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The Stuttgart Ballet performs William Shakespeare’s legendary love story Romeo and Juliet
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Featuring Jason Reilly and Maria Eichwald as Romeo and Juliet, plus 110 dancers & crew

and the original stage sets from Germany

Art Direction by Reid Anderson
Choreography by John Cranko

Music by Serge Prokofiev

Sets and Costumes by Juergen Rose

October
20 & 21, 2004
at 20:00

Thailand Cultural Center Main Theater

PROGRAM DETAILS
IN THAI
presented by
MercedesCard

Photo-credits (Romeo and Juliet)

Photo 1:  „Romeo and Juliet“ (Choreography: John Cranko) Dancer: Ivan Gil Ortega 
                (Photo: Leslie E. Spatt)

Photo 2:  „Romeo and Juliet“ (Choreography: John Cranko) Dancers: Corps de ballet
                (Photo: Leslie E. Spatt)

Photo 3: „Romeo and Juliet“ (Choreography: John Cranko) Dancers: Corps de ballet
                (Photo: Leslie E. Spatt)

Photo 5:  „Romeo and Juliet“ (Choreography: John Cranko) Dancer: Eric Gauthier
                (Photo: Leslie E. Spatt)

Photo 6:  „Romeo and Juliet“ (Choreography: John Cranko) Dancer: Eric Gauthier
                (Photo: Leslie E. Spatt)

Photo 7:  „Romeo and Juliet“ (Choreography: John Cranko) Dancers: Alicia       
                Amatriain and Jason Reilly  (Photo: Stuttgart Ballet)

Photo 9:  „Romeo and Juliet“ (Choreography: John Cranko) Dancer: Jason Reilly
                (Photo: Leslie E. Spatt)

Photo 10:  „Romeo and Juliet“ (Choreography: John Cranko) Dancers: Corps de 
                   ballet (Photo: Leslie E. Spatt)

Photo 13:  „Romeo and Juliet“ (Choreography: John Cranko)  Dancers: Eric 
                   Gauthier, Ludmilla Bogart, Marijn Rademaker, Corps de ballet
                   (Photo: Leslie E. Spatt)

Photo 15:  „Romeo and Juliet“  (Choreography: John Cranko) Dancers: Corps de 
                   ballet  (Photo: Leslie E. Spatt)

Photo 16:  „Romeo and Juliet“  (Choreography: John Cranko) Dancers: Corps de
                  ballet  (Photo: Leslie E. Spatt)

Tickets at Baht 6000, 4000 and 2000 are available at
AMI EVENTS Call Center: 0-2662 1209 & 0-2662 0417 or Thai Ticket Master Call Center: 0-2262 3456

This event is presented by MercedesCard supported by Thai Airways International
and produced by AMI Events & UBC with media partners The Bangkok Post and 98.5FM Post Radio.

The event comes under the patronage of the German Embassy.
The net. proceeds from the ticket sales will be donated to Her Majesty the Queen’s Support Foundation.

For more information call: Khun Manatsanan Viengpetthong (TAO) at
AMI EVENTS: 0-2662 1836 or 0-9154 7354
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The Performers

Jason Reilly

Romeo

Photo: Bernd Weissbrod

Maria Eichwald

Juliet

Photo: Ulrich Beuttenmüller

Reid Anderson

Director

Photo: Bernd Weissbrod

John Cranko
Choreography
Photo: Hannes Kilian

The Stuttgart Ballet – background information:

Bangkok has had its share of Ballet performances by local as well as international artistes. But seldom have Thai audiences been treated to something the caliber of the world-famous Stuttgart Ballet.

This singular event on the Bangkok cultural calendar for 2004 offers, simply, ballet at its very best – a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

The Stuttgart Ballet was founded 43 years ago by legendary star choreographer John Cranko, and has since been widely regarded as one of the finest ballet companies in existence. Today, the company is directed by former star dancer Reid Anderson, and its performances, both at the renowned Stuttgart Theater, its home base, and at venues all around the world, are always sell out events.

The program for both evenings in Bangkok will be Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s legendary love story which, through John Cranko’s spectacular choreography has evolved into one of the most important ballet works of the 20th century.

The tradition of Stuttgart Ballet

Ballet in Stuttgart has a long and rich history dating back to the 17th century. But today’s Stuttgart Ballet company was established in 1961, when the South African-born John Cranko was named to take over as ballet director and choreographer. Already recognized as one of the world’s most important choreographers, Cranko gathered together a group of outstanding young dancers, including Brazilian Marcia Haydée, who was to become his prime muse and inspiration.

The breakthrough for Cranko’s new company came in December 1962 with the world premiere of Romeo and Juliet, which was highly praised by critics and audiences alike. Together with Cranko´s The Taming of the Shrew and Onegin, Romeo and Juliet became one of the most important ballets of the 20th century. As it became better known, the Stuttgart Ballet began to undertake tours all over the world.

The company’s tour to New York City in 1969 was such a triumphant success that critics began to speak about “The Stuttgart Ballet Miracle”. During that time, world famous choreographers like John Neumeier and Jirí Kylián started their careers as dancers in Stuttgart and presented – encouraged and supported by John Cranko – their first choreographic works in Stuttgart. John Cranko’s tragic and untimely death in 1973 did not bring the “Stuttgart Ballet Miracle” to an end.

Following Glen Tetley, Marcia Haydée assumed the artistic direction of the Stuttgart Ballet. Under Haydée the repertoire of the company expanded considerably. Renowned choreographers such as Maurice Bejart, Hans van Manen and John Neumeier as well as Jirí Kylian, William Forsythe and Uwe Scholz, created new works for the company. In addition, Marcia Haydée fostered a new generation of talented dancers. In 1996 Marcia Haydée concluded her impressive 20-year period as director of the Stuttgart Ballet.