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 The Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End ...

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 ''

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'', '' 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

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s, including Neumeier, William Forsythe,

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Uwe Scholz Uwe Scholz (31 December 1958 – 21 November 2004) was a German ballet dancer, director, and choreographer. Life Scholz was born in Jugenheim (now Seeheim-Jugenheim) in Hesse, Germany on 31 December 1958, and moved as a child to the Landestheater ...

Jiří Kylián Jiří Kylián (born 21 March 1947) is a Czech former dancer and contemporary dance choreographer. Life Jiří Kylián was born in 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to his father Václav who was a banker and to his mother Markéta, who was as a ...

and

Renato Zanella Renato Zanella is an Italian-born ballet dancer, choreographer and director. He studied classical ballet for several years before becoming a choreographer for various professional companies. Due to his success, he has won many awards and honorary ...

. Cranko was succeeded by as director by Glen Tetley (1974–1976) and

Marcia Haydée Marcia Haydée Salaverry Pereira da Silva (born 18 April 1937) is a Brazilian ballet dancer, choreographer and ballet director. She was prima ballerina of the Stuttgart Ballet under John Cranko and succeeded him as the company's director, serv ...

(1976–1996). Reid Anderson has been the artistic director from 1996. The choreologist

Georgette Tsinguirides Georgette Tsinguirides (born 27 February 1928) is a ballet dancer, ballet mistress and choreologist. She was the assistant of John Cranko at the Stuttgart Ballet and became in 1966 the first choreologist in Germany. Still active in 2015 after 70 ...

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

in 1981. More than 25 years James Tuggle was the

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of the Stuttgart Ballet. In July 2019 Mikhail Agrest became the

of the Stuttgart Ballet. In late 2021 he was fired. The Stuttgart Ballet informed in an official press release about the reasons for the termination of the employment relationship.

John Cranko School

The current director of the ballet school, the is Tadeusz Matacz.

Company dancers

* Alicia Amatriain * Reid Anderson * Elisa Badenes * Ray Barra * Bridget Breiner * Daniel Camargo *

Richard Cragun Richard Cragun (5 October 1944 – 6 August 2012) was an American ballet dancer, teacher and ballet director who performed with the Stuttgart Ballet in Germany from 1965 to 1996. Cragun has been called a "prince of the ballet world" and "o ...

*Tamas Detrich *

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* William Forsythe *Susanne Hanke *

*Hyo-Jung Kang *

Kang Sue-jin Kang Sue-jin (; born 24 April 1967) is a South Korean ballerina. She is a principal dancer at Stuttgart Ballet. Early life Kang Sue-jin was born in Seoul, South Korea. After initial ballet lessons at Sun Hwa Arts Middle School, where she major ...

* Birgit Keil *Vladimir Klos *

* Nora Kimball *Douglas Lee *Thomas Lempertz * Vladimir Malakhov *

Egon Madsen Egon Madsen (born 24 August 1942) is a Danish ballet dancer, teacher, ballet master and company director. In 1961, he joined the Stuttgart Ballet, where John Cranko had become the director. Madsen was hired as a soloist but was soon promoted to p ...

* Evan McKie *David Moore *Alexander Jones *William Moore * John Neumeier *Anna Osadcenko *Marijn Rademaker *Jason Reilly *

Sonia Santiago Sonia Santiago (also: Sonia Santiago-Brückner, born 1 November 1966) is a ballet dancer and ballet teacher. Sonia Santiago was born in Madrid. She grew up in Germany and began ballet dancing at age five. She studied at the , graduating in 1985. ...

*Myriam Simon * * *Robert Tewsley *

Friedemann Vogel Friedemann Vogel (born 1 August 1979) is a German ballet dancer who performs with the Stuttgart Ballet as a Principal dancer and as a frequent guest artist at major ballet companies around the world including La Scala Theatre Ballet in Milan and ...

*Roland Vogel *Demis Volpi *Melinda Witham *

References

External links

* {{Authority control Ballet companies in Germany 1609 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire Organisations based in Stuttgart Stuttgart Ballet

History

John Cranko School

Company dancers

See also

References

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