Timeframed

Choreographies by William Forsythe, Lucas Valente, Andonis Foniadakis and Hans van Manen

From 17. January 2026 until 12. February 2026

Dates & Tickets
  • Duration :
    approx. 2 H. 30 Min. Inkl. Pausen after 1st part after approx. 30 Min.  and after 2nd part after approx. 1 H. 40 Min.
  • More information:
    Introduction 45 min before the performance.
    © Poster image by Shinichi Maruyama (Nude)

New Suite

Choreography by William Forsythe

Choreography and Lighting Design:
William Forsythe

William Forsythe

William Forsythe (*1949) ist seit über fünfzig Jahren als Choreograf tätig. Seine Werke sind dafür bekannt, dass sie die Praxis des Balletts aus der Identifikation mit dem klassischen Repertoire gelöst und zu einer dynamischen Kunstform des 21. Jahrhunderts transformiert haben. Forsythes tiefgreifendes Interesse an organisatorischen Grundprinzipien der Choreografie hat ihn dazu geführt, ein breites Spektrum von Projekten in den Bereichen Installation, Film und internetbasierter Wissensentwicklung zu realisieren. Forsythe wuchs in New York auf und begann seine Ausbildung bei Nolan Dingman und Christa Long in Florida. Er tanzte mit dem Joffrey Ballet und später mit dem Stuttgarter Ballett, dessen Hauschoreograf er 1976 wurde. In den folgenden sieben Jahren schuf er neue Werke für das Stuttgarter Ensemble, als auch für andere Ballettcompagnien weltweit. 1984 begann seine zwanzigjährige Tätigkeit als Direktor des Ballett Frankfurt, mit dem er Arbeiten wie Artifact (1984), Impressing the Czar (1988), Limb’s Theorem (1990), The Loss of Small Detail (1991), Eidos:Telos (1995), Kammer/Kammer (2000) und Decreation (2003) schuf. Nach der Auflösung des Balletts Frankfurt im Jahr 2004 formierte Forsythe ein neues Ensemble, The Forsythe Company, die er von 2005 bis 2015 leitete. Mit diesem Ensemble entstanden u.a. die Werke Three Atmospheric Studies (2005), Human Writes (2005), Heterotopia (2006), I don’t believe in outer space (2008), und Sider (2011). Forsythes Werke aus dieser Zeit wurden ausschliesslich von dieser neuen Compagnie entwickelt und aufgeführt, während seine früheren Arbeiten einen zentralen Platz im Repertoire praktisch aller wichtigen Ballettensembles der Welt einnehmen. In den letzten Jahren schuf Forsythe Werke für das das Ballett der Pariser Oper, das English National Ballet, das Boston Ballet, das Dance Theatre of Harlem und das Ballett der Mailänder Scala sowie A Quiet Evening of Dance, produziert vom Sadler’s Wells Theatre (London), und The Barre Project (Blake Works II) für den digitalen Raum.

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Music:
Georg Friedrich Händel,
Johann Sebastian Bach,
Luciano Berio
Costumes:
Yumiko Takeshima

Yumiko Takeshima

The Japanese costume designer Yumiko Takeshima began her career as a dancer. Trained at the Miharu Ishikawa Ballet School in Japan and the San Francisco Ballet School in the USA, Yumiko Takeshima’s first engagements included the Universal Ballet Seoul, Alberta Ballet Calgary, and Dutch National Ballet. From 2006 to 2014, she was a principal dancer with Semperoper Ballett. She has worked with many internationally renowned choreographers and has appeared at numerous international ballet galas and festivals. Yumiko Takeshima creates and distributes her own dancewear collection, Yumiko, and has opened dance and fitness wear stores in New York City and Berlin. As a costume designer, Yumiko Takeshima has designed numerous works for choreographer David Dawson and created the costume design for The Second Detail and New Suite by William Forsythe.

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Cast


Händel 1 Ayaha Tsunaki


Händel 1 Joel Woellner


Händel 2 Max Richter


Händel 2 Brandon Lawrence


Händel 3 Nancy Osbaldeston


Händel 3 Dustin True


Berio 1 Daniela Gómez Pérez


Berio 1 Iacopo Arregui


Berio 2 Breanna Foad


Berio 2 Charles-Louis Yoshiyama


Berio 3 Irmina Kopaczynska


Berio 3 Jesse Fraser


Bach Inna Bilash


Bach Esteban Berlanga


Händel 4 Shelby Williams


Händel 4 Sean Bates


Händel 1 Max Richter


Händel 1 Brandon Lawrence


Händel 2 Alyssa Pratt


Händel 2 Chandler Dalton


Händel 3 Nancy Osbaldeston


Händel 3 Charles-Louis Yoshiyama


Berio 1 Caroline Perry


Berio 1 Jorge García Pérez


Berio 2 Nehanda Péguillan


Berio 2 Lucas van Rensburg


Berio 3 Sujung Lim


Berio 3 Marià Huguet


Bach Ayaha Tsunaki


Bach Kilian Smith


Händel 4 Ayaka Kano


Händel 4 Wei Chen


Händel 1 Ayaha Tsunaki


Händel 1 Joel Woellner


Händel 2 Max Richter


Händel 2 Brandon Lawrence


Händel 3 Caroline Perry


Händel 3 Dustin True


Berio 1 Daniela Gómez Pérez


Berio 1 Iacopo Arregui


Berio 2 Nancy Osbaldeston


Berio 2 Charles-Louis Yoshiyama


Berio 3 Irmina Kopaczynska


Berio 3 Jesse Fraser


Bach Inna Bilash


Bach Esteban Berlanga


Händel 4 Shelby Williams


Händel 4 Sean Bates


Händel 1 Ayaha Tsunaki


Händel 1 Joel Woellner


Händel 2 Max Richter


Händel 2 Brandon Lawrence


Händel 3 Caroline Perry


Händel 3 Dustin True


Berio 1 Daniela Gómez Pérez


Berio 1 Iacopo Arregui


Berio 2 Nancy Osbaldeston


Berio 2 Charles-Louis Yoshiyama


Berio 3 Irmina Kopaczynska


Berio 3 Jesse Fraser


Bach Inna Bilash


Bach Esteban Berlanga


Händel 4 Ayaka Kano


Händel 4 Wei Chen


Händel 1 Max Richter


Händel 1 Brandon Lawrence


Händel 2 Alyssa Pratt


Händel 2 Chandler Dalton


Händel 3 Nancy Osbaldeston


Händel 3 Dustin True


Berio 1 Shelby Williams


Berio 1 Jorge García Pérez


Berio 2 Nehanda Péguillan


Berio 2 Lucas van Rensburg


Berio 3 Yun-Su Park


Berio 3 Erik Kim


Bach Ayaha Tsunaki


Bach Kilian Smith


Händel 4 Ayaka Kano


Händel 4 Wei Chen


Händel 1 Max Richter


Händel 1 Brandon Lawrence


Händel 2 Alyssa Pratt


Händel 2 Chandler Dalton


Händel 3 Nancy Osbaldeston


Händel 3 Dustin True


Berio 1 Shelby Williams


Berio 1 Jesse Fraser


Berio 2 Nehanda Péguillan


Berio 2 Lucas van Rensburg


Berio 3 Sujung Lim


Berio 3 Marià Huguet


Bach Ayaha Tsunaki


Bach Kilian Smith


Händel 4 Ayaka Kano


Händel 4 Wei Chen


Händel 1 Ayaha Tsunaki


Händel 1 Joel Woellner


Händel 2 Max Richter


Händel 2 Brandon Lawrence


Händel 3 Nancy Osbaldeston


Händel 3 Charles-Louis Yoshiyama


Berio 1 Caroline Perry


Berio 1 Jorge García Pérez


Berio 2 Breanna Foad


Berio 2 Lucas van Rensburg


Berio 3 Irmina Kopaczynska


Berio 3 Jesse Fraser


Bach Inna Bilash


Bach Esteban Berlanga


Händel 4 Shelby Williams


Händel 4 Sean Bates


Händel 1 Max Richter


Händel 1 Brandon Lawrence


Händel 2 Alyssa Pratt


Händel 2 Chandler Dalton


Händel 3 Nancy Osbaldeston


Händel 3 Charles-Louis Yoshiyama


Berio 1 Shelby Williams


Berio 1 Jesse Fraser


Berio 2 Breanna Foad


Berio 2 Lucas van Rensburg


Berio 3 Yun-Su Park


Berio 3 Erik Kim


Bach Ayaha Tsunaki


Bach Kilian Smith


Händel 4 Ayaka Kano


Händel 4 Wei Chen


Händel 1 Ayaha Tsunaki


Händel 1 Joel Woellner


Händel 2 Max Richter


Händel 2 Brandon Lawrence


Händel 3 Caroline Perry


Händel 3 Dustin True


Berio 1 Daniela Gómez Pérez


Berio 1 Iacopo Arregui


Berio 2 Nancy Osbaldeston


Berio 2 Charles-Louis Yoshiyama


Berio 3 Irmina Kopaczynska


Berio 3 Jesse Fraser


Bach Inna Bilash


Bach Esteban Berlanga


Händel 4 Shelby Williams


Händel 4 Sean Bates


Händel 1 Ayaha Tsunaki


Händel 1 Joel Woellner


Händel 2 Max Richter


Händel 2 Brandon Lawrence


Händel 3 Caroline Perry


Händel 3 Dustin True


Berio 1 Daniela Gómez Pérez


Berio 1 Iacopo Arregui


Berio 2 Nancy Osbaldeston


Berio 2 Charles-Louis Yoshiyama


Berio 3 Irmina Kopaczynska


Berio 3 Jesse Fraser


Bach Inna Bilash


Bach Esteban Berlanga


Händel 4 Shelby Williams


Händel 4 Sean Bates


Händel 1 Max Richter


Händel 1 Brandon Lawrence


Händel 2 Alyssa Pratt


Händel 2 Chandler Dalton


Händel 3 Nancy Osbaldeston


Händel 3 Charles-Louis Yoshiyama


Berio 1 Caroline Perry


Berio 1 Jorge García Pérez


Berio 2 Nehanda Péguillan


Berio 2 Lucas van Rensburg


Berio 3 Sujung Lim


Berio 3 Marià Huguet


Bach Ayaha Tsunaki


Bach Kilian Smith


Händel 4 Ayaka Kano


Händel 4 Wei Chen


Händel 1 Max Richter


Händel 1 Brandon Lawrence


Händel 2 Alyssa Pratt


Händel 2 Chandler Dalton


Händel 3 Nancy Osbaldeston


Händel 3 Charles-Louis Yoshiyama


Berio 1 Caroline Perry


Berio 1 Jorge García Pérez


Berio 2 Breanna Foad


Berio 2 Lucas van Rensburg


Berio 3 Sujung Lim


Berio 3 Marià Huguet


Bach Ayaha Tsunaki


Bach Kilian Smith


Händel 4 Ayaka Kano


Händel 4 Wei Chen

Ayaha Tsunaki

Ayaha Tsunaki is from Japan. She studied at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden, the Hamburg Ballet School, and the Kyouko Kanda Ballet Academy in Japan. From 2014 to 2025, she danced with the Semperoper Ballet in Dresden, serving as demi-soloist since 2021. Here, she performed as Julia in David Dawson’s «Romeo and Juliet», Odette in Johan Inger’s «Swan Lake», the title role in Inger’s «Carmen», the Sugar Plum Fairy and Snow Queen in Aaron S. Watkin/Jason Beechey’s «The Nutcracker», and Gamzatti in Watkin’s «La Bayadère».
She has also appeared in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Stijn Celis, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, John Neumeier, and Justin Peck.
Since the 2025/26 season, Ayaha Tsunaki has been principal dancer at Ballett Zürich.

