Roland Havlica, born in Opava, Czech Republic, was trained at the Dance Conservatory in Prague (1991 – 1999). In 1997, he won the third prize of a dance competition in Brnoicz and two years later the first price at the Prix Carpoux.
After graduating, Roland Havlica had his first engagement in the Corps de ballet at the National Theatre in Prague. There he already danced some solo parts.
In 2001/02, Roland Havlica joined the Stuttgart Ballet’s Corps de ballet. In the same year he participated in the Kazan Competition in Russia, which he successfully emerged as finalist and Best Dancer of a Contemporary Choreography. In 2007/08 he was promoted to Demi-Soloist.
REPERTOIRE
Solo Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet- Bolero (Maurice Béjart): The Rythm
- Bravo Charlie (Marco Goecke)
- Brouillards (John Cranko)
- Das Fräulein von S. (Christian Spuck): René Cardillac, goldsmith
- Das Lied von der Erde (Kenneth MacMillan)
- Don Quijote (Maximiliano Guerra): Gypsy King
- Forgotten Land (Jiří Kylián): Couple in Off-White
- Gaîté parisienne (Maurice Béjart): Friend, My Father
- Giselle (production: Reid Anderson, Valentina Savina): Hilarion
- Hamlet (Kevin O’Day): Rosenkranz
- Hikarizatto (Itzik Galili)
- I fratelli – The Brothers (Mauro Bigonzetti): Simone
- Initials R.B.M.E. (John Cranko): Solo role in the 2nd movement
- Jeu de Cartes (John Cranko)
- Krabat (Demis Volpi): Juro
- La fille mal gardée (Sir Frederick Ashton): Widow Simone
- La Sylphide (Peter Schaufuss, after August Bournonville): Pas de huit
- Le Sacre du Printemps (Glen Tetley): Pas de deux
- Leonce and Lena (Christian Spuck): Royal dresser
- Lifecasting (Douglas Lee)
- Onegin (John Cranko): Gremin
- Orlando (Marco Goecke): Nicholas Greene
- Othello (John Neumeier): one of the five soldiers, the Wild Warrior
- Poème de l’extase (John Cranko): Vision
- RED in 3. (Jorma Elo)
- Requiem (Kenneth MacMillan)
- Return to a strange land (Jiří Kylián): Pas de trois
- Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko): Benvolio, Carnival Prince, Carnival Dance
- Seventh Symphony (Uwe Scholz)
- Sleepers Chamber (Christian Spuck)
- Slice to Sharp (Jorma Elo)
- Ssss... (Edward Clug)
- The Lady and the Fool (John Cranko): Officer
- The Sleeping Beauty (Márcia Haydée after Marius Petipa): Prince of the East, Wolf, Companion of the Fairy
- The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko): Hortensio, Pas de six
- Voluntaries (Glen Tetley): Pas de trois
- Yantra (Wayne McGregor)
Specially created Roles- Alben (Marco Goecke)
- Dancer in the Dark (Marco Goecke/Louis Stiens)
- Das Fräulein von S. (Christian Spuck)
- Goecke at the Chamber: The Nutcracker (Marco Goecke): Drosselmeier
- I fratelli – The Brothers (Mauro Bigonzetti): Boxing Adversary
- Letters of Others (Bridget Breiner)
- Nautilus (Wayne McGregor)
- Orlando (Marco Goecke): one of the poets (Dryden)
- Orphée et Euridice (Staging, Choreography: Christian Spuck)
- RED in 3. (Jorma Elo)
- Sweet Sweet Sweet (Marco Goecke)
- Viciouswishes (Marco Goecke)
Specially created Roles at Noverre-Society: Young Choreographers- „6“ (Ivo van Zwieten)
- Dearest (David Moore)
- Ein trauriger Abschied (Slava Gepner)
- Ich bin Du (Peter Quanz)
Corps de ballet Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet- A Streetcar named Desire (John Neumeier)
- Avatar (Matjash Mrozewski)
- Bolero (Maurice Béjart)
- Carmen (John Cranko, new production: Reid Anderson and Georgette Tsinguirides)
- Corps (Hans van Manen)
- Don Quijote (Maximiliano Guerra)
- dreamdeepdown (Kevin O’Day)
- Edward II (David Bintley)
- Frank Bridge Variations (Hans van Manen)
- Giselle (Production: Reid Anderson, Valentina Savina)
- Initials R.B.M.E. (John Cranko)
- Kazimir’s Colours (Mauro Bigonzetti)
- Le sacre du printemps (Glen Tetley)
- Leonce and Lena (Christian Spuck)
- Lulu. A Monstre Tragedy (Christian Spuck)
- nocturne (Christian Spuck)
- Onegin (John Cranko)
- Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
- Seventh Symphony (Uwe Scholz)
- Stravinsky Violin Concerto (George Balanchine)
- Swan Lake (John Cranko)
- The Concert (Jerome Robbins)
- The Lady and the Fool (John Cranko)
- The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier): Manon’s admirer a.o.
- The Sandman (Christian Spuck)
- The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)
- Theme and Variations (George Balanchine)
- Voluntaries (Glen Tetley)
Leading Roles and Corps de ballet Roles at National Theatre, Prague, a.o.- Little Mr. Friedemann (Libor Vaculic)
- Mowgli (Libor Vaculic)
- Onegin (Vasilij Meduédev): Lenski
- Psycho (Libor Vaculic)
- Raymonda (Marius Petipa): Jean de Brienne
- Romeo and Juliet (Libor Vaculic): Mercutio
- Sinfonietta (Jiří Kylián)
- Swan Lake (Marius Petipa): Pas de trois, Spanish Dance
- The Nutcracker (Jurij Grigorovic): Chinese Dance, Mouse King
- The Sleeping Beauty (Marius Petipa): Blue Bird