Roberto Bolle for UNESCO

With the support of
Culture Sector
United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
Roberto Bolle
for UNESCO
With the support of
Culture Sector
In collaboration with
United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
Commissione Nazionale
Italiana per l’UNESCO
Organizzazione
delle Nazioni Unite
per l’Educazione,
la Scienza e la Cultura
Thanks
photo Roberto Bolle © Giovanni Gastel
Cast
Program
ROBERTO BOLLE
Étoile, la Scala Theatre, Milan
Principal, American Ballet Theatre, New York
Swan Lake
pas de deux from Act III
Choreography: Marius Petipa
Music: Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Dancers: Shoko Nakamura, Roberto Bolle
ALICIA AMATRIAIN
Principal
Stuttgarter Ballet, Stuttgart
FILIP BARANKIEWICZ
Principal
Stuttgarter Ballet, Stuttgart
MARIA EICHWALD
Principal
Stuttgarter Ballet, Stuttgart
SHOKO NAKAMURA
Principal
Hungarian National Ballet, Budapest
DINU TAMAZLÂCARU
Principal
Staatsballett Berlin, Berlin
Romeo and Juliet Pas de deux from Act I
Choreography: J. Cranko
Music: Sergej Prokofjev
Dancers: Maria Eichwald, Filip Barankiewicz
Le Bourgeois
Choreography: Ben Van Cauwenbergh
Music: Jacques Brel
Dancer: Dinu Tamazlâcaru
Mono Lisa
Choreography: Itzik Galili
Music: Thomas Höfs
Dancers: Alicia Amatriain, Roberto Bolle
Hommage au Bolshoi
Choreography: J.Cranko
Music: Alexander Glazunov
Dancers: Maria Eichwald, Filip Barankiewicz
La Sylphide
Choreography: August Bournonville
Music : Hermann Severin von Løvenskjold
Dancers: Shoko Nakamura, Dinu Tamazlâcaru
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Le Grand Pas de Deux
Choreography: Christian Spuck
Music: Gioachino Rossini
Dancers: Alicia Amatriain, Roberto Bolle
Roberto Bolle
Étoile - La Scala Theatre, Milan
Principal - American Ballet Theatre, New York
When he was extremely young, he entered La Scala Theater Ballet
School. Rudolf Nureyev was the first to notice his talent when he was
only 15. In 1996 he was promoted to Principal with La Scala Ballet
Company. His repertory includes leading classical roles and works by
the most famous choreographers, such as Balanchine, Forsythe, Petit
and Neumeier.
As a guest artist he has appeared with the major ballet companies
all over the world with such partners as Darcey Bussell, Alessandra
Ferri, Carla Fracci, Sylvie Guillem, Greta Hodgkinson, Lucia Lacarra,
Tamara Rojo, Polina Semionova, Svetlana Zakharova.
Derek Deane, the English National Ballet director, created two
productions for him: Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet, both of
them performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London. On the 10th
anniversary of the Opera Theatre in Cairo, he performed in a fabulous
Aida at the pyramids of Giza and afterwards at the Arena in Verona
for a new version of the opera live worldwide.
In October 2000 he opened the season at Covent Garden Opera
House in London performing Swan Lake, Anthony Dowell’s
choreography, and in November he was invited to Bolshoi to celebrate
Maja Plisetskaja’s 75th anniversary in the presence of President Putin.
In June 2002, on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee, he danced at
Buckingham Palace in the presence of the Queen. The event was
broadcast live by BBC and transmitted to all the Commonwealth
countries. During the season 2003-2004 he was promoted to Etoile
of La Scala Theatre.On 1st April 2004 he danced in front of the Pope
John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square to celebrate Young People’s Day. On
7th December 2004, to celebrate the re-opening of La Scala Theatre
after its restoration, he danced Europa riconosciuta with Alessandra
Ferri and three weeks later in the New Year’s Eve Star Gala.In 2005, he
danced Apollon Musagète at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg
at the Fourth International Festival. In December 2005, he performed
at Covent Garden in Frederick Ashton’s Sylvia which was broadcast by
BBC on Christmas Day.
