Friedemann is thrilled to receive an award from the Danza & Danza Magazine in recognition of his choreography and performance of his first full-length co-creation with Thomas Lempertz "Die Seele am Faden/Soul Threads" at the 2024 Spoleto Festival.
"The sense of freedom I feel when everything I dance depends on me is inexplicable".
Read more in the cover story on Friedemann in the latest issue of Danza & Danza.
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.
Friedemann Vogel by Baki Photographer
Friedemann's first performances in 2024 will be in Beijing, for the 6th International China Ballet Season, organised by the National Ballet of China, and in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Tianqiao Theater on 5th and 6th January.
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.
Friedemann Vogel will be teaching two workshops on 9 August at the K Ballet School in Tokyo, with about 35 participants in each class. The deadline for registration is 4 August. For more details:
https://www.k-balletschool.com/news/202307/event_specialcourse.html
Friedemann Vogel by Isabelle Wenzel
Continuing his endeavours to promote dance to a wider public, Friedemann did a photo shoot and interview with Numéro Berlin, in which he shares the joy of mentoring younger artists and the excitement of preparing for a feature film, and reveals why these recent years have been especially enriching.
Photo (c) Porsche AG
Friedemann welcomed the unusual challenge to respond to questions in an interview about his career, dreams and goals through movement alone, as part of Porsche’s “Driven by Dreams” campaign, and relished the opportunity to do this photo shoot at the stunning Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. See the full interview here
Johan Inger in rehearsal with Elisa Badenes and Friedemann Vogel (c) Roman Novitzky
Friedemann has always relished being involved in the creative process, and his first collaboration with the Swedish choreographer Johan Inger is extra invigorating, as Friedemann will be revisiting the familiar role of “Prince Désiré”, but with a comedic twist in Johan’s fresh, funny, and contemporary take on the classic fairy tale “The Sleeping Beauty”. Friedemann will be dancing in the world premiere of “Aurora’s Nap” at the Stuttgart Ballet on 25 February, with more performance dates to be announced.
After a year like no other, Friedemann was inspired to try his hand at choreography for the first time, and co-created “Not in my hands” with his life partner and former soloist Thomas Lempertz. Set to Mozart's"Requiem", the solo encapsulates Friedemann’s attempt to make sense of these extraordinary times as well as his confidence in the resilience of artists who will eventually triumph.
In his ongoing efforts to engage the audience until live performances resume, Friedemann is premiering the creation as a video on the Stuttgart Ballet’s YouTube channel, filmed by fellow principal dancer Roman Novitzky.
Friedemann Vogel at the Stuttgart Ballet PHOTO © Roman Novitzky 2020
Friedemann is incredibly honoured to be receiving the prestigious award for "Outstanding Performer" at the 2020 German Dance Prize. The Dachverband Tanz Deutschland (German Dance Association) has lauded him for his longstanding and illustrious international career, and as a unique dance interpreter, with his exceptional combination of intense emotional portrayals and excellent technique. The announcement of this great honour has given Friedemann renewed motivation and strength to continue finding new ways to reach audiences at this challenging time. He is looking forward to seeing everyone at the prize ceremony in October in Essen, and to hopefully sharing the stage with colleagues to do what is so important to them all: to perform live for the audience again.
Following Onegin with Stuttgart Ballet in November, Friedemann will be back in Beijing again on 1st December, on this occasion as guest artist of the National Ballet of China, to reprise the role of Albrecht in Giselle with Qimin Wang as the tragic heroine. It will be the first time Friedemann performs this beloved ballet classic with the National Ballet of China.
For the Stuttgart Ballet's tour to Beijing in 2019, Friedemann will be dancing his critically acclaimed role of Onegin on the opening night on 1st November. He is looking forward to perform this masterpiece by John Cranko for the Chinese audience, and to being back on stage in China after nearly three years.
Agnes Su and Friedemann in “One of a Kind” Photo (c) Stuttgart Ballet
Friedemann has always enjoyed performing widely contrasting work across the dance spectrum, from romantic hero roles like Armand Duval in John Neumeier’s The Lady of the Camellias to more contemporary productions such as the upcoming Stuttgart Ballet premiere of Jiří Kylián’s One of A Kind. Having performed Bella Figura and Forgotten Land- two other critically acclaimed pieces by the world-renowned choreographer - Friedemann is looking forward to dancing One of A Kind for the opening night on 22 February, with more shows to follow.
John Cranko's celebrated masterpiece Onegin will be on TV on 30 & 31 December! Onegin is one Friedemann's most cherished roles, and he hopes this festive season screening on ARTE will bring equal delight to viewers discovering this dramatic ballet for the first time and those who have already experienced it on stage or on the big screen. Filmed on the occasion of its 50th anniversary last year, this Stuttgart Ballet production features Friedemann as "the most elegant and elegiac Onegin of all time" (Suedwest Presse), and is also available for purchase from Amazon on Blu-Ray and DVD.
Screening times:
In Germany: 31 Dec at 00h30
In France: 31 Dec at 01h20
Also available online in arte's media library from 30 Dec
Friedemann Vogel in Konzert für Flöte und Harfe (c) Stuttgart Ballet
After performing in Japan, Spain and Sweden over the past months, Friedemann is looking forward to performing back home, for the Stuttgart Ballet Season Premiere on 13th October. The triple bill Shades of White is a celebration of classical and neo-classical ballet, and comprises Concert For Flute and Harp by John Cranko with music by Mozart, The Kingdom of the Shades (from La Bayadère) by Petipa with music by Minkus, and Symphony in C by Balanchine with music by Bizet. Following the season opening, Friedemann will be dancing in more performances of the triple bill over the rest of October.
Photo (c) Leslie Kee for Vogue Taiwan 2018
Friedemann will make his debut in Liège in the 6th edition of the Gala Hivernales de la Danse, at the Manège de la Caserne Fonckon 10th & 11th March. Friedemann will be dancing with fellow Stuttgart Ballet étoile Alicia Amatriain two duets: Mauro Bigonzetti's Kazimir's Colours and the Swan Lake Act II pas de deux.
Photo (c) Baki
Having performed Sir Frederick Ashton’s Marguerite and Armand in the 2016 Fall for Dance Festival in New York with the Sarasota Ballet, Friedemann is looking forward to working with the company again, this time as guest artist in another Ashton choreography: The Dream. Friedemann is particularly delighted and honoured to have the opportunity to work with Sir Anthony Dowell – his childhood hero and one of the greatest danseur nobles of the 20th Century – on the role of Oberon that was created on him. Friedemann will be making his debut in Sarasota, with two performances of The Dream on 2 and 3 March 2018.
Sir Anthony Dowell, Katelyn May, Friedemann Vogel, Victoria Hulland (c) Sarasota Ballet
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Guillaume Cote and Friedemann Vogel in rehearsals (c) Roman Novitzky
Following the iconic Boléro, Friedemann is thrilled to perform another Béjart masterpiece: Songs of a Wayfarer. He will be reprising the role originally created for Nureyev, at the invitation of Guillaume Cote - Artistic Director of the Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur - to perform this duet with him in the programme "A Night with the Stars" on 5 & 6 August. This will be the first time Friedemann is dancing with Guillaume Cote, as well as his first ever performance in Montreal.
It was an absolute delight for Friedemann Vogel to spend an afternoon with the esteemed Oscar-winning director Volker Schlöndorff, for the "Conversation" series in the June issue of Vogue Germany. Photographs by Ann Ray
