Star choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and rising talent Jeroen Verbruggen create groundbreaking new choreographies to works composed and arranged by the beloved French composer Maurice Ravel at the Royal Ballet Flanders. Maurice Ravel has been an inspiration to artists of…
After turning to the theatre (cf. the Medea production), Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker ventured into the world of opera. Ottone, Ottone opened in 1988 and was De Keersmaeker’s first ‘large-scale’ project: based on Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s interpretation of Claudio Monteverdi’s opera…
Between shadow and light, experience six ballets of the highest quality, among which is Petite Mort (created on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Mozart’s death), by the Czech choreographer Jiří Kylián, brilliantly interpreted by the Nederlands Dans Theater…
An American neoclassical dance festival with works by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins – a new combination of works from the Wiener Staatsballett repertoire with the addition of the first Staatsballett performance of “A Suite of Dances”. For George Balanchine,…
Snegurochka (the Snow Maiden) was born in times of old in Tsar Berendey’s mythical kingdom, the fruit of the union between Spring the Beauty and Grandfather Frost. Protected by her parents from the jealousy of the Sun god Yarilo who…
Saburo Teshigawara is a leader of the art and dance scene, famed for his aesthetic fusing intellect, movement, stage design and lighting. Inspired by the Kenji Miyazawa poem “Haratai Kenbairen”, “DAH-DAH-SKO-DAH-DAH” (premiered 1991) is one of his major works, staged…
Widely lauded by critics, 1984 is an awe-inspiring retelling of George Orwell’s masterpiece choreographed by Jonathan Watkins. Winston Smith lives in a world of absolute conformity, his every action scrutinised by Big Brother. When he meets Julia however, Winston dares…
Retaining all the iconic elements of the original production loved by millions around the world, Matthew Bourne and award-winning designers Lez Brotherson (Set & Costumes) and Paule Constable (Lighting) will create an exciting re-imagining of the classic production. Thrilling, audacious,…
Sutra is the befitting title of this powerful and poetic piece, featuring seventeen warrior monks of the Chinese Shaolin Temple performing in collaboration with the Belgian-Moroccan choreographer, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (born 1976), who together have composed a mesmerizing aphoristic journey…
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Four women and one man dance in tutus to baroque music. Five dancers denied their farewell performances depict a dance of longing and distance – and the necessity of saying goodbye to start anew. In Close (Nærme in Norwegian), two…