In February 2006 he danced at the opening ceremony of the Winter
Olympic Games in Turin where he performed a solo created for him
by Enzo Cosimi. The ceremony was broadcast worldwide and seen
by 2.5 billion people. In 2007 he performed for the first time as a
guest artist with ABT, on the occasion of Alessandra Ferri’s farewell
performance. Early in 2009 he was appointed Principal Dancer with
ABT. It was the first time that a male Italian dancer had joined the
Company as a Principal. Since then he has performed every year in
New York for the ABT’s MET season. In 2009 the World Economic
Forum awarded him “Young Global Leader”. Since 1999 he has been
a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. He has already visited Sudan
(2006) and the Central African Republic (2010) to raise funds and
awareness for children whose lives have been affected by violence.
In 2010 he met and worked with two great movie directors. Peter
Greenway, whose virtual image of Roberto Bolle dominated the
Italian Pavillon at the Shanghai Expo 2010 and Bob Wilson who
created Perchance to Dream, a series of 30 video portraits featuring
Roberto Bolle. The special installation was firstly presented in New
York in December 2010.
In November 2012 he was appointed “Cavaliere dell’Ordine al Merito
della Repubblica Italiana” by Giorgio Napolitano, the President of the
Italian Republic, for his support to the Italian culture.
On September 17th 2013 Roberto Bolle and Friends Gala took place
at New York City Center. This special Evening was the highlight event
of the project: 2013 - The Year of Italian Culture in the United States.
foto Filip Barankiewicz © Roman Novitzky
© Luciano Romano
© Luciano Romano
Alicia Amatriain
Filip Barankiewicz
Principal - Stuttgarter Ballet, Stuttgart
Principal - Stuttgart Ballet, Stuttgart
Alicia Amatriain was born in San Sebastian, Spain, where she received
her first ballet training and then attended the John Cranko-School
in Stuttgart.
She graduated in 1998 and joined the Stuttgart Ballet as an apprentice.
One year later she was taken into the Stuttgart Ballet’s Corps de
ballet. In 2000 she was promoted to Demi Soloist and in 2002 to
Principal Dancer.
She has danced major leading roles as Tatjana in Onegin, Odette/Odile
in Swan Lake, the female title role in Romeo and Juliet and Katharina as
well as Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew all by John Cranko, the title
roles in Giselle (Production: Reid Anderson, Valentina Savina) and
in The Sleeping Beauty by Márcia Haydée after Marius Petipa, Queen
Isabella in Edward II by David Bintley, Marguerite Gautier, Manon
and Olympia in The Lady of the Camellias by John Neumeier and
Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Jean Christophe Blavier as
well as Blanche in John Cranko’s Pineapple Poll and the governess in
Leonce and Lena by Christian Spuck.
Her wide-ranging repertoire includes major solo parts in neoclassical
and modern ballets by renowned choreographers such as Kenneth
MacMillan, George Balanchine, Maurice Béjart, Jiří Kylián, Hans
van Manen, Jerome Robbins, Glen Tetley, Uwe Scholz and William
Forsythe.
She received major critical acclaim for her interpretation of the title
role of Christian Spuck‘s first full-length ballet Lulu. A Monstre Tragedy,
a role which has been created especially for her. She also inspired
Marco Goecke’s version of The Nutcracker, in which he created the
part of the Snowfairy for her. Goecke also created the role of Queen
Elizabeth I in his full-length ballet Orlando for her. In his first fulllength ballet Hamlet Kevin O’Day choreographed the role of Ophelia
for Alicia Amatriain. Furthermore she has had roles created for her by
Jean Christophe Blavier, Dominique Dumais, Itzik Galili, Douglas Lee,
Wayne McGregor, Jorma Elo and Marc Spradling.
Among several other prizes and honours she has received the
German Dance Prize “Future” 2006 and the “Premio Revelación”
in her home town San Sebastian. In July 2009 she was awarded the
international dance prize “Premio ApuliArte”.
