“Écorché! Anatomy of Dance” a new film for Universität Tübingen

Friedemann will be joining the Collaborative Research Center as an associate member and long-term partner for their “Other Aesthetics” programme at the University of Tübingen for the winter semester 2024/25, and is thrilled to have the opportunity to contribute to this fascinating research project, which addresses the questions “Why does art move us? What do we mean by aesthetics? What does art do in and for our society?”

His participation will include teaching joint courses with Professor Annette Gerok-Reiter and Professor Anna Pawlak, respectively the Spokesperson and Deputy Spokesperson of the Center. He will also be involved in a workshop to develop and analyse movement sequences together with students and researchers from several disciplines.

“Écorché! Anatomy of Dance” - the performance that Friedemann gave and co-conceptualized with choreographer Thomas Lempertz and Professor Pawlak to launch the collaboration in March in the Alte Anatomie of the University of Tübingen is now available to watch on the website of the Centre.

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Friedemann Vogel (c) Thomas Dashuber/Universität Tübingen

CRANKO Movie Premiere in Stuttgart

When Friedemann met Heinz Clauss at his audition to join the John Cranko Schule, the young boy would never have guessed he would one day play the then school director and dance star who John Cranko handpicked to join the Stuttgart Ballet in a feature film.

Directed by Joachim Lang, “Cranko” the biopic chronicles the defining years of the Stuttgart Ballet, from the arrival of the late South African choreographer in Stuttgart to his untimely death, but not before he put the now legendary ballet company on the world map.

Avant premiere at the Stuttgart Opera House on 20 September. General release in cinemas across Germany from 3 October

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John Cranko Prize for Friedemann Vogel

Friedemann is very honoured to receive the John Cranko Prize, on the occasion of his 25th anniversary celebrations at the Stuttgart Ballet. This prestigious prize is awarded to personalities in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the legendary choreographer's work. With this latest accolade, Friedemann joins the ranks of past and present artistic directors of the Stuttgart Ballet, such as Marcia Haydée, Reid Anderson, and Tamas Detrich, as well as the late principal dancer Heinz Clauss, whom Friedemann will portray in the upcoming "Cranko" biopic by Joachim Lang. 

Prize ceremony John Cranko Prize for Friedemann Vogel with Reid Anderson, Marcia Haydee, Fred Binder, Tamas Detrich,Vivien Arnold (c) Roman Novitzky Stuttgart Ballet

The World Ballet Festival in Tokyo

As always, it is an immense pleasure for Friedemann to dance in Japan, and to share the stage with other esteemed ballet stars in the triennial World Ballet Festival from 31 July to 12 August. Participating in this highly anticipated event in Tokyo for the eighth time, Friedemann will be performing two pas de deux from John Neumeier's "The Lady of the Camellias" and Kenneth MacMillan's "Mayerling" with his fellow Stuttgart Ballet principal dancer Elisa Badenes. 

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Japan Tour November 2024 with the Stuttgart Ballet

After performing the purple pas de deux with fellow principal dancer Elisa Badenes from Act I of John Neumeier's “The Lady of the Camellias” in the 17th World Ballet Festival, Friedemann is looking forward to dancing the production in its entirety in Tokyo on 8 November. He is also delighted to revisit the role of Onegin in John Cranko's masterpiece on 2 November for the opening night of this upcoming Stuttgart Ballet tour to Japan. 

https://www.nbs.or.jp/stages/2024/stuttgart/

Elisa Badenes and Friedemann Vogel (c) NBS Kiyonori Hasegawa

An evening with Friedemann Vogel in Stuttgart

Friedemann is very touched to have a special evening dedicated to honouring his 25th anniversary. He is looking forward to sharing some highlights and challenges of his career, speaking about memorable roles and performing globally, as well as showing film excerpts that shine the spotlight on key moments over the years. But most of all, he is delighted to celebrate this milestone by performing one of his all-time favourite works: Béjart’s masterpiece: “Boléro”.

The entire proceeds of the evening will be donated to the John Cranko School, to support the young dancers. 

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Soul Threads for Spoleto Festival 2024 Italy

Friedemann is thrilled to announce that "Soul Threads" - his first full-length co-creation with Thomas Lempertz - will have its Italian premiere in the 2024 Spoleto Festival, following two runs in Germany at the Kleist Forum. The performances will take place from 5 to 7 July at San Simone and tickets will go on sale from 27 March. 

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Ballet Supreme in Seoul Korea

Friedemann Vogel by Baki Photographer

Friedemann really enjoyed performing for the enthusiastic dance audience in Korea two years ago, and is thrilled to be participating in the next edition of "Ballet Supreme" in Seoul, from 16 to 19 May. 

More programming details will soon be available, and tickets will go on sale from 19 March. 

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"Nuit Romaine" by Angelin Preljocaj in Paris

Friedemann is delighted to perform in Paris again, to revisit Angelin Preljocaj's "Nuit Romaine" as a guest of the Rome Opera Ballet and to dance with longtime dance partner Eleonora Abbagnato. First created as a film shot at the Palazzo Farnese, "Nuit Romaine" features costumes by Maria Grazia Chiuri of Dior, and had its stage premiere in Rome in 2022. 

