{"id":53429,"date":"2022-05-17T18:40:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T15:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=53429"},"modified":"2023-04-23T19:40:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T16:40:19","slug":"ballett-dortmund-to-perform-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=53429","title":{"rendered":"Ballett Dortmund to Perform in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_53431\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53431\" style=\"width: 745px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-53431 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Forsythe09@Julian-Baumann-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Forsythe09@Julian-Baumann-small.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Forsythe09@Julian-Baumann-small-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Forsythe09@Julian-Baumann-small-640x430.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53431\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ballett Dortmund &#8211; Forsythe&#8217;s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude\/Photo: Julian Baumann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ballett Dortmund, under the artistic direction of choreographer Xin Peng Wang, will be touring Israel from June 8 \u2013 14, 2022, with performances at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem Theatre and Haifa Auditorium. The acclaimed company will display their talents in a program that includes choreography by William Forsythe, Edward Clug, Xin Peng Wang, and Alexander Ekman.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DTvrXx6kqg0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe program will include:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_53432\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53432\" style=\"width: 684px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-53432 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Forsythe30@Julian-Baumann-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"684\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Forsythe30@Julian-Baumann-small.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Forsythe30@Julian-Baumann-small-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Forsythe30@Julian-Baumann-small-198x145.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Forsythe30@Julian-Baumann-small-640x468.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ballett Dortmund &#8211; William Forsythe&#8217;s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude\/Photo: Julian Baumann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>William Forsythe\u2019s <em>The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude<\/em>, an homage to George Balanchine and the rich history of classical dance. Set to the final movement from Franz Schubert\u2019s Symphony No. 9.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_53433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53433\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-53433 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cacti-25_Bettina-Stos-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"718\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cacti-25_Bettina-Stos-small.jpg 718w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cacti-25_Bettina-Stos-small-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cacti-25_Bettina-Stos-small-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Cacti-25_Bettina-Stos-small-640x446.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ballett Dortmund &#8211; Alexander Ekman&#8217;s Cacti\/Photo: Bettina St\u00f6\u00df<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Cacti<\/em> by Alexander Ekman is set to music by Hayden, Schubert and Beethoven. It is a humorous piece for 16 dancers and 4 musicians, with orchestration that includes body percussion, breathing, words, string instruments and cacti.<\/p>\n<p>Stravinsky\u2019s music will be celebrated with two works: Edward Clug\u2019s <em>Le Sacre du Printemps<\/em>, and Xin Peng Wang\u2019s <em>Paradiso<\/em>. Clug takes a contemporary approach to Igor Stravinsky\u2019s famous work, transforming the stage in to a clear lake. <em>Le Sacre du Printemps<\/em> will only be performed at the Israeli Opera Performing Arts Center. Company Director Xin Peng Wang\u2019s Paradiso is inspired by Dante Alighieri\u2019s Divine Comedy. Dante and Beatrice dance their love in heaven, to a score composed by Ulrich M\u00fcller and Siegfried R\u00f6ssert, known as the collective Nord 48\u00b0. <em>Paradiso<\/em> will be performed in Jerusalem and Haifa.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_53434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53434\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-53434 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Group-1@Leszek-Januszewski-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Group-1@Leszek-Januszewski-small.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Group-1@Leszek-Januszewski-small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Group-1@Leszek-Januszewski-small-640x427.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ballett Dortmund &#8211; Edward Clug&#8217;s Le Sacre du Printemps\/Photo: Leszek Januszewski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ballett Dortmund was founded in 1904, and its current company of dancers originate from 18 different countries. Xin Peng Wang was born in Dalian, China where he studied dance. He studied choreography at Peking Dance Academy and modern dance at Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. As a dancer he was a principal dancer at the Peking Central Dance Company and Aalto Ballet in Essen. As a freelance choreographer he created works for the Hong Kong Ballet, the National Ballet of China Beijing, the Contemporary Dance Festival in New York, Semperoper\u2019s Ballet in Dresden, Het Nationale Ballet Amsterdam and the Royal Ballet van Vlaanderen Antwerpen. He was ballet director of the State Theater in Meiningen, South Thuringia from 2001 to 2003. He has been Theater Dortmund\u2019s ballet director since 2003, taking the dance company to new heights, and creating more than 40 different productions, among them <em>Mozart<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Song of the Ocean<\/em>\u00a0(\u201cDas Lied vom Meer\u201d),\u00a0<em>The Last Future<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Element X<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Identities<\/em>, as well as feature-length dramatic ballets like\u00a0<em>War and Peace<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Romeo and Juliet<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Manon Lescaut<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Fantasia<\/em>, or\u00a0<em>Tales from the Vienna Woods<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Performances will take place:<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Opera Performing Arts Center \u2013 Wednesday, June 8<sup>th<\/sup> at 21:00; Thursday, June 9<sup>th<\/sup> at 21:00; Friday, June 10<sup>th<\/sup> at 13:00; Saturday, June 11<sup>th<\/sup> at 21:00. Tickets may be ordered online from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israel-opera.co.il\/eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israeli Opera website<\/a> or call 03-6927777.<\/p>\n<p>Jerusalem Theatre \u2013 Sunday, June 12<sup>th<\/sup> at 20:30. Tickets may be ordered from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bimot.co.il\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bimot website <\/a>or call *6226; and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jerusalem-theatre.co.il\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerusalem Theatre website<\/a> or call 02-5605755.<\/p>\n<p>Haifa Auditorium \u2013 Tuesday, June 14<sup>th<\/sup> at 20:30. Tickets may be ordered from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethos.il\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ethos website<\/a> or call *9300<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ballett Dortmund, under the artistic direction of choreographer Xin Peng Wang, will be touring Israel from June 8 \u2013 14, 2022, with performances at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem Theatre and Haifa Auditorium. 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