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Joel Woellner

Joel Woellner is Australian. He completed his training at the Ben Stevenson Academy of Houston Ballet and with Houston Ballet II. In 2013, he was a two-time prize winner at the Prix de Lausanne. After performing with Houston Ballet, he was a Principal Artist with Queensland Ballet from 2015 to 2024.
Joel Woellner danced Des Grieux in «Manon» by Kenneth MacMillan, Valmont in «Dangerous Liaisons» by Liam Scarlett, Oberon in Scarlett’s «A Midsummer Night’s Dream», Prince Ivan in Scarlett’s «The Firebird», and Prince Siegfried in «Swan Lake» by Ben Stevenson, as well as in choreographies by Greg Horsman, Christopher Bruce, and Jiří Kylián.
Since the 2024/25 season, he has been a member of Ballett Zürich. Here, he has appeared as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston’s «Clara», as Albrecht in Patrice Bart’s «Giselle», and in choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Kenneth MacMillan, Crystal Pite, Bryan Arias, and Kim Brandstrup.

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Max Richter

Max Richter is from the USA and trained at the International City School of Ballet and Houston Ballet II. Important choreographies during her engagement at Houston Ballet included Cathy Marston’s «Summer and Smoke», Ben Stevenson’s «Sleeping Beauty», and Balanchine’s «Diamonds». Since the 2023/24 season, Max Richter has been a member of Ballett Zürich. Here, she danced leading roles in Cathy Marston’s ballets «Atonement» and «Clara». She also appeared in the title role of Patrice Bart’s «Giselle», as the Bride in Bronislava Nijinska’s «Les Noces», and in choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Jerome Robbins, Marcos Morau, Meryl Tankard, Christian Spuck, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe, Kim Brandstrup, and Kenneth MacMillan.

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Brandon Lawrence

Brandon Lawrence is from Great Britain. He received his ballet training at the Royal Ballet School. From 2011 to 2023, he danced with Birmingham Royal Ballet, serving as Principal Dancer since 2019. Important roles included the Prince («The Nutcracker»), Franz («Coppélia»), Prince Florimund («The Sleeping Beauty»), Prince Siegfried («Swan Lake») in choreographies by Peter Wright; Romeo in Kenneth MacMillan’s «Romeo and Juliet»; Colas in Frederick Ashton’s «La Fille mal gardée»; the Prince («Cinderella»), Beast («The Beauty and the Beast»), Albrecht («Giselle») and Otello («Shakespeare Suite») in choreographies by David Bintley.
He also performed in works by Carlos Acosta, Edward Clug, Jiří Kylián, Juliano Nunes, Twyla Tharp, and Uwe Scholz. Since the 2023/24 season, Brandon Lawrence has been Principal Dancer at Ballett Zürich and has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston («Atonement», «The Cellist», «Snowblind», «Clara»), Marco Goecke, Wayne McGregor, Bronislava Nijinska, Mthuthuzeli November, Jerome Robbins, Christian Spuck, Kenneth MacMillan, Bryan Arias, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, and Kim Brandstrup.
In 2025, he received the «Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zürich».

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Max Richter

Max Richter is from the USA and trained at the International City School of Ballet and Houston Ballet II. Important choreographies during her engagement at Houston Ballet included Cathy Marston’s «Summer and Smoke», Ben Stevenson’s «Sleeping Beauty», and Balanchine’s «Diamonds». Since the 2023/24 season, Max Richter has been a member of Ballett Zürich. Here, she danced leading roles in Cathy Marston’s ballets «Atonement» and «Clara». She also appeared in the title role of Patrice Bart’s «Giselle», as the Bride in Bronislava Nijinska’s «Les Noces», and in choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Jerome Robbins, Marcos Morau, Meryl Tankard, Christian Spuck, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe, Kim Brandstrup, and Kenneth MacMillan.

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Brandon Lawrence

Brandon Lawrence is from Great Britain. He received his ballet training at the Royal Ballet School. From 2011 to 2023, he danced with Birmingham Royal Ballet, serving as Principal Dancer since 2019. Important roles included the Prince («The Nutcracker»), Franz («Coppélia»), Prince Florimund («The Sleeping Beauty»), Prince Siegfried («Swan Lake») in choreographies by Peter Wright; Romeo in Kenneth MacMillan’s «Romeo and Juliet»; Colas in Frederick Ashton’s «La Fille mal gardée»; the Prince («Cinderella»), Beast («The Beauty and the Beast»), Albrecht («Giselle») and Otello («Shakespeare Suite») in choreographies by David Bintley.
He also performed in works by Carlos Acosta, Edward Clug, Jiří Kylián, Juliano Nunes, Twyla Tharp, and Uwe Scholz. Since the 2023/24 season, Brandon Lawrence has been Principal Dancer at Ballett Zürich and has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston («Atonement», «The Cellist», «Snowblind», «Clara»), Marco Goecke, Wayne McGregor, Bronislava Nijinska, Mthuthuzeli November, Jerome Robbins, Christian Spuck, Kenneth MacMillan, Bryan Arias, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, and Kim Brandstrup.
In 2025, he received the «Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zürich».

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Alyssa Pratt

Alyssa Pratt is American. She trained at the Dance Institute Austin and the Houston Ballet Academy. From 2021 to 2023, she was a member of Houston Ballet II and already performed in productions of the Houston Ballet. After two seasons in the Junior Ballet, she is dancing this season as a guest with the Ballett Zürich. She has appeared in choreographies by Cathy Marston, George Balanchine, Marco Goecke, Patrice Bart, and Jerome Robbins.

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Chandler Dalton

Chandler Dalton is American. He received his training at the School of Richmond Ballet and the Houston Ballet Academy. At Houston Ballet, he was promoted to Principal and danced roles such as James in Bournonville’s «La Sylphide», Bluebird and Pas de Quatre in Ben Stevenson’s «Sleeping Beauty», the Pas de trois in George Balanchine’s «Emeralds», and leading roles in ballets by John Neumeier, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Bruce, and Justin Peck.
Since the 2023/24 season, Chandler Dalton has been a member of Ballett Zürich, where he has appeared in the title role of Marco Goecke’s «Nijinski» and as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston’s «Clara». He has also performed in Patrice Bart’s «Giselle» (Peasant Pas de deux), William Forsythe’s «In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated», and in ballets by Crystal Pite, Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor, Kenneth MacMillan, and Marcos Morau.

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Nancy Osbaldeston

Nancy Osbaldeston holds both Belgian and British citizenship. She completed her dance training at the English National Ballet School in London. In 2008, she joined the English National Ballet, where she was awarded the «Emerging Dance Award» in 2013. In 2014, she moved to the Royal Ballet of Flanders, where she was promoted to principal dancer. She was regularly a guest performer with the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich and later danced at the Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse.
Her repertoire includes leading roles in choreographies by Yuri Grigorovich (Aegina in «Spartacus»), John Neumeier (Marie in «The Nutcracker»), Akram Khan («Giselle»), Kader Belarbi (Kitri in «Don Quixote»), and Pina Bausch («Café Müller»). Additionally, she has appeared in works by George Balanchine, Ohad Naharin, Jiří Kylián, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and Andonis Foniadakis.
Since the 2024/25 season, she has been principal dancer at Ballett Zürich. Here, she danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston («Clara», Cecilia in «Atonement», «Mrs. Robinson»), Patrice Bart («Giselle»), William Forsythe («In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated»), Kenneth MacMillan («Concerto»), and Bryan Arias («Colorful Darkness»).

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Dustin True

Dustin True is from the USA. After training at the School of American Ballet, he performed with Dutch National Ballet Amsterdam, Ballet Dortmund, and Los Angeles Ballet. He danced solo roles in «Swan Lake», «Sleeping Beauty», «Giselle», and «Romeo and Juliet», and appeared as a soloist in choreographies by David Dawson, George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Christian Spuck, Justin Peck, Benjamin Millepied, Jacopo Godani, Jiří Kylián, Mauro Bigonzetti, and Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa. Since the 2023/24 season, he has been a member of the Ballett Zürich. Here, he appeared in numerous choreographies by Cathy Marston as well as in William Forsythe’s «In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated», Wayne McGregor’s «Infra», and Jerome Robbins’ «Glass Pieces».

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Charles-Louis Yoshiyama

Charles-Louis Yoshiyama holds Japanese and French citizenship. He received his dance training at Trinity College London and the English Ballet School. In 2007, he joined Houston Ballet and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2016. Important roles included Crown Prince Rudolf in Kenneth MacMillan’s «Mayerling» and De Grieux in «Manon», as well as Oberon in John Neumeier’s «A Midsummer Night’s Dream». He also danced in Roland Petit’s «L’Arlésienne» and numerous works by George Balanchine. In choreographies by Ben Stevenson, he portrayed Basilio («Don Quixote»), Prince Florimund («Sleeping Beauty»), Franz («Coppélia»), Mercutio («Romeo and Juliet»), and the Prince («The Nutcracker»). In Stanton Welch’s works, he was Siegfried («Swan Lake»), Solor («La Bayadère»), and Albrecht («Giselle»). In John Cranko’s «The Taming of the Shrew», he danced Lucentio and Hortensio. In 2023, Charles-Louis Yoshiyama was Principal Dancer at Oregon Ballet Theatre. Since the 2023/24 season, he has been Principal Dancer at Ballett Zürich.

