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In 2001 he was also appointed the artistic director of the Vienna Staatsoper Ballet School. He has choreographed several ballets for the Stuttgart Ballet including <STRONG>Empty Place<\/STRONG>, <STRONG>Black Angels<\/STRONG> and <STRONG>Mata Hari<\/STRONG>. For the Ballets de Monte-Carlo he staged <STRONG>Watching Waters<\/STRONG>. At the Vienna State Opera he staged<STRONG> Voyage<\/STRONG>, a solo for Vladimir Malakhov, <STRONG>Konzertantes Duo<\/STRONG>, <STRONG>Mon Euridice<\/STRONG> for Malakhov, Elements, <STRONG>Wiener Blut<\/STRONG>, <STRONG>Wolfgang Amad\u00e9<\/STRONG>, <STRONG>Die sieben letzten Worte<\/STRONG>, <STRONG>Bolero<\/STRONG>, <STRONG>Cinderella <\/STRONG>(music by Johann Strauss), <STRONG>The Nutcracker<\/STRONG>, <STRONG>Spartacus <\/STRONG>and many others. 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