Dance

Franz Schubert’s Winterreise (Winter Journey), a cycle of 24 songs for voice and piano set to poems by Wilhelm Müller, was created in the autumn of 1827, a year before Schubert’s death. more

The confrontation of the individual with reality and their attempts to overcome or avoid difficulties are key themes in Jiří Kylián's work. more

One step. Two dancers stand on the threshold of ageing, where the resilient dancing body becomes a scarce resource. Accompanied by live music, they explore this experience and draw on their reservoir of... more

The multi-award-winning ballet Nureyev, choreographed by Yuri Possokhov, composed by Ilya Demutsky and staged by visionary director Kirill Serebrennikov, premiered in December 2017 at Moscow’s world-famous... more

This piece embarks on a dynamic exploration, blending movement, voice, and sound, inspired by the ancient theory of the four humours. Rooted in Greek and Roman medical traditions, these humours symbolize... more

Experience China before communism The curtain rises and you are immersed in a fantastically beautiful world. Shen Yun takes you on an extraordinary journey through China's 5,000-year-old, divinely inspired... more

“Swan Lake” - that is a promise. It is by far the most important ballet. Accompanied by an excellent live orchestra, it is now coming to you in the region. Admire this top-class, purely classically staged... more

George Balanchine’s ballet Symphony in C is one of his masterpieces, celebrated for its technical precision, artistic virtuosity, and breath-taking complexity. Balanchine was introduced to Georges Bizet’s... more

Am 14. April 2026 erstrahlt die Staatsoper Unter den Linden im Glanz der internationalen Ballettelite. Bei der Gala „Jewels of Dance“ erleben Sie einen unvergesslichen Abend voller Eleganz, Emotion und... more

It is the inner turmoil within the outer silence that Veronika Riz, together with dancers Einav Berkovich, Marcel Casablanca, Seungju Lee, and Julianna Walczac, implements and translates. Based on the... more

(in German with English surtitles) When we remember ‒ being tucked in * shaping soap suds animals, lots of soap = cleanness * being toweled dry * butter spread thick on bread * teary eyes whenever we... more

From the perspective of a queer woman of color with chronic illnesses, Olivia Hyunsin Kim experiments with the format of stand-up comedy. more

Lotte Reiniger made film history one hundred years ago: She created the first full-length animated film with »The Adventure of Prince Achmed«, a master work of paper cuttings and imagination. On the 100th... more

Experience Irish tap dancing in its most beautiful form and let thsi show take you on a time travel through its moving 200-year history. more

Home as a body in displacement. Memory as submerged breath. PIRARUCU approaches this proposition through the body. Drawing from the experience of living far from Brazil, the work unfolds a choreographic... more