The Hamburger Abendblatt described the opening of John Neumeier's 50th anniversary season on the Rathausmarkt last year as an "event with long lasting [...]
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"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 [...]
next performance: Sun 01. Oct. 2023
TO 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 06. Oct. 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: Sun 15. Oct. 2023
"John Neumeier’s Shakespeare adaptation has over time become a classic. After numerous revivals and revisions, the ballet has not lost any of its freshness. [...]
next performance: Fri 27. Oct. 2023
It 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: Thu 14. Dec. 2023
When 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. 2023
Internationally, 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: Thu 04. Jan. 2024
Neumeier 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: Wed 10. Jan. 2024
John Neumeier's ballet "Illusions – like Swan Lake" was premiered in 1976. The character of the king, its central figure, is based on King Ludwig II of [...]
next performance: Thu 25. Jan. 2024
Thomas 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. 2024
A choreographic sketchbook in two parts Don't try to understand this ballet. It has no "story" (that I could tell you) aside from the many stories that you [...]
next performance: Tue 30. Apr. 2024
"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 28. May. 2024
Like Mahler's music, the ballet was not created according to a Libretto. The music itself is its theme. The following is therefore not a literal synopsis. These [...]
next performance: Mon 10. Jun. 2024
One 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. 2024
The 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
