright/ Samsova; Take<br />Five + The Orpheus Suite + The<br />Shakespeare Suite ch: Bintley;<br />Giselle ch: Bintley/Samsova;<br />Card Game ch: Cranko + Le<br />Baiser de la fée ch: Corder +<br />Petrushka ch: Fokine.<br />Promotions: Jamie Bond,<br />Alexander Campbell, Joseph<br />Caley, Jenna Roberts and<br />Tyrone Singleton to soloists;<br />Arancha Baselga, Jonathan<br />Caguioa and Valentine<br />Olovyannikov to first artists.<br />Leaving: Clara Blanco, Annie<br />Carroll, Virginia de Gersigny,<br />Maia Makhateli and Robert<br />Parker (who leaves to train to be<br />a commercial airline pilot)<br />Joining: Natasha Oughtred<br />joins as a soloist (from the<br />Royal Ballet), Laura-Jane<br />Gibson (from Elmhurst School<br />for Dance), Yvette Knight,<br />Callie Roberts, Christopher<br />Rodgers Wilson and Oliver Till<br />(from The Royal Ballet School).<br />www.brb.org.uk<br /><br />LEEDS<br />WP - world<br />premiere;<br />CP - company<br />premiere;<br />ch: choreographer;<br />prod: - production.<br />Dates given indicate<br />the first day on<br />which the work will<br />be performed during<br />the coming 2007 -<br />2008 season.Dance Europe Season Preview 2007 -<br />2008<br />San Francisco Ballet<br />75th Anniversary<br />America’s oldest professional ballet company<br />celebrates its 75th birthday with a New Works<br />Festival of 10 world premieres and invites three<br />guest companies - National Ballet of Canada,<br />New York City Ballet and Les Ballets des<br />Monte-Carlo to San Francisco.<br />Rory Hohenstein and Jaime Garcia Castilla in Wayne McGregor’s Eden/Eden. Photo: Erik Tomasson<br />GENERAL PUBLIC<br />BOOKING OPENS<br /><br />MULHOUSE<br />September 4th<br />STRASBOURG, COLMAR<br />September 17th<br />www.operanationaldurhin.fr<br />design Hartland Villa Photo Elene Usdin<br />SOIRÉE JACOPO GODANI<br />COPPÉLIA<br />BÉJART!<br />RÊVES 4<br />NORTHERN BALLET<br />THEATRE<br />Director: David Nixon<br />Repertoire: A Midsummer Night’s<br />Dream ch: Nixon (6 Sept); The<br />Nutcracker ch: Nixon WP (11 Oct).<br />Joining:Rachel Gillepsie (from<br />Central School of Ballet), Jonathan<br />Trick (from RBS), Guiliano<br />Contadini (from ENB School).<br />www.northerballettheatre.co.uk<br /><br />LONDON<br />BONACHELA<br />DANCE COMPANY<br />Director: Rafael Bonachela<br />Repertoire: Voices ch: Bonachela<br />(9 Sept).<br />Foreign tours: Italy (Sept and Oct),<br />Stockholm, Reus and Barcelona<br />(Feb).<br />www.bonacheladancecompany.com<br />ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET<br />Director: Wayne Eagling<br />Repertoire: The Snow Queen ch:<br />Corder WP (11 Oct); Swan Lake ch:<br />Deane (24 Oct); The Nutcracker ch:<br />Hampson (19 Dec).<br />Joining:Anjuli Hudson, Araminta<br />Wraith, Nathan Young, Kuei Yao<br />Chu, Emma Findlay, Monika Lepisto,<br />Tomomi Tamagawa, Yuki Watanabe -<br />English National Ballet (from ENB<br />School).<br />www.ballet.org.uk<br />RAMBERT DANCE COMPANY<br />Director: Mark Baldwin<br />Repertoire: new work WP + Stand<br />and Stare + Gran Partita (26 Sept);<br />Swansong + Lady into Fox + Gran<br />Partita (11 Oct); Constant Speed +<br />Swansong + Anatomica #3 (17 Oct)<br />and same rep in various permutations<br />touring until 1 Dec.<br />Joining: Lindsay Loft (stage<br />manager).<br />Leaving: Cameron McMillan, Lucila<br />Alves and Kate Scanlan (Director of<br />Education).<br />www.rambert.org.uk<br />THE ROYAL BALLET<br />Director: Monica Mason<br />Repertoire: La Bayadère ch:<br />Makarova after Petipa (6 Oct);<br />Romeo and Juliet ch: MacMillan (16<br />Oct); Jewels: Emeralds, Rubies and<br />Diamonds ch: Balanchine (23 Nov);<br />The Nutcracker ch: Wright after<br />Ivanov (8 Dec); Les Patineurs + Tales<br />of Beatrix Potter ch: Ashton (23<br />Dec); Sylvia ch: Ashton (18 Jan);<br />Chroma ch: McGregor + Different<br />Drummer ch: MacMillan + The Rite<br />of Spring ch: MacMillan (2 Feb);<br />new ballet WP ch: Wheeldon +<br />Afternoon of a Faun ch: Robbins + A<br />Month in the Country ch: Ashton (28<br />Feb); The Sleeping Beauty prod:<br />Mason/Newton (13 Mar); Serenade<br />ch: Balanchine + new ballet WP ch:<br />Brandstrup + Homage to the Queen<br />ch: Bintley/Corder/Wheeldon/Ashton<br />(23 Apr); The Dream ch: Ashton +<br />Dances at a Gathering ch: Robbins<br />(17 May); New Works in the Linbury<br />ch: Royal Ballet dancers (22 May).<br />Joining: Claire Calvert, Elsa Godard,<br />Kevin Emerton, Sergiy Polunin (all<br />from Royal Ballet School).<br />www.roh.org.uk<br /><br />LONDON THEATRES<br />Sadler’s Wells Theatre<br />Programme: Paco Peña: A Compás!<br />To The Rhythm (7 Aug); Alvin Ailey<br />American Dance Theatre (4 Sept);<br />Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company<br />(19 Sept); Hofesh Shechter: In Your<br />Rooms + Uprising (28 Sept); Isaac<br />Julien and Russell Maliphant: Cast<br />No Shadow (3 Oct); Birmingham<br />Royal Ballet: Paquita + Nine Sinatra<br />Songs + Daphnis and Chloë (9 Oct)<br />+ Edward II (11 Oct); Akram<br />Khan/Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui/Antony<br />Gormley/Nitin Sawhney: zero ddegrees<br />(16 Oct); Carlos Acosta and<br />Guests from the Ballet Nacional de<br />Cuba (23 Oct); James Thiérrée - La<br />Compagnie de Hanneton’s Au Revoir<br />Parapluie (30 Oct); Rambert Dance<br />Company (13Nov); Matthew<br />Bourne’s Nutcracker! (13 Dec).<br />Peacock Theatre<br />Programme: Estampas Porteñas:<br />Tango Fire (18 Sept); Theatre Rites<br />and Arthur Pita: Mischief (6 Oct);<br />Shaolin Monks: Ku-Fu Masters Live<br />(10 Oct); Momix: Greatest Hits! (6<br />Nov); The Snowman (5 Dec).<br />London Coliseum<br />A season of international dance presented<br />by Sadler’s Wells in association<br />with Askonas Holt and Raymond<br />Gubbay.<br />Programme: New York City Ballet -<br />prog 1 (12 Mar); prog 2 (13 Mar);<br />prog 3 (18 Mar); prog 4 (19 Mar).<br />Stuttgart Ballet: Romeo and Juliet ch:<br />Cranko (25 Mar). Carlos Acost and<br />Guest artists from the Royal Ballet<br />(31 Mar). Sylvie Guillem and Russell<br />Maliphant: Push (4 Apr).