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Caroline Perry

Caroline Perry is from the USA. She trained at the Houston Ballet Academy and Houston Ballet II. In her first engagement with Houston Ballet, she danced in choreographies by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Kenneth MacMillan, Ben Stevenson, Stanton Welch, and Christopher Wheeldon. From 2022 to 2024, she was a member of Cincinnati Ballet, where she performed in choreographies by Jiří Kylián, Alejandro Cerrudo, William Forsythe, Peter Chu, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Cathy Marston. Since the 2024/25 season, Caroline Perry has been a member of the Ballett Zürich. Here, she appeared in Bryan Arias’ «Colorful Darkness», Wayne McGregor’s «Infra», and William Forsythe’s «In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated».

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Daniela Gómez Pérez

Daniela Gómez Pérez is from Cuba. She studied at the Fernando Alonso National Ballet School and the Instituto Superior de Arte de Cuba. From 2015 to 2023, she was Principal Dancer at the Cuban National Ballet. Under Alicia Alonso’s direction, she danced leading roles in «Coppélia», «Giselle», «Swan Lake», and «The Nutcracker». She also appeared in choreographies by Peter Quanz, Brian McDonald, George Balanchine, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Cathy Marston, Ricardo Amarante, Alexei Ratmansky, Uwe Scholz, Ben Stevenson, Mikhail Fokine, and Gemma Bond. For her interpretation of Daniel Proietto’s «Cigne», she was entered into the Golden Book of the Gran Teatro de La Habana. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of Ballett Zürich.

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Iacopo Arregui

Iacopo Arregui is from Italy. He trained at Balletto di Verona and Académie Princesse Grace in Monte-Carlo, and performed in «The Nutcracker» by J.-C. Maillot with the Ballets de Monte-Carlo. After two seasons with the Junior Ballet, he has been a member of Ballett Zürich since the 2019/20 season. He appeared in choreographies by Christian Spuck (including Silver Fairy in «Sleeping Beauty»), William Forsythe («The Second Detail»; «One Flat Thing, Reproduced»), Marco Goecke («Nijinski», «Almost Blue»), Crystal Pite («Emergence», «Angels’ Atlas»), Johan Inger («Walking Mad»), Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Marcos Morau, and Cathy Marston.

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Caroline Perry

Caroline Perry is from the USA. She trained at the Houston Ballet Academy and Houston Ballet II. In her first engagement with Houston Ballet, she danced in choreographies by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Kenneth MacMillan, Ben Stevenson, Stanton Welch, and Christopher Wheeldon. From 2022 to 2024, she was a member of Cincinnati Ballet, where she performed in choreographies by Jiří Kylián, Alejandro Cerrudo, William Forsythe, Peter Chu, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Cathy Marston. Since the 2024/25 season, Caroline Perry has been a member of the Ballett Zürich. Here, she appeared in Bryan Arias’ «Colorful Darkness», Wayne McGregor’s «Infra», and William Forsythe’s «In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated».

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Jorge García Pérez

Jorge García Pérez is Spanish. He received his dance training at the Estudio de Danza María de Ávila and became a member of Malandain Ballet Biarritz II at the age of 16. In 2005, he won the gold medal at the Premio Roma competition. Heinz Spoerli then engaged him for the Junior Ballet and shortly thereafter for the Zürich Ballet. In 2008, he became a soloist at Ballett Basel under Richard Wherlock, where he danced numerous leading roles.
In 2011, he made his debut as a choreographer. He has won several awards at prestigious competitions, including the choreography competition in Hannover. In 2024, he was a coach at the «Prix de Lausanne» and co-founder of the charity gala «Strength and Grace». Since the 2023/24 season, Jorge García Pérez has been a member of Ballett Zürich again. Alongside his dancing duties, he has also been working as a rehearsal assistant since last season.

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Shelby Williams

Shelby Williams holds American and Italian citizenship. She studied at Houston Ballet Academy, Washington School of Ballet, and Dancer’s Workshop Baton Rouge (Louisiana, USA). After engagements with Semperoper Ballet, Corella Ballet, and Ballet d’Europe, she was a soloist at Ballett Mainz, Hessisches Staatsballett Wiesbaden, and from 2016 to 2023 at Royal Ballet of Flanders. In 2017 and 2018, she was nominated for «Best Performance by a Female Dancer» and «Best News» in the «Critic’s Choice Awards» by Dance Europe Magazine. She danced Pina/Malou in Pina Bausch’s «Café Müller», Rusalka in the choreography by Alan Lucien Øyen, Myrtha in Akram Khan’s «Giselle», as well as leading roles in choreographies by Martha Graham, Johan Inger, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Andonis Foniadakis, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Édouard Lock, and Jermaine Spivey. Since the 2023/24 season, Shelby Williams has been a member of Ballett Zürich, where she has danced leading roles in creations by Meryl Tankard, Bryan Arias, and Cathy Marston, and important roles in the repertoire of Marcos Morau, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe, and Mats Ek.

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Jesse Fraser

Jesse Fraser was born in Saskatoon, Canada. Trained at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, he joined Stuttgart Ballet in the 2010/11 season. There, he danced in choreographies by Cranko, MacMillan, Spuck, Haydée, Neumeier, Béjart, Forsythe, Cherkaoui, Goecke, Clug, Volpi, and Stiens. He also created his own choreographic works as part of the Noverre Society’s «Young Choreographers» series.
Since the 2015/16 season, he has been a member of Ballett Zürich. Among other roles, he has appeared as Paris in Christian Spuck’s «Romeo and Juliet», Hilarion in Patrice Bart’s «Giselle», the Stag in Edward Clug’s «Peer Gynt», and in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jacopo Godani, Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Cathy Marston, Marcos Morau, Crystal Pite, and Bryan Arias.

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Breanna Foad

Breanna Foad is Australian. From 2018 to 2025, she danced with English National Ballet. There, she performed leading roles in choreographies by Mats Ek, Johan Inger, and Andrea Miller. She also appeared in works by Akram Khan, William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon, Derek Deane, and Arielle Smith. In 2024, she won the «English National Opera’s Emerging Dancer Competition». Since the 2025/26 season, she has been a member of Ballett Zürich.

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Charles-Louis Yoshiyama

Charles-Louis Yoshiyama holds Japanese and French citizenship. He received his dance training at Trinity College London and the English Ballet School. In 2007, he joined Houston Ballet and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2016. Important roles included Crown Prince Rudolf in Kenneth MacMillan’s «Mayerling» and De Grieux in «Manon», as well as Oberon in John Neumeier’s «A Midsummer Night’s Dream». He also danced in Roland Petit’s «L’Arlésienne» and numerous works by George Balanchine. In choreographies by Ben Stevenson, he portrayed Basilio («Don Quixote»), Prince Florimund («Sleeping Beauty»), Franz («Coppélia»), Mercutio («Romeo and Juliet»), and the Prince («The Nutcracker»). In Stanton Welch’s works, he was Siegfried («Swan Lake»), Solor («La Bayadère»), and Albrecht («Giselle»). In John Cranko’s «The Taming of the Shrew», he danced Lucentio and Hortensio. In 2023, Charles-Louis Yoshiyama was Principal Dancer at Oregon Ballet Theatre. Since the 2023/24 season, he has been Principal Dancer at Ballett Zürich.

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Nehanda Péguillan

Nehanda Péguillan holds French and South African citizenship. She received her dance training in Johannesburg and at the Pôle National Supérieur de Danse Rosella Hightower in Cannes. With Cannes Jeune Ballet, she performed in choreographies by Jean-Christophe Maillot, Carolyn Carlson, and Thierry Malandin. In 2023, she danced in the Dutch company De Theater BV’s production of «Nureyev». After one season in the Junior Ballet, she has been a member of the Ballett Zürich since the 2024/25 season. Here, she has performed in choreographies by Crystal Pite, William Forsythe, Cathy Marston, and Wayne McGregor.

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Lucas van Rensburg

Lucas van Rensburg holds German and Italian citizenship. He studied at the Palucca School in Dresden and already performed in several Semperoper Ballet productions during his studies. After two seasons in the Junior Ballet, he has been a member of the Ballett Zürich since the 2025/26 season. In Cathy Marston’s ballet «Mrs. Robinson», he appeared as Benjamin Braddock. He has also danced in choreographies by Marcos Morau, Patrice Bart, and Marco Goecke.

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Nancy Osbaldeston

Nancy Osbaldeston holds both Belgian and British citizenship. She completed her dance training at the English National Ballet School in London. In 2008, she joined the English National Ballet, where she was awarded the «Emerging Dance Award» in 2013. In 2014, she moved to the Royal Ballet of Flanders, where she was promoted to principal dancer. She was regularly a guest performer with the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich and later danced at the Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse.
Her repertoire includes leading roles in choreographies by Yuri Grigorovich (Aegina in «Spartacus»), John Neumeier (Marie in «The Nutcracker»), Akram Khan («Giselle»), Kader Belarbi (Kitri in «Don Quixote»), and Pina Bausch («Café Müller»). Additionally, she has appeared in works by George Balanchine, Ohad Naharin, Jiří Kylián, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and Andonis Foniadakis.
Since the 2024/25 season, she has been principal dancer at Ballett Zürich. Here, she danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston («Clara», Cecilia in «Atonement», «Mrs. Robinson»), Patrice Bart («Giselle»), William Forsythe («In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated»), Kenneth MacMillan («Concerto»), and Bryan Arias («Colorful Darkness»).

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Irmina Kopaczynska

Irmina Kopaczynska was born in Poland. She trained at the National Polish Ballet School in Poznan. She is a multiple prizewinner of the National Polish Ballet Competition and has participated in «Premio Roma» and «Prix de Lausanne». After two seasons with the Junior Ballet, she has been a member of Ballett Zürich since the 2011/12 season. She danced the Silver Fairy in Mats Ek’s «Sleeping Beauty», Betsy in Christian Spuck’s «Anna Karenina», the Nurse in Spuck’s «Romeo and Juliet», and the Mother in Marco Goecke’s «Nijinski». She has also appeared in many other works by Christian Spuck and choreographies by William Forsythe, Iacopo Godani, Marco Goecke, Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Marcos Morau, and Crystal Pite.

