Benedict Manniegel Ballet

BACK ON STAGE THE 14TH OF JUNE
with the Benedict Manniegel Dance Company Program "Konturen" on the stage of

Including "Jazz Suite"

Choreography by Laurel Benedict to music by Dimitri Shostakovich
Dancers: Christine Becker and Kino Kodama

Still tickets available here:
https://tickets.kuenstlerhaus-muc.de/event/benedict-manniegel-dance-company-konturen-ballettabend-im-juni-2026

Picture by Peter Werner

***BM BALLET ACADEMY: CONGRATULATIONS ✨✨✨
Every year, some BMBA dancers/graduates continue their path in renowned pre-professional programs, junior companies and companies. This year, we are very happy and proud to announce that four of them will be starting their professional dance careers in these international spots:

• Bettina Barragán / Junior Dancer of Benedict Manniegel Dance Company
✨PARIS BALLET THEATRE in Paris/France

• Hirono Tokuyama / BMBA Graduate 2026
✨ PROSART BALLET Junior Compan in Albi/France

• Kino Kodama / BMBA Pre-Graduate
✨ K-BALLET PRE-PROFESSIONAL COURSE in Tokyo/Japan

• Christine Becker / BMBA Graduate 2026
✨ ELEPHANT IN THE BLACK BOX COMPANY in Bordeaux/France

Toi toi toi girls for your future and all the best for the new chapter starting in the season 2026/2027🙌🏻

Photos: Peter Werner

BACK ON STAGE SOON: KONTUREN at the
including "Very P"
choreography by Ilia Sarkisov in collaboration with the dancers to Music by Peter I. Tschaikovsky

Get your tickets here:
https://tickets.kuenstlerhaus-muc.de/event/benedict-manniegel-dance-company-konturen-ballettabend-im-juni-2026

Photo by Peter Werner
Dancers: Yuina Ishiguro, Mako Shimada and Yuina Matsumoto

***AK GUEST TEACHER: To give our Academy students a glimpse into various styles, we are happy to welcome guest teacher Natalia Chloé for an URBAN DANCE workshop this Thursday May 21st!

📌Natalia Chloé is a professional dancer, choreographer, and dance coach from Munich, specializing in Flamenco, Hip Hop and Shuffle Dance.
She has performed nationally and internationally in shows, TV productions, music videos, and creative projects, while also winning multiple championship titles as both a solo dancer and member of a successful Hip Hop crew. In 2025, she founded the Shuffle Dance performance group “Shuffle ImPuls” and won 1st place Solo as well as 1st place with her team at the TAF Germany Cup Shuffle 2026.
Alongside her stage career, she shares her knowledge as a coach and dance educator through workshops, classes, and professional training programs in Munich/Germany.

Photos: Fabian Richt / Nastya Anderson

***EXTENDED UNTIL JUNE 15th!
Apply for one of the few remaining places in our unique vocational program which combines an intense training program featuring Classical Ballet and Vaganova Methodics, Modern Dance and Choreography/Composition with frequent stage experience in professional performances (junior company format). Link in Bio!

Send your application to [email protected]

LAMENT (m. Claudio Monteverdi) by Heinz Manniegel is part of Benedict Manniegel Dance Company‘s new program KONTUREN as well and will be on stage at on June 14th again - don‘t miss to get your tickets!

Elina Rüd and Bettina Barragán
Photo by Peter Werner

***IMPULSVORTRAG on May 14th • 11:00-14:30: We are so honored and happy to welcome Ursula Kirsten-Collein again this year for a seminar talk about the Vaganova Method in practice. Herself a student of Vera S. Kostrovitzkaja - assistant of Aggrippina Vaganova - and one of the first German/non-Russian dancers to be trained at the world famous VBA in St. Petersburg, Mrs. Kirsten-Collein looks back on almost 70 (!) years of teaching Classical Dance, advising next generations of teachers and passing on her invaluable knowledge about the Vaganova Method. Teacher of Prof. Heinz Manniegel and mentor of Ada Ramzews, she holds great influence on the Vaganova tradition taught at Benedict Manniegel Ballet. We are so much looking forward to having this ballet mastermind with us for 3hours.

✨✨Welcome Ursula Kirsten-Collein ✨✨

KONTUREN - missed it? Benedict Manniegel Dance Company‘s new program will be on stage again on June 14th at 18:00 ✨✨✨
We‘ll see you there!

Emma Fin
in BOLÉRO (m. M. Ravel)
by Heinz Manniegel

Photo by Peter Werner