<br />MANCHESTER<br />The Lowry<br />Programme: Rambert Dance<br />Company (26 Sept); Alvin Ailey<br />American Dance Theatre (9 Oct);<br />Scottish Dance Theatre (2 Nov); New<br />Adventures: Matthew Bourne’s The<br />Car Man (6 Nov); CoisCéim Dance<br />Theatre: Knots (22 Nov); Phoenix<br />Dance Theatre (29 Nov).<br />www.thelowry.com<br /><br />FINLAND<br />HELSINKI<br />FINNISH NATIONAL BALLET<br />Director: Dinna Bjørn<br />Repertoire: Ballet Season Opening<br />(6 Oct); Giselle ch: Guillem; (20<br />Oct); A Million Kisses to My Skin<br />ch: Dawson + Petite mort + Six<br />Dances ch: Kylián (17 Nov); The<br />Nutcracker and the Mouse King ch:<br />Eagling/van Schayk (5 Dec); The<br />Sleeping Beauty prod: Torres (26<br />Jan); The Lake of the Little Swans<br />ch: Saikkonen after Petipa/Ivanov (22<br />Feb); Offcore ch: Elo + Two Fast<br />(kopio) ch: Elo + Colours ch:<br />Uotinen WP (29 Feb); Voluntaries ch:<br />Tetley + Firebird ch: Scholz + Etudes<br />Dance Europe Season Preview 2007 -2008<br />WWW.LANDESTHEATER- LINZ.AT<br />Die Spielzeit<br />2007/2008.<br />Leitung Jochen Ulrich<br />PRE M I E REN<br />Coppélia<br />Léo Delibes<br />Choreographie Jochen Ulrich<br />10. November 2007 Großes Haus<br />Lorca und Dalí<br />Jochen Ulrich<br />Musik von Heitor Villa-Lobos,<br />Goran Bregovic und Philip Glass<br />17. Februar 2008 Großes Haus<br />Glas(s)-Stücke (UA)<br />Jochen Ulrich<br />Musik von Philip Glass und<br />Henry Purcell<br />03. Mai 2008 Großes Haus<br />Die Spielzeugschachtel –<br />Tanz-Extra II (UA)<br />Jochen Ulrich und Fabrice Jucquois<br />Musik von Claude Debussy und<br />Maurice Ravel<br />14. Juni 2008 Kammerspiele<br />ch: Lander (12 Apr); Farewell Gala<br />for Dinna Bjørn who leaves the<br />Finnish National Ballet at the end of<br />the 2007-2008 season (30 May).<br />www.operafin.fi<br /> <br />FRANCE<br />MULHOUSE<br />BALLET DU RHIN<br />Director: Bertrand d’At<br />Repertoire: Soirée Jacopo Godani:<br />Noces + Conflit/Accélération WP (8<br />Nov); Coppélia ch: Strømgren WP (5<br />Feb); Béjart!: Variations pour une<br />Porte et un Soupir + Sonate à Trois +<br />Le Marteau sans Maître (6 Jun);<br />Rêves 4 - Mathis le Danseur ch: d’At<br />WP (11 Jun).<br />www.operanationaldurhin.fr<br /><br />PARIS<br />OPERA NATIONAL DE PARIS<br />Director: Brigitte Lefèvre<br />Repertoire: Wuthering Heights ch:<br />Belarbi (24 Sept); Roméo et Juliette<br />ch: Waltz WP (5 Oct); Le Songe de<br />Médée ch: Preljocaj + Genus ch:<br />McGregor WP (26 Oct); The<br />Nutcracker ch: Nureyev (14 Nov);<br />Paquita ch: Lacotte (11 Dec); Orphée<br />et Eurydice ch: Bausch (4 Feb);<br />Caligula ch: Le Riche (15 Mar);<br />Raymonda (extracts) ch: Nureyev +<br />The Four Temperaments ch:<br />Balanchine + Artifact Suite ch:<br />Forsythe (4 Apr); La Maison de<br />Bernarda ch: Ek + Une sorte de... ch:<br />Ek (26 Apr); La Dame aux camélias<br />ch: Neumeier (21 Jun); Signes ch:<br />Carlson (28 Jun).<br />Tour: Maison des Arts, Créteil: Suite<br />en blanc ch: Lifar + L’Arlésienne ch:<br />Petit + Boléro ch: Béjart (15 Feb).<br />Paris Opéra School: Demonstrations:<br />(2, 12 & 22 Dec); Soir de fête ch:<br />Staats + Les Forains ch: Petit +<br />Symphonie en trois mouvements ch:<br />Christe (13 Apr).<br />Guest companies: Bolshoi Ballet: Le<br />Corsaire ch: Ratmanksi (5 Jan); La<br />Dame de pique ch: Petit + Jeu de<br />cartes ch: Ratmanski + La Bayadère<br />Act III ch: Petipa (11 Jan); Spartacus<br />ch: Grigorovich (19 Jan).<br />www.opera-de-paris.fr<br />Théâtre de la Ville<br />Programme: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui:<br />Myth (25 Sept); Mathilde Monnier:<br />Tempo 76 (9 Oct); Les Ballets C de<br />la B: vsprs (16 Oct); Australian<br />Dance Theatre: Devolution (14 Nov);<br />La La La Human Steps: Amjad (21<br />Nov); Merce Cunningham: Crises +<br />eyeSpace + CRWDSPCR (4 Dec);<br />Hervé Robbe: Là, on y danse (12<br />Dec); Michèle Noiret: Les Arpenteurs<br />(18 Dec); Rosas: new work WP (11<br />Jan); Lyon Opera Ballet: Superstars<br />+ Enemy in the Figure (22 Jan);<br />Damaged Goods: Maybe forever (13<br />Feb); Maguy Marin: Umwelt (21<br />Feb); Ballet Preljocaj: Eldorado +<br />Annonciation + Centaures (26 Feb);<br />Christian Rizzo: Mon amour (11<br />Mar); Robyn Orlin: Dressed to kill...<br />killed to dress... (17 Mar); Cie Gilles<br />Jobin: Text to speech (26 Mar);<br />Marie Chouinard: Prélude à l’aprèsmidi<br />d’un faune + Le Sacre du printemps<br />(1 Apr); Sankai Juku: new<br />work 2008 (5 May) + Toki (14 May);<br />Sasha Waltz: Travelogue I (20 May);<br />Ultima Vez: Spiegel (28 May);<br />Akram Khan Company: Bridge (3<br />Jun); Pina Bausch creation 2007 (16<br />Jun).<br />www.theatredelaville-paris.com<br />Théâtre de la Ville aux Abbesses<br />Programme: Compagnie Pernette:<br />Le Repas (8 Nov); Shantala<br />Shivalingappa: contemporary solos<br />(13 Nov); Les Ballets C de la B:<br />Patchagonia (29 Jan); Maguy Marin:<br />Ha! Ha! (4 Mar); Rachid Ouramdane:<br />Loin... (12 Mar); Karine Ponties:<br />Holeulone (18 Mar); Sidi Larbi<br />Cherkaoui: Origine (22 Apr);<br />Priyadarsini Govind: bharata natyam<br />(29 Apr); Padmini Chettur: Pushed (5<br />May); La Famille Mudgal: danse<br />odissi (9 May); Benoît<br />Lachambre/Louise<br />Lecavalier/Laurent Golding: U main<br />naked souls (17 Jun).<br />www.theatredelaville-paris.com<br />Théâtre du Châtelet<br />Programme: Soirée AIDES - Les 4<br />saisons (27 Mar); Ballet de Lorraine:<br />Noces (4 Apr); Ballet d’Europe:<br />Mireille (8 Apr); Hamburg Ballet:<br />Death in Venice (16 Apr); Compañia<br />Nacional de Danza Nacho Duato:<br />Alas (12 Apr); Aterballetto:<br />Wam/Cantata (23 Apr).