Filip Barankiewicz was born in Warsaw, Poland. He began his ballet
training at the National Ballet School in his home city and performed
in various ballets in Warsaw and Lódz. He continued his studies with
Marika Besobrasova at the Académie de Dance Classique in Monte
Carlo where he received a scholarship sponsored by the Nurejev
Foundation and graduated in 1996.
Filip Barankiewicz joined the Stuttgart Ballet in the same year. His
promotion to Principal Dancer followed in September 2002.
Filip Barankiewicz is known for his performances in male leading
roles not only in classical works such as Onegin in John Cranko’s
Onegin, Petrucchio in The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo in Romeo and
Juliet and Siegfried in Swan Lake as well as Albrecht in Giselle, James
in La Sylphide or Colas in La Fille mal gardée, but also in neoclassical
and modern works by renowned choreographers such as George
Balanchine, Maurice Béjart, Jiří Kylián, Kenneth MacMillan, John
Neumeier, Uwe Scholz, Glen Tetley und Hans van Manen. Roles
were created especially for him by Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor,
Kevin O’Day, James Sutherland and Marc Spradling.
With the Stuttgart Ballet, Filip Barankiewicz has performed all over
the world and also as a guest at diverse Galas worldwide. Since
2003 he has been appearing as a permanent guest with the National
Theatre Prague.
Maria Eichwald
Shoko Nakamura
Dinu Tamazlâcaru
Principal - Stuttgarter Ballet, Stuttgart
Principal - Hungarian National Ballet, Budapest
Principal - Staatsballett Berlin, Berlin
Maria Eichwald was born in Talgar, Kazakhstan. She received her first
ballet training at the National Ballet School in Alma-Ata. After her
graduation she joined the National Ballet of Kazakhstan where she
was soon promoted to Principal Dancer. She danced Odette/Odile in
Swan Lake, Marie in The Nutcracker as well as the title roles in Paquita
and Carmen. In 1994 she moved to Germany and danced in the ballet
company of the Theatre Krefeld-Mönchengladbach in the Corps de
ballet and later as Soloist until 1996.
At the beginning of the season 1996/97 she joined the Bavarian State
Ballet Munich as Soloist. In 1999 she was promoted to Principal Dancer.
In Munich she danced numerous major leading roles in full-length ballets
like Tatjana in Onegin, the female title role in Romeo and Juliet, Odette/
Odile in Swan Lake all by John Cranko, Nikija in La Bayadère by Patrice
Bart after Marius Petipa, Kitri in Don Quijote by Marius Petipa, Helena in
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Marguerite Gautier in The Lady of the Camellias
as well as the title roles in A Cinderella Story all by John Neumeier, Giselle
by eter Wright after Marius Petipa and Manon by Kenneth MacMillan
and solo roles in ballets by George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Jerome
Robbins, Jiří Kýlián and Leonid Jacobson. With the Bavarian State Ballet
she guested all around the world. In the season 2000/01 she was invited
by Alicia Alonso to dance with the Cuban National Ballet. During a
dancers’ exchange in April 2003 she danced the title role in Manon by
Kenneth MacMillan at the Royal Danish Ballet.
In January 2004 she joined the Stuttgart Ballet as Principal Dancer where
she added the following roles to her repertoire: Katherina in The Taming
of the Shrew by John Cranko, the title role in Giselle (Production: Reid
Anderson, Valentina Savina), Aurora and the Blue Bird’s Princess in The
Sleeping Beauty by Márcia Haydée after Marius Petipa, Blanche du Bois in
A Streetcar named Desire by John Neumeier, the title role in Lulu. A Monstre
Tragedy by Christian Spuck and further solo roles in The Four Temperaments,
Theme and Variations, Serenade all by George Balanchine, Siebte Sinfonie by
Uwe Scholz, The Song of the Earth by Kenneth MacMillan, Voluntaries
by Glen Tetley, Hikarizatto by Itzik Galili, Forgotten Land and Return to a
strange Land by Jiří Kylián. In his full-length ballet The Sandman Christian
Spuck created the role of Olimpia especially for Maria Eichwald. Wayne
McGregor created a role for her in Yantra, Jorma Elo in RED in 3. She
has danced with the Stuttgart Ballet on tours all around the world and is
a highly sought-after guest at international galas and ballet companies.
