With “Beethoven Project II”, John Neumeier is honoring the composer Ludwig van Beethoven in the anniversary year of his 250th birthday and continuing his [...]
next performance: Sun 18. Jun. 2023TO BE READ BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE By John Neumeier The plays of William Shakespeare have been a continuous source of inspiration throughout my career. [...]
next performance: Sun 25. Jun. 2023TO BE READ BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE By John Neumeier (1997) More rarely performed than "Coppélia", Léo Delibes' other great ballet, "Sylvia, ou La Nymphe de [...]
next performance: Sat 24. Jun. 2023"The Winter's Tale". Wheeldon's ballet about Shakespeare's romance of the same title was created as a co-production of the Royal Ballet and the National Ballet [...]
no further performances this seasonIt has become a tradition for ballet companies all over the world to perform Peter Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" at Christmas time. John Neumeier's version of "The [...]
next performance: Wed 14. Jun. 2023Internationally, the Hamburg Ballet was one of the first companies that returned to its studios after the lockdown. John Neumeier developed the idea of creating [...]
next performance: Fri 28. Apr. 2023Neumeier very subtly uses the tragic 19th Century story of the title heroine Marguerite and her lover Armand Duval by reflecting it against the fate of another [...]
next performance: Tue 04. Jul. 2023TO BE READ BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE by John Neumeier Why did I return to a fairytale ballet such as "The Sleeping Beauty" after such a long time? Firstly, I [...]
next performance: Fri 16. Jun. 2023"The Glass Menagerie" was the foundation of Tennessee Williams's fame as one of the most important writers in the US of the 20th century. Although the success [...]
next performance: Tue 30. May. 2023"The World of John Neumeier" ist eine autobiografisch inspirierte Ballettgala. John Neumeier selbst steht auf der Bühne und führt als Moderator durch das [...]
no further performances this season“One comes to feel that this is a community of people who have decided to enact the Passion as in a medieval mystery play. Each dancer expresses grief, doubt, [...]
next performance: Fri 07. Apr. 20234 stages - 8 dancers - 20 musicians - 3 singers Together with the Mozartfest Ensemble, the Bundesjugendballett transforms the Zinnwerke Wilhelmsburg into [...]
next performance: Fri 07. Apr. 2023John Neumeier's ballet legend "Liliom" portrays a tragic love set in the milieu of fairs. John Neumeier was inspired by Molnár's theater play "Liliom", written [...]
next performance: Wed 12. Apr. 2023"And sleep, that sometimes shuts up sorrow's eye, Steal me awhile from mine own company." A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act III, Scene 2 Music: Felix [...]
next performance: Tue 18. Apr. 2023Based on the Music and Spirit of Leonard Bernstein The Dance Musical Leonard Bernstein didn't have time to write? In any case – a title with two meanings: [...]
next performance: Thu 11. May. 2023Eurydice is dead, a fact the man and artist Orpheus cannot accept. He demands her return. Indeed, the beauty of art and its power to transcend and destroy [...]
next performance: Sat 27. May. 2023"Nijinsky" is the title of this "choreographic approach" to a dance phenomenon that has been part of Neumeier's life ever since the beginning of his [...]
next performance: Tue 27. Jun. 2023The grand finale of the Hamburg Ballet-Days and of the season will be the Nijinsky Gala. The annual gala which is always dedicated to a dance-specific or [...]
next performance: Sun 09. Jul. 2023The Hamburger Abendblatt described the opening of John Neumeier's 50th anniversary season on the Rathausmarkt last year as an "event with long lasting [...]
next performance: Sun 03. Sep. 2023When Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio opens with the words "Rejoice, exult", one surrenders willingly to the sensation of floating. The rousing joy of [...]
next performance: Sat 23. Dec. 2023Thomas Mann once named Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" "the greatest social novel of world literature." When reading the novel, John Neumeier was deeply [...]
next performance: Fri 26. Apr. 2024One of the highlights of the Hamburg Ballet Days every year is the two-day guest performance by a guest company, which will be announced at a later [...]
next performance: Tue 09. Jul. 2024The 49th edition of the two-week festival "Hamburg Ballet Days" will open on June 30, 2024 with a new creation by John Neumeier. In addition, the festival offer [...]
next performance: Sun 14. Jul. 2024