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Jesse Fraser

Jesse Fraser was born in Saskatoon, Canada. Trained at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, he joined Stuttgart Ballet in the 2010/11 season. There, he danced in choreographies by Cranko, MacMillan, Spuck, Haydée, Neumeier, Béjart, Forsythe, Cherkaoui, Goecke, Clug, Volpi, and Stiens. He also created his own choreographic works as part of the Noverre Society’s «Young Choreographers» series.
Since the 2015/16 season, he has been a member of Ballett Zürich. Among other roles, he has appeared as Paris in Christian Spuck’s «Romeo and Juliet», Hilarion in Patrice Bart’s «Giselle», the Stag in Edward Clug’s «Peer Gynt», and in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jacopo Godani, Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Cathy Marston, Marcos Morau, Crystal Pite, and Bryan Arias.

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Sujung Lim

Sujung Lim is from South Korea. She trained at Yewon Arts High School and the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts. She won gold medals at the Tanzolymp Berlin in 2008 and 2011. From 2011 to 2018, she danced as a soloist with Ballett Karlsruhe, performing in Kenneth MacMillan’s «Romeo and Juliet», John Cranko’s «The Taming of the Shrew», Peter Wright’s «Giselle», and Christopher Wheeldon’s «Swan Lake». Since the 2018/19 season, she has been a member of Ballett Zürich, appearing in many choreographies by Cathy Marston, Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor, Patrice Bart, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, Jiří Kylián, Marcos Morau, and Crystal Pite. In 2025, she was awarded the «Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zürich».

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Marià Huguet

Marià Huguet is from Spain. He received his dance training at the Classical Ballet School in Girona, the Royal Ballet School, and the Hamburg Ballet School. From 2016 to 2023, he danced with the Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, performing in Neumeier’s productions of «Anna Karenina», «Ghost Light», «Dona Nobis Pacem», «Nijinsky», «The Lady of the Camellias», and «A Midsummer Night’s Dream». Since the 2023/24 season, Marià Huguet has been a member of the Ballett Zürich. Here, he performed as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston’s «Clara», Kai in Kim Brandstrup’s «Of Light, Wind and Waters», Wilfried in Patrice Bart’s «Giselle», as well as in choreographies by Marcos Morau, Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, and Bryan Arias.

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Yun-Su Park

Yun-Su Park is from Korea. She trained at Shunwa Arts School and the Hamburg Ballet School. From 2007 to 2024, she danced with Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, where she was promoted to soloist in 2018. She appeared in numerous ballets by John Neumeier, including Lady Capulet in «Romeo and Juliet», Diana in «Sylvia», Elisabeth in «Preludes CV», and in «Nocturnes», «Messiah», and «Beethoven Project». She also danced in ballets by Rudolf Nureyev and George Balanchine. Since the 2024/25 season, she has been a guest dancer with Ballett Zürich, performing the title role in Cathy Marston’s ballet «Mrs. Robinson».

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Erik Kim

Erik Kim is from the USA. He completed his dance training at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. After his first engagement at Ballet Nacional Sodre in Uruguay, he danced with the Atlanta Ballet from 2021 to 2024. Among others, he performed the title role in Yuri Possokhov’s «The Nutcracker» and appeared in choreographies by August Bournonville, Ben Stevenson, Cathy Marston, Kenneth MacMillan, and Juliano Nunes. Since the 2024/25 season, he has been a member of the Ballett Zürich. Here, he appeared as Benjamin Braddock in Cathy Marston’s «Mrs. Robinson», in Patrice Bart’s «Giselle» (Peasants’ Pas de Deux), and in Crystal Pite’s «Emergence».

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Inna Bilash

Inna Bilash is from Ukraine. She completed her ballet training at Kharkov Choreographic School, Perm State Choreographic College, and Perm State Academy of Arts and Culture. She was a soloist with Ballet Perm, where she danced Julia in Kenneth MacMillan’s «Romeo and Juliet», Odette/Odile in Natalia Makrova’s «Swan Lake», Giselle in the choreography by Perrot/Coralli/Petipa, the Bride in Jiří Kylián’s «Les Noces», and Masha in MacMillan’s «Winter Dreams». She also performed solo roles in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, and Douglas Lee. She won the Arabesque competition in Perm and the Bolshoi Ballet TV competition. In 2017, she received the «Soul of Dance» award from the ballet magazine. Since the 2018/19 season, Inna Bilash has been a member of Ballett Zürich and appeared as Briony in Cathy Marston’s «Atonement» and in the title role of Patrice Bart’s «Giselle». In 2024, she received the «Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zürich».

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Esteban Berlanga

Esteban Berlanga is from Spain. After his training at the Royal Conservatory of Albacete and the Professional Dance Conservatory of Madrid, he danced with the English National Ballet from 2006 to 2013. There, he was promoted to principal dancer in 2012. Among other roles, he danced Prince Siegfried in Derek Dean’s «Swan Lake», the prince in Kenneth MacMillan’s «The Sleeping Beauty», Albrecht in Mary Skeaping’s «Giselle», the Nutcracker in Wayne Eagling’s choreography, and Frédéric in Roland Petit’s «L’Arlésienne». For David Dawson’s «Faun(e)», he was nominated for the «Benois de la Danse». From 2013 to 2018, he was principal dancer at the Compañia Nacional de Danza de España. Since the 2018/19 season, he has been a member of Ballett Zürich, and since 2022, a principal dancer. He appeared in the title role of Marco Goecke’s «Nijinski» and danced leading roles in choreographies by Christian Spuck (including «The Sleeping Beauty»; «Anna Karenina») and Cathy Marston («The Cellist»; «Snowblind»).
In 2024, he received the «Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zürich».

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Ayaha Tsunaki

Ayaha Tsunaki is from Japan. She studied at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden, the Hamburg Ballet School, and the Kyouko Kanda Ballet Academy in Japan. From 2014 to 2025, she danced with the Semperoper Ballet in Dresden, serving as demi-soloist since 2021. Here, she performed as Julia in David Dawson’s «Romeo and Juliet», Odette in Johan Inger’s «Swan Lake», the title role in Inger’s «Carmen», the Sugar Plum Fairy and Snow Queen in Aaron S. Watkin/Jason Beechey’s «The Nutcracker», and Gamzatti in Watkin’s «La Bayadère».
She has also appeared in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Stijn Celis, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, John Neumeier, and Justin Peck.
Since the 2025/26 season, Ayaha Tsunaki has been principal dancer at Ballett Zürich.

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Kilian Smith

Kilian Smith holds British and Irish citizenship. He danced at the National Ballet of Portugal in choreographies by Fernando Duarte and Akram Khan. During his engagement with the Polish National Ballet, he performed in Wayne McGregor’s «Infra» as well as the roles of Mercutio («Romeo and Juliet»), Trinculo («The Tempest»), and Renfield («Dracula») by Krzysztof Pastor. Since the 2023/24 season, Kilian Smith has been a member of the Ballett Zürich.

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Shelby Williams

Shelby Williams holds American and Italian citizenship. She studied at Houston Ballet Academy, Washington School of Ballet, and Dancer’s Workshop Baton Rouge (Louisiana, USA). After engagements with Semperoper Ballet, Corella Ballet, and Ballet d’Europe, she was a soloist at Ballett Mainz, Hessisches Staatsballett Wiesbaden, and from 2016 to 2023 at Royal Ballet of Flanders. In 2017 and 2018, she was nominated for «Best Performance by a Female Dancer» and «Best News» in the «Critic’s Choice Awards» by Dance Europe Magazine. She danced Pina/Malou in Pina Bausch’s «Café Müller», Rusalka in the choreography by Alan Lucien Øyen, Myrtha in Akram Khan’s «Giselle», as well as leading roles in choreographies by Martha Graham, Johan Inger, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Andonis Foniadakis, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Édouard Lock, and Jermaine Spivey. Since the 2023/24 season, Shelby Williams has been a member of Ballett Zürich, where she has danced leading roles in creations by Meryl Tankard, Bryan Arias, and Cathy Marston, and important roles in the repertoire of Marcos Morau, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe, and Mats Ek.

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Sean Bates

Sean Bates is from the United Kingdom and studied at the Royal Ballet School. He danced with Northern Ballet under the direction of David Nixon and performed in numerous leading roles, including Jay Gatsby in «The Great Gatsby», Romeo in «Romeo and Juliet», and Puck in «A Midsummer Night’s Dream».
After working with Cathy Marston on «Jane Eyre» and «Victoria», he joined Ballett Zürich at the beginning of the 2023/24 season. Here, he has appeared in soloist roles including Marco Goecke’s «Nijinski», Kenneth MacMillan’s «Concerto», as Denis in Cathy Marston’s «Snowblind», and as Bargiel in «Clara».
He has taught at Cape Town City Ballet as well as at various summer schools in the UK, and continues to coach dancers in his free time.

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Ayaka Kano

Ayaka Kano is from Japan. She received her dance training at the Fairy Ballet Theatre in Toyama (Japan) and at the Pôle National Supérieur de Danse Rosella Hightower in Cannes. After two seasons in the Junior Ballet, she has been a member of the Ballett Zürich since the 2025/26 season.

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Wei Chen

Wei Chen is from the USA and trained at Boston Ballet School, Margo Marshall’s School of Ballet, Walnut Hill School, and Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy. At the Royal Ballet of Flanders, he danced Siegfried in Marcia Haydée’s «Swan Lake» and Prince Désiré in «The Sleeping Beauty», as well as Lenski in Cranko’s «Onegin». He has also performed in choreographies by Balanchine, Bournonville, Dawson, Forsythe, Godani, McGregor, Nureyev, Pite, Stevenson, and Wheeldon. Since the 2013/14 season, he has been a member of Ballett Zürich, performing in works by Douglas Lee, Jiří Kylián, Marco Goecke, Edward Clug, William Forsythe, and Crystal Pite. He also danced Romeo and Mercutio in Christian Spuck’s «Romeo and Juliet», Benno in Ratmansky’s «Swan Lake», Coppelius in Spuck’s «Sandmann», Albrecht in Patrice Bart’s «Giselle», and the Cello in Cathy Marston’s «The Cellist». In 2023, he received the «Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zürich».