<br />www.chatelet-theatre.com<br />Théâtre des Champs-Élysées<br />Programme: Gala des étoiles du<br />XXI siècle (22 Sept); Grupo Corpo:<br />Onqoto + new work (3 Oct); St<br />Petersburg Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake<br />(17 Oct); Europa Danse: Picasso et<br />da Danse - Parade + Pulcinella +<br />Mercure + Quadro Flamenco (21<br />Oct); Sara Baras Ballet Flamenco:<br />Carmen (18 Dec); Sylvie<br />Guillem/Akram Khan: Sacred<br />Monsters (15 Apr);<br /><br />TOULOUSE<br />BALLET DU CAPITOLE<br />Director: Nanette Glushak<br />Repertoire: Fearful Symmetries ch:<br />Martins + Alla Valse ch: Jacquin +<br />Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux ch:<br />Balanchine + Saison de Buenos Aires<br />ch: Wainrot (19 Oct); Don Quixote<br />ch: Glushak/Petipa (30 Nov); Allegro<br />Brilliante ch: Balanchine + Tarantella<br />Pas de Deux ch: Balanchine + Petite<br />Mort ch: Kylián + Six Dances ch:<br />Kylián + Who Cares? ch: Balanchine<br />(12 Apr); Concerto Barocco ch:<br />Balanchine + Orma ch: Bigonzetti +<br />Symphony in Three Movements ch:<br />Christe (23 May).<br />www.theatre-du-capitole.org<br /><br />GERMANY<br />BERLIN<br />STAATSBALLET BERLIN<br />Director: Vladimir Malakhov<br />Repertoire: Alice in Wonderland ch:<br />Madia (9 Sept); Ballet Gala (28<br />Sept); Giselle ch: Bart (30 Sept);<br />Onegin ch: Cranko (28 Oct); The<br />Dance Europe Season Preview 2007 -2008<br />Sleeping Beauty prod: Malakhov (2<br />Nov); The Concert + Afternoon of a<br />Faun + Fancy Free ch: Robbins (20<br />Nov); Serenade + Ballet Imperial +<br />Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux + Apollon<br />Musagète (23 Nov); The Nutcracker<br />(11 Dec); Sylvia ch:Ashton (18 Dec);<br />Le Papillon ch: Taglioni + Les Trois<br />Graces + Pas des Déesses ch: Joffrey<br />+La Vivandière ch: Lacotte after<br />Saint-Léon + Paquita ch: Petipa (27<br />Jan); Cinderella ch: Malakhov (3<br />Feb); La Bayadère ch: Malakhov (14<br />Feb); Tchaikovsky ch: Eifman (2<br />Mar); Workshop Tanz Tanz (24 Mar);<br />La Sylphide ch: Schaufuss (2 Apr);<br />Swan Lake ch: Bart (19 Apr); Ring<br />um den Ring ch: Béjart (26 Apr);<br />Without Tutu: The Vertiginous Thrill<br />of Exactitude ch: Forsythe + Max<br />Bruch Violinkonzert ch: Tippet + new<br />work ch: Gates (18 May); Gala (29<br />Jun).<br />Guest companies: Bolshoi Ballet:<br />Swan Lake, The Bright Stream in<br />October; Hubbard Street Dance<br />Company in April. www.staatsballettberlin.<br />de<br /><br />BIELEFELD<br />THEATER BIELEFELD<br />Director: Gregor Zöllig<br />Repertoire: Requiem ch: Galvan (7<br />Oct); Struwwelpeter ch: Zollig (9<br />Feb); Tütü Dada ch: Zollig (12 Apr).<br />www.theater-bielefeld.de<br />BRAUNSCHWEIG<br />Tanztheater<br />Director: Eva-Maria Lerchenberg-<br />Thöny<br />Repertoire: And I Love You So...?<br />ch: Lerchenberg-Thöny (27 Oct);<br />Carmen ch: Lerchenberg-Thöny (8<br />Mar); Isolation ch: Delcroix/Williams<br />(12 Apr); Jagdszenen ch:<br />Lerchenberg-Thöny (30 May).<br />www.staatstheater-braunschweig.de<br /><br />DRESDEN<br />DRESDEN SEMPEROPER<br />BALLETT<br />Director: Aaron Watkin<br />Repertoire: Theme and Variations<br />ch: Balanchine + Enemy in the<br />Figure ch: Forsythe + The<br />Disappeared ch: Dawson (7 Sept);<br />Chopiniana + Petrushka + The<br />Firebird ch: Fokine (4 Oct); The<br />Nutcracker ch: Neumeier (3 Dec);<br />The Sleeping Beauty ch: Watkin after<br />Petipa (3 Feb); A Million Kisses to<br />my Skin + Giselle WP ch: Dawson (9<br />Mar); Steptext ch: Forsythe +<br />Morning Ground ch: Dawson CP +<br />Sinfonietta ch: Kylián (19 Apr); The<br />Taming of the Shrew ch: Cranko (16<br />Jun).<br />www.semperoper.de<br /><br />DÜSSELDORF/DUISBURG<br />DEUTSCHE OPER AM RHEIN<br />BALLETT<br />Director: Youri Vàmos<br />Repertoire: Romeo and Juliet (9<br />Sept); Carmina Burana (14 Sept);<br />Mozart? Mozart! (26 Oct); Cinderella<br />(17 Nov); The Nutcracker (8 Dec).<br />Joining: Kerry-Anne O’Brien (from<br />RBS)<br />www.deutsche-oper-am-rhein.de.<br />FRANKFURT AM MAIN<br />The Forsythe Company<br />Director: William Forsythe<br />Repertoire: performance, spatial and<br />video installations by Forsythe (19<br />Oct); Decreation ch: Forsythe (25<br />Oct); new project WP by Forsythe (4<br />Nov); Stranger/Stranger Report ch:<br />Siegal (8 Nov); Nowhere and<br />Everywhere at the Same Time - performance<br />installation by Forsythe (16<br />Nov); new work WP by<br />Chekroun/Martin (4 Dec); new work<br />WP by Mazliah (12 Dec); new production<br />WP by Forsythe (5 Mar); If I<br />Sing to You WP ch: Hay (3 Apr);<br />Three Atmospheric Studies (19 Apr);<br />Human Rites - performance installation<br />by Forsythe/Thomas (23 May);<br />Kammer/Kammer by Forsythe (2<br />Jun); Impressing the Czar ch:<br />Forsythe (5 Jun); Heteropia by<br />Forsythe (26 Jun).<br />Foreign tours: Zurich in Oct/Nov,<br />Dublin in April, Istanbul in May,<br />Amsterdam, Paris and Montpellier in<br />June.<br />Joining: Parvaneh Scharafali, Tilman<br />O’Donnell<br />www.theforsythecompany.de<br /><br />GIESSEN<br />TANZCOMPAGNIE GIESSEN<br />Director: Tarek Assam<br />Repertoire: Fiesta ch: Assam (6<br />Oct); Wellensittiche ch: Assam (13<br />Oct).<br />www.tanzcompagnie.de<br />KAISERSLAUTERN<br />PFALZTHEATER BALLETT<br />Director: Stefano Giannetti<br />Repertoire: The Nutcracker ch:<br />Giannetti (1 Dec); Zwischen zwei<br />Welten ch Giannetti (24 May).<br />www.pfalztheater.de<br /><br />MUNICH<br />BAYERISCHES<br />STAATSBALLETT<br />Director: Ivan Liska<br />Repertoire: Onegin ch: Cranko (23<br />Sept); Le Corsaire (8 Oct); Matinee<br />of the Heinz Bosl Foundation/<br />Munich Ballet Academy (28 Oct);<br />Chamber Symphony ch: Childs +<br />Song of the Earth ch: MacMillan (5<br />Nov); Der Sturm ch: Mannes WP (8<br />Dec); Swan Lake (29 Dec); The<br />Silver Rose ch: Murphy (4 Jan);<br />Brahms-Schönberg Quartet ch:<br />Balanchine + Enemy in the Figure<br />ch: Forsythe + Grosse Fuge ch: van<br />Manen (29 Jan); Ballets by Schläpfer,<br />van Manen and Sandroni tba (12<br />Apr); La Bayadère ch: Bart (5 Jun).<br />Event: Ballet Week: Schläpfer / van<br />Manen / Sandroni (12 Apr); Onegin<br />ch: Cranko (14 Apr); Le Corsaire ch:<br />Liska/Petipa (15 Apr); Der Sturm ch:<br />Mannes (18 Apr); Swan Lake ch:<br />Barra after Petipa (19 Apr).