Ballet by John Neumeier | The Nutcracker
Sun, Jan. 05, 2025, 3.00 pm - 5.30 pm
Cast
Marie
Olivia Betteridge
Soloist
Olivia Betteridge
BORN
21.12.99 in Westmead, Australia. Australian
EDUCATION
Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy
The School of the Hamburg Ballet
MAIN TEACHERS
Gigi Hyatt, Janusz Mazon, Anna Urban, Leslie Hughes, Lucinda Dunn, Paul Boyd, Wim Broeckx
ENGAGEMENT
Hamburg Ballet since 2017, Soloist in 2023
REPERTORY
Marie in "The Nutcracker”
Olympia in "Lady of the Camellias"
Princess Claire and The Butterfly in "Illusions – like Swan Lake"
Rosalinde in "Romeo and Juliet"
Evening Star in "A Sleeping Beauty" (Neufassung 2021)
Calipso in "Odyssey"
Diana Rivers in "Jane Eyre" (Cathy Marston)
and solos in
Broadway's Pavlova
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Epilogue
Liebeslieder Walzer (George Balanchine)
Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (George Balanchine)
Shakespeare Sonnets (Marc Jubete, Aleix Martínez and Edvin Revazov)
Adagio (Pina Bausch)
Blake Works V – The Barre Project (William Forsythe)
Find further information about Olivia Betteridge here.
Performances
Drosselmeier
Daniele Bonelli
Soloist
Daniele Bonelli
BORN
29.8.2001 in Pietrasanta, Italy. Italian
EDUCATION
Scuola di Ballo dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala
MAIN TEACHERS
Leonid Nikonov, Loreta Alexandrescu
ENGAGEMENTS
Ballett am Rhein 2020-2024
Hamburg Ballet since 2024
CREATIONS IN DUSSELDORF
Albrecht in "Giselle"
and solo in
A kiss to the world (Dominique Dumais)
CREATION IN HAMBURG
Empathie in "Slow Burn" (Aszure Barton)
REPERTORY IN DUSSELDORF
The Judge in "Geschlossene Spiele" (Demis Volpi)
The Uncle and an Escort of the Snow Queen in "The Nutcracker" (Demis Volpi)
Tonda in "Krabat" (Demis Volpi)
The Toreador in "Carmen (Roland Petit)
The Teacher in "The Lesson" (Flemming Flindt)
Ekart in "Baal" (Aszure Barton)
and solos in
La Cantatrice chauve (Andrey Kaydanovskiy)
Le Sacre du printemps (Marcos Morau)
Salt womb (Sharon Eyal)
Sanguinic: con brio (Demis Volpi)
Come In (Aszure Barton)
Polyphonia (Christopher Wheeldon)
One and others (Demis Volpi)
Eine kleine Frau (Neshama Nashman)
Artifact II (William Forsythe)
Dancing with Piano (Hans van Manen)
The Four Temperaments (George Balanchine)
Enemy in the Figure (William Forsythe)
Rubies (George Balanchine)
Solo (Hans van Manen)
REPERTORY IN HAMBURG
Drosselmeier in "The Nutcracker"
Mr. Brocklehurst in "Jane Eyre" (Cathy Marston)
and solos in
Adagio (Pina Bausch)
Blake Works V – The Barre Project (William Forsythe)
Performances
Louise
Futaba Ishizaki
Soloist
Futaba Ishizaki
BORN
28.9.1993 in Tokyo. Japanese
EDUCATION
Yamaji Rumiko Ballet School (Tokio)
Ballettschule des Hamburg Ballett
MAIN TEACHERS
Rumiko Yamaji, Akiko Sano, Carolina Borrajo, Marianne Kruuse, Kevin Haigen
ENGAGEMENTS
Hamburg Ballet 2011-2017
Houston Ballet 2016/2017
Hungarian National Ballet 2017-2020
Ballett am Rhein 2020-2024
Hamburg Ballet since 2024
CREATIONS IN HAMBURG
A figure from the romantic novels Tatiana loves to read in "Tatiana" (John Neumeier)
IN DUSSELDORF
Giselle in "Giselle" (Demis Volpi)
A women in "From time to time" (John Neumeier)
Emilie in "Baal" (Aszure Barton)
Coppélia in "CoppéliaX Machina" (Hélène Blackburn)
and solos in
Herzog Blaubarts Burg (Demis Volpi)
The thing with feathers (Demis Volpi)
A kiss to the world (Dominique Dumias)
REPERTORY IN BUDAPEST
Tamara in "Chroma" (Wayne McGregor)
Magda in "Merry Widow" (Ronald Hynd)
and solos in
Falling Angels (Jiří Kylián)
Bedroom Folk(Sharon Eyal)
Theme and Variations (George Balanchine)
Etudes (Harald Lander)
5 Tangos (Hans Van Mannen)
Episode 31 (Alexander Ekman)
Troy Game (Robert North)
The Nutcracker (Wayne Eagling)
REPERTORY IN DUSSELDORF
Carmen in "Carmen" (Roland Petit)
