From the very beginning, i.e. since 1978, Konstanze Vernon associated the idea of regular Sunday matinees at the National Theater with the establishment of the foundation that would carry the name of her great dance partner Heinz Bosl, who died so young, into the future. She had always regarded the stage of their joint triumphs in Swan Lake, Onegin or Romeo and Juliet as a kind of sacred place. And inseparable from the educational thought of the Foundation was the desire that the young people who wanted to devote themselves to the art of dance should have this experience from childhood.
To experience what it means to stand on a great stage, and one of the most traditional and important in the world. To be able to dance on this stage and in front of this enormous auditorium, five tiers high, shimmering in red and gold - Vernon had never forgotten what a privilege this means for every artist.
And she conceived the programs of the Bosl Matinees in such a way that they soon became a natural part of Munich dance life: the little ones of the Ballet Academy were given tasks of artistic substance. The same was true for the adolescents and students of the upper school, for whom the Foundation engaged world-class choreographers. Here the students could experience what their art is capable of in the most demanding cases. Vernon was no less concerned about the audience: the matinees were to be a family celebration, inspiring the children as well as the parents and even the experienced ballet-goer, who is accustomed to the highest artistic expectations of a program.
Ballet Academy of the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich:
Class concert based on an idea by Jan Broeckx
Choreographies & rehearsals: Lecturers of the Academy of Music and Theater Munich
Music: Knudåge Riisager after Carl Czerny, Etudes
YOU (among us)
1. YOU
Choreography, music collage & video: Matteo Carvone
2. among us
choreography: Jasmine Ellis
Music: Nimrod Gorovich, Ghosts
Bavarian Junior Ballet Munich:
Un Ballo
Choreography & stage design: Jiří Kylián
Music: Maurice Ravel, Tombeau de Couperin (3rd movement), Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ballet 102
Choreography: Eric Gauthier
Music: Jens-Peter Abele
(Only at the 1st matinee on April 3, 2022)
Appalachian Spring (World premiere)
Choreography: Maged Mohamed
Music: Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring
ATTACCA Youth Orchestra of the Bavarian State Orchestra under the musical direction of Allan Bergius
Konstanze Vernon Prize 2022
At the 2nd matinee on April 10, the 2022 Konstanze Vernon Prize will be awarded.
Jury 2022
Ivan Liška - Chairman of the Board of the Heinz Bosl Foundation
Christian Spuck - ballet director of the Ballet Zurich
Birgit Keil - Dance Foundation Birgit Keil Stuttgart
Gigi Hyatt - Pedagogical Director and Deputy Director, Hamburg Ballet School John Neumeier
Frédéric Olivieri - Ballet Director, Accademia Teatro alla Scala
