Dona Nobis Pacem
“Dona Nobis Pacem” – give us peace. This title is of great importance to me – even at the risk of seeming naïve, sentimental or even pretentious. In light of the constant and growing tensions in our world, this thought…
Category Ballet
modern and contemporary ballet performances
Noé
In choosing the myth of Noé as inspiration, Thierry Malandain again looks at the themes which are dear to him: Humanity and its future, destiny, the environment. Water, by turns a destructive or life-giving element, is envisaged here as that…
Like Water for Chocolate
Christopher Wheeldon‘s Like Water for Chocolate stars Francesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé as the leading lovers, while Alondra de la Parra conducts Joby Talbot’s original score. Tita lives with her family on a ranch in Mexico. She falls in love…
Tchaikovsky Overtures
Alexei Ratmansky is known for his intensive examination of the traditional repertoire of classical ballet and his creative approach to that from the 19th century. After Paquita and Pictures of an Exhibition, he works out a world premiere on music…
Coppélia
Coppélia – La Fille aux Yeux d’Émail (The Girl with the Enamel Eyes) is a comic ballet to the music of Léo Delibes. The plot is based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story The Sandman. La Scala in Milan will enchant its…
Shifting Symmetries
When Hans van Manen, William Forsythe and George Balanchine meet, it’s a summit. The Vienna State Ballet’s new programme “Shifting Symmetries” unites these three masters in an evening of dance that traces the map of 20th century ballet. On 27…
A Christmas Carol
The miserly and cold-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge has no interest in Christmas or other people. At night, however, the spirits of Christmas take him to visit the past, the present, and the future. Will Scrooge come to understand the meaning of…
Beethoven Project I
Hamburg Ballett Director John Neumeier has always been deeply moved by the powerful, majestic and striking music of Ludwig van Beethoven and for many years has thought about creating a full length ballet on the music of this iconic artist.…
Le Presbytère… Ballet for Life
A little over thirty years ago, in between Berlioz surprising music interspersed with bombing and the sound of machine guns, an unconventional Friar Lawrence cried out to Jorge Donn and Hitomi Asakawa: “Make love, not war!” Today, Gil Roman, who…