Ballet by John Neumeier based on Tennessee Williams | A Streetcar Named Desire
Fri, Oct. 04, 2024, 8.00 pm - 10.00 pm
Cast
Blanche DuBois
Anna Laudere
Principal
Anna Laudere
BORN
19.2.83 in Sigulda. Latvian
EDUCATION
Riga Ballet School
The School of the Hamburg Ballet
MAIN TEACHERS
Valentins Blinovs, Marianne Kruuse, Kevin Haigen, Irina Jacobson, Radik Zaripov
ENGAGEMENT
Hamburg Ballet since 2001, promoted Soloist in 2008 and Principal in 2011
CREATIONS
The Maiden-who-never-laughs in "Parzival – Episodes and Echo"
Calliope in "Orpheus"
The Friend (Isadora Duncan) in "Duse"
Anna Arkadyevna Karenina in "Anna Karenina"
A Widow in "Dona Nobis Pacem"
and solos in
Nachtwanderung from "Songs of the Night"
Purgatorio
Um Mitternacht
Beethoven Project I
Ghost Light
Beethoven Project II
Epilogue
A Foreign Sound (Thiago Bordin)
At Asyl-Um (Luva-Andrea Tessarini)
Anima (Edvin Revazov)
REPERTORY
Lady Capulet and Rosalind in "Romeo and Juliet"
Cinderella, Cinderella's Mother, A Stepsister and Princess from Another Country in "A Cinderella Story"
Irina Nikolayevna Arkadina, Primaballerina and Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya in "The Seagull"
Desdemona in "Othello"
Eleonora Bereda in "Nijinsky"
Odette and Princess Claire in "Illusions - like Swan Lake"
Hermia in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Marguerite Gautier and Manon Lescaut in "Lady of the Camellias"
Louise and La Fille du Pharaon in "The Nutcracker"
Ophelia in "Hamlet"
Mrs. Muskat in "Liliom"
Giselle and Myrtha in "Giselle"
Tatiana Larina in "Tatiana"
Solveig and Aase in "Peer Gynt"
Eurydice in "Orphée et Eurydice"
La Barbarina and Aschenbach's assistant, his mother and Tadzio's mother in "Death in Venice"
Aminta in "Sylvia"
The Queen and The Rose in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Penelope in *Odyssey"
The Siren in "The Prodigal Son" (George Balanchine)
Woman in Mauve and in Green in "Dances at a Gathering" (Jerome Robbins)
The Wife and the Ballerina in "The Concert" (Jerome Robbins)
Tatiana in "Onegin" (John Cranko)
The Queen of the Dryads in "Don Quixote" (Rudolf Nurejev after Marius Petipa)
Queen Hermione in "The Winter's Tale" (Christopher Wheeldon)
Blanche Ingram in "Jane Eyre" (Cathy Marston)
and solos in
Christmas Oratorio I-VI (she danced this role for the premiere)
Verklungene Feste
Saint Matthew Passion
Requiem
Vaslav
Seasons – The Colors of Time
Adagietto
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Le Sacre
Préludes CV
Winterreise
Messias
Turangalîla
Soldier Songs (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
The Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Nocturnes
Les Sylphides (Michail Fokine)
Jewels – Emeralds/Rubies (George Balanchine)
Reflet (Stefano Palmigiano)
Liebeslieder Walzer (George Balanchine)
Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (George Balanchine)
The Times Are Racing (Justin Peck)
GUESTING
Munich (Marguerite Gautier in "Lady of the Camellias", Bavarian State Opera), Stuttgart, Lausanne, London, Milan (Marguerite Gautier in "Lady of the Camellias", Teatro alla Scala), Tallinn, Riga, Moscow, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Tokyo (World Ballet Festival 2015 and 2018), Beijing
AWARDS
Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer-Prize 2008
Premio Positano Léonide Massine 2018
Latvian Excellence Award in Culture 2019
The Russian-Italian Prize Benois-Massine 2019
Order of the Three Stars – Highest civilian order awarded for meritorious service to Latvia
Find further information about Anna Laudere here.