The Novice in "The Cage" (Jerome Robbins)
The Pupil in "The Lesson" (Flemming Flindt)
The Kantorka in "Krabat" (Demis Volpi)
Gina in "Geschlossene Spiele" (Demis Volpi)
The Maid in "The Nutcracker" (Demis Volpi)
and solos in
Allure (Demis Volpi)
Winter (Demis Volpi)
Aus ihrer Zeit (Demis Volpi)
Little Monsters (Demis Volpi)
Elegie (Demis Volpi)
Ebony Concerto (Demis Volpi)
A simple piece (Demis Volpi)
One and others (Demis Volpi)
Polyphonia (Christopher Wheeldon)
The Four Temperaments (George Balanchine)
Rubies (George Balanchine)
Artifact II (William Forsythe)
Enemy in the Figure (William Forsythe)
REPERTORY IN HAMBURG
Quadrille in "Illusions – like Swan Lake"
Helena in "Romeo and Juliet"
Zulma in "Giselle"
The foreign Princess in "A Cinderella Story"
Louise, Pas de huit and The Beautiful Girl from Granada in "The Nutcracker"
Pas de six in "Napoli" (Auguste Bournonville / Lloyd Riggins)
Blanche Ingram in "Jane Eyre" (Cathy Marston)
and solos in
Préludes CV
Petruschka Variations
La Vivandière (Pierre Lacotte after Arthur Saint-Léon)
The Times Are Racing (Justin Peck)
Variations for Two Couples (Hans van Manen)
Blake Works V – The Barre Project (William Forsythe)
GUESTING
Nijinsky Gala XLVII (Hamburg 2022)
Internationale Ballett-TanzGala (Augusburg 2024)
AWARDS
Prix de Lausanne 2009
The International Competition for the Erik Bruhn Prize 2015
Performances
Günter
Christopher Evans
Principal
Christopher Evans
BORN
2.11.94 in Loveland, CO. American
EDUCATION
BalletMet Dance Academy
Canada's National Ballet School
The School of the Hamburg Ballet
MAIN TEACHERS
Susan Dromisky, Alexander Gorbatsevich, Kevin Haigen
ENGAGEMENT
Hamburg Ballet since 2012, Soloist 2015, Principal since 2018
CREATIONS
Jim O'Connor in "The Glass Menagerie"
A Mystic in "Dona Nobis Pacem"
and solos in
Turangalîla
Beethoven Project I
Ghost Light
Beethoven Project II
Epilogue
Aether (Luca Andrea Tessarini)
Metamorphosis (Marc Jubete)
Beautiful Soul (Marcelino Libao)
REPERTORY
The King, Count Alexander and Quadrille in "Illusions - like Swan Lake"
Benvolio and Antonio in "Romeo and Juliet"
Fabian in "VIVALDI or What you will"
Albrecht in "Giselle"
Günther in "The Nutcracker"
Vladimir Lensky in "Tatjana"
The Prince and A Bird in "A Cinderella Story"
Theseus/Oberon and Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Arlequin in ‘Carnaval' and The Spirit of the rose in 'Le Spectre de la rose' in "Nijinsky"
Konstantin (Kostya) Gavrilovich Triplev in "The Seagull"
Armand Duval and Des Grieux in "Lady of the Camellias"
Man I in "Bernstein Dances"
Gustav von Aeschenbach in "Death in Venice"
Koll/Fortinbras in "Hamlet 21"
Love/Thyrsis/Orion in "Sylvia"
Catalabutte in "The Sleeping Beauty" (Neufassung 2021)
Harold Mitchell (Mitch) in "Endstation Sehnsucht"
Odysseus in *Odyssey"
Alexei Karenin and Levin in "Anna Karenina"
Mann in Green in "Dances at a Gathering" (Jerome Robbins)
Basil in "Don Quixote" (Rudolf Nurejev after Marius Petipa)
Prince Florizel in "The Winter's Tale" (Christopher Wheeldon)
St John Rivers in "Jane Eyre" (Cathy Marston)
and solos in
Préludes CV
Petrushka-Variations
Christmas Oratorio I-VI
The Song of the Earth
Soldier Songs (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
The Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Nocturnes
At Midnight
Saint Matthew Passion
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (George Balanchine)
The Times Are Racing (Justin Peck)
Blake Works V – The Barre Project (William Forsythe)
HE CHOREOGRAPHED
"Soul Sketch"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2016
"A Cosmic Second"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2017
AWARDS
Prix de Lausanne 2010
Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer-Prize 2015
Find further information about Christopher Evans here.