<br />www.staatsballett.de<br /><br />NÜRNBERG<br />TANZTHEATER NÜRNBERG<br />Director: Daniela Kurz<br />Repertoire: Zooming 4 ch: Kurz WP<br />(8 Nov); Galileo Galilei - dance proj-<br />Dance Europe Season Preview 2007 -2008<br />Tous les jours, a tous points de vue,<br />on va de mieux en mieux<br />Tuerlings<br />première 7 September, Lantaren/Venster<br />from 6 till 8 September 2007<br />Waveland<br />Goecke // Reischl // Wubbe<br />première 4 October 2007, Rotterdamse Schouwburg<br />from 28 September till 28 November 2007<br />It’s a beautiful world<br />o.a. Wubbe // Goecke // Reischl // Gingras<br />from 4 December 2007 till 16 January 2008<br />4x20 Colourproof<br />Goecke // Reischl // Wubbe<br />première 8 February, Rotterdamse Schouwburg<br />from 8 February till 10 May 2008<br />Twools 10<br />from 2 till 5 June 2008, Rotterdamse Schouwburg<br />2000<br />season<br />7/8<br />artistic director: Ed Wubbe<br />business director: Harald Moes<br />information:Scapino Ballet Rotterdam<br />tel. + 3110 414 24 14<br />www.scapinoballet.nl<br />ect by Kurz and Studio Azzurro<br />(14 Jan); Next Generation ch: by<br />members of the Tanztheater<br />Nürnberg WP (9 Feb); Next<br />Stop: Freedom ch: Kurz WP (5<br />Apr); DanceGALA<br />‘KURZschluss (3 Jul).<br />10th and last season.<br />www.staatstheater.nuernberg.de<br /><br />STUTTGART<br />STUTTGART BALLET<br />Director: Reid Anderson<br />Repertoire: Swan Lake ch:<br />Cranko (19 Sept); John Cranko<br />Ballet Week: Die Widerspentigen<br />Zähmung (25 Oct); Hommage à<br />Cranko - works by Forsythe,<br />Neumeier, Scholz, Kylián,<br />Goecke, Spuck, Lee; (26 Oct);<br />Onegin ch: Cranko (27 Oct);<br />Cranko Moves 1: Brouillards +<br />Présence + Jeu de cartes (28<br />Oct); Thank you, John (29 Oct);<br />Romeo and Juliet (30 Oct);<br />Cranko Moves 2: Initials<br />R.B.M.E. + Carmen (30 Nov);<br />John Cranko Ballet Gala (1<br />Dec); The Nutcracker ch:<br />Goecke (7 Dec); Lulu: A<br />Monster Tragedy ch: Spuck (1<br />Feb); Goecke/Lee: works by<br />Marco Goecke, Douglas Lee and<br />another choreographer tbc (14<br />Mar); La Sylphide ch: Schaufuss<br />(15 Mar); Othello ch: Neumeier<br />(24 Apr); Im Kammer premieres<br />by Sabrina Matthews and<br />Cayetano Soto (4 May); The<br />Sleeping Beauty ch:<br />Haydée/Petipa (11 Jun); Young<br />Choreographers (4 Jul).<br />Foreign tours: Amsterdam -<br />Hans van Manen Festival (Sept),<br />Seville (Dec), Hong Kong (Feb),<br />London (Mar).<br />Events: John Cranko Ballet<br />Week to celebrate Cranko’s 80th<br />birthday.<br />Joining: David Moore (from<br />RBS).<br />www.staatstheater.stuttgart.de<br />www.stuttgart-ballet.de<br /><br />THEATERHAUS<br />STUTTGART<br />Programme: Don Q - More than<br />a danced review about the loss of<br />reality ch: Spuck (6 Sept).<br />www.theaterhaus.com<br />IRELAND<br />DUBLIN<br />DANCE THEATRE<br />OF IRELAND<br />Directors: Robert Connor &<br />Loretta Yurick<br />Repertoire: Slow Down ch:<br />Pisani<br />(7 Nov); Block Party! ch:<br />Connor/Yurick.<br />www.dancetheatreireland.com<br />REX LEVITATES<br />DANCE COMPANY<br />Directors: Liz Roche, Jenny<br />Roche<br />Repertoire: “I Can’t Make It<br />Alone” ch: Liz Roche (4 Dec);<br />new work ch: Melnick (Spring<br />2008).<br />Joining: Grant McLay, Philip<br />Connaughton, Justine Doswell,<br />Rionach Ni Neill, Robert<br />Jackson and Jazmin Chiodi.<br />www.rexlevitates.com<br /><br />ITALY<br />MILAN<br />TEATRO ALLA SCALA<br />Director: Elisabetta Terabust<br />(from 1 Sept 2007)<br />Repertoire: Don Quixote ch:<br />Nureyev (7 Sept); Le Parc ch:<br />Preljocaj CP (18 Oct); Swan<br />Lake ch: Bourmeister (14 Dec);<br />Tchaikovsky Gala (31 Dec);<br />Romeo and Juliet ch: MacMillan<br />(8 Feb); Mediterranea ch:<br />Bigonzetti (25 Mar);<br />L’Arlésienne + Le Jeune homme<br />at la Mort + Carmen ch: Petit (6<br />Sept 2008); La Dame aux<br />camélias ch: Neumeier (1 Oct<br />2008).<br />Guest artists: Svetlana<br />Zakharova, Denis Matvienko,<br />Aurélie Dupont, Guillaume Côté,<br />Alina Cojocaru, Julie Kent,<br />Polina Semionova, Nadja<br />Saidakova, Ronald Savkovic.<br />Joining: Elisabetta Terabust as<br />artistic director (from 1 Sept),<br />Francesca Golfetto (from RBS).<br />Leaving: artistic director<br />Frédéric Olivieri<br />www.teatroallascala.org<br /><br />THE NETHERLANDS<br />AMSTERDAM<br />DUTCH NATIONAL BALLET<br />Director: Ted Brandsen<br />Repertoire: Hans van Manen<br />Festival prog 1. Grosse Fuge +<br />Trois Gnoissiennes + Two Pieces<br />for HET + Simple Things (11<br />Sept); prog 2. The Old Man and<br />Me + 5 Tangos + Solo + Adagio<br />Hammerklavier + Twilight (15<br />Sept); prog 3. Visions Fugitives<br />+ Frank Bridge Variations +<br />Dreaming About You (18 Sept);<br />prog 4. Corps + Fantasia +<br />Sarcasms + Source of Inspiration<br />ch: Lightfoot/León (24 Sept).<br />Symphonieën der Nederlanden +<br />Black Cake + Live (27 Sept);<br />Romeo and Juliet ch: Van<br />Dantzig (13 Oct); The Sleeping<br />Beauty ch: Petipa (10 Dec);<br />Coppélia ch: Brandsen WP (14<br />Feb); On the Move: Russian<br />Seasons ch: Ratmansky + Etudes<br />ch: Lander + Sandpaper Ballet<br />ch: Morris (18 Mar); In Space<br />ch: Brandsen/van Manen/Pastor<br />(14 Jun); New Moves - choreographic<br />workshop (19 Jun).<br />Guest companies: San Francisco<br />Ballet, Kirov Ballet, New York<br />City Ballet, NDT, Bayerisches<br />Staatsballett, Introdans, Stuttgart<br />Ballet, ballettmainz,<br />Event: Hans van Manen Festival<br />celebrating the choreographer’s<br />75th birthday.<br />Leaving: Altin Alexandros<br />Kaftira, Boris de Leeuw.<br />www.het-ballet.nl<br /><br />ARNHEM<br />INTRODANS<br />Artistic director: Roel<br />Voorinholt<br />General director: Ton Wiggers<br />Repertoire: Zero Hour ch: van<br />Manen CP + Por Vos Muero ch:<br />Duato CP + new work ch:<br />Veldman WP (5 Oct); new work<br />ch: Rocha WP + Fireplace ch:<br />Ek CP + Most of the Day I’m<br />Out ch: Berg CP (25 Jan).