Shoko Nakamura was born in Fukuoka, Japan. At the early age of
seven she began her ballet Training at the Chikako Tanaka school in
Fukuoka. At age sixteen, after competing and winning the first prize in
the Lausanne International Ballet Competition she received a scholarship
to be a part of the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, from which she
graduated with honors two years later.
Shoko was offered a contract in the Stuttgart Ballet where she performed
for two years until she was asked to join The Vienna State Opera. In
Vienna she quickly rose to ranks until she became a Principal figure.
Vladimir Malakhov, after seeing her perform in Vienna, offered her
to join The Berlin Staatsballett where she has been a Principal Dancer
since the year 2006.
During her carrer she worked with the Stuttgart Ballet, the Vienna
State Opera Ballet, the Berlin Staatsballett and the K-Ballet in Japan
as Principal Guest
Shoko Nakamura has done extensive guesting in Europe, America
and Asia. Together with the K- Ballet in Tokyo she has performed
Swan Lake, Don Quijote as Kitri and Mercedes, The Prodigal Son, Serenade,
Carmen, Le jeune homme et la mort and most recently Corsaire to raving
reviews.
Shoko has performed with Seaquist Dance Marketing in some of
the World´s most important galas and guest appearances in Japan,
Taiwan, USA and most of Europe such as Malakhov and Friends,
Vail International Festival, XXIst Century Gala in NYC, XXIst
Century Gala in Toronto, Canada, Spoleto Festival, Italy , 1st Ballet
Star Gala in Taipei, 2nd Ballet Star Gala in Taipei, International Ballet
Gala in Donesk, Russia, Star Gala in Prague, Nureyev Gala Kazan,
Russia, International Ballet Festival, Miami, International Dance
Gala, Moscow, International Star Gala in Japan, receiving critical and
audience success.
Her prizes include, the Gold Medal in the “Grand Prix Femme” at
Luxembourg IBC, and Special TV prize and Scholarship prize at the
“Grand Prix de Lausanne”.
Shoko Nakamura has been profiled and was cover of the prestigious
European ballet magazine “Dance for You” in March 2008.
Shoko has from the year 2007 been chosen to be the face of Chacott
the prestigious Japanese Dance Wear Company where she also
developed her own clothing line.
Dinu Tamazlâcaru was born in Chisinau, Moldova, and was trained at
the Academy of Ballet of Moldova, under the direction of Alexander
Iwanow. From 2000 to 2002 he completed his studies at the Vienna
Conservatory, under the guidance of Maxim Abzalow.
In 2002 he joined the Corps de Ballet of the Staatsballett Berlin,
of which he was promoted to Soloist in 2007 and Principal Dancer
in 2012.
His classical and contemporary repertoire includes, among others, the
roles of Siegfried in The Swan Lake and Basil in Don Quixote by Marius
Petipa, Lensky in John Cranko’s Onegin, Aminta and Eros in Frederick
Ashton’s Sylvia, Franz in Coppélia by Arthur Saint-Léon, Solor in La
Bayadère by Vladimir Malakhov, James and Gurn in La Sylphide by
August Bournonville Peter Schaufuss .
He also starred in Paquita by Marius Petipa, Giselle by Patrice Bart,
Balletto Imperiale by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free,
Without word by Nacho Duato, The vertiginous thrill of exactitude by
William Forsythe, Caravaggio by Mauro Bigonzetti, Amelie by Lukas
Gaudernak.
In 2002 he won the “Prix de Lausanne” and the same year he
obtained the gold medal at the international competition “Arabesk”
Perm in Russia.
He has performed as a guest artist with various international
companies, including the National Opera of Kazan, Bucharest,
Zagreb and Bratislava. He performed in important international
events and gala dance in various cities in Europe and Japan.
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