Performances
Stanley Kowalski
Matias Oberlin
Principal
Matias Oberlin
BORN
27.4.96 in Santa Fe, Argentina. Argentinian/German
EDUCATION
Seminario Provincial de Ballet – Santa Fe, Argentina
The School of the Hamburg Ballet
MAIN TEACHERS
Elizabeth Sture, Christian Schön, Janusz Mazon, Kevin Haigen, Gigi Hyatt
ENGAGEMENT
Hamburg Ballet since 2014, Soloist in 2018, Principal since 2023
CREATIONS
Beethoven Project
Ghost Light
Epilogue
Pain Pushed me Forward (Braulio Alvarez)
REPERTORY
Lord Capulet and Brother Lorenzo in "Romeo and Juliet"
Gaston Rieux in "Lady of the Camellias"
The King in "Christmas Oratorio I-VI"
Günther in "The Nutcracker"
Count Alexander in "Illusion: like Swan Lake"
Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Fenge in "Hamlet 21"
The Wanderer, the Gondolier, a Dance Couple, Dionysos, the Hairdresser, the Guitar Player in "Death in Venice"
The Thorn, Cupid's Blessing, a Spanish Prince and an Egyptian Prince in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
The Balloon Man in "Liliom"
Serge Diaghilev and Thomas Nijinsky in "Nijinsky"
Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Alexei Karenin and Levin in "Anna Karenina"
Mr. Brocklehurst in "Jane Eyre" (Cathy Marston)
and solos in
The Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Beethoven Project I
Saint Matthew Passion
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Préludes CV
Liebeslieder Walzer (George Balanchine)
Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (George Balanchine)
Variations for Two Couples (Hans van Manen)
The Times Are Racing (Justin Peck)
HE CHOREOGRAPHED
"Flash"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2017
AWARD
Scholarship from the "Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation" (2011-2013)
Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer-Prize 2019
Find further information about Matias Oberlin here.
Performances
Stella, Blanche's Sister
Charlotte Larzelere
Soloist
Charlotte Larzelere
BORN
March 20, 1998 in San Antonio, Texas. American
EDUCATION
Houston Ballet Academy
Houston Ballet II
MAIN TEACHERS
Cheryne Busch, Priscilla Nathan-Murphy, Susan Bryant, Sally Rojas, Andrew Murphy, Claudio Muñoz, Sabrina Lenzi
ENGAGEMENT
National Youth Ballet 2016-2018
Hamburg Ballet since 2018, Soloist since 2023
CREATION
solo in
Beethoven Project II
REPERTORY
Hermia in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Prudence Duvernoy in "Lady of the Camellias"
Princess Natalia und one of the Big Swan in "Illusions - like Swan Lake"
Mercury in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
Stella in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Penelope and Eurycleia in "Odyssey"
Mary Rivers in "Jane Eyre" (Cathy Marston)
and solos in
Broadway's Pavlova
Beethoven Project II
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Adagio (Pina Bausch)
Find further information about Charlotte Larzelere here.
Performances
Harold Mitchell (Mitch)
Edvin Revazov
Principal
Edvin Revazov
BORN
30.12.83 in Sevastopol. Ukrainian
EDUCATION
Moscow School
The School of the Hamburg Ballet
MAIN TEACHERS
Boris Rachmanin, Radik Zaripov
ENGAGEMENT
Hamburg Ballet since 2003, Soloist in 2007, Principal since 2010
CREATIONS
Tadzio in "Death in Venice"
Parzival in "Parzival – Episodes and Echo"
Apollo in "Orpheus"
Gate Keeper in "Liliom"
Eugene Onegin in "Tatiana"
Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky in "Anna Karenina"
Tennessee in "The Glass Menagerie"
An Officer in "Dona Nobis Pacem"
and solos in
Christmas Oratorio
Purgatorio
Um Mitternacht
Beethoven Project I
Ghost Light
Beethoven Project II
Herr Sprüngli (Yohan Stegli)
Renku (Yuka Oishi / Orkan Dann)
REPERTORY
Günter and Arabian Dance in "The Nutcracker"
Romeo and Brother Lorenzo in "Romeo and Juliet"
Wolfgang Amadeus in "Windows on MOZART"
Semyon Semyonovich Medvedenko in "The Seagull"
Cassio in "Othello"
The Angel in "The Legend of Joseph"
Endymion in "Sylvia"
Kiefaber and Allan's Friend in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Armand Duval in "Lady of the Camellias"
The Man in the Shadow and Count Alexander in "Illusions - like Swan Lake"
A Man in "Seasons – The Colors of Time"
Theseus/Oberon and Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Serge Diaghilev and Thomas Nijinsky in "Nijinsky"
Hamlet in "Hamlet"
Albert in "Giselle"
The Prince in "A Cinderella Story"
Peer Gynt in "Peer Gynt"
Orphée in "Orphée et Eurydice"
Gustav von Aschenbach and Frederick the Great in "Death in Venice"
King Florestan XXIV in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
Liliom in "Liliom"
Harold Mitchell (Mitch) in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
The Prodigal Son in "The Prodigal Son" (George Balanchine)
Madge, a Witch in "La Sylphide" (Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni)
Man in Purple in "Dances at a Gathering" (Jerome Robbins)
Onegin in "Onegin" (John Cranko)
