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Anna Laudere as Hippolyta / Titania
Born in Sigulda, Latvia, Anna Laudere completed her dance education at the Riga Ballet School and the School of the Hamburg Ballet. She joined the Hamburg Ballet in 2001 and was promoted to Soloist in 2008 and Principal in 2011. She has performed numerous leading roles and important solo parts in John Neumeier's ballets. John Neumeier created for her The Maiden-who-never-laughs in Parzival–Episodes and Echo, Calliope in Orpheus, The Friend (Isadora Duncan) in Duse, Anna Karenina in Anna Karenina, a widow in Dona Nobis Pacem as well as solos in Purgatorio, Um Mitternacht, Beethoven Project I, Beethoven Project II, Ghost Light and Epilogue. Her broad repertory includes ballets by George Balanchine, Michel Fokine, John Cranko, Rudolf Nurejev, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon, Cathy Marston, Justin Peck, William Forsythe and Demis Volpi. She received the Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer Prize in 2008, the Latvian Excellence Award in Culture and the Benois-Massine Prize in 2019 as well as the Order of the Three Stars–Highest civilian order awarded for meritorious service to Latvia. She has appeared several times in ballet film adaptations and in guest appearances worldwide.
Madoka Sugai as Hermia
Madoka Sugai, born in Atsugi City, Japan, received her dance education at the Sasaki Mika Ballet Academy in Yamato. After winning the Prix de Lausanne in 2012, she joined the Bundesjugendballett. In 2014, John Neumeier appointed her to the ensemble of the Hamburg Ballet, where she became a Soloist in 2017 and Principal in 2019. In 2018 she won the Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer Prize. John Neumeier created solos for her in Beethoven Project and Epilogue as well as A Mystic and A Young Woman in Dona Nobis Pacem. Her repertoire in John Neumeier's ballets includes the title roles in A Cinderella Story and The Lady of the Camellias, Princess Natalia in Illusions - like Swan Lake, Ophelia in Hamlet 21, the title role in Sylvia and Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty (new version 2021), Louise in The Nutcracker, Bronislava Nijinsky in Nijinsky, Kirke in The Odyssey, Dolly in Anna Karenina as well as solos in Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler, Préludes CV and St. Matthew Passion. Her repertoire includes ballets by Aszure Barton, Rudolf Nureyev, Jerome Robbins, Cathy Marston, Christopher Wheeldon, George Balanchine, Hans van Manen, Justin Peck and William Forsythe.
Edvin Revazov as Theseus / Oberon
Born in Sevastopol, Ukraine, Edvin Revazov completed his dance education at the Moscow School and the School of the Hamburg Ballet. He joined the Hamburg Ballet in 2003 and was promoted to Soloist in 2007. In 2010, he was appointed Principal. Together with John Neumeier, he created Graf Alexej Wronski in Anna Karenina, Tadzio in Death in Venice, the title role in Parzival–Episodes and Echo, Apollo in Orpheus, Gate Keeper in Liliom, Eugene Onegin in Tatiana, Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky in Anna Karenina, Tennessee in The Glass Menagerie and An Officer in Dona Nobis Pacem. He has performed numerous important leading roles and solos in ballets by John Neumeier, including the title roles in Peer Gynt and Liliom. He has danced in ballets by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, John Cranko, Christopher Wheeldon and Demis Volpi. He has created numerous works for the Young Choreographers program and, together with Marc Jubete and Aleix Martínez, Shakespeare–Sonnets for the Hamburg Ballet. He has won numerous prizes, most recently the John Neumeier Prize for Choreography in 2023, and founded the Hamburg Chamber Ballet.