<br />www.introdans.nl<br />INTRODANS ENSEMBLE<br />FOR YOUTH<br />Repertoire: Polish Pieces +<br />Sticky Piece + Bits and Pieces +<br />Squares ch: van Manen (22<br />Sept); Tensile Involvement +<br />Girls Trio + Mantis ch: Nikolaïs<br />+ Eight Heads ch: Ezralow +<br />new work ch: Post WP +<br />Fountains + The Night Winds ch:<br />Sperling CP (23 Feb).<br />www.introdans.nl<br /><br />THE HAGUE<br />NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER<br />Director: Anders Hellström<br />Repertoire for season from 9<br />Sept: Bella Figura + Wings of<br />Wax + Tar and Feathers + new<br />ballet WP ch: Kylián; drawn<br />onward + Signing Off + Speak<br />for Yourself + new ballet WP<br />ch: Lightfoot/Léon; Trio ch:<br />Forsythe; Fluke ch: Ek; new ballet<br />WP ch: Ekman.<br />www.ndt.nl<br /><br />ROTTERDAM<br />SCAPINO BALLET<br />Director: Ed Wubbe<br />Repertoire: Tous les jours, a<br />tous points de vue, on ve de<br />mieux en mieux ch: Tuerlings (7<br />Sept); Waveland ch:<br />Goecke/Reischl/Wubbe (4 Oct);<br />It’s a beautiful world ch:<br />Wubbe/Goecke/Reischl/Gingras<br />(4 Dec); 4x20 Colourproof ch:<br />Goecke/Reischl/Wubbe (8 Feb);<br />Twools 10 (2 Jun).<br />www.scapinoballet.nl<br /><br />PORTUGAL<br />LISBON<br />NATIONAL BALLET<br />OF PORTUGAL<br />Director: Mehmet Balkan until<br />30 Sept (new director from 1<br />Oct: Vasco Wellenkamp).<br />Repertoire: Swan Lake prod:<br />Balkan; new season to be<br />announced.<br />Foreign tour: Bangkok<br />International Dance and Musica<br />Festival in September.<br />www.cnb.pt<br />COMPANHIA PORTUGUESA<br />DE BAILADO<br />CONTEMPORÂNEO<br />Director: Pedro Goucha Comes<br />Repertoire: Seven Birds Dreams<br />ch: Wellenkamp + Requiem ch:<br />Wettbewerb für<br />zeitgenössische<br />Choreografen<br />und junge Tänzer<br />Competition for<br />contemporary<br />choreographers<br />and young dancers<br />Jetzt Unterlagen anfordern!<br />Anmeldeschluss: 11.11.2007<br />Request your application<br />documents now!<br />Registration deadline:<br />11th November 2007<br />12.<br />INTERNATIONALES<br />SOLO-TANZ-THEATER<br />FESTIVAL<br />Foto: Petr Hapák<br />TREFFPUNKT Rotebühlplatz<br />Lernen . Bildung . Kultur<br />vhs stuttgart<br />Rotebühlplatz 28<br />D-70173 Stuttgart<br />Telefon +49 711/1873-804<br />www.treffpunkt-rotebuehlplatz.de<br />12. Internationales<br />Solo-Tanz-<br />Theater<br />Festival<br />13.–16.3.2008<br />60 x 271 mm<br />Dance Europe Season Preview 2007 -2008<br />Wellenkamp (8 Oct); Zullia ch:<br />Gomes + Seven Birds Dreams ch:<br />Wellenkamp (20 Oct).<br />Leaving: Alexia Barro, Rita Judas.<br />www.cpbc.pt<br /><br />SCOTLAND<br />DUNDEE<br />SCOTTISH DANCE THEATRE<br />Director: Janet Smith<br />Repertoire: Sorry for the Missiles!<br />(21 Aug) plus works to be<br />announced.<br />www.scottishdancetheatre.com<br />GLASGOW<br />SCOTTISH BALLET<br />Director: Ashley Page<br />Repertoire: Ride the Beast ch:<br />Petronio + For M.G. - The Movie<br />ch: Brown + Fearful Symmetries ch:<br />Page (18 Aug); The Sleeping Beauty<br />ch: Page WP (11 Dec).<br />Joining: Bethany Kingsley-Garner<br />(from RBS), Natalie Cawte, Lewis<br />Landini (from Central School of<br />Ballet), Fiona Grimmer, Frieda<br />Mennen (from ENB School).<br />www.scottishballet.co.uk<br /><br />SPAIN<br />MADRID<br />BALLET DE ESPAÑA<br />Director: Angel Corella<br />This new company will begin<br />rehearsals in January 2008 for two<br />mixed programmes and La Bayadère<br />- the latter to be staged by Vladimir<br />Vasiliev. The premiere will take place<br />at Teatro Real in Madrid 5 September<br />2008.<br />Joining: Cynthia Harvey (assistant<br />director); 60 dancers including Daisy<br />Brodskis, Tracy Jones, Misa Kim,<br />Russell Ducker, Toby Mallitt (all<br />from RBS).<br />www.angelcorella.com<br />COMPAÑIA NACIONAL DE<br />DANZA<br />Director: Nacho Duato<br />Repertoire: Castrati, Por Vos Muero,<br />Gilded Goldbergs, Multiplicity,<br />Forms of Silence, Wings of Wax,<br />Herrumbe, Alas (Wings), White<br />Darkness.<br />Foreign tours: Biarritz and Athens<br />in September, Holland and New York<br />in October, Peking in December.<br />www.cndanza.mcu.es<br /><br />SWEDEN<br />GOTHENBURG<br />GÖTEBORG BALLET<br />Director: Johannes Öhman<br />Repertoire: Before After ch: Ochoa<br />+ new work ch: Ochoa WP +<br />Gaspard ch: Saarinen + Falling<br />Angels ch: Kylián ((8 Sept); Face to<br />Face: six duets by Egerbladh, Ochoa,<br />Franzén (12 Oct); Cinderella ch:<br />Veldman WP (8 Dec); The Box Man<br />ch: Melo + Quartet # 8 ch: Andersson<br />(23 Feb).<br />www.opera.se<br />CULLBERG BALLET<br />Director: Johan Inger<br />Repertoire: Jubilee programme (25<br />Aug); new ballet WP ch: Inger (2<br />Nov);End ch: Cherkaoui + Negro con<br />Flores ch: Inger (20 Nov); Walking<br />Mad + Blanco ch: Inger (22 Nov).<br />Joining: Kenneth Bruun Carlson,<br />Shumpei Nemoto, Adam Shütt,<br />Marylise Tanvet-Schmidt and Patricia<br />Vásques.<br />www.cullbergballet.se<br /><br />STOCKHOLM<br />ROYAL SWEDISH BALLET<br />Director: Madeleine Onne<br />Repertoire: Romeo and Juliet ch:<br />MacMillan (21 Sept); Cendrillon ch:<br />Maillot (26 Sept); Castrati ch: Duato<br />+ Degenerator ch: Egilsson + Kridt<br />ch: Rushton + Förlorad Tablå (9<br />Nov); Pippa Longstocking ch: Isberg<br />(15 Dec); New Year’s Eve Gala (31<br />Dec); Miss Julie ch: Cullberg +<br />Cullberg Ballet in As If ch: Inger (24<br />Jan); Gustav III ch: Bart (28 Mar);<br />Swan Lake ch: Conus after<br />Petipa/Ivanov (29 Apr).<br />www.operan.se<br /><br />SWITZERLAND<br />BASEL<br />THEATER BASEL<br />Director: Richard Wherlock<br />Repertoire: Italian Touch ch:<br />Bigonzetti, Wherlock and Garforth<br />(29 Sept); DanceLab 1 (12 Oct);<br />Swam Lake ch: Wherlock and<br />Garforth (11 Jan); Darting Dance ch:<br />Kylián and Preljocaj (4 Apr).<br />Joining: Emma Chadwick, Malcolm<br />Sutherland (from Central School of<br />Ballet)<br />www.theater-basel.ch<br /><br />GENEVA<br />BALLET DU GRAND<br />THEATRE DE GENEVE<br />Director: Philippe Cohen<br />Repertoire: Petrouchka Ch:<br />Merzouki + Le Sacre du printemps<br />ch: Foniadakis (13 Oct); Soirée<br />Roland Petit (22 Jan); Bella figura<br />ch: Kylián + Spit ch: Naharin + No<br />Place Like Home ch: Makuloluwe<br />(22 Apr).