Tag: ballet
Munich Ballet Festival Week: the magnificent Belgian company Peeping Tom – Munich
They have soft foam earplugs distributed throughout the National Theater. After the show by the Belgian performance company Peeping Tom, you ask yourself why not neuroleptics or antihypertensives? Because you…
Berlin State Ballet School: Disappearing expert reports, ongoing crisis – culture
The Berlin State Ballet School and School of Artistry is in crisis. Yet again. Still. To put it briefly, which is almost impossible given the duration and complexity of the…
Opening of the ballet festival week in Munich: Intoxicated by dance – culture
The Bavarian musician at the Hofbräuhaus sorts passers-by in no time. Anyone who comes along in high heels gets a “this way to the opera” on their way, while the…
We are the mob: Sasha Waltz choreographs Bach’s St. John Passion in Salzburg – Culture
Can, can, should you do that? A good forty years ago, when Hamburg’s ballet director John Neumeier dared to tackle Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, the theater crowd shuddered.…
Dance: Berlin prima ballerina gives mass ballet lesson in Mexico
dance Berlin prima ballerina gives mass ballet lesson in Mexico Participants of Elisa Carrillo’s ballet class in action. photo © Jair Cabrera Torres/dpa The Mexican dancer Elisa Carrillo is a…
“Black Romeo”: Osiel Gouneo on structural racism in ballet – Munich
Osiel Gouneo, principal soloist at the Bavarian State Ballet, has written a book about his path as an Afro-Cuban in the world of classical dance. A conversation about his experiences…
Almost ballet: Mozart’s “Idomeneo” in Geneva. – Culture
Furies swarm around the Trojan Princess Ilia, she is shocked and confused, the war is lost, her future is uncertain. Numerous compatriots are living out their new lives as prisoners…
King of the ballet: William Forsythe at the Berlin State Ballet – Culture
It’s like a dovecote. Door open, door closed – a busy coming and going in the training hall of the Berlin State Ballet. Everyone wants to be there: artistic director…
Premiere at the Munich Kammerspiele: Samuel Koch steps out of line. – Munich
They are lined up at the front of the stage ramp. Dressed in black. Came to stay. Doris Uhlich’s play “Inokay” in the Schauspielhaus begins clearly. The Austrian choreographer and…
Men’s ballet flats, invisible t-shirts… The WTF trends from Paris Fashion Week
Extravagance is in the spotlight on the men’s fashion catwalks. Fashion houses are moving away from the beaten track once again by presenting unique, sometimes misunderstood items, thus raising questions.…