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28. OCTOBER 2018
HNK Ivan Zajc Rijeka

The initiative for the “European Capital
of Culture” project dates back to 1985,
when Greek Minister of Culture Melina
Mercouri came up with the idea. To this day,
the European Capital of Culture project is one
of the most popular projects in the European
Union, bringing the European population closer
together and promoting cultural exchange.
Learning about other cultures, getting involved
in intercultural dialogue and summing up the
common European history will enhance the
sense of coherence in the European Community.
Rijeka and St. Pölten contribute their part to this
project. Rijeka as European Capital of Culture
for the year 2020 and St. Pölten as candidate for
the title of European Capital of Culture 2024.
Certainly an important step in this direction is
the “Euro Tour” with the „Austrian Ballet Gala“,
during which the European Ballet St. Pölten is
dancing in the Croatian National Theater Ivan
Zajc.

Music in connection with dance is comprehensible and connects people
of all cultures. The Europaballett St. Pölten conveys culture as a national
and international message. Dancers from 14 nations dance under the
direction of Michael Fichtenbaum - from Austria, Great Britain, Mexico,
Brazil, France, Ukraine, Russia, Peru, Slovenia, Georgia, Australia,
Cyprus, Syria and South Africa. These gives the company its international
flair.
In addition to professional dancers, choreographers with a classical
and modern repertoire are required to offer the audience a varied
program. Renato Zanella, Artur Kolmakov, Peter Breuer, Reiner Feistel
and, of course, Michael Fichtenbaum are the internationally acclaimed
choreographers with a variety of styles.
In the summer the ensemble goes on tour and dances again and again at
the operetta summer in Kufstein and the music festival in Steyr. In 2016, the
ballet followed the call of the Salzburg Festival and provided a valuable
dance contribution in the opera „The Love of Danae“. The Europaballett
is present internationally with guest performances in China, Japan, Hong
Kong, Singapore, New York, Washington, Chicago, Johannesburg, Baku,
Moscow and all European cities - and thus one of the largest advertising
media of Lower Austria as well as the state capital St. Pölten.
With pleasure and pride Michael Fichtenbaum can announce that star
dancer like Karina Sarkissova (State Ballet Budapest), Kirill Kourlaev
(Vienna State Opera), Maria Abashova (Boris Eifmann Ballet) and Natalie
Kush (Royal Ballet), arose from the forge of the “Europaballett”. The State
Opera Ballet director Renato Zanella dedicated many graduates from
St. Pölten to the Vienna State Opera. By 2017 more than 80 contestants
from the Europaballett St. Pölten were discovered to dance on the famous
stages of the world. In 2011, the former governor Dr. Erwin Pröll awarded
the cultural prize of the country to the Europaballett.

Michael Fichtenbaum
Artistic Director Europaballett
Michael Fichtenbaum danced
with ballet stars like Rudolf
Nureyev, Paolo Bortoluzzi, Mikhail
Baryschnikow and Judith Jamison on
the stage of the Vienna state opera as
the youngest member of the company.
Already at the age of 30 he discovered
his true muse: choreography and
pedagogy. In this way he could realize
his artistic creativity. In 1990 he made
a breakthrough with the founding of
the “Europaballett”. The special gift to
recognize the talent of young dancers
and the spirit to promote them were
the driving force for the founding of
the ballet conservatory with vocational
training in 1997. It is important for
Michael Fichtenbaum to win the
International Stars for performances
with the Europaballett. In previous years
there were celebrities such as Vladimir
Malakhov, Diana Vishneva, Andrey
Batalov and Anastasia Volochkova.
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Kristina Chantal
|Russia
Carol Pitta
|Brazil
Leticia Calvete
|Brazil
Tamara Alves
|Brazil
Gala Lara
|Mexico
Rachael Carrier
|Great Britain
Beatriz Scabora
|Brazil
Antoinette Pylarinu
|Cyprus
Chiara Bettini
|Italy
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Mayara Viçoso
|Brazil
Linda Linder
|Austria
Alisa Nikitina
|Ukraine
Miriam Genovese
|Italy
Florient Cador
|France
Dominik Vaida
|Austria
Thiago Neves
|Brazil
Matheus Segrini
|Brazil
Khanya Mandongana
|South Africa
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Levan Tsinstsadze
|Georgia
Joao Ludwig
|Brazil
Cassiano Rodriques
|Brazil
Walaa Almejbl
|Syria
Artistic Direction: Michael Fichtenbaum
Rehearsal Director: Sabina Horn, Julia Bauer and Tschulpan Usmanova
Lightdesign: Philipp Preiss
Costumes: Olha Malakhova and Sergej Ivanov
Pictures: Ing. Wolfgang Mayer
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Renato Zanella
Director ChoreoCenterEurope
Renato Zanella was born in Verona on June sixth, 1961.