"Nuit Romaine" will be presented as part of the "Dior Habille Les Nuits" double bill, from 26 to 28 April at the Palais des Congrès.

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https://www.franceconcert.fr/en/spectacle/roman-night-and-dancing-night/

Eleonora Abagnato and Friedemann Vogel in Nuit Romaine

Soul Threads - additional performances in Frankfurt (Oder)

Friedemann Vogel by Yan Revazov

Following the successful, sold-out world premiere of "Soul Threads" at the Kleist Forum in Frankfurt (Oder) in February, Friedemann is giving two additional performances on 29 and 30 March, and very happy to share this new solo that he co-created with Thomas Lempertz with more audience members, to pose the intriguing question of whether the puppet with no technical limits or the flawed human but with a soul is the better dancer. 

Find out more about "Soul Threads" in the article:

"My body is the instrument of my soul." 

https://www.welt.de/regionales/berlin/article249997800/Ein-Kleist-Essay-als-Tanzvorlage.html

Gala des Étoiles Hivernales de la Danse in Liège, Belgium

Ludmila Pagliero and Friedemann Vogel

Friedemann will be performing in the Gala des Étoiles Hivernales de la Danse in Liège, Belgium for the second time on the 15th & 17th March, and looking forward to discovering young dance talents in the third edition of the Prix des Hivernales: the International Ballet Competition, taking place on 16th March, as a member of the jury for the Classical section. 

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Soul Threads

 

Friedemann Vogel by Roman Novitzky

After Not in my hands, Friedemann Vogel is once again joining forces with visual artist and choreographer Thomas Lempertz, this time to try his hand at co-choreographing a full-length work: Die Seele am Faden/Soul Threads. Inspired by Henrich von Kleist’s “About the Puppet Theatre”, this new solo will explore how the natural can arise from the unnatural, the touching from the artificial and the graceful from the trained, and have its world premiere at the Kleist Forum in Frankfurt Oder on 9th and 10th February 2024.  DETAILS & TICKETS







3sat TV "Kulturzeit" Ausblicke 2024 with Friedemann Vogel

Friedemann Vogel by Kosmas Pavlos

At the beginning of each year, TV channel 3sat invites esteemed artists to share their outlook for the year ahead. With the need for peace on everyone’s mind now more than ever, Friedemann who celebrates his 25th anniversary as a dancer in 2024, talks about the significance of dance: how it is not just about beauty and gracefulness, but far more crucially, about instilling empathy and nudging people towards more tolerance and freedom.

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Der Faust

Friedemann Vogel as the Nutcracker (c) Stuttgart Ballet

Friedemann is pleasantly surprised to be nominated for Der Faust Theaterpreis 2023, for his double role as Drosselmeier's nephew and the Nutcracker in the Stuttgart Ballet production by Edward Clug which premiered last year.

 

The award ceremony will take place on 25 November at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, and be broadcast live on TV. 

China Tour

Friedemann is excited to reconnect with ballet fans in China over a four-city tour in November. Starting in Shanghai at the International Arts Festival, before touring to Hangzhou, Xi’An, and end in Beijing. The ballet gala will reunite Friedemann with Alina Cojocaru and bring together numerous ballet stars.

Details on the tour dates click HERE



One night in Bangkok

Elisa Badenes and Friedemann Vogel in Onegin by Roman Novitzky

For one night only on 12th October, Friedemann will be dancing at the Thailand Cultural Centre, as part of the International Festival of Dance & Music. He is delighted to revisit Bangkok after so many years, and will be performing a pas de deux from John Cranko’s Onegin with Elisa Badenes and Lady of the Camellias by John Neumeier in this Stuttgart Ballet Gala. 

“A Night with the Stars Gala” with Polina Semionova in Zurich Switzerland

Polina Semionova and Friedemann Vogel during rehearsal in Zurich Photo © Richard Egli

Friedemann’s last performance in Zürich was with Polina Semionova in 2019 in “Giselle” as guest artists of the Ballett Zürich. He is looking forward to dancing in Zürich and with Polina again, this time in the “Homage to Ballet – A Night with the Stars Gala” on 22nd and 23rd September, where they will perform a selection of classical and contemporary works.

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Le Grand Gala with les Etoiles of Opéra national de Paris in Japan

Leonore Baulac and Friedemann Vogel in Trois Gnossiennes by Hans van Manen

As always, Friedemann is delighted to be performing in Japan again, this time as a special guest of Paris Opera Ballet étoiles in Le Grand Gala . Friedemann will be partnering Amandine Albisson, Leonore Baulac, and Ludmila Pagliero to dance a range of classical and contemporary pieces from 30 July to 5 August at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Nagoya and Osaka.

Link to tickets: 

https://le-grand-gala.com/公演日程・チケット/