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Our talented students will soon be on stage! It is very important to us to give them valuable stage experience again.

While the traditional performance of The Nutcracker only gave a few children the opportunity to perform, this year’s Christmas performance brings many of our young dancers to the stage.

The first part of the evening is called “Der Zauber der Weihnachtsnacht” (The magic of Christmas Eve). The ice skaters glide along in a wintry landscape, timelessly. There are also snowflakes, angels and much more dancing. In the calm rhythm of the most beautiful sounds.

In the second part of the evening you will experience a modern version of “A Christmas Carol”, the famous Christmas story by Charles Dickens. It tells the moving transformation of the embittered Ebenezer Scrooge, who ultimately becomes a person full of confidence and kindness. Our version is called “Scrooge 2024”

In addition to the traditional big Christmas performance of The Nutcracker – which we will maintain – the Ballet School Theatertanz Basel would now also like to establish the piece “Scrooge” and develop it into a parallel tradition – pas à pas.

Tickets for December 18th are available here: https://www.seetickets.com/ch/event/weihnachtsauffuhrung-ballettschule-theatertanz/volkshaus/3229862

Tickets for December 19th are available here: https://www.seetickets.com/ch/event/weihnachtsauffuhrung-ballettschule-theatertanz/volkshaus/3229866

We are very pleased that the reputation of our children’s dancing skills has reached the organizing team of the musical Billy Elliot; from the premiere on November 1st, 2024, the following kids will be on stage:

Nevio Reymond as Billy Elliot,
Berenika Falska as Sharon Percy,
Linai Nkou Mbida as Tina Harmer,
Lorin Senpinar as Tracey Atkinson,
Sofia Clausi as Tina Harmer,
Janus von Stülpnagel as Small Boy,
Arina Vardumyan as Alison Summer,
Magdalena Radvojevic as Susan Parks and
Alia Ecaterina Chivu Garip as Keely Gibson.

It is very impressive how the children balance rehearsals, their further training with us and, last but not least, school. In the truest sense: Chapeau!

The Ballet School Theatertanz Basel remains a synonym for excellence and passion in dance.

For further information: https://www.billy-elliot.ch/be/de.html

Press
Statement from Ballettschule Theatertanz Basel from November, 4th, 2024
Newspaper article from the Tagesanzeiger
Newspaper article from the Berner Zeitung

From July 11th to 13th, 2024, our students Sophia Clausi, Madeleine Cazaux, Camille Reinhard, Melina Gloth, Naomi Even and Solo Diallo Knecht successfully took part in the Roccella Summer Dance in Roccella Ionnica, Apulia/Italy. They experienced classic and modern training and presented their skills on stage on the final evening. Not only that! The children and our school were honored because of their ability.

Congratulations to our BTB students who have successfully passed the ABT exam! A big thank you to our teachers Silvia Rossetto and Julie Wherlock, our pianist Bruno Raco and of course our experts and special guests Raymond Lukens and Franco De Vita!