The Benedict Manniegel Dance Company is the epitome of the Benedict Manniegel dance institution and represents the professional part of our artistic mission: The company is a variable-time and project-bound ensemble of young talent, graduates of the Benedict Manniegel Ballet Academy as well as freelance dancers and guests from well-known ballet companies such as the Bavarian State Ballet.
Benedict Manniegel Dance Company is a modern ballet ensemble that consists of young aspiring talents, alumni of Benedict Manniegel, professionals, as well as hired guests. It is formed anew each season depending on the choreographies being performed.
The aim of the company is to allow aspiring young dancers to gain stage experience alongside seasoned professionals, to introduce Heinz Manniegel’s beautiful choreographies to new audiences, and to offer a platform for aspiring choreographers to experiment and bring their visions to the stage.
Every season, the most talented vocational students of the academy are invited to perform in the company performances alongside the regular ensemble and thus gain invaluable stage experience to prepare them for their career as professional dancers.
Our Ensemble
Ada Ramzews
Artistic Director of Benedict Manniegel Dance Company, Choreographer
Prof. Heinz Manniegel
House Choreographer
Dancers
The ensemble is regularly reinforced by selected junior dancers and young talents from the Benedict Manniegel Ballet Academy.
Ilia Sarkisov
guest soloist
Björn Dippon
guest soloist
Upcoming events
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Benedict Manniegel Ballet School & Academy & Company
The Little Match Girl
Ballet in two acts
Based on the fairy tale by Hans C. Andersen
Music: Franz Schubert (Act 1) and Peter I. Tchaikovsky (Act 2; excerpt from The Nutcracker)
Choreography by Heinz Manniegel, Laurel Benedict and original choreography by Marius Petipa
Performance dates
Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 5:00 pm in KUBIZ Unterhaching >> Tickets
Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 3:00 pm in Bürgerhaus Pullach >> Tickets
Friday, December 13, 2024 at 6:00 pm in Bürgerhaus Unterschleißheim >> Tickets
Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 5:00 pm in Bürgerhaus Unterföhring >> Tickets
Once upon a time… a few days before Christmas in a big city. A Christmas market is bustling with traders, children and busy people doing their last-minute festive shopping or sampling sweet treats from the colorful stalls. Only one little girl stands apart from the merry hustle and bustle, freezing, in shabby old clothes and trying to sell her little boxes of matches with trembling hands – as instructed by her father. Afraid of returning home without having earned anything and yet desperate from the cold, she lights one of the precious matches for herself – and for the duration of a glimmer of light, she finds herself by a warm stove in a loving home. So she lights one after the other. And with the last one, she is carried away into a heavenly world full of joy, light and…dance.
The Benedict Manniegel Dance Company dances with the students of the Benedict Manniegel Ballet School & Academy
Duration: 2h incl. an intermission of 20min | Recommended for children from 6 years
Our repertoire
Automatic Life
Choreography: Ryan Mason
Music: Roadkill
Asche
Choreography: Ada Ramzews
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven
Bolero
Choreography: Heinz Manniegel
Music: Maurice Ravel
Carmina Burana
Choreography: Heinz Manniegel
Music: Carl Orff
Cinderella
Choreography: Heinz Manniegel
Music: Mark Pogolski
Density 643
Choreography: Ada Ramzews
Music: Jörg Schäffer
Der kleine Prinz
Choreography: Ada Ramzews
Music: Claude Débussy u.a.
Folias
Choreography: Heinz Manniegel
Music: Spanische Renaissancemusik
Frau Müller und die Suche nach der Wirklichkeit
Choreography: Natalie Bury
Music: Hannes Wollmann
Geometric Electric
Choreography: Laurel Benedict-Manniegel
Music: Diverse
Hänsel und Gretel
Choreography: Ada Ramzews
Music: Various pieces of Joseph Haydn and Engelbert Humperdinck
Hermann der Traumtänzer
Choreography: Heinz Manniegel
Music: Salonmusik der 1930er
Karneval der Tiere
Choreography: Ada Ramzews
Music: Camille Saint-Saens
Laser Dialogues
Multimedia-Improvisations-Performance
Ada Ramzews und Leo Bettinelli
Lomir Tanzn
Choreography: Heinz Manniegel
Music: Klezmer-Musik
Mensch-Maschine
Choreography: Natalie Bury
Music: Hannes Wollmann
Mond/ICHt
Choreography: Ada Ramzews
Music: Claude Debussy
Orpheus und Eurydike
Choreography: Ada Ramzews
Music: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Pastorale
Choreography: Heinz Manniegel
Music: Ludwig van Beethoven
Robotalk
Choreography: Ada Ramzews
Music: Antonio Vivaldi
Styx
Choreography: Heinz Manniegel
Music: Giya Kancheli
Werkstatt
Choreography: Ada Ramzews
Music: Jörg Schäffer
4 Corner Game
Choreography: Laurel Benedict-Manniegel
Music: divers