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Choreography by Lucas Valente

Choreography and Staging:
Lucas Valente

Lucas Valente

Lucas Valente comes from Brazil. He studied performing arts and philosophy at the University of São Paulo. His first engagement was with the Ballet Company Laura Alonso in Havana and he was involved in the «Arsenale della Danza» project at the Venice Biennale in 2012. From 2012 to 2016 he danced in the São Paulo Companhia de Dança, where he appeared in choreographies by Edouard Lock, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe, Nacho Duato, and Jiří Kylián, among others. He danced in choreographies by Richard Siegal at the Ballet of Difference in 2017. He has been a member of Ballett Zürich since the 2017/18 season. He presented his choreography Trees Die Standing as a part of the «Junge Choreografen» series. He has appeared as Tybalt/Count Capulet in Christian Spuck’s Romeo und Julia and appeared in Crystal Pite’s Emergence.

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Sound Design:
Daniel Lutz

Daniel Lutz

Daniel Lutz is from Zurich. His passion lies in experimenting with a wide variety of instruments and exploring unconventional ways of playing them and shaping sound. Through this exploratory approach, he has developed a distinctive sonic language that combines electronic structures with organic depth. He has been working as a composer since 2023 and has already accompanied several choreographies by Lucas Valente, including "Point of No Return" and "That Thing I Can’t Stop."

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Costumes:
Christopher Parker

Christopher Parker

Christopher Parker is from the United Kingdom. He trained at the Royal Ballet School in London and subsequently performed with Scottish Ballet, Junior Ballet Zürich, Aalto Ballett Essen, Ballett Dortmund, and Ballett Zürich (2012–2019). During his time on stage, he danced in productions by Christian Spuck, Marco Goecke, George Balanchine, and William Forsythe. Alongside his career as a dancer, he began designing costumes for stage productions and continues to develop his work. Costumes have been created for choreographies by Craig Davidson, Filipe Portugal, and David Farias. He maintains a close collaboration with Lucas Valente ("All the Things That Might Kill Me," "Scent of Her Gardenias," "Umbra," "Le Sacre du printemps," "Cain," and "Fast Nacht").

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Lighting Design:
Martin Gebhardt

Martin Gebhardt

Martin Gebhardt was lighting designer and Head of Lighting for John Neumeier’s Hamburg Ballet. From 2002 onward he collaborated with Heinz Spoerli and the Ballett Zürich. Ballet productions of both companies took him to renowned theatres across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. At Zurich Opera House he created the lighting design for productions by Jürgen Flimm, David Alden, Jan Philipp Gloger, Grischa Asagaroff, Matthias Hartmann, David Pountney, Moshe Leiser/Patrice Caurier, Damiano Michieletto, and Achim Freyer. At the Salzburg Festival he designed the lighting for "La bohème" and for a new version of Spoerli’s "Der Tod und das Mädchen". Since the 2012/13 season Martin Gebhardt has been Head of Lighting at Zurich Opera House. He maintains a close collaboration with choreographer Christian Spuck (including "Winterreise", "Nussknacker und Mausekönig", "Messa da Requiem", "Anna Karenina", "Woyzeck", "Der Sandmann", "Leonce und Lena", "Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern"). He has also worked as lighting designer for choreographers Edward Clug (including "Strings", "Le Sacre du printemps" and "Faust" in Zurich), Alexei Ratmansky, Wayne McGregor, Marco Goecke, and Douglas Lee. He collaborated with Christoph Marthaler and Anna Viebrock on Handel’s "Sale" and Rossini’s "Il viaggio a Reims" in Zurich as well as on "Lulu" at the Hamburg State Opera, and with Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito at the Grand Théâtre de Genève for "Les Huguenots". In 2023 he designed the lighting for Spuck’s ballet "Bovary" at the Staatsballett Berlin and in 2024 for Rossini’s "Tancredi" at the Bregenz Festival. He was also the lighting designer for Cathy Marston’s "Atonement" at Zurich Opera House.

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Dramaturgy:
Michael Küster

Michael Küster

Michael Küster is from Germany. After studying German studies, art, and speech science at the University of Halle, he worked as a presenter, author, and speaker at various broadcasting stations in Germany. There, he hosted numerous classical music programs and live broadcasts of major concert events, including those from the Metropolitan Opera New York, the Semperoper Dresden, and the Leipzig Gewandhaus.
Since 2002, he has been a dramaturg at the Zurich Opera House, working with directors such as Matthias Hartmann, David Alden, Robert Carsen, Moshe Leiser/Patrice Caurier, Damiano Michieletto, David Pountney, Johannes Schaaf, and Graham Vick.
As dramaturg of Ballett Zürich, Michael Küster has collaborated since 2012 with Cathy Marston, Marco Goecke, Marcos Morau, Kim Brandstrup, Edward Clug, Alexei Ratmansky, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, and Hans van Manen. Together with Christian Spuck, he worked on productions including «Winterreise» («Prix Benois de la Danse»), «Romeo and Juliet», «Messa da Requiem», and «The Sleeping Beauty».
At La Scala in Milan, Michael Küster was dramaturg for Matthias Hartmann’s opera productions of «Der Freischütz», «Idomeneo», and «The Queen of Spades».

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Ballett Zürich
Junior Ballett

Junior Ballett

Das Junior Ballett ist die Nachwuchscompagnie des Balletts Zürich. Seit seiner Gründung im Jahr 2001 erhalten hier ausgewählte junge Tänzerinnen und Tänzer aus aller Welt die Möglichkeit, nach Ende ihrer Ballettausbildung unter fachkundiger Betreuung in das tänzerische Berufsleben einzusteigen. Im Rahmen eines nicht länger als zwei Jahre währenden Engagements trainieren sie gemeinsam mit den Mitgliedern des Balletts Zürich, tanzen mit ihnen in ausgewählten Vorstellungen des Repertoires und sammeln so die für eine Tänzerlaufbahn notwendige Bühnenerfahrung. Einmal pro Spielzeit stellt das Junior Ballett in einem eigenen Ballettabend mit Werken international renommierter Choreografen seine hohe Leistungsfähigkeit und tänzerische Kreativität unter Beweis. In der Saison 2014/15 vereint das Junior Ballett dreizehn Tänzerinnen und Tänzer aus acht Nationen.

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Choreography by Andonis Foniadakis

Choreography and Staging:
Andonis Foniadakis

Andonis Foniadakis

Andonis Foniadakis was born on the Greek island of Crete. He studied at the Greek National School of Dance in Athens and won a Maria Callas Scholarship to study at the Rudra-Bejart School in Lausanne. As a dancer, he performed with the Bejart Ballet Lausanne, the Ballet of the Opéra de Lyon, and Saburo Teshigawara/KARAS. In the 2016/17 season, he was Artistic Director of the Greek National Ballet and currently serves as the ensemble’s resident choreographer. In 2003, he founded his own dance company “Apotosoma,” with which he toured throughout Europe and the United States. He has created choreographies for renowned international companies, including the Martha Graham Dance Company, the Sydney Dance Company, the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, the Geneva Ballet, the Ballet of the Opéra de Lyon, Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Aterballetto, Ballet du Rhin, Compañía Nacional de Danza Madrid, the Rambert Dance Company, the Royal Ballet of Flanders, the Sao Paolo Dance Company, the Benjamin Millepied Dance Company, the Washington Ballet, the Israel Ballet, and the Bejart Ballet Lausanne. Recent works include “Primal Light” and “Death and the Maiden” for Tanz Kassel, “Circumstellars” for the Philadelphia Ballet, “Selon Desir” for Introdans, “Far Side” for Ballet Basel, “Strangelove” for the Hong Kong Ballet, “Almyra” for Gauthier Dance, “Troja/Troy” for the Ballet of the Theater am Gärtnerplatz Munich, and “Ikarus” for the Ballet Hanover. Andonis Foniadakis has received, among others, the Italian Danza/Danza Award and was most recently honored as “Choreographer of the Year” in the critics’ poll of the German “Tanznetz.” In 2026, he will choreograph, among others, for Acosta Danza in Havana and, for the first time, for Ballet Zurich.

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Music:
Bryce Dessner,
Ludovico Einaudi
Costumes:
Anastasios Sofroniou

Anastasios Sofroniou

The German-born, Paris-based Greek fashion entrepreneur and costume designer Anastasios-Tassos Sofroniou began his career as a fashion editor in Athens before moving to London, where he collaborated with stylist and fashion director Isabella Blow (Vogue) and photographers such as Richard Avedon, David LaChapelle, and Mario Testino for publications including "The Face," "Interview US," "British GQ," "Elle," and "Sunday Times Style." In 2010, he founded his contemporary menswear brand "Conquistador," followed by the creative agency "StudioSTOUTT" in 2022. Since 2011, Anastasios Sofroniou has been teaching at leading universities for fashion design and fashion management, including Polimoda (Florence), ModArt, and EIML (Paris). Since 2011, he has also been designing costumes for contemporary dance and opera. In collaboration with choreographer Andonis Foniadakis, he has created numerous productions for renowned companies such as the Martha Graham Dance Company, the Maurice Béjart Ballet, the Geneva Ballet, the Hong Kong Ballet, Gauthier Dance, Cedar Lake NY, the Sydney Dance Company, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, the State Ballet Hanover, Tanz Kassel, the Opera Florence, and Rambert Dance.

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Lighting Design:
Martin Gebhardt

Martin Gebhardt

Martin Gebhardt was lighting designer and Head of Lighting for John Neumeier’s Hamburg Ballet. From 2002 onward he collaborated with Heinz Spoerli and the Ballett Zürich. Ballet productions of both companies took him to renowned theatres across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. At Zurich Opera House he created the lighting design for productions by Jürgen Flimm, David Alden, Jan Philipp Gloger, Grischa Asagaroff, Matthias Hartmann, David Pountney, Moshe Leiser/Patrice Caurier, Damiano Michieletto, and Achim Freyer. At the Salzburg Festival he designed the lighting for "La bohème" and for a new version of Spoerli’s "Der Tod und das Mädchen". Since the 2012/13 season Martin Gebhardt has been Head of Lighting at Zurich Opera House. He maintains a close collaboration with choreographer Christian Spuck (including "Winterreise", "Nussknacker und Mausekönig", "Messa da Requiem", "Anna Karenina", "Woyzeck", "Der Sandmann", "Leonce und Lena", "Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern"). He has also worked as lighting designer for choreographers Edward Clug (including "Strings", "Le Sacre du printemps" and "Faust" in Zurich), Alexei Ratmansky, Wayne McGregor, Marco Goecke, and Douglas Lee. He collaborated with Christoph Marthaler and Anna Viebrock on Handel’s "Sale" and Rossini’s "Il viaggio a Reims" in Zurich as well as on "Lulu" at the Hamburg State Opera, and with Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito at the Grand Théâtre de Genève for "Les Huguenots". In 2023 he designed the lighting for Spuck’s ballet "Bovary" at the Staatsballett Berlin and in 2024 for Rossini’s "Tancredi" at the Bregenz Festival. He was also the lighting designer for Cathy Marston’s "Atonement" at Zurich Opera House.

