November 18th, 2021

TODAY 45 YEARS AGO, William Forsythe's Urlicht premiered. It was the very first piece of the choreographer who was to revolutionise ballet in the following decades. He created Urlicht for the Young Choreographers' Evening of the Noverre Society, ...

November 6th, 2021

TODAY 128 YEARS AGO, Peter Tchaikovsky died in St Petersburg, shortly after his Symphony No. 6 had been premiered to great acclaim. He was born in 1840 in a small Russian town near the Ural Mountains.

October 12, 2021

TODAY 50 YEARS AGO, John Cranko's Song of My People – Forest-People – Sea (originally Ami Yam Ami Ya'ar) premiered in Israel with the Batsheva Dance Company. Cranko was enthusiastic about other cultures and was particularly fascinated by Israel.

September 29th, 2021

TODAY 48 YEARS AGO, the Stuttgart Ballet gave its first performance in front of a Japanese audience, laying the foundation for many decades of a wonderful and fruitful cultural exchange.

September 22nd, 2021

TODAY 77 YEARS AGO Birgit Keil was born in the former Sudetenland. After graduating from the ballet school of the Württemberg State Theatres, John Cranko engaged her at the Stuttgart Ballet ...

April 18th, 2021

TODAY 84 YEARS AGO, Marcia Haydée was born - a prima ballerina beyond compare, one of the main protagonists of the “Stuttgart Ballet Miracle” and an icon in the world of dance. Born in Rio de Janeiro, ...

April 1st, 2021

TODAY 72 YEARS AGO, former Artistic Director of the Stuttgart Ballet Reid Anderson was born in New Westminster, Canada. Happy birthday Reid! In January 1969, he joined the Stuttgart Ballet ...

February 27th, 2021

TODAY 93 YEARS AGO, Georgette Tsinguirides was born in Stuttgart. The “Grande Dame of the Stuttgart Ballet” worked at the Württemberg State Theatres for over 70 years and notated John Cranko's choreographies for posterity.

February 25th, 2021

TODAY 61 YEARS AGO Mauro Bigonzetti was born. The Italian choreographer received his ballet training in Rome. There, at the Opera di Roma, he danced for ten years before joining Aterballetto in 1982.