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 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.
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 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
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.
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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
Friedemann Vogel by Kosmas Pavlos
Winning the Prix de Lausanne in 1997 was a life-changing moment for Friedemann, and being invited to be a jury member for this prestigious competition in 2022 was an absolute honour. Friedemann couldn’t be more pleased to perform at the very special 50th anniversary gala together with so many illustrious colleagues on 5th February 2023 at the Beaulieu Theatre.
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.
Alina Cojocaru and Friedemann Vogel
The “Alina Cojocaru Dream Project 2020” will bring Friedemann back to one of his favourite cities: Tokyo, where he will share the stage with other ballet stars from 5th to 9th February. Programme details will be announced closer to the time. Dates & tickets
Friedemann Vogel by Youn Sik Kim
Friedemann is delighted to be named "Dancer of the Year" by Tanz - the industry dance magazine - in recognition of his recent outstanding interpretations of Kenneth MacMillan's Mayerling and Akram Khan's Kaash. This is the second time he has received this prestigious accolade; he was named "Dancer of the Year" for the first time by Tanz in 2010.
Friedemann Vogel (c) Youn Sik Kim
For the highly anticipated Ballet Week, Friedemann will be performing five productions from the Stuttgart Ballet’s 2018-2019 season, including Balanchine’s Symphony in C in Shades of White on 16th & 20th July, Akram Khan’s Kaash in Breath-taking on 24th July, John Neumeier’s The Lady of the Camellias on 25th July, Jiří Kylián’s One of a Kind on 27th July, and finally closing with Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling on 28th July. Friedemann is looking forward to revisiting these ballet masterpieces and contemporary classics in this annual celebration of dance.
It was an honour for Friedemann to be featured on the cover of Art Tourist for their latest issue entitled “JOHN” after the iconic choreographer John Cranko who put Stuttgart Ballet on the world map, prompting the culture magazine to cast their spotlight on the Stuttgart-born kammertänzer. In his interview, Friedemann talks about his career, and how performing around the world means the absence of a routine, which has helped keep things fresh for him with every day presenting a new opportunity. ARTTOURIST.COM
Alicia Amatriain and Friedemann Vogel in The Lady of the Camellias (c) Hidemi Seto
For Stuttgart Ballet’s imminent revival of The Lady of the Camellias to celebrate the 40th anniversary of this ballet masterpiece that was created for the company, Friedemann is relishing his reprisal of the role of Armand Duval, as well as the precious opportunity to work with esteemed choreographer John Neumeier again. Friedemann will be performing on 16th January for the opening night, with subsequent dates to be announced.
Alicia Amatriain and Friedemann Vogel (c) Stuttgarter Ballett
Friedemann's first performance of 2018 will be in the Stuttgart Ballet Encounters double-bill: Jerome Robbin's multi-layered masterpiece Dances at a Gathering – a nuanced distillation of the spectrum of human interaction - and John Cranko’s ode to friendship Initials R.B.M.E. (dedicated to former Stuttgart Ballet principal dancers Richard Cragun, Birgit Keil, Marcia Haydee, and Egon Madsen). Friedemann will perform in both revivals for the opening night on 13 January. More performances to follow. Details & tickets
Friedemann is delighted to take part in the 11th International Ballet Star Gala in Taipei on 19th & 20th August. This will be his fifth performance in Taiwan, and he will be dancing three John Cranko duets with fellow Stuttgart Ballet star Elisa Bandenes from Legende and Romeo & Juliet and Onegin Mirror pas de deux with Evgenia Obraztsova from Bolshoi Theatre.
Friedemann Vogel (c) Hidemi Seto
The “Prix MAYA” will be handed out this year to Friedemann Vogel. This prestigious prize, selected by a jury made up of some of the world’s best-known dance critics and specialists will be presented in a Gala performance at the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des Festivals, Cannes on 31July 2016. The “Prix MAYA” for outstanding female dancers are being awarded to Diana Vishneva (star of the Mariinsky Ballet, and the American Ballet Theatre) and Aurélie Dupont (Ètoile of the Paris Opéra Ballet and the new director of the company).
Friedemann Vogel in Giselle Photo (c) Roman Novitzky
Friedemann Vogel returns to the Zurich Opera House for two performances of «Giselle». See Friedemann in the role of Albrecht on 17.December 2015 and 02.January 2017 with the Zurich Ballet.
Friedemann Vogel in Giselle (c) Jack Devant
Friedemann will dance Count Albrecht in Giselle, ou Les Wilis on 04.October 2015 on the Mikhailovsky Theatre’s stage.
Friedemann Vogel in Songs of a wayfarer (c) GMPress
Friedemann Vogel joins for the second time the Nureyev Ballet Gala at the Vienna Opera House. This year Friedemann will dance "Songs of a Wayfarer" by Maurice Béjart set to Gustav Mahler’s first song cycle together with Robert Gabdullin from the Vienna State Ballet. The Ballet Gala takes place at the Wiener Staatsoper on 28.June 2015.
