The Hamburger Abendblatt described the opening of John Neumeier's 50th anniversary season on the Rathausmarkt last year as an "event with long lasting [...]
no further performances this season"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: Tue 21. May. 2024TO 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 [...]
no further performances this season"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: Wed 11. Jun. 2025Music: Serge Prokofieff – Romeo and Juliet, op. 64 (1935/36, revised 1940) Ballet in 3 acts and a epilogue by Serge Prokofieff, Adrian Piotrowski, Leonid [...]
next performance: Wed 03. Jul. 2024It 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: Sun 22. Dec. 2024When Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio opens with the words "Rejoice, exult", one surrenders willingly to the sensation of floating. The rousing joy of [...]
no further performances this seasonInternationally, the Hamburg Ballet was one of the first companies that returned to its studios after the lockdown. John Neumeier developed the idea of creating [...]
no further performances this seasonNeumeier 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: Sun 07. Jul. 2024John 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: Sat 01. Jun. 2024Das BJB zu Gast in dem Alfred-Rust-Saal in Ahrensburg! Am 8.und 9. März tanzen wir eine neuüberarbeitete Version unseres 2017 uraufgeführten Stücks "BJB [...]
no further performances this seasonThomas Mann once named Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" "the greatest social novel of world literature." When reading the novel, John Neumeier was deeply [...]
no further performances this seasonA 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 [...]
no further performances this season"The World of John Neumeier" is an autobiographically inspired ballet gala. John Neumeier himself is on stage and hosts the program with key scenes from some of [...]
next performance: Thu 16. May. 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. 2024Like 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. 2024Carlos Acosta is turning up the volume on Birmingham's musical legacy. Original Heavy Metal heroes, Black Sabbath, provide the soundtrack for "Black Sabbath - [...]
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"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: Fri 19. Jul. 2024“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: Thu 17. Apr. 2025The German National Youth Ballet, which continues to be under the Artistic Direction of John Neumeier, is invited by Demis Volpi to dance on the stage of the [...]
next performance: Sun 08. Jun. 2025"If there is a heaven, it is here and now." Luis Buñuel Sonoma is not a word that you will find in a dictionary. However, it contains phonemes from [...]
next performance: Fri 11. Jul. 2025The grand finale of the Hamburg Ballet-Days and of the season will be the "Nijinsky Gala L". The annual gala which is always dedicated to a dance-specific or [...]
next performance: Sun 20. Jul. 2025