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Dramaturgy:
Michael Küster

Michael Küster

Michael Küster is from Germany. After studying German studies, art, and speech science at the University of Halle, he worked as a presenter, author, and speaker at various broadcasting stations in Germany. There, he hosted numerous classical music programs and live broadcasts of major concert events, including those from the Metropolitan Opera New York, the Semperoper Dresden, and the Leipzig Gewandhaus.
Since 2002, he has been a dramaturg at the Zurich Opera House, working with directors such as Matthias Hartmann, David Alden, Robert Carsen, Moshe Leiser/Patrice Caurier, Damiano Michieletto, David Pountney, Johannes Schaaf, and Graham Vick.
As dramaturg of Ballett Zürich, Michael Küster has collaborated since 2012 with Cathy Marston, Marco Goecke, Marcos Morau, Kim Brandstrup, Edward Clug, Alexei Ratmansky, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, and Hans van Manen. Together with Christian Spuck, he worked on productions including «Winterreise» («Prix Benois de la Danse»), «Romeo and Juliet», «Messa da Requiem», and «The Sleeping Beauty».
At La Scala in Milan, Michael Küster was dramaturg for Matthias Hartmann’s opera productions of «Der Freischütz», «Idomeneo», and «The Queen of Spades».

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Cast


Nancy Osbaldeston


Esteban Berlanga


Breanna Foad


Kilian Smith


Nehanda Péguillan


Brandon Lawrence


Alyssa Pratt


Wei Chen


Caroline Perry


Jesse Fraser


Inna Bilash


Sean Bates


Daniela Gómez Pérez


Dustin True


Alyssa Pratt


Harry Ashton-Ireland


Nancy Osbaldeston


Esteban Berlanga


Breanna Foad


Kilian Smith


Nehanda Péguillan


Brandon Lawrence


Alyssa Pratt


Wei Chen


Caroline Perry


Jesse Fraser


Inna Bilash


Sean Bates


Daniela Gómez Pérez


Dustin True


Alyssa Pratt


Harry Ashton-Ireland


Nancy Osbaldeston


Esteban Berlanga


Breanna Foad


Kilian Smith


Nehanda Péguillan


Brandon Lawrence


Alyssa Pratt


Wei Chen


Nancy Osbaldeston


Esteban Berlanga


Breanna Foad


Kilian Smith


Nehanda Péguillan


Brandon Lawrence


Alyssa Pratt


Wei Chen


Caroline Perry


Jesse Fraser


Inna Bilash


Sean Bates


Daniela Gómez Pérez


Dustin True


Alyssa Pratt


Wesley Cloud


Nancy Osbaldeston


Esteban Berlanga


Breanna Foad


Kilian Smith


Nehanda Péguillan


Brandon Lawrence


Alyssa Pratt


Wei Chen


Caroline Perry


Jesse Fraser


Inna Bilash


Sean Bates


Daniela Gómez Pérez


Dustin True


Alyssa Pratt


Wesley Cloud


Nancy Osbaldeston


Esteban Berlanga


Breanna Foad


Kilian Smith


Nehanda Péguillan


Brandon Lawrence


Alyssa Pratt


Wei Chen


Nancy Osbaldeston


Esteban Berlanga


Breanna Foad


Kilian Smith


Nehanda Péguillan


Brandon Lawrence


Alyssa Pratt


Wei Chen


Caroline Perry


Jesse Fraser


Inna Bilash


Sean Bates


Daniela Gómez Pérez


Dustin True


Alyssa Pratt


Harry Ashton-Ireland

Nancy Osbaldeston

Nancy Osbaldeston holds both Belgian and British citizenship. She completed her dance training at the English National Ballet School in London. In 2008, she joined the English National Ballet, where she was awarded the «Emerging Dance Award» in 2013. In 2014, she moved to the Royal Ballet of Flanders, where she was promoted to principal dancer. She was regularly a guest performer with the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich and later danced at the Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse.
Her repertoire includes leading roles in choreographies by Yuri Grigorovich (Aegina in «Spartacus»), John Neumeier (Marie in «The Nutcracker»), Akram Khan («Giselle»), Kader Belarbi (Kitri in «Don Quixote»), and Pina Bausch («Café Müller»). Additionally, she has appeared in works by George Balanchine, Ohad Naharin, Jiří Kylián, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and Andonis Foniadakis.
Since the 2024/25 season, she has been principal dancer at Ballett Zürich. Here, she danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston («Clara», Cecilia in «Atonement», «Mrs. Robinson»), Patrice Bart («Giselle»), William Forsythe («In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated»), Kenneth MacMillan («Concerto»), and Bryan Arias («Colorful Darkness»).

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Esteban Berlanga

Esteban Berlanga is from Spain. After his training at the Royal Conservatory of Albacete and the Professional Dance Conservatory of Madrid, he danced with the English National Ballet from 2006 to 2013. There, he was promoted to principal dancer in 2012. Among other roles, he danced Prince Siegfried in Derek Dean’s «Swan Lake», the prince in Kenneth MacMillan’s «The Sleeping Beauty», Albrecht in Mary Skeaping’s «Giselle», the Nutcracker in Wayne Eagling’s choreography, and Frédéric in Roland Petit’s «L’Arlésienne». For David Dawson’s «Faun(e)», he was nominated for the «Benois de la Danse». From 2013 to 2018, he was principal dancer at the Compañia Nacional de Danza de España. Since the 2018/19 season, he has been a member of Ballett Zürich, and since 2022, a principal dancer. He appeared in the title role of Marco Goecke’s «Nijinski» and danced leading roles in choreographies by Christian Spuck (including «The Sleeping Beauty»; «Anna Karenina») and Cathy Marston («The Cellist»; «Snowblind»).
In 2024, he received the «Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zürich».

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Breanna Foad

Breanna Foad is Australian. From 2018 to 2025, she danced with English National Ballet. There, she performed leading roles in choreographies by Mats Ek, Johan Inger, and Andrea Miller. She also appeared in works by Akram Khan, William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon, Derek Deane, and Arielle Smith. In 2024, she won the «English National Opera’s Emerging Dancer Competition». Since the 2025/26 season, she has been a member of Ballett Zürich.

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Kilian Smith

Kilian Smith holds British and Irish citizenship. He danced at the National Ballet of Portugal in choreographies by Fernando Duarte and Akram Khan. During his engagement with the Polish National Ballet, he performed in Wayne McGregor’s «Infra» as well as the roles of Mercutio («Romeo and Juliet»), Trinculo («The Tempest»), and Renfield («Dracula») by Krzysztof Pastor. Since the 2023/24 season, Kilian Smith has been a member of the Ballett Zürich.

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Nehanda Péguillan

Nehanda Péguillan holds French and South African citizenship. She received her dance training in Johannesburg and at the Pôle National Supérieur de Danse Rosella Hightower in Cannes. With Cannes Jeune Ballet, she performed in choreographies by Jean-Christophe Maillot, Carolyn Carlson, and Thierry Malandin. In 2023, she danced in the Dutch company De Theater BV’s production of «Nureyev». After one season in the Junior Ballet, she has been a member of the Ballett Zürich since the 2024/25 season. Here, she has performed in choreographies by Crystal Pite, William Forsythe, Cathy Marston, and Wayne McGregor.

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Brandon Lawrence

Brandon Lawrence is from Great Britain. He received his ballet training at the Royal Ballet School. From 2011 to 2023, he danced with Birmingham Royal Ballet, serving as Principal Dancer since 2019. Important roles included the Prince («The Nutcracker»), Franz («Coppélia»), Prince Florimund («The Sleeping Beauty»), Prince Siegfried («Swan Lake») in choreographies by Peter Wright; Romeo in Kenneth MacMillan’s «Romeo and Juliet»; Colas in Frederick Ashton’s «La Fille mal gardée»; the Prince («Cinderella»), Beast («The Beauty and the Beast»), Albrecht («Giselle») and Otello («Shakespeare Suite») in choreographies by David Bintley.
He also performed in works by Carlos Acosta, Edward Clug, Jiří Kylián, Juliano Nunes, Twyla Tharp, and Uwe Scholz. Since the 2023/24 season, Brandon Lawrence has been Principal Dancer at Ballett Zürich and has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston («Atonement», «The Cellist», «Snowblind», «Clara»), Marco Goecke, Wayne McGregor, Bronislava Nijinska, Mthuthuzeli November, Jerome Robbins, Christian Spuck, Kenneth MacMillan, Bryan Arias, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, and Kim Brandstrup.
In 2025, he received the «Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zürich».

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Alyssa Pratt

Alyssa Pratt is American. She trained at the Dance Institute Austin and the Houston Ballet Academy. From 2021 to 2023, she was a member of Houston Ballet II and already performed in productions of the Houston Ballet. After two seasons in the Junior Ballet, she is dancing this season as a guest with the Ballett Zürich. She has appeared in choreographies by Cathy Marston, George Balanchine, Marco Goecke, Patrice Bart, and Jerome Robbins.

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Wei Chen

Wei Chen is from the USA and trained at Boston Ballet School, Margo Marshall’s School of Ballet, Walnut Hill School, and Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy. At the Royal Ballet of Flanders, he danced Siegfried in Marcia Haydée’s «Swan Lake» and Prince Désiré in «The Sleeping Beauty», as well as Lenski in Cranko’s «Onegin». He has also performed in choreographies by Balanchine, Bournonville, Dawson, Forsythe, Godani, McGregor, Nureyev, Pite, Stevenson, and Wheeldon. Since the 2013/14 season, he has been a member of Ballett Zürich, performing in works by Douglas Lee, Jiří Kylián, Marco Goecke, Edward Clug, William Forsythe, and Crystal Pite. He also danced Romeo and Mercutio in Christian Spuck’s «Romeo and Juliet», Benno in Ratmansky’s «Swan Lake», Coppelius in Spuck’s «Sandmann», Albrecht in Patrice Bart’s «Giselle», and the Cello in Cathy Marston’s «The Cellist». In 2023, he received the «Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zürich».