Christopher Evans as Theseus / Oberon
Christopher Evans hails from Colorado, USA. He received his dance education at the BalletMet Dance Academy, at Canada's National Ballet School and the School of the Hamburg Ballet. In 2010, he was awarded the Prix de Lausanne. Since 2012, Christopher Evans has been a member of the Hamburg Ballet. In 2015, he won the Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer Prize and advanced to Soloist. In 2018, he was appointed Principal. John Neumeier created for him Jim O'Connor in The Glass Menagerie, A Mystic in Dona Nobis Pacem and solos in Turangalîla, Beethoven Project I and II, Ghost Light and Epilogue. His repertoire in John Neumeier´s ballet includes Odysseus in The Odyssey, Alexei Karenin in Anna Karenina, The King in Illusions - like Swan Lake, Günther in The Nutcracker, Duke Albert in Giselle, Gustav von Aschenbach in Death in Venice, Armand Duval and Des Grieux in The Lady of the Camellias, Harlequin and Ghost of the Rose in Nijinsky, Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Man I in Bernstein Dances and Catalabutte in The Sleeping Beauty (new version 2021). He has danced in ballets by Robbins, Nureyev, Wheeldon, Peck and Marston. He has created several works for the Young Choreographers program.
LIN Xue as Hippolyta / Titania and Helena
Born in Beijing, China, LIN Xue received her dance training at the Beijing Dance Academy and the School of the Hamburg Ballet. She has been a member of Hamburg Ballet since 2011; she advanced to Soloist in 2016 and to Principal in 2022. In 2014, she was awarded the Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer Prize. John Neumeier created for her the Ballerina Istomina as Cleopatra in Tatiana and A Mystic in Dona Nobis Pacem. Her John Neumeier repertoire includes the title role in Anna Karenina, Woman I in Bernstein Dances, Manon Lescaut and Olympia in The Lady of the Camellias, Louise in The Nutcracker, Tamara Karsavina in Nijinsky, Masha in The Seagull, Odette and Princess Claire in Illusions–like Swan Lake, Princess Florine and The Rose in The Sleeping Beauty (new version 2021) and Pallas Athene in The Odyssey among others. She also danced the Pas de Six in Napoli (August Bournonville / Lloyd Riggins) and Olga in Onegin (John Cranko) as well as Princess Perdita in The Winter's Tale (Christopher Wheeldon) and solos in ballets by Hans van Manen, George Balanchine, Demis Volpi and William Forsythe. She made a guest appearance in the title role of The Little Mermaid with the National Ballet of China in Wuhan, China.
Ida Stempelmann as Helena
Ida Stempelmann, born in Düsseldorf, Germany, received her dance education at the Kaiserswerth Ballet School and at the Royal Ballet School Antwerp in Belgium. From 2018 to 2020 she was a member of the Bundesjugendballett. In the 2020/21 season, she joined the ensemble of the Hamburg Ballet. John Neumeier created solos for her in Beethoven Project II and The Invisibles (with the Bundesjugendballett). In John Neumeier's ballets she danced Bronislava Nijinsky in Nijinsky, Eurycleia in The Odyssey, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Nanina in The Lady of the Camellias, One of the Big Swan in Illusions–like Swan Lake as well as solos in Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler and Préludes CV. She also danced the role of Bertha Mason in Cathy Marston's ballet Jane Eyre and a leading solo in Justin Peck's The Times Are Racing.
Charlotte Larzelere as Hermia
Charlotte Larzelere, born in San Antonio, Texas, USA, received her dance education at the Houston Ballet Academy and Houston Ballet II. She was a member of the Bundesjugendballett from 2016-2018. In the 2018/19 season, she joined the Hamburg Ballet ensemble and became a soloist in 2023. John Neumeier created a solo for her in Beethoven Project II. In Neumeier's ballets she danced, among others the role of Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Prudence Duvernoy in The Lady of the Camellias, Princess Natalia in Illusions-like Swan Lake, Mercury in The Sleeping Beauty (new version 2021), Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, Penelope and Eurycleia in The Odyssey, Esmeralda in The Nutcracker as well as solos in Broadway's Pavlova, Beethoven Project I and Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler. She also danced the role of Mary Rivers in Cathy Marston's Jane Eyre and A Wise Woman in Aszure Barton's Slow Burn as well as a solo in William Forsythe's Blake Works V (The Barre Project). She also appeared in Demis Volpi's first ballet premiere as artistic director of the Hamburg Ballet in the historical reconstruction of Pina Bausch's Adagio.