King Leontes in "The Winter's Tale" (Christopher Wheeldon)
and solos in
Requiem
Nocturnes from "Songs of the Night"
Soldier Songs (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
Verklungene Feste
Fourth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Afternoon of a Faun
Le Sacre
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Préludes CV
Saint Matthew Passion
The Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Vaslav
Les Sylphides (Michail Fokine)
Reflet (Stefano Palmigiano)
Liebeslieder Walzer (George Balanchine)
Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (George Balanchine)
GUESTING
Munich (Armand Duval in "Lady of the Camellias", Bavarian State Opera), Stuttgart, Lausanne, London, Milan (Armand Duval in "Lady of the Camellias", Teatro alla Scala), Tallinn, Riga, Moscow (Armand Duval in "Lady of the Camellias", Bolshoi Theatre), Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Tokyo (World Ballet Festival 2015 and 2018), Beijing
HE CHOREOGRAPHED
"Coco Rosie"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2011
"Zozula"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2012
"Anima"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2015
"Vesna"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2016
"Closed Rooms"
Premiere: Young Choreographers, Hamburg, 2017
"Rain memories"
Premiere: National Youth Ballet, 2017
"Shakespeare – Sonnets"
Premiere: Hamburg Ballet, 2019
HE FOUNDED
a new ballet company in 2023: The Hamburg Chamber Ballet – Edvin Revazov, as choreographic director, gives a new artistic home to refugee Ukrainian dancers.
HE STAGED NEUMEIER'S BALLET
"Anna Karenina" for the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow
AWARDS
Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer-Prize 2007
German Theater Prize DER FAUST 2007
Danza&Danza Prize – Best Upcoming Dancer 2008
Premio Positano Léonide Massine 2018
John Neumeier Prize for Choreography 2023
Find further information about Edvin Revazov here.
Performances
Allan Gray
Jacopo Bellussi
Principal
Jacopo Bellussi
BORN
27.3.93 in Genoa. Italian
EDUCATION
Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Milan
The Royal Ballet School, London
MAIN TEACHERS
Gailene Stock, Jay Jolley, Kathryn Wade, Gary Norman, Marialuisa Capiferri, Valentina Massa, Emma Landolina
ENGAGEMENTS
Bayerisches Staatsballett II
Hamburg Ballet since 2012. Soloist in 2017, Principal since 2019
CREATIONS
A figure from the romantic novels Tatiana loves to read in "Tatiana"
The Soldier's Friend (Annunzio Cervi) in "Duse"
A Mystic in "Dona Nobis Pacem"
and solos in
Beethoven Project I
Ghost Light
Beethoven Project II
Peter and Igor
Epilogue
Yes we Could (Konstantin Tselikov)
REPERTORY
Romeo and Paris in "Romeo and Juliet"
Curio in "VIVALDI or What you will"
Cassio in "Othello"
Peasant Pas de deux in "Giselle"
Leonid Massine, Harlequin in ‘Carnaval' and Geist der Rose in 'Le Spectre de la rose' in "Nijinsky"
Armand Duval, Gaston Rieux, Des Grieux and Count N in "Lady of the Camellias"
Semyon Semyonovich Medvedenko in "The Seagull"
her husband in "Christmas Oratorio I-VI"
The Man in the Shadow and Count Alexander in "Illusions - like Swan Lake"
Man II in "Bernstein Dances"
Alexej Wronski in "Anna Karenina"
Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
The Unicorn in "The Glass Menagerie"
Aminta and Endymion in "Sylvia"
Frederick the Great in "Death in Venice"
Prince Désiré and a Spanish Prince in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
Allan Gray in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Mann in Blue and in Purple in "Dances at a Gathering" (Jerome Robbins)
Espada in "Don Quixote" (Rudolf Nurejev after Marius Petipa)
King Polixenes in "The Winter's Tale" (Christopher Wheeldon)
St John Rivers in "Jane Eyre" (Cathy Marston)
and solos in
The Song of the Earth
Saint Matthew Passion
Soldier Songs (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
The Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Vaslav
Nocturnes
At Midnight
Third Symphony by Gustav Mahler
Christmas Oratorio I-VI
Préludes CV
Adagio (Pina Bausch)
Variations for Two Couples (Hans van Manen)
Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (George Balanchine)
Liebeslieder Walzer (George Balanchine)
King Polixenes in "The Winter's Tale" (Christopher Wheeldon)
GUESTING
Munich (Matinee of the Heinz Bosl Foundation, 2019), Roma , Genova-Nervi, Ravenna and Padova (2021), L'Aquila (728° Perdonanza Celestiniana, 2022), Positano (Award Ceremony Gala 2022)
AWARDS
Premio Danza&Danza 2016 – Best Italian Dancer Abroad
Konstanze Vernon Prize 2019
Premio Nazionale Sfera d'Oro per la Danza 2021
Premio Positano Léonide Massine 2022
Premio Internazionale per la Danza "Città di Foligno" 2024
Jacopo Bellussi has been appointed Artistic Director of the Nervi Festival from the 2025 edition
Find further information about Jacopo Bellussi here.