Already as a teenager with a height of 1,86 meter, his
first love was sports, primarily basketball. It was rather by
chance that at age seventeen Renato came into contact
with ballet. But since then he devoted his entire energy
and passion to dance.
Zanella received his first training in Verona before moving
on to Rosella Hightower’s famous “Centre de Danse
International” in Cannes where he completed his studies.
He got his first work contract right away in 1982 from
Heinz Spoerli in Basel. In the course of the next three years
he accumulated a wealth of background and experience
which stood him in good stead when he moved on to the
world famous ballet company of Stuttgart in 1985.
In Stuttgart, the chef de ballet, Marcia Haydée,
gave Zanella not only the chance to work with great
choreographers and appear in their works (such as
John Cranko, Maurice Béjárt, Jiri Kylián, Mats Ek, John
Neumeier, William Forsythe, Azary Plisetsky, Glen Tetley
and Kenneth MacMillan) but also to realise his own
creative ambitions: At age twenty-eight, in 1989, Zanella’s
first own choreography for two dancers lasting for seven
minutes called “Die andere Seite” (the other side) based
on the music of Joachim Kühn’s “Dark” was staged.
Zanella was appointed head of the ballet company of
The Vienna’s State Opera in 1995, at age 34.During his
ten-year term there Zanella has presented close to forty
own choreographies ranging from short pieces to full
length evening programmes. His Mozart ballet from 1998
“Wolfgang Amadée” has achieved particular acclaim. In
1999 Zanella paid homage to the local genius Johann
Strauß by choosing his music for his own danced version
of “Aschenbrödel” (Cinderella). Zanella has repeatedly
used classical music in his works but is nevertheless also
known for his close attachment to modern music. Yet, he
has focused more and more on the great challenges of
ballet literature such as Strawinsky’s “Sacre de printemps”
(1996), Ravel’s “Bolero (1998), Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker”
(2000) and Khachaturian’s “Spartacus” (2002). His
last choreography for the Vienna State Opera was
Strawinsky’s “Renard” in 2005.
After leaving the Vienna State Opera Zanella expanded
his wide-ranging international career. His choreographies
are enacted by ballet companies not only in Europe but
also in America and Asia.
Renato Zanella was Director of the Greek National
Opera Ballet from September 2011 till July 2015 and
from September 2013 till December 2015 in the same
position at the Fondazione Arena di Verona.
From September 2016 till November 2017 he was Artistic
Ballet Director at the Bucharest National Opera.
Renato Zanella counts over 150 creations and defines
himself and his work as a product born out of curiosity and
the addiction to continuously experience new things, meet
new personalities and talents and receive incessantly new
inspirations for his work.
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Peter Breuer
Salzburg Ballett
Was one of the leading dancers of the international
ballet scene. He was born in 1946 in Tegernsee,
Germany, the son of pianist and conductor Peter Bruno
Breuer, and began his ballet studies at age 11 with
the reknowned pedagogue Gustav Blank, who taught
him in the spirit of the old „St. Petersburg school“. At
age 15, Peter Breuer joined the corps of the Munich´s
Bavarian State Opera, and at 17 - after Breuer was
unable to fulfill a contract with Balanchine´s New York
City Ballet due to visa difficulties - he was engaged by
Erich Walter in Düsseldorf as a demi-soloist. One year
later he was promoted to soloist, and in 1967, principal
dancer. In 1969, Peter Breuer began his international
career when he was invited as a guest artist to the
London Festival Ballet, which he joined as a permanent
member in 1973. Yearlong associations as a guest
artist included the State Operas of Berlin and Munich
from 1971, Milan´s la Scala and American Ballet
Theatre from 1979, and others.
Without question, Peter Breuer was one of the most
requested ballet dancers in the world. He gained
recognition from international dance journalists and
audiences worldwide on numerous foreign tours
(Australia, South America, England, USA., South
Africa, Yugoslavia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, France,
Japan, the Phillipines...) His standard is evidenced by
the fact that he danced with most of the great ballerinas
of his time (Makarova, Evdokimova, Gregory, Gielgud,
Fulton...) His versatility of inter-pretation enabled him
to perform a broad and spectrum of roles, ranging
from the standard classical repertoire to modern works
(many of which were created for him) of Erich Walter,
John Butler, Hans van Manen, Maurice Bejart, Jerome
Robbins, John Cranko...