<br />Joining: Rachel Lawrence (Geneva<br />Junior Ballet from Central School of<br />Ballet).<br />www.genevaopera.ch<br /><br />CANADA<br />TORONTO<br />NATIONAL BALLET<br />OF CANADA<br />Director: Karen Kain<br />Repertoire: Giselle ch: Wright +<br />Polyphonia ch: Wheeldon (10 Sept);<br />West Side Story Suite + Glass Pieces<br />+ In the Night ch: Robbins (8 Nov);<br />The Merry Widow ch: Hynd (21<br />Nov); The Nutcracker ch: Kudelka (8<br />Dec); An Italian Straw Hat ch:<br />Kudelka (27 Feb); Rooster ch: Bruce<br />+ Soldiers’ Mass ch: Kylián + 24<br />Preludes ch: Chouinard (8 Mar);<br />Cinderella ch: Kudelka (28 May);<br />The Fiddle and the Drum ch: Grand-<br />Maitre + Etudes ch: Lander + the<br />second detail ch: Forsythe (13 June).<br />www.national.ballet.ca<br />— SPIELPLAN 2007/2008 —<br />29.9. … ITALIAN TOUCH (SE/UA)……… Mauro Bigonzetti, Richard Wherlock, David Garforth<br />12.10. … DANCELAB 1 (UA)<br />11.1. … SCHWANENSEE (UA)……… Richard Wherlock, David Garforth<br />4.4. … DARTING DANCE (SE)……… Jiˇrí Kylián, Angelin Preljocaj<br />+41/(0)61-295 11 33, www.theater-basel.ch<br />Dance Europe Season Preview 2007 -2008<br /><br />CUBA<br />HAVANA<br />BALLET NACIONAL DE CUBA<br />Director: Alicia Alonso<br />Repertoire: Don Quixote, Giselle,<br />Tiempo Fuera de la Memoria,<br />Cinderella, Swan Lake, The Magic of<br />Dance, Theme and Variations; Grand<br />Pas de Quatre, Napoli Act III.<br />Foreign tours: Paris (Aug); Madrid<br />and Denmark (Sept).<br />www.balletcuba.cu<br /><br />USA<br />HOUSTON<br />HOUSTON BALLET<br />Director: Stanton Welch<br />Repertoire: The Merry Widow ch:<br />Hynd (6 Sept); The Four Seasons ch:<br />Welch WP + Petite Mort ch: Kylián<br />CP + In the middle, somewhat elevated<br />ch: Forsythe (20 Sept); The<br />Nutcracker ch: Stevenson (23 Nov);<br />Jubilee of Dance (30 Nov); Serenade<br />ch: Balanchine + Swansong ch:<br />Bruce + WP ch: Welch (21 Feb);<br />Cinderella ch: Welch (6 Mar);<br />Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson<br />Academy (18 Apr); Falling ch: Welch<br />+ Five Tangos ch: van Manen + new<br />ballet ch: Kudelka (22 May); La<br />Sylphide ch: Bournonville (staged by<br />Eliasen) + A Doll’s House ch: Welch<br />(5 Jun).<br />Joining: Houston Ballet II - Charles<br />Yoshiyama (from ENB School).<br />www.houstonballet.org.<br /><br />NEW YORK<br />AMERICAN BALLET<br />THEATRE<br />Director: Kevin McKenzie<br />Repertoire: Gala opening (23 Oct);<br />mixed programmes (from 24 Oct)<br />drawn from the following ballets:<br />Clear, The Leaves are Fading, Fancy<br />Free, Meadow, Ballo della Regina,<br />New Work Millepied, New<br />Elo/Glass/Close Work, Baker’s<br />Dozen, Sinatra Suite, Fall River<br />Legend; The Nutcracker (18 Dec);<br />The Sleeping Beauty (29 Jan); Swan<br />Lake (27 Mar).<br />www.abt.org<br /><br />NEW YORK CITY BALLET<br />Director: Peter Martins<br />Repertoire: Opening Night Gala (20<br />Nov); Winter Season (20 Nov - 24<br />Feb); The Nutcracker ch: Balanchine<br />(23 Nov); Annual Spring Gala (29<br />Apr); Spring Season (29 Apr - 29<br />Jun); Dance with the Dancers (9<br />Jun).<br />Foreign tour: London Coliseum<br />(12 - 22 Mar).<br />www.nycballet.com<br />ORLANDO<br />ORLANDO BALLET<br />Director: Bruce Marks<br />Repertoire: Shake It Up ch:<br />Marks/Wells + The Envelope ch:<br />Parsons + Celts ch: York (12 Oct);<br />Pirates of Penzance ch: Gray (1 Feb);<br />Waterbaby Bagatelles + Nine Sinatra<br />Songs + In The Upper Room ch:<br />Tharp (14 Mar); The Sleeping Beauty<br />(16 May).<br />www.orlandoballet.org<br /><br />SAN FRANCISCO<br />SAN FRANCISCO BALLET<br />Director: Helgi Tomasson<br />Repertoire: The Nutcracker ch:<br />Tomasson (13Dec); 75th Anniversary<br />Season: Diamond Gala (23 Jan);<br />Prog 1: Filling Station ch:<br />Christensen + ballet by Tomasson tba<br />+ Diamonds ch: Balanchine (29 Jan);<br />Prog 2 Divertimento No. 15 ch:<br />Balanchine + Drink to Me Only With<br />Thine Eyes ch: Morris + Firebird ch:<br />Possokhov (31 Jan); Prog 3: Giselle<br />prod: Tomasson (16 Feb); Prog 4:<br />Fancy Free + In the Night + West<br />Side Story Suite CP - ch: by Robbins<br />(6 Mar); Prog 5: Pas de deux from<br />After the Rain ch: Wheeldon +<br />Carousel (A Dance) ch: Wheeldon +<br />new work ch: Tomasson WP +<br />Eden/Eden ch: McGregor (7 Mar);<br />Prog 6: National Ballet of Canada: A<br />Delicate Battle ch: Mrozewski +<br />New York City Ballet: Duo<br />Concertant ch: Balanchine + Les<br />Ballets des Monte-Carlo: Altro Canto<br />ch: Maillot (1 Apr).<br />Events: as America’s oldest professional<br />ballet company, San Francisco<br />Ballet celebrates its 75th anniversary<br />in 2008. The company will be presenting<br />a New Works Festival of 10<br />world premieres, a programme of<br />performances by three guest companies<br />- National Ballet of Canada,<br />New York City Ballet and Les Ballet<br />des Monte-Carlo.<br />www.sfballet.org<br /><br />SEATTLE<br />PACIFIC NORTHWEST<br />BALLET<br />Director: Peter Boal<br />Repertoire: Square Dance +<br />Prodigal Son + Ballet Imperial ch:<br />Balanchine (20 Sept); Agon ch:<br />Balanchine + Kiss ch: Marshall +<br />Caught ch: Parsons CP + In the<br />Upper Room ch: Tharp CP (1 Nov);<br />Romeo and Juliet ch: Maillot (31<br />Jan); Vespers ch: Dove CP + Für<br />Alina ch: Liang CP + Sense of Doubt<br />ch: Gibson + One Flat Thing<br />Reproduced ch: Forsythe CP (13<br />Mar); A Midsummer Night’s Dream<br />ch: Balanchine (3 Apr); Fancy Free +<br />In the Night + The Concert ch:<br />Robbins (29 May).<br />Events: Laugh Out Loud! Spring<br />Dance Festival: The Lost Language<br />of the Flight Attendant ch: Reeder CP<br />+ new ballet ch: Stroman WP +<br />Variations Sérieuses ch: Wheeldon<br />CP (17 Apr); new ballet ch: Wevers<br />WP + new ballet ch: Stroman +<br />Ordinary Festivals (excerpts) ch:<br />Pearson/Widrig (18 Apr); Variations<br />Sérieuses ch: Wheeldon + new ballet<br />ch: Wevers + new ballet ch: Stroman<br />+ The Concert ch: Robbins CP (19<br />Apr).