Performances
Allan's Friend
Lennard Giesenberg
Corps de Ballet
Lennard Giesenberg
BORN
20.5.2000 in Henstedt-Ulzburg, Germany. German
EDUCATION
School of the Hamburg Ballet
MAIN TEACHERS
Kevin Haigen, Janusz Mazon, Stacey Denham
ENGAGEMENTS
Hamburg Ballet (Apprentice) 2019-2020
National Youth Ballet 2020-2022
Hamburg Ballet since 2022
CREATIONS
The Photographer in "Dona Nobis Pacem"
and solo in
The Invisibles (with the National Youth Ballet)
REPERTORY
Brother Lorenzo in "Romeo and Juliet"
Allan's Friend in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
and solos in
Epilogue
Adagio (Pina Bausch)
Performances
A Soldier
Kiran West
Photo/Video and Graphic
Kiran West
Kiran West based in Hamburg, Germany, is a former soloist with the Hamburg Ballet turned filmmaker, artist, book/poster/program designer, and fine-art photographer. He specializes in concert, documentary, and dance theatre. Having traveled extensively, he has captured artists on many of the world's historic stages, such as the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the Bunka Kaikan Theater in Tokyo, The Joyce Theater in New York City, and the Opera di Firenze in Florence, among others. His work is published in DVDs, within stage set projections, and in newspapers/magazines such as Der Spiegel, Arte, Dance magazine, Geo, Lufthansa, Die Zeit, and Die Welt. He also has a permanent photo exhibition at Hamburg International Airport.
T: +49 (0)40 35 68-922
F: +49 (0)40 35 68-988
kiran.west@hamburgballett.de
Performances
Kiefaber
Artem Prokopchuk
Corps de Ballet
Artem Prokopchuk
BORN
1.1.98 in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. Ukrainian
EDUCATION
Accademia Nazionale di Danza Roma
Ballet School of the Hamburg Ballet
MAIN TEACHERS
Irina Rosca, Brunella Vidau, Manuela Cerreto, Janusz Mazon, Kevin Haigen
ENGAGEMENTS
Le Vie del Teatro in Terra di Siena
National Youth Ballet 2017-2019
Hamburg Ballet since 2019
CREATION
Epilogue
REPERTORY
Flute/Thisbe in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Jaschu in "Death in Venice"
A Thorn Creature in "The Sleeping Beauty" (new version 2021)
The Speaker in "Illusions – like Swan Lake"
The Unicorn in "The Glass Menagerie"
Tybalt in "Romeo and Juliet"
Stanley Kowalski and Keifaber in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Petrushka in ‘Petrushka’, The Golden Slave in ‘Sheherazade' and The Faun in 'L'Après-midi d'un faune' in "Nijinsky"
Gaston Rieux in "Lady of the Camellias"
Father Sheperd in "The Winter's Tale" (Christopher Wheeldon)
and solos in
Beethoven Project II
Adagio (Pina Bausch)
Performances
Shaw
Emiliano Torres
Corps de Ballet
Emiliano Torres
BORN
August 8, 1996 in Paraná, Argentina. Argentinian
EDUCATION
Estudió arte Carla Tista
Houston Ballet Academy
MAIN TEACHERS
Susana Gomez, Carla Tista, Eugenia Ibarzabal, Priscilla Murphy, Sabrina Lenzi, Andrew Murphy, Claudio Muñoz
ENGAGEMENTS
National Youth Ballet 2017-2019
Hamburg Ballet since 2019
REPERTORY
Tybalt in "Romeo and Juliet"
Count N. in "Lady of the Camellias"
Shaw in "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Solo in
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
Find further information about Emiliano Torres here.