Performances
Fritz
João Santana
Corps de Ballet
João Santana
BORN
17.06.02 in Barra Bonita (São Paulo), Brazil. Brazilian
EDUCATION
Academia Roda Viva
MAIN TEACHERS
Daniela Dias, Jair Moraes, Erinaldo Conrado, Simone Malta, Ana Maria Campos, Olga Dolganova, Gisele Bellot
ENGAGEMENTS
Junior Company of Centro de Educação em Artes Basileu França in 2018
National Youth Ballet in 2020
Hamburg Ballet since 2023
REPERTORY
A Thorn Creature in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
Telemachos in "Odyssey"
Fritz in "The Nutcracker"
and solo in
Blake Works V – The Barre Project (William Forsythe)
Photo © Silvano Ballone
Performances
Conductor
David Briskin
Conductor
David Briskin
Music Director and Principal Conductor of The National Ballet of Canada since 2006, David Briskin is widely recognized as one of contemporary ballet’s most accomplished conductors.
Mr. Briskin lived and worked for 23 years as a conductor in New York City, working in opera, ballet and in concert. He conducted for seven years with American Ballet Theatre and was a seasonal conductor for New York City Ballet. He has also conducted for nearly all the major North American ballet companies as well as for The Juilliard School’s Dance Division for 12 years. Internationally, Mr. Briskin has appeared with The Royal Ballet, The Royal Swedish Ballet and The Royal Danish Ballet, where in 2021/22 he conducted productions of John Neumeier’s "Romeo and Juliet "and "La Sylphide" in Copenhagen and on tour throughout Denmark. He conducted the world premiere of "The Winter’s Tale" at Covent Garden in 2014 as well as productions in Toronto, New York and Washington DC. He is currently serving as Music Director for the Nureyev Legend and Legacy Gala Programme featuring dancers from the Royal Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, English National Ballet and other international guests at the Drury Lane Theatre in London in September 2022. He will make his first appearance with Dutch National Ballet in 2023. Mr. Briskin has appeared with orchestras and opera companies in North America and abroad including the Pittsburgh, Detroit, Baltimore, Cincinnati Pops, Fort Worth, Indianapolis, Windsor and Shanghai Symphony Orchestras, as well as Calgary, Manitoba, Sarasota, Lake George Opera and Opera Carolina, among others.
Performances
photo: Karolina Kuras
Orchestra
Symphoniker Hamburg
Symphoniker Hamburg
Die Symphoniker Hamburg sind seit 1957 das originäre Symphonieorchester aller Hamburgerinnen und Hamburger. Sie stehen für Konzerte, die höchsten künstlerischen Ansprüchen genügen, für eine ungewöhnlich vielseitige Musikvermittlung, für Profil in gesellschaftlichen Debatten und für den traditionsreichen Standort: Die Laeiszhalle, deren Residenzorchester sie sind. Die Symphoniker Hamburg gelten nach bald sechs Jahrzehnten als essentieller Bestandteil des Hamburger Musiklebens sowie als Repräsentant der noch jungen Idee einer Musikstadt Hamburg.
Der Intendant Daniel Kühnel und der weltweit renommierte Orchesterchef Sir Jeffrey Tate haben sich seit Beginn ihrer Zusammenarbeit im Jahre 2009 mit der profilierten Programmgestaltung einen Namen gemacht. Nicht zuletzt durch anspruchsvolle und unverwechselbare Programme, die zum Synonym für die Konzerte der Symphoniker Hamburg geworden sind, ist es gelungen, die Zahl der Besucher erheblich zu steigern. Völlig unerwartet starb Sir Jeffrey am 2. Juni 2017.
Mit ihrem Gespür für außergewöhnliche Künstler – der herausragende Geiger Guy Braunstein ist Erster Gastkünstler, zudem konnte 2014 mit Ion Marin ein profilierter Erster Gastdirigent gewonnen werden – arbeiten die Symphoniker Hamburg stets daran, für ihre Stadt ein unverwechselbares Qualitätsprofil zu entwickeln. Dieses soll in alle nur erdenklichen Lebensbereiche hinein wirken, von jedem Hamburger gehört und erlebt werden und über die Stadtgrenzen hinaus strahlen. Der Wirkungskreis der Symphoniker Hamburg ist dementsprechend nicht auf die Laeiszhalle beschränkt, sondern erstreckt sich auch auf die Hochschule für Musik und Theater, auf die Hamburgische Staatsoper sowie auf Konzertsäle des Umlands. Insbesondere die Musikvermittlung für Kinder und Jugendliche bildet dabei einen wesentlichen Schwerpunkt. Mit ihrer Aktion „MusikImPuls“ machen sie seit 2015 die Straßen und Plätze Hamburgs zur Bühne.
Tourneen führten das Orchester u.a. nach Japan, in die USA und in viele europäische Länder.
Find further information about Symphoniker Hamburg here.
Performances
photo: J. Konrad Schmidt