As a logical continuation of his international career
as a dancer, Peter Breuer began exploring his
choreographic and teaching abilities in the early 80´s.
Just as when he was a soloist, the choreographer
Peter Breuer was soon in demand by inter-national
theaters and companies. His variegated knowledge
of repertory and his collaborations with the leading
choreographers of his generation provided a sound
basis for the development of his own choreographic
language, and his second career.
Since 1991, Peter Breuer has directed the Ballet of
the Salzburg Landestheater. Under his direction, the
company has developed a strong, dynamic and unique
style, and earns high praise from its critics.
In 1991 he formed the“Salzburg Dance Company“
Parallelling his activities in Salzburg, Peter Breuer
regularly creates works and traines other companies
in Germany and throughout Europe.
He was teaching at the University Mozarteum and
Gives Masterclasses all over the world.
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Reiner Feistel
Theater Ulm
Feistel studied from 1973 to 1978 at the School of
Dance / Ballet School of the Opera Leipzig. 1978 first
engagement at the Staatsoper Dresden, from 1984
he appeared as a soloist at the Semperoper Dresden.
He danced there until 1997 in major and minor roles
such as in Coppélia, Swan Lake, Günther Fischer‘s
The Tamer, Harald Wandtkes King Lear, The Moor‘s
Pavane by José Limón after Shakespeare‘s Othello,
Romeo and Juliet, La Fille times gardée, but also on
topics from how you like it as well as red and black.
He dealt with well-known choreographers such as
Harald Wandtke, Kurt Joos, Emöke Pöstenyi, Birgit
Cullberg, Johannes Bönig, Stephan Thoss, Joseph
Lazzini, John Neumeier or even Uwe Scholz. In 1991
he brought his first solo recitals called Spiel der Forte
1 and Spiel der Forte 2 on the stage, 1996 he made his
debut as a choreographer at the Semperoper with the
matinee de la danse.
In August 1997 he was appointed Ballet Director of
the Landesbühnen Sachsen, where he produced two
ballet premieres in the Radebeul headquarters (once
for the big stage and once for the studio stage, here
many world premieres) and a danceable serenade
for the Dresden Zwinger. Each year, the Reisetheater
Compagnie released about 100 ballet evenings
and 40 to 50 opera and operetta evenings at the
venues Radebeul, Dresden, Rathen, Meißen, Freital,
Großenhain and Hoyerswerda.
Feistel‘s artistic work for Radebeul was honored in
2008 with the Art Prize of Radebeul.
After a sold-out farewell performance on July 7, 2013
Feistel moved to the 2013/14 season at the Chemnitz
Theater, accompanied by some of his dancers.
In 2017, Reiner Feistel was awarded for the Ballet
Chemnitz production faces of the city with the Ursula
Cain Prize - the Saxon Dance Prize. [3]
For the season 2018/19 Reiner Feistel became
director of the Tanztheater at the Theater Ulm. With
the Tanztheater Ulm he has resumed faces of the big
city.
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Artur Kolmakov
Europaballett
The international choreographer and director Artur
Kolmakov provides valuable creative contributions
to the ensemble of the Europaballett. Kolmakov
combines dance acrobatics with modern dance and
thereby creates a completely new style of art. For
the season 2018/2019 Artur Kolamkov stages the
fantastic fantasy ballet Soluna.
Born in Ukraine in 1961, he graduates from the
“Government Institute of Theatre Art” in Moscow. His
teacher and director of the Bolshoi Ballet Moscow,
Vladimir Vasiljev, awarded “The Bright Artist” to
Kolmakov. After his graduation Kolmakov founded his
own dance theatre. His shows and choreographies had
great success and were shown on TV. Consequently
Kolmakov gets his personal TV-show: Dance Empire
International. Finally Kolmakov becomes regisseur
of the show-theatre in Russia, the “METROPOL” in
Moscow. In 1992 his dancers took part in the 1st Int.
Modern Art Festival in Vitebsk and the show “Ticket
to Paradise” was awarded both the 1st prize and the
“Special prize for the best entertainment”! In 1999
Kolmakov started to work in Austria and Switzerland.
