Are these just businessmen busting a move to the most familiar tunes from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, or are they representatives of everyone looking for something more than the stagnation of their everyday grind? Ralf Jaroschinki's «Intuition Blast» is a whimsical duet for two men that blends modern dance with hip-hop moves in a way that makes modern dance accessible and fun. Originally premiered to celebrate Bayerisches Staatsballett's 10th anniversary as part of the company's first acclaimed Terpsichore Gala series, «Intuition Blast» has continued to delight audiences.

Dressed in shirts and ties, attire most commonly associated with the corporate world, two men find themselves in a comic predicament....Do they follow the banality of their daily nine-to-five grind, or do they find solace in intuitively grasping the rhythms stirring beneath the superficial surface of their identities? However you choose to interpret Jaroschinski's choreographic study, when the waltzing rhythms of Tchaikovsky's most famous Swan Lake excerpts begin to swell, it is hard not to be intoxicated by the infectious exhilaration at the heart of this work. «Intuition Blast» is a heart-warming and joyous piece that connects us all to our own inner journey of joyful discovery and whimsical delight!

ABOUT RALF JAROSCHINSKI
Ralf Jaroschinski completed his training as a certified stage dancer at the Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media before deepening his knowledge in postmodern dance techniques, improvisation, and movement composition in New York. He has extensive experience in classical and modern dance techniques, dance theater, jazz dance, Indian dance, Butoh, New Dance, and Contact Improvisation. He led the dance company at the Stadttheater Hildesheim and, as a choreographer, has created works for renowned theaters and ballet schools such as Badisches Staatsballett Karlsruhe, the Heinz-Bosl-Stiftung, the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, the Academy of Dance in Mannheim, CobosMika SEEDs in Spain, the ballet of the Lower Saxony State Theater in Hanover, the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich, and the Bangkok City Ballet in Thailand.

World premiere in 1998 as part of the 12th International Competition for Choreographers in Hanover