<br />www.pnb.org<br />Paul-Andre Fortier dances for 900 minutes over 30 days;<br />Compagnie Beau Geste proves dancing is not just for the<br />human body; Michael Clark completes his Stravinsky trilogy;<br />Jin Xing closes the gap between heaven and earth; whatever<br />the weather, it will be snowing for Inbal Pinto and Avshalom<br />Pollak Dance Company.<br />Happy Days are here again with Charles Linehan Company;<br />Russell Maliphant’s graceful choreography is set alongside Isaac<br />Julien’s spellbinding film installations; Shen Wei Dance Arts<br />paints the stage; Thierry Baë goes in search of a star.<br />Siobhan Davies Dance creates sheer beauty with fashion<br />designer Jonathan Saunders; Amanda Miller gets romantic with<br />Giselle... and this is just a small taster of what’s on offer this<br />year at London’s international festival of contemporary dance.<br />For full details of this year’s festival visit<br />www.danceumbrella.co.uk<br />Charity Registration No 277221 Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance Company in Shaker, photo by Eyal Landesman<br />Indoor events, outdoor events,<br />artists you know, artists you don’t know,<br />places you’ll expect and places you won’t...<br />London's International Festival<br />of Contemporary Dance<br />3 October – 10 November<br />Season_ad_271x90:Layout 1 19/7/07 11:07 Page 1<br />Dance Europe Season Preview 2007 -2008<br /><br /><a href="http://www.acearth.com/index.php?showtopic=412" target="_blank">View the full article</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.acearth.com/index.php?showtopic=413" target="_blank">View the full article</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.acearth.com/index.php?showtopic=414" target="_blank">View the full article</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.acearth.com/index.php?showtopic=416" target="_blank">View the full article</a>

AUSTRIA<br />LINZ<br />BALLETT<br />LANDESTHEATER<br />Director: Jochen Ulrich<br />Repertoire: Coppélia ch: Ulrich<br />(10 Nov); Lorca und Dalí ch:<br />Ulrich (17 Feb); Gla(s)-Stücke<br />ch: Ulrich (3 May); Die<br />Spielzeugschachtel - Tanz Extra<br />II ch: Ulrich and Jucquois<br />(14 Jun).<br />www.landestheater-linz.at<br /><br />VIENNA<br />DAS BALLETT DER<br />WIENER STAATSOPER<br />UND<br />VOLKSOPER<br />Director: Gyula Harangozó<br />Repertoire: Tanzhommage an<br />Queen ch: van Cauwenbergh<br />(16 Sept); Romeo und Julia (17<br />Sept); The Nutcracker ch:<br />Harangozó after Wainonen (28<br />Sept); Coppélia ch: Harangozó<br />(21 Oct); Max und Moritz ch:<br />Barbay/Kropf (10 Nov); La<br />Bayadère ch: Malakhov/Petipa<br />(23 Dec); Anna Karenina ch:<br />Eifman (17 Jan): Ballettschule<br />der Wiener Staatsoper (20 Jan);<br />Manon ch: MacMillan (24 Jan);<br />Ballet gala: Kingdom of the<br />Shades + Glow - Stop ch: Elo +<br />new work ch: Lukács + Paquita<br />Grand Pas ch: Petipa (11 Mar);<br />Swan Lake ch: Nureyev/Petipa/<br />Ivanov (23 Mar); Onegin ch:<br />Cranko (29 Apr); Die<br />Puppenfee/Platzkonzert (26<br />May).<br />www.dasballett.at<br />www.wiener-staatsoper.at<br />www.volksoper.at<br /><br />BELGIUM<br />ANTWERP<br />ROYAL BALLET OF<br />FLANDERS<br />Director: Kathy Bennetts<br />Repertoire: Impressing the<br />Czar ch: Forsythe (18 Aug);<br />Herman Schmerman ch:<br />Forsythe + new work ch: Soto +<br />new work ch: Moles + new<br />work ch: Elo (Oct); The<br />Sleeping Beauty ch: Haydée (20<br />Dec); Apollo ch: Balanchine +<br />Orpheus ch: Corder WP +<br />Symphony of Psalms ch: Kylián<br />(1 Apr); Coupe Maison 2 -<br />young choreogaphers (25 May);<br />The Return of Ulysees ch:<br />Spuck (1 July).<br />Foreign tour: Edinburgh<br />International Festival (18 - 20<br />Aug).<br />Guest company: Introdans:<br />Blaze of Glory (14 - 17 Feb).<br />www.flandersballet.be<br /><br />BRUSSELS THEATRES<br />La Monnaie/La Munt<br />Programme: Sidi Larbi<br />Cherkaoui: Apocrifu (5 Sept);<br />Akram Khan and Sylvie<br />Guillem: Sacred Monsters (9<br />May).<br />Théâtre National<br />Programme: Israel Galvan:<br />Arena (19 Oct); Sasha Waltz:<br />Dido and Aeneas (12 Jan);<br />Nederlands Dans Theater I (19<br />Jun).<br /><br />KVS_BOL<br />Programme: Sidi Larbi<br />Cherkaoui: Myth (1 Feb);<br />Kaaitheater<br />Programme: Anne Teresa de<br />Keersmaeker: creation WP (6<br />Mar) + D’un soir un jour (20<br />Mar).<br />www.lamonnaie.be<br /><br />CZECH REPUBLIC<br />PRAGUE<br />NATIONAL BALLET<br />THEATRE PRAGUE<br />Director: Petr Zuska<br />Repertoire: The Czech Ballet<br />Symphony ch: Kylián, Zuska,<br />Rychetsky, Simáková;<br />Brel + Vysotsky + Kryl + Solo<br />for Three ch: Zuska; Onegin ch:<br />Cranko; Swan Lake prod:<br />Harapes; Ballet Mania;<br />Miniatures - Evening of works<br />by Young Choreographers: La<br />Sylphide + Napoli ch:<br />Bournonville/<br />Andersen; Romeo and Juliet ch:<br />Vamos; The Nutcracker - A<br />Christmas Carol ch: Vamos;<br />Goldilocks ch: Kodet: The<br />Sleeping Beauty ch: Slavicky;<br />Layers + Carmen; Mozart?<br />Mozart! ch: Kylián/Zuska;<br />Giselle ch: Hampson; Ibbur, or a<br />Prague Mystery ch: Zuska;<br />Ballet Gala.<br />Joining: Jade Clayton (from<br />RBS)<br />www.narodni-divadlo.cz<br /><br />DENMARK<br />HOLSTEBRO<br />PETER SCHAUFUSS<br />BALLETTEN<br />Director: Peter Schaufuss<br />Repertoire: Satisfaction ch:<br />Schaufuss (28 Aug); Swan Lake<br />(29 Sept); Sleeping Beauty +<br />Nutcracker (30 Sept); Michael,<br />I’m Bad (19 Oct);<br />Foreign tour: London (Aug-<br />Sept).<br />Joining:Adam Kirkham (from<br />ENB School).<br />www.schaufuss.com<br /><br />ENGLAND<br />BIRMINGHAM<br />BIRMINGHAM ROYAL<br />BALLET<br />Director: David Bintley<br />Repertoire: Edward II ch:<br />Bintley (26 Sept); Paquita ch:<br />Samsova/Petipa + Daphnis and<br />Chloë ch: Ashton + Nine Sinatra<br />Songs ch: Tharp (3 Oct); The<br />Nutcracker ch: Wright; Swan<br />Lake ch: Wright/ Samsova; Take<br />Five + The Orpheus Suite + The<br />Shakespeare Suite ch: Bintley;<br />Giselle ch: Bintley/Samsova;<br />Card Game ch: Cranko + Le<br />Baiser de la fée ch: Corder +<br />Petrushka ch: Fokine.