Louis Musin as Demetrius
Louis Musin was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and received his dance education at the Dance Area in Geneva and at the School of the Hamburg Ballet. He joined the company in 2021 and became a soloist in 2023. John Neumeier created A Young Soldier in Dona Nobis Pacem and a solo in Epilogue for him. His repertoire in ballets by John Neumeier includes A Younger Aschenbach in Death in Venice, Louis in Liliom, Fritz in The Nutcracker, Count Alexander in Illusions-like Swan Lake, the title role in Romeo and Juliet, Stanislav Nijinsky in Nijinsky, Telemachos in The Odyssey, Manon Lescaut's Admirer in The Lady of the Camellias and A Thorn Creature in the new version of The Sleeping Beauty (2021) as well as solo roles in Saint Matthew Passion, Ghost Light and Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler. He has also danced solos in Justin Peck's The Times Are Racing and William Forsythe's Blake Works V (The Barre Project).
Daniele Bonelli as Demetrius
Daniele Bonelli was born in Pietrasanta, Italy, and received his dance education at the Scuola di Ballo dell'Accademia Teatro alla Scala. He was a dancer with Ballett am Rhein from 2020 to 2024 and joined the Hamburg Ballet as a Soloist in Demis Volpi's first season as Artistic Director in Hamburg. In Düsseldorf, Demis Volpi created the role of Albrecht in Giselle for him and Dominique Dumais a solo in A Kiss to the World. In Hamburg, Aszure Barton created the role of Empathy in Slow Burn for him. His repertoire in Hamburg includes Drosselmeier in John Neumeier's The Nutcracker, Mr. Brocklehurst in Cathy Marston's Jane Eyre as well as solos in Pina Bausch's Adagio and William Forsythe's Blake Works V (The Barre Project). Daniele Bonelli will make his debut in Beijing as Demetrius in John Neumeier's A Midsummer Night's Dream. He has also danced in ballets by Demis Volpi, Roland Petit, Flemming Flindt, Marcos Morau, Sharon Eyal, Andrey Kaydanovskyi, Christopher Wheeldon, Hans van Manen and George Balanchine.
Jacopo Bellussi as Lysander
Born in Genoa, Italy, Jacopo Bellussi received his dance education at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala and the Royal Ballet School. After an engagement with the Bavarian State Ballet II, he joined the Hamburg Ballet in 2012, where he advanced to Soloist in 2017 and to Principal in 2019. John Neumeier created for him “A figure from the romantic novels Tatiana loves to read” in Tatiana, The Soldier's Friend in Duse, A Mystic in Dona Nobis Pacem as well as leading roles in Beethoven Project, Ghost Light, Peter and Igor and Epilogue. His Neumeier repertoire includes Alexej Wronski in Anna Karenina, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Armand in The Lady of the Camellias, Her Husband in Christmas Oratorio I-VI, The Man in the Shadow and Count Alexander in Illusions–like Swan Lake, Man I in Bernstein Dances, Aminta in Sylvia and Prince Désiré in The Sleeping Beauty (new version 2021). He has danced solos in works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Rudolf Nurejew, Christopher Wheeldon and Cathy Marston, and has won several prizes, most recently the Premio Positano Léonide Massine and the Premio Internazionale per la Danza “Città di Foligno”. From 2025, he will be the Artistic Director of the Nervi Festival in Italy.
Matias Oberlin as Lysander
Matias Oberlin was born in Santa Fe, Argentina, and trained in his home city and, with the support of the Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation, at the School of the Hamburg Ballet. He joined the company in 2014 and was promoted to Soloist in 2018 and Principal in 2023. John Neumeier created solos for him in Beethoven Project I, Ghost Light and Epilogue. In Neumeier's ballets he danced, among others Drosselmeier and Günther in The Nutcracker, Gaston Rieux in The Lady of the Camellias, The King in Christmas Oratorio I-VI, Alexei Karenin in Anna Karenina, Fenge in Hamlet 21, Serge Diaghilev in Nijinsky, the Man with the Balloons in Liliom, Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and solos in Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler, Préludes CV, St. Matthew Passion. He also appeared in Balanchine's Liebeslieder Walzer / Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, van Manen's Variations for Two Couples, Peck's The Times Are Racing as well as Forsythe's Blake Works V (The Barre Project). He was involved in creations by the Young Choreographers and created Flash in 2017. In 2019, he danced the winning choreography by Kristian Lever at the Erik Bruhn Prize and won the Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer Prize in the same year.
