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Portrait

When Choreography becomes one with the Music

Shirley Esseboom, trusted stager of Jiří Kylián’s ballets, returned to Munich in 2022 to work on «Un Ballo» with dancers of the Bavarian Junior Ballet Munich ahead of the Heinz-Bosl-Foundation’s Spring Matinees. In this video she talks about Kylián's work and the challenges it contains for young dancers coming straight out of school.

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Music

Maskenspiele der Vergänglichkeit: Jiří Kyliáns »Un Ballo« nach der Musik von Maurice Ravel

»Ich habe nie die Notwendigkeit verspürt, meine ästhetischen Grundsätze zu formulieren, weder für andere noch für mich«, bekannte Maurice Ravel in den Lettres, die 1956 posthum in der Revue de Musicologique veröffentlicht wurden.

Interview

Animal instincts and open-heart surgery: Lior Tavori in conversation

Ahead of his new creation for the Autumn Matinees 2022, choreographer Lior Tavori spoke with Terence Kohler about his roots in Israeli Folk Dance, in bringing the animal kingdom to the studio and how physicality drives an honesty in the dancing body.

Portrait

"Don’t be afraid to be ugly!"

Created for the 2019 Autumn Matinees, celebrated British choreographer Caroline Finn talks about «When she knew» and the physical authenticity that emerges from the vulnerability of the human condition. Set to Jordi Savall’s hauntingly beautiful interpretations of renaissance music and a countertenor aria from Antonio Vivaldi, this portrait was created ahead of the Heinz-Bosl-Foundation's Digital Season in 2020.

Studio

Quicksilver footwork and a generous upper body

«Allegro Brillante» marks a return to Balanchine's origins and retrospectively becomes a celebration of his training at Saint Petersburg’s Imperial Ballet School and his time with the Mariinsky Ballet. Balanchine's masterpiece entered the repertoire of the Bayerisches Junior Ballet München in 2012 and has become a calling card for the different generations of ensemble members since. Ahead of the Autumn-Matinee performances in 2022 dancers of the Bayerisches Junior Ballett München have been working with ballet master Olivier Vercoutere to refine the choreographic and stylistic qualities synonymous with Balanchine's work.

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