Music: Cole Porter Direction and Choreography: Peter Quanz Orchestration and Arrangements: Tadeusz Biernacki Set and Costume Designer: Thomas Pekny Lighting: Matthias Vogel Dramaturgy: Karl-Hans Möller
photograph: Dieter Wuschanski
World premiere: March 12, 2005, Staedtische Theater Chemnitz Ballett Chemnitz Germany
Length: 2 hours
Created with Marlene Zimmlinghaus, Anna-Marie Gombos, Marko Bullack, Mikhail Rissman and Ballett Chemnitz.
Any 25-year-old who can so fluently turn bodies, space, music and mood into an entire evening of enjoyable dance bears close watching in the future, and on this occasion … Quanz’ choreographic originality shone as brightly as his promise.
Barbara Newman Dance Europe May 2005
Quanz tells the story clearly and economically, and deploys his large cast with confidence, drawing from them naturalistic acting that gives credence to the characters.