Alexandr Trusch as Philostrat / Puck
Born in Dnipropetrowsk, Ukraine, Alexandr Trusch received his dance education at the School of the Hamburg Ballet and joined the Hamburg Ballet ensemble in 2007. In 2010 he received the Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer Prize and was promoted to Soloist. He became Principal in 2014. Together with John Neumeier, he created the roles Vaslav Nijinsky as a student in Le Pavillon d'Armide, Hermes' Attendant in Orpheus, A Shy Young Man in Liliom, Angel in Christmas Oratorio I-VI, Lensky in Tatiana, The Soldier in Duse, Prince Désiré in The Sleeping Beauty (new version 2021), A Mystic in Dona Nobis Pacem as well as solos in Purgatorio, Beethoven Project I and Epilogue. His repertoire includes the title role in Nijinsky, The King in Illusions - like Swan Lake, Armand in The Lady of the Camellias, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Philostrat/Puck and Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Man I in Bernstein Dances, Günther in The Nutcracker as well as the leading male role in The Song of the Earth. He danced the title role in George Balanchine's The Prodigal Son, Lenski in John Cranko's Onegin, Man in Terracotta and in Brown in Jerome Robbins' Dances at a Gathering and Basil in Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote.
Alessandro Frola as Philostrat / Puck
Alessandro Frola was born in Parma, Italy, and trained at Profession Dance Parma, Fomento Artístico Cordobés and the School of the Hamburg Ballet. After joining the Hamburg Ballet in 2019, he was promoted to Soloist in 2022. In 2023, he was awarded the Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer Prize and advanced to Principal. In John Neumeier's repertoire he danced, among others Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Armand in The Lady of the Camellias, Prince Désiré and Catalabutte in The Sleeping Beauty (new version 2021), Endymion in Sylvia, Frederick the Great in Death in Venice, Drosselmeier in The Nutcracker, Love in Bernstein Dances, The Man in the Shadow in Illusions – like Swan Lake, The War in The Odyssey, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Allan Gray in A Streecar Named Desire and solos in Saint Matthew Passion, Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler and Préludes CV. John Neumeier created for him The Shadow in Dona Nobis Pacem and solos in Peter and Igor and Epilogue. His repertoire also includes solo roles in the ballets Jane Eyre by Cathy Marston, Variations for Two Couples by Hans van Manen, The Times Are Racing by Justin Peck, The Thing with Feathers by Demis Volpi and Blake Works V (The Barre Project) by William Forsythe.
Alexandre Riabko as Zettel / Pyramus
Alexandre Riabko completed his dance education at the Kiev Ballet School and at the School of the Hamburg Ballet. He joined the Hamburg Ballet in 1996. He was promoted to Soloist in 1999 and appointed Principal in 2001. Together with John Neumeier, he created Harlequin and The Spirit of the Rose in Nijinsky, Sascha in Préludes CV, Aschenbach's Concepts in Death in Venice, Vaslav Nijinsky in Le Pavillon d'Armide, creator spiritus in Purgatorio and a solo in Ghost Light; Saburo Teshigawara has been creating numerous roles for him since 2021. He danced a broad repertoire and embodied important roles in ballets by John Neumeier as well as other choreographers, including George Balanchine, Mats Ek, Marco Goecke, Demis Volpi, Hans van Manen, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Christopher Wheeldon, Nacho Duato and others. He is in demand as a guest soloist and regularly dances at international galas. He staged Neumeier's ballets Vaslav in Paris and Toulouse and Pavillon d'Armide in Vienna. He was a finalist in the Prix de Lausanne and received the Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer Prize and the Les Étoiles de Ballet 2000 Dance Award as well as the Premio Roma in 2014 and the Benois de la Danse for excellence in partnering in 2016.
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