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Free modern triple bill and Swan Lake over Christmas from Bavarian State Ballet

ByGramilano Reading Time: 3 minutes
With a Chance of Rain, Ensemble of the American Ballet Theater © Marty Sohl
With a Chance of Rain, Ensemble of the American Ballet Theater © Marty Sohl

In line with the current Covid regulations, the Bayerisches Staatsballett has cancelled all performances up until and including 31 January 2021. However, the company is offering a free streaming programme with on 24-26 December 2020 and the premiere of the modern triple bill Paradigma on 4 January 2021.

PARADIGMA – online premiere of a modern triple bill

On 4 January 2021 a stream of the new modern programme, which was recorded in December, will be launched to enjoy free of charge on www.staatsoper.tv. The curtain rises online at 8.15pm CET.

The European premiere of With a Chance of Rain by , the Munich premiere of Bedroom Folk by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar and a revival of ‘s Broken Fall are featured. The performance will also be available from 6 January for 30 days – a 24-hour ticket costs €9.90.

Liam Scarlett’s neoclassical piece With a Chance of Rain was produced in 2014 for eight dancers of the to preludes by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Bedroom Folk by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar had its world premiere at the Nederlands Dans Theatre in 2015. The piece is for eight dancers accompanied by Ori Lichtik’s electronic music. Originally planned for Ballet Festival Week 2020, ballet mistress Rebecca Hytting rehearsed the work with the ensemble during lockdown.

Broken Fall is a work from 2003 for two male dancers and one female dancer, which Russell Maliphant created in collaboration with . It was last performed in Munich in 2012 and will be presented in December 2020 with Jeanette Kakareka, Jonah Cook and Jinhao Zhang.

Broken Fall with Ekatarina Petina, Marlon Dino, and Erik Murzagaliyev
Broken Fall with Ekatarina Petina, Marlon Dino, and Erik Murzagaliyev
Bedroom Folk, Ensemble of Ballet BC
Bedroom Folk, Ensemble of Ballet BC

Swan Lake

At the beginning of December, the Bayerisches Staatsballett recorded Ray Barra’s modified and slightly shortened Covid-version of Swan Lake, to be shown free of charge during Christmas on www.staatsoper.tv. Ksenia Ryzhkova returns to the stage after her maternal leave and makes her Munich debut as Odette/Odile role with Jinhao Zhang as Prince Siegfried and Emilio Pavan as Von Rothbart. This stream, as well, will be available for another 30 days as a video-on-demand for €9.90 from 27 December.

Bayerisches Staatsballett's Swan Lake
Bayerisches Staatsballett's Swan Lake

STAATSOPER.TV

SWAN LAKE
24 December 2020, 10:00 am CET – 26 December 2020, 23:59 pm CET, free of charge
27 December 2020 – 26 January 2021, video-on-demand, 24 hours ticket for € 9.90

PARADIGMA
4 January 2021, 8:15 pm CET, PREMIERE, free of charge
6 January 2021 – 5 February 2021, video-on-demand, 24 hours ticket for € 9.90

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Graham Spicer, aka 'Gramilano', is a writer, director and photographer based in Milan. He was a regular columnist for Opera Now magazine and wrote for the BBC until transferring to Italy. His articles have appeared in various publications from Woman's Weekly to Gay Times, and he wrote the Danza in Italia column for Dancing Times magazine. Graham was the historical advisor on Codice Carla, the 2023 documentary on Italian ballerina Carla Fracci.

Graham also works as a dance photographer, and his photos have appeared in many books, theatre programmes, and magazines, including Dancing Times, Dance Spirit and Ballet2000, as well as all the major Italian newspapers.

He is a member of the Dance Section of The Critics’ Circle.

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