<br />Promotions: Jamie Bond,<br />Alexander Campbell, Joseph<br />Caley, Jenna Roberts and<br />Tyrone Singleton to soloists;<br />Arancha Baselga, Jonathan<br />Caguioa and Valentine<br />Olovyannikov to first artists.<br />Leaving: Clara Blanco, Annie<br />Carroll, Virginia de Gersigny,<br />Maia Makhateli and Robert<br />Parker (who leaves to train to be<br />a commercial airline pilot)<br />Joining: Natasha Oughtred<br />joins as a soloist (from the<br />Royal Ballet), Laura-Jane<br />Gibson (from Elmhurst School<br />for Dance), Yvette Knight,<br />Callie Roberts, Christopher<br />Rodgers Wilson and Oliver Till<br />(from The Royal Ballet School).<br />www.brb.org.uk<br /><br />LEEDS<br />WP - world<br />premiere;<br />CP - company<br />premiere;<br />ch: choreographer;<br />prod: - production.<br />Dates given indicate<br />the first day on<br />which the work will<br />be performed during<br />the coming 2007 -<br />2008 season.Dance Europe Season Preview 2007 -<br />2008<br />San Francisco Ballet<br />75th Anniversary<br />America’s oldest professional ballet company<br />celebrates its 75th birthday with a New Works<br />Festival of 10 world premieres and invites three<br />guest companies - National Ballet of Canada,<br />New York City Ballet and Les Ballets des<br />Monte-Carlo to San Francisco.<br />Rory Hohenstein and Jaime Garcia Castilla in Wayne McGregor’s Eden/Eden. Photo: Erik Tomasson<br />GENERAL PUBLIC<br />BOOKING OPENS<br /><br />MULHOUSE<br />September 4th<br />STRASBOURG, COLMAR<br />September 17th<br />www.operanationaldurhin.fr<br />design Hartland Villa Photo Elene Usdin<br />SOIRÉE JACOPO GODANI<br />COPPÉLIA<br />BÉJART!<br />RÊVES 4<br />NORTHERN BALLET<br />THEATRE<br />Director: David Nixon<br />Repertoire: A Midsummer Night’s<br />Dream ch: Nixon (6 Sept); The<br />Nutcracker ch: Nixon WP (11 Oct).<br />Joining:Rachel Gillepsie (from<br />Central School of Ballet), Jonathan<br />Trick (from RBS), Guiliano<br />Contadini (from ENB School).<br />www.northerballettheatre.co.uk<br /><br />LONDON<br />BONACHELA<br />DANCE COMPANY<br />Director: Rafael Bonachela<br />Repertoire: Voices ch: Bonachela<br />(9 Sept).<br />Foreign tours: Italy (Sept and Oct),<br />Stockholm, Reus and Barcelona<br />(Feb).<br />www.bonacheladancecompany.com<br />ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET<br />Director: Wayne Eagling<br />Repertoire: The Snow Queen ch:<br />Corder WP (11 Oct); Swan Lake ch:<br />Deane (24 Oct); The Nutcracker ch:<br />Hampson (19 Dec).<br />Joining:Anjuli Hudson, Araminta<br />Wraith, Nathan Young, Kuei Yao<br />Chu, Emma Findlay, Monika Lepisto,<br />Tomomi Tamagawa, Yuki Watanabe -<br />English National Ballet (from ENB<br />School).<br />www.ballet.org.uk<br />RAMBERT DANCE COMPANY<br />Director: Mark Baldwin<br />Repertoire: new work WP + Stand<br />and Stare + Gran Partita (26 Sept);<br />Swansong + Lady into Fox + Gran<br />Partita (11 Oct); Constant Speed +<br />Swansong + Anatomica #3 (17 Oct)<br />and same rep in various permutations<br />touring until 1 Dec.<br />Joining: Lindsay Loft (stage<br />manager).<br />Leaving: Cameron McMillan, Lucila<br />Alves and Kate Scanlan (Director of<br />Education).<br />www.rambert.org.uk<br />THE ROYAL BALLET<br />Director: Monica Mason<br />Repertoire: La Bayadère ch:<br />Makarova after Petipa (6 Oct);<br />Romeo and Juliet ch: MacMillan (16<br />Oct); Jewels: Emeralds, Rubies and<br />Diamonds ch: Balanchine (23 Nov);<br />The Nutcracker ch: Wright after<br />Ivanov (8 Dec); Les Patineurs + Tales<br />of Beatrix Potter ch: Ashton (23<br />Dec); Sylvia ch: Ashton (18 Jan);<br />Chroma ch: McGregor + Different<br />Drummer ch: MacMillan + The Rite<br />of Spring ch: MacMillan (2 Feb);<br />new ballet WP ch: Wheeldon +<br />Afternoon of a Faun ch: Robbins + A<br />Month in the Country ch: Ashton (28<br />Feb); The Sleeping Beauty prod:<br />Mason/Newton (13 Mar); Serenade<br />ch: Balanchine + new ballet WP ch:<br />Brandstrup + Homage to the Queen<br />ch: Bintley/Corder/Wheeldon/Ashton<br />(23 Apr); The Dream ch: Ashton +<br />Dances at a Gathering ch: Robbins<br />(17 May); New Works in the Linbury<br />ch: Royal Ballet dancers (22 May).<br />Joining: Claire Calvert, Elsa Godard,<br />Kevin Emerton, Sergiy Polunin (all<br />from Royal Ballet School).<br />www.roh.org.uk<br /><br />LONDON THEATRES<br />Sadler’s Wells Theatre<br />Programme: Paco Peña: A Compás!<br />To The Rhythm (7 Aug); Alvin Ailey<br />American Dance Theatre (4 Sept);<br />Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company<br />(19 Sept); Hofesh Shechter: In Your<br />Rooms + Uprising (28 Sept); Isaac<br />Julien and Russell Maliphant: Cast<br />No Shadow (3 Oct); Birmingham<br />Royal Ballet: Paquita + Nine Sinatra<br />Songs + Daphnis and Chloë (9 Oct)<br />+ Edward II (11 Oct); Akram<br />Khan/Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui/Antony<br />Gormley/Nitin Sawhney: zero ddegrees<br />(16 Oct); Carlos Acosta and<br />Guests from the Ballet Nacional de<br />Cuba (23 Oct); James Thiérrée - La<br />Compagnie de Hanneton’s Au Revoir<br />Parapluie (30 Oct); Rambert Dance<br />Company (13Nov); Matthew<br />Bourne’s Nutcracker! (13 Dec).<br />Peacock Theatre<br />Programme: Estampas Porteñas:<br />Tango Fire (18 Sept); Theatre Rites<br />and Arthur Pita: Mischief (6 Oct);<br />Shaolin Monks: Ku-Fu Masters Live<br />(10 Oct); Momix: Greatest Hits! (6<br />Nov); The Snowman (5 Dec).<br />London Coliseum<br />A season of international dance presented<br />by Sadler’s Wells in association<br />with Askonas Holt and Raymond<br />Gubbay.<br />Programme: New York City Ballet -<br />prog 1 (12 Mar); prog 2 (13 Mar);<br />prog 3 (18 Mar); prog 4 (19 Mar).<br />Stuttgart Ballet: Romeo and Juliet ch:<br />Cranko (25 Mar). Carlos Acost and<br />Guest artists from the Royal Ballet<br />(31 Mar). Sylvie Guillem and Russell<br />Maliphant: Push (4 Apr).<br />MANCHESTER<br />The