Dance

This evening brings together two key works by the choreographer William Forsythe, which conceive of ballet not exclusively as a kinesthetic event but as a product of aggregated semiotic fields. In the... more

On stage, two people who have known each other for thirty years meet: a man in whom the memories of the war still linger, and his partner, the choreographer. Together, they try to create space for the... more

The mystery of the beauty and the sorrow that we see, tumbling buildings, hungry eyes, young children giggling, wanting to know everything, the holding of hands, the stacks of pillows on the side of the... more

Jiří Kylián has left a lasting mark on 20th-century ballet. In Gods and Dogs, Kylián bridges the divine and the instinctual, order and madness, in a radically concentrated manner. The piece explores the... more

In times of humanitarian and ecological crises, hatred and fear are growing unstoppably and are polarising our societies. Based on the confucian Zhong Yong, also known as Doctrine of the Mean, and its... more

This dance piece invites the audience to reflect on the fragility of human relationships in an increasingly physically alienated world. On stage, the performers move between creation and destruction, discipline... more

I could sell my dream house, move to Switzerland, get fat, grow old and die. Barbie on her 60th birthday   Barbie, the outwardly glamorous and perpetually perfect plastic icon, on the brink of physical... more

Christian Spuck’s new production places E.T.A. Hoffmann’s literary original at its center, emphasizing the tension between childhood innocence and the awakening of self-awareness. Since Hoffmann’s 1816... more

Every body on stage is at the service of something – the audience, the form, the image it is meant to embody. But what happens when this service is called into question? When two women take to the stage... more

Anyone who thinks of “classical ballet” as stiff people in fur coats has never been to this tour. more

Gustave Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary is considered a masterpiece of French realism and a pioneering work of literary modernity. Flaubert devoted five years to writing this work, which was published in... 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

Ballet Classique Solenne is bringing a new, high-quality production of "Swan Lake" to Berlin. more

An enchanting fairy-tale ballet! The libretto is based on a well-known and beloved fairy tale: the romantic love between a hardworking and virtuous servant girl and a prince, the blossoming and unfolding... more

When the body breaks down and nobody notices. Long COVID, burnout, chronic exhaustion: millions of people are running on empty, unable to feel – or unable to stop explaining why.   In his first solo... more