modern and contemporary ballet performances
Rastlos is a contemporary ballet evening by Staatsballett Hannover that brings together three very different choreographic perspectives on restlessness, uncertainty, vulnerability, and the difficulty of remaining still. Created by Juliano Nuñes, Jiří Kylián, and Lukáš Timulak, the programme approaches the idea…
Jean-Christophe Maillot‘s The Taming of the Shrew reimagines Shakespeare’s famous comedy as a witty, energetic, and deeply human ballet about the unpredictable nature of love. Rather than presenting the story as a simple tale of a man taming a rebellious woman, Maillot…
Béjart, 3 Regards is a celebration of Maurice Béjart‘s unique and universal choreographic vision, bringing together three rarely performed works that reveal very different sides of one of the most influential choreographers of the twentieth century. Presented by the Béjart…
The Norwegian National Ballet’s Hedda Gabler is Henrik Ibsen’s drama retold in a way you’ve never seen it before. After the premiere in 2017, both Norwegian and international critics praised director Marit Moum Aune‘s dance production, set to music by…
Lied Ballet is one of French choreographer Thomas Lebrun’s most celebrated creations, premiered in 2014 and developed in collaboration with the Maison de la Danse de Lyon. Conceived as a dialogue between the traditions of Romantic music and contemporary choreography, the work revisits the…
The quintessential piano ballet, Dances at a Gathering distills the spectrum of human interaction into the most natural of movements, a landmark for its invention, virtuosity, and constantly shifting emotions. Dances at a Gathering, which premiered in 1969, heralded Jerome…
Edward Clug‘s ballet, Peer Gynt, draws its inspiration from one of literature’s most intriguing creations. The protagonist in Henrik Ibsen’s original verse drama of the same name, on which Clug’s ballet is based, is a self-seeking anti-hero, beset by dilemmas.…
Audiences often associate Swan Lake with its Act II, a stalwart of the classical repertoire so powerfully identifiable by the whiteness of its choreography accompanied by Tchaikovsky’s legendary score. Act II of Swan Lake can be considered as one of…
Presented as a diptych in the historic performance of 1892, Iolanta and The Nutcracker are once again brought together in this Paris Opera production. In Dmitri Tcherniakov‘s staging and sets, they become one and the same work: the opera is the prelude to the…
