Based 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: [...]
no further performances this seasonWilliam Shakespeare's unique poetry has influenced various fields of artistic expression over the centuries. Inspired by the sonnets of the English poet, Marc [...]
no further performances this seasonEurydice 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 [...]
no further performances this seasonHamburg Ballet Director John Neumeier has always been deeply moved by the powerful, majestic and striking music of Ludwig van Beethoven and for many years has [...]
no further performances this seasonTO BE READ BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE "The Song of the Earth" is the culmination of a long dialogue with the music of Gustav Mahler initiated in 1974 by the [...]
no further performances this seasonSoldier Songs (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) / The Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler The two ballets "Soldier Songs" and "The Fifth Symphony of Gustav Mahler", united [...]
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 [...]
no further performances this seasonWhen 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 seasonChoreographic Fantasies inspired by Eleonora Duse At the turn of the 20th century the Italian actress Eleonora Duse was one of the most influential artists [...]
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, [...]
no further performances this seasonJohn Neumeier dedicates the winter 2018 premiere of the Hamburg Ballet to the legendary New York City Ballet director George Balanchine: "He has been, in a [...]
no further performances this seasonJohn 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 [...]
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 seasonOne 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 [...]
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