William Forsythe Herman Schmerman by Nadja Saidakova and Federico Spallitta

Herman Schmerman by Nadja Saidakova and Federico Spallitta, choreography by William Forsythe, music by Thom Willems. Taken on 13.09.2013 2013 Season Opening Gala,  Staatsballett Berlin.

Nadja Saidakova is First Soloist at Staatsballett Berlin. She was born in Izhevsk, Russia. She studied at State Ballet Academy in Perm. She danced with the Moscow Classical Ballet before she in 1991 joined the Deutschen Oper am Rhein as a soloist. In 1995 she joined the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin (now Staatsballet Berlin) as a principal.

Photos by Jack Devant © with kind permission of the Staatsballett Berlin, special thanks to Vladimir Malakhov and Nadine Jäger.