He created modern choreographies for the “Prix de
Lausanne” – Europe’s most important international
dance competition – and won the 1st prize. Afterwords
Kolmakov produced several modern dance shows
in close cooperation with the Vienna State Opera
and ballet conservatories in Berlin, Vienna and many
more.Since than his Shows have successfully toured
in Europe and Asia. To be successful Kolmakov
engages international artists from the world’s best
circus, varietès and dance companies. The secret of
his success is a unique combination of high quality,
professionalism and entertainment that fits the taste
of the audience.
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1. Akt
1. LA FELICITIA
Music: W.A. Mozart
Dancer: Florient Cador
Choreography: F. Cador
2. ROSEN AUS DEM SÜDEN WALZER
Music: J. Strauss II
Choreography: M. Fichtenbaum
Dancer: Kristina Chantal, Joao Ludwig, Beatriz Scabora, Chiara Bettini, Mayara Vicoso, Rachael
Carrier, Antoienette Pylarinu and Alisa Nikitina
3. NANNERL
Music: W.A. Mozart
Choreography: M. Fichtenbaum
Dancer: Leticia Calvete and Florient Cador
4. LA SYMPHONIE 34 in C
Music: W.A. Mozart
Choreography: M. Fichtenbaum
Dancer: Gala Lara and Joao Ludwig
5. UNTER DEN ENNS Polka
Music: E. Strauss
Choreography: M. Fichtenbaum
Dancer: Tamara Dornelas, Antoinette Pylarinu, Chiara Bettini, Alisa Nikitina, Levan Tsinsadze and
Thiago Neves
6. COSI FAN TUTTE
Music: W.A. Mozart
Choreography: M. Fichtenbaum
Dancer: Rachael Carrier and Cassiano Rodriques
7. UND DER LIEBESWIND...
Music: E. Strauss
Choreography: M. Fichtenbaum
Dancer: Gala Lara and Matheus Segrini
8. PAS DE DEUX from „TSCHAIKOWSKY“
Music: P.I. Tschaikowsky Choreography: P. Breuer
Dancer: Florient Cador and Cassiano Rodriques
9. MARIA ANTOINETE
Music: J.L. Dussek
Choreography: P. Breuer
Dancer: Carol Pitta and Matheus Segrini
10. YOUNG and BEAUTIFUL
Music: Lana del Ray
Choreography: M. Fichtenbaum
Dancer: Rachael Carrier, Mayara Vicoso, Beatriz Scabora, Miriam Genovese,
Carol Pitta and Joao Ludwig
11. UNSPOKEN
Music: Troll Shane Koyczan Choreography: M. Labuschagne & K. Mandongana
Dancer: Khanya Mandongana
12. AND THE WALZ GOES ON
Music: A. Hopkins
Choreography: M. Fichtenbaum
Dancer: Rachael Carrier, Dominik Vaida, Gala Lara, Cassiano Rodriques, Tamara Dornelas and
Matheus Segrini
* Program changes without prior notice
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2. Akt
13. SONG „Ode an den Freud“
Music: Radio String Quartett Choreography: R. Zanella
Dancer: Carol Pitta, Tamara Dornelas, Leticia Calvete, Gala Lara, Beatriz Scabora, Florient Cador,
Cassiano Rodriques, Thoago Neves, Matheus Segrini and Khanya Mandongana
14. SYMPHONIE
Music: Silbermond
Choreography: R. Feistel
Dancer: Kristina Chantal and Dominik Vaida
14. DREAM ON
Music: Nazareth
Dancer: Florient Cador
Choreography F. Cador
15. CHINQUECENTO
Music: E. Firnandi
Choreography: M. Fichtenbaum
Dancer: Kristina Chantal and Joao Ludwig
16. LONELY CAROUSEL
Music: R. Leao
Choreography: A. Kolmakov
Dancer: Mayara Vicoso and Mathues Segrini
17. IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?
Music: Pink Floyd
Choreography: Peter Breuer
Dancer: Leticia Calvete and Florient Cador
18. PARALLEL
Music: P.Glass
Choreography: T. Magongwa
Dancer: Kristina Chantal and Khanya Mandongana
19. DER KNOTEN
Music: J. Woolston
Choreography: W.Almejbl
Dancer: Beatriz Scabora and Walaa Almejbl
20. EMPTY PLACE
Music: J. Hassell
Choreography: R. Zanella
Dancer: Tamara Dornelas, Carol Pitta, Leticia Calvete, Rachael Carrier, Florient Cador, Matheus Segrini,
Khanya Mandongana and Cassiano Rodrigues
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T. +432742 230 000
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