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Caroline Perry

Caroline Perry is from the USA. She trained at the Houston Ballet Academy and Houston Ballet II. In her first engagement with Houston Ballet, she danced in choreographies by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Kenneth MacMillan, Ben Stevenson, Stanton Welch, and Christopher Wheeldon. From 2022 to 2024, she was a member of Cincinnati Ballet, where she performed in choreographies by Jiří Kylián, Alejandro Cerrudo, William Forsythe, Peter Chu, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Cathy Marston. Since the 2024/25 season, Caroline Perry has been a member of the Ballett Zürich. Here, she appeared in Bryan Arias’ «Colorful Darkness», Wayne McGregor’s «Infra», and William Forsythe’s «In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated».

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Jesse Fraser

Jesse Fraser was born in Saskatoon, Canada. Trained at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, he joined Stuttgart Ballet in the 2010/11 season. There, he danced in choreographies by Cranko, MacMillan, Spuck, Haydée, Neumeier, Béjart, Forsythe, Cherkaoui, Goecke, Clug, Volpi, and Stiens. He also created his own choreographic works as part of the Noverre Society’s «Young Choreographers» series.
Since the 2015/16 season, he has been a member of Ballett Zürich. Among other roles, he has appeared as Paris in Christian Spuck’s «Romeo and Juliet», Hilarion in Patrice Bart’s «Giselle», the Stag in Edward Clug’s «Peer Gynt», and in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jacopo Godani, Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Cathy Marston, Marcos Morau, Crystal Pite, and Bryan Arias.

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Inna Bilash

Inna Bilash is from Ukraine. She completed her ballet training at Kharkov Choreographic School, Perm State Choreographic College, and Perm State Academy of Arts and Culture. She was a soloist with Ballet Perm, where she danced Julia in Kenneth MacMillan’s «Romeo and Juliet», Odette/Odile in Natalia Makrova’s «Swan Lake», Giselle in the choreography by Perrot/Coralli/Petipa, the Bride in Jiří Kylián’s «Les Noces», and Masha in MacMillan’s «Winter Dreams». She also performed solo roles in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, and Douglas Lee. She won the Arabesque competition in Perm and the Bolshoi Ballet TV competition. In 2017, she received the «Soul of Dance» award from the ballet magazine. Since the 2018/19 season, Inna Bilash has been a member of Ballett Zürich and appeared as Briony in Cathy Marston’s «Atonement» and in the title role of Patrice Bart’s «Giselle». In 2024, she received the «Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zürich».

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Sean Bates

Sean Bates is from the United Kingdom and studied at the Royal Ballet School. He danced with Northern Ballet under the direction of David Nixon and performed in numerous leading roles, including Jay Gatsby in «The Great Gatsby», Romeo in «Romeo and Juliet», and Puck in «A Midsummer Night’s Dream».
After working with Cathy Marston on «Jane Eyre» and «Victoria», he joined Ballett Zürich at the beginning of the 2023/24 season. Here, he has appeared in soloist roles including Marco Goecke’s «Nijinski», Kenneth MacMillan’s «Concerto», as Denis in Cathy Marston’s «Snowblind», and as Bargiel in «Clara».
He has taught at Cape Town City Ballet as well as at various summer schools in the UK, and continues to coach dancers in his free time.

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Daniela Gómez Pérez

Daniela Gómez Pérez is from Cuba. She studied at the Fernando Alonso National Ballet School and the Instituto Superior de Arte de Cuba. From 2015 to 2023, she was Principal Dancer at the Cuban National Ballet. Under Alicia Alonso’s direction, she danced leading roles in «Coppélia», «Giselle», «Swan Lake», and «The Nutcracker». She also appeared in choreographies by Peter Quanz, Brian McDonald, George Balanchine, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Cathy Marston, Ricardo Amarante, Alexei Ratmansky, Uwe Scholz, Ben Stevenson, Mikhail Fokine, and Gemma Bond. For her interpretation of Daniel Proietto’s «Cigne», she was entered into the Golden Book of the Gran Teatro de La Habana. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of Ballett Zürich.

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Dustin True

Dustin True is from the USA. After training at the School of American Ballet, he performed with Dutch National Ballet Amsterdam, Ballet Dortmund, and Los Angeles Ballet. He danced solo roles in «Swan Lake», «Sleeping Beauty», «Giselle», and «Romeo and Juliet», and appeared as a soloist in choreographies by David Dawson, George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Christian Spuck, Justin Peck, Benjamin Millepied, Jacopo Godani, Jiří Kylián, Mauro Bigonzetti, and Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa. Since the 2023/24 season, he has been a member of the Ballett Zürich. Here, he appeared in numerous choreographies by Cathy Marston as well as in William Forsythe’s «In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated», Wayne McGregor’s «Infra», and Jerome Robbins’ «Glass Pieces».

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Harry Ashton-Ireland

Harry Ashton-Ireland holds both New Zealand and British citizenship. He received his dance training at the Philippa Campbell School of Ballet and the Dutch National Ballet Academy of Dance. From 2023 to 2025, he danced with the Bavarian Junior Ballet in Munich, where he performed in choreographies by Marco Goecke, Pina Bausch, Christopher Wheeldon, Jiří Kylián, John Cranko, and Patrice Bart.
Since the 2025/26 season, he has been a member of the Junior Ballet.

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Wesley Cloud

Wesley Cloud is from the United States. He received his training at the American Ballet Theatre School and the Juilliard School in New York.
Since the 2024/25 season, he has been a member of the Junior Ballet. He has performed in choreographies by Cathy Marston, Bryan Arias, Crystal Pite, Kenneth MacMillan, and Patrice Bart.

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Choreography by Hans van Manen

Choreographer:
Hans van Manen

Hans van Manen

Hans van Manen, geboren 1932 in den Niederlanden, gehört zu den bedeutendsten zeitgenössischen Choreografen. Seine Karriere begann 1951 als Mitglied der Sonia Gaskell Compagnie. Nach ersten Engagements beim Nederlands Opera Ballet, wo seine erste Choreografie entstand (Feestgericht, 1957), und bei der Roland Petit Compagnie in Paris schloss er sich 1960 dem Nederlands Dans Theater an, zunächst als Tänzer (bis 1963), dann als Choreograf und schliesslich als Künstlerischer Leiter (1961-71). 1973 wechselte er zum Nationalen Ballett Amsterdam. 1988-2003 kehrte Hans van Manen als Hauschoreograf zum Nederlands Dans Theater zurück, 2003 übernahm er die gleiche Funktion beim Königlichen Dänischen Ballett. Hans van Manens Werk umfasst 150 Ballette, von denen jedes einzelne seine unverwechselbare Handschrift trägt: strukturelle Klarheit und raffinierte Einfachheit sind die zentralen Elemente seiner Choreografien, was ihm den Beinamen «Mondrian des Tanzes» eingetragen hat. Ausserhalb der Niederlande haben Compagnien wie das Ballett Zürich, das Stuttgarter Ballett, das Bayerische Staatsballett München, das Staatsballett Berlin, das Houston Ballet, das National Ballet of Canada, das Pennsylvania Ballet, das English Royal Ballet, das Royal Danish Ballet, das Staatsopern­ballett Wien, das Tanzforum Köln, die Compaña Nacional de Danza und die Alvin Ailey Dance Company seine Choreografien getanzt. Hans van Manen wurde mit zahlreichen Preisen geehrt. 1991 erhielt er den Sonia Gaskell Preis für sein Gesamtwerk und den Preis für Choreografie des Dänischen Theaters, seit 1992 ist er Offizier des Ritterordens von Oranien-Nassau. 1992 erhielt er den Deutschen Tanzpreis, 1996 ehrte ihn die holländische C.O.C. mit der Bob Angelo Medaille. 1997 erhielt Hans van Manen den Gino Tani International Prize in der Kategorie Tanz. 1998 veranstaltete das Edinburgh International Festival Scotland eine Retrospektive der Werke van Manens; sein Gesamtwerk wurde mit dem Archangel, dem Kritikerpreis des Edinburgh Festivals, ausgezeichnet. 2000 kam zu seinen zahlreichen Auszeichnungen der Erasmus-Preis für seine Verdienste um den niederländischen Tanz dazu, 2004 der Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg, 2005 der Prix Benois de la Danse für sein Lebenswerk. Neben seinem choreografischen Schaffen erlangte er hohes Renommee als Fotograf.

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Music:
Franz Liszt
Costumes:
Keso Dekker

Keso Dekker

Keso Dekker, auf der holländischen Insel Ysselmonde geboren, studierte Kunstgeschichte, Niederländische sowie Klassische Sprachen und Literatur, bevor er sich der Malerei zuwandte. Nachdem der Choreograf Eric Hampton ihn 1976 erstmals als Bühnen- und Kostümbildner engagierte, begann die intensive Zusammenarbeit mit Hans van Manen, die seither zu mehr als 60 gemeinsamen Kreationen führte. Über 400 Bühnen- und Kostümarbeiten entstanden für zahlreiche Theater- und Tanzmacher in Europa und den USA, darunter Choreografen wie Renato Zanella, Bernd Bienert, Nils Christe und Heinz Spoerli (Ein Sommernachtstraum, Goldberg-Variationen). Er kreierte TV-Programme, leitete Workshops, schrieb Bücher, gestaltete Innen- und Aussenräume sowie Ausstellungen wie 1986 La Mode und 1994 The Art of Devotion 1300–1500 im Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. 2002 erhielt er den niederländischen Preis für Formgebung sowie den Grossen Preis der holländischen Tanzwelt. Mit Martin Schläpfer arbeitete Keso Dekker bei den Uraufführungen Musica ricercata, Tanzsuite und Pathétique für ballettmainz, Streichquartett und Lontano für Het Nationale Ballet Amsterdam und Forellenquintett für das Ballett am Rhein zusammen. 2013 folgte die gemeinsame Uraufführung Johannes Brahms – Symphonie Nr. 2. Für die Feiern zum 50-jährigen Jubiläum von Het Nationale Ballet entwarf er einen Ballettmara­thon mit neun Uraufführungen von u.a. Hans van Manen, Christopher Wheeldon und Alexei Ratmansky. Beim American Ballet Theater kam 2012 Symphony No 9 von Ratmansky in Dekkers Design heraus, gefolgt von der Neugestaltung von Massines Choreartium beim Bayerischen Staatsballett. Darüber hinaus arbeitete Keso Dekker 2016 an der Design-Konzeption für die Ausstellung 500 Jahre Hieronymus Bosch in den Niederlanden mit.

