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: Thu 03. Feb. 2022
TO 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: Sat 25. Jun. 2022
More than 215 Ballet Workshops have been presented by John Neumeier at the Hamburg State Opera. The Ballet Workshops enjoy great popularity in Hamburg: In [...]
next performance: Sun 14. Nov. 2021
What fascinates me in my interpretation of Thomas Mann’s novella is the depiction of absolute love. Tadzio causes Aschenbach to confront a hidden part of [...]
next performance: Tue 18. Jan. 2022
"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 [...]
no further performances this season
Based on the Music and Spirit of Leonard Bernstein for Leonard Bernstein The Dance Musical Leonard Bernstein didn't have time to write? In any case – a [...]
next performance: Wed 20. Oct. 2021
Hamburg Ballet's "Young Choreographers" are back! In four performances, divided into two programs, the Young Choreographers will present their own creations [...]
next performance: Sat 23. Oct. 2021
"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: Wed 03. Nov. 2021
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: Fri 26. Nov. 2021
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: Thu 23. Dec. 2021
“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: Sat 12. Mar. 2022
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: Wed 20. Apr. 2022
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 06. May. 2022
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: Fri 27. May. 2022
During the 47th Hamburg Ballet Days the Polish National Ballet will present Krzysztof Pastor's ballet adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest". A [...]
next performance: Tue 28. Jun. 2022
The grand finale of the Hamburg Ballet-Days and the season will be the Nijinsky Gala. The annual gala which is always dedicated to a dance-specific or [...]
next performance: Sun 03. Jul. 2022