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Lighting Design:
Bert Dalhuysen

Bert Dalhuysen

The lighting designer Bert Dalhuysen studied at the Academy for Photography and Photographic Technology in The Hague and initially worked as a freelance photographer and lighting designer. In 1982, he became Managing Director of Arinde Visual Design Studios in Amsterdam. In 1986, he joined the lighting team of the Dutch National Opera and Ballet, where he was appointed Deputy Head in 2001. Until 2020, he worked as a lighting technician and lighting designer for Dutch National Ballet as well as for other Dutch and international companies. Dalhuysen currently works as a freelance lighting and multimedia designer for ballet, opera, and theatre. He maintains a close collaboration with choreographer David Dawson and designer Eno Henze.

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Cast


Tänzerin Ayaha Tsunaki


Tänzer Karen Azatyan


Live-Kamera Karim Fawaz


Klavier Kateryna Tereshchenko


Tänzerin Sujung Lim


Tänzer Joel Woellner


Live-Kamera Karim Fawaz


Klavier Kateryna Tereshchenko


Tänzerin Max Richter


Tänzer Erik Kim


Live-Kamera Karim Fawaz


Klavier Kateryna Tereshchenko


Tänzerin Ayaha Tsunaki


Tänzer Karen Azatyan


Live-Kamera Karim Fawaz


Klavier Kateryna Tereshchenko


Tänzerin Sujung Lim


Tänzer Joel Woellner


Live-Kamera Karim Fawaz


Klavier Kateryna Tereshchenko


Tänzerin Sujung Lim


Tänzer Joel Woellner


Live-Kamera Karim Fawaz


Klavier Kateryna Tereshchenko


Tänzerin Max Richter


Tänzer Erik Kim


Live-Kamera Karim Fawaz


Klavier Kateryna Tereshchenko


Tänzerin Ayaha Tsunaki


Tänzer Karen Azatyan


Live-Kamera Karim Fawaz


Klavier Kateryna Tereshchenko


Tänzerin Max Richter


Tänzer Erik Kim


Live-Kamera Karim Fawaz


Klavier Kateryna Tereshchenko


Tänzerin Ayaha Tsunaki


Tänzer Karen Azatyan


Live-Kamera Karim Fawaz


Klavier Kateryna Tereshchenko


Tänzerin Ayaha Tsunaki


Tänzer Karen Azatyan


Live-Kamera Karim Fawaz


Klavier Kateryna Tereshchenko


Tänzerin Ayaha Tsunaki


Tänzer Karen Azatyan


Live-Kamera Karim Fawaz


Klavier Kateryna Tereshchenko

Ayaha Tsunaki

Ayaha Tsunaki is from Japan. She studied at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden, the Hamburg Ballet School, and the Kyouko Kanda Ballet Academy in Japan. From 2014 to 2025, she danced with the Semperoper Ballet in Dresden, serving as demi-soloist since 2021. Here, she performed as Julia in David Dawson’s «Romeo and Juliet», Odette in Johan Inger’s «Swan Lake», the title role in Inger’s «Carmen», the Sugar Plum Fairy and Snow Queen in Aaron S. Watkin/Jason Beechey’s «The Nutcracker», and Gamzatti in Watkin’s «La Bayadère».
She has also appeared in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Stijn Celis, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, John Neumeier, and Justin Peck.
Since the 2025/26 season, Ayaha Tsunaki has been principal dancer at Ballett Zürich.

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Sujung Lim

Sujung Lim is from South Korea. She trained at Yewon Arts High School and the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts. She won gold medals at the Tanzolymp Berlin in 2008 and 2011. From 2011 to 2018, she danced as a soloist with Ballett Karlsruhe, performing in Kenneth MacMillan’s «Romeo and Juliet», John Cranko’s «The Taming of the Shrew», Peter Wright’s «Giselle», and Christopher Wheeldon’s «Swan Lake». Since the 2018/19 season, she has been a member of Ballett Zürich, appearing in many choreographies by Cathy Marston, Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor, Patrice Bart, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, Jiří Kylián, Marcos Morau, and Crystal Pite. In 2025, she was awarded the «Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zürich».

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Max Richter

Max Richter is from the USA and trained at the International City School of Ballet and Houston Ballet II. Important choreographies during her engagement at Houston Ballet included Cathy Marston’s «Summer and Smoke», Ben Stevenson’s «Sleeping Beauty», and Balanchine’s «Diamonds». Since the 2023/24 season, Max Richter has been a member of Ballett Zürich. Here, she danced leading roles in Cathy Marston’s ballets «Atonement» and «Clara». She also appeared in the title role of Patrice Bart’s «Giselle», as the Bride in Bronislava Nijinska’s «Les Noces», and in choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Jerome Robbins, Marcos Morau, Meryl Tankard, Christian Spuck, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe, Kim Brandstrup, and Kenneth MacMillan.

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Karen Azatyan

Karen Azatyan is originally from Armenia. Trained at the Yerevan Dancing Art State College and the Dance Academy Zurich, he won the Prix de Lausanne in 2005. From 2007 to 2014, he was a member of the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich (promoted to soloist in 2012). In 2014, he joined the Hamburg Ballet as a principal dancer, where he maintained a close collaboration with John Neumeier until the latter’s departure in 2024. He danced leading roles and solos in many of Neumeier’s ballets, including: «Illusions» – like «Swan Lake», «The Nutcracker», «A Midsummer Night’s Dream», «A Streetcar Named Desire», «Death in Venice», «Peer Gynt», «Romeo and Juliet», «Nijinsky», «Liliom», «The Seagull», «Winterreise», «St. Matthew Passion», «The Song of the Earth» and Mahler’s «Third Symphony».
His repertoire also includes works by Frederick Ashton, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins, and Christopher Wheeldon.
Since the 2024/25 season, Karen Azatyan has been a principal dancer with Ballett Zürich. Here, he has appeared as Robert Schumann in Cathy Marston’s «Clara», Hilarion in Patrice Bart’s «Giselle», and as the Shadow in Kim Brandstrup’s «Of Light, Wind and Waters».

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Joel Woellner

Joel Woellner is Australian. He completed his training at the Ben Stevenson Academy of Houston Ballet and with Houston Ballet II. In 2013, he was a two-time prize winner at the Prix de Lausanne. After performing with Houston Ballet, he was a Principal Artist with Queensland Ballet from 2015 to 2024.
Joel Woellner danced Des Grieux in «Manon» by Kenneth MacMillan, Valmont in «Dangerous Liaisons» by Liam Scarlett, Oberon in Scarlett’s «A Midsummer Night’s Dream», Prince Ivan in Scarlett’s «The Firebird», and Prince Siegfried in «Swan Lake» by Ben Stevenson, as well as in choreographies by Greg Horsman, Christopher Bruce, and Jiří Kylián.
Since the 2024/25 season, he has been a member of Ballett Zürich. Here, he has appeared as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston’s «Clara», as Albrecht in Patrice Bart’s «Giselle», and in choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Kenneth MacMillan, Crystal Pite, Bryan Arias, and Kim Brandstrup.

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Erik Kim

Erik Kim is from the USA. He completed his dance training at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. After his first engagement at Ballet Nacional Sodre in Uruguay, he danced with the Atlanta Ballet from 2021 to 2024. Among others, he performed the title role in Yuri Possokhov’s «The Nutcracker» and appeared in choreographies by August Bournonville, Ben Stevenson, Cathy Marston, Kenneth MacMillan, and Juliano Nunes. Since the 2024/25 season, he has been a member of the Ballett Zürich. Here, he appeared as Benjamin Braddock in Cathy Marston’s «Mrs. Robinson», in Patrice Bart’s «Giselle» (Peasants’ Pas de Deux), and in Crystal Pite’s «Emergence».

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Karim Fawaz

Karim Fawaz, a Swiss filmmaker of Lebanese descent, studied film in Zurich. Together with Saro Tschan, he runs the film studio We Frame GmbH. There, he works as Creative Director and Producer and is responsible for concept development, directing, and the overall visual appearance of food and product films. In addition to classic tabletop productions, he also creates event formats and interactive installations. At the Zurich Opera House, he worked as a cameraman on the productions "L'incoronazione di Poppea" and "Die Fledermaus". Alongside his practical work, Karim Fawaz is also active as a lecturer and teaches film, photography, and media practice at the SAE Institute Zurich.

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Kateryna Tereshchenko

Kateryna Tereshchenko wurde in der Ukraine geboren. Sie studierte bei B. Fedorov an der Kiewer Lysenko-Musikschule und von 2007 bis 2009 bei Konstantin Scherbakov an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK (Master Specialized Musik Performance – Solistin). Von 2011 bis 2013 war sie Masterstudentin bei Ulrich Koella (Master Specialized Musik Performance – Kammermusik und Lied). 2011 und 2012 wurde sie mit dem Studienpreis des Migros-Kulturprozent-Wettbewerbs in Zürich ausgezeichnet. Von 2013 bis 2016 war sie Mitglied der Orchester-Akademie am Opernhaus Zürich. Zahlreiche Konzerte als Solistin (Klavierabende und Konzerte mit Orchester), als Kammermusikerin in verschiedenen Formationen sowie als Liedbegleiterin führten Kateryna Tereshchenko in die Ukraine, nach Deutschland, Polen, Tschechien, Italien, Österreich, Argentinien und in die Schweiz. Seit 2019 ist sie als Korrepetitorin (Bereich PreCollege Musik) an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste angestellt. Daneben spielt sie an diversen Festivals und im Opernhaus Zürich als Solistin (The Cellist, Walkways) und in Brunchkonzerten.

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Abstract

This four-part ballet evening brings together two legendary dance pieces and two world premieres.

The Ballett Zürich has a long-standing relationship with the American choreographer William Forsythe. His «New Suite» from 2012, set to music by Bach, Händel, and Berio, combines eight technically demanding duets from different creative periods, forming a showcase of his work «en miniature». Hans van Manen made dance history in 1979 with his video ballet «Live». Created in the pioneering days of video technology, this piece for two dancers, a pianist, and a cameraman explodes the boundaries of the stage space, revealing itself to be a masterful puzzle game about the mechanisms of perception.
For the first time, the Ballett Zürich will work with Andonis Foniadakis. The Greek choreographer is considered one of the most interesting voices in the European dance scene, with his explosively inventive body language and visually stunning creations that capture the spirit of the present day. Lucas Valente, an established dancer with the Ballett Zürich, has been successfully building a career as a choreographer. He follows up on his choreographic debut with the Junior Ballett with a new piece for the main company.

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