DancephereJanuary 9th – February 2nd, 2025 Teatro Adolpho Bloch, Rio de Janeiro
60 minutes
A metaphysical journey between dream and reality, we are nothing but an entanglement of shadows and light. In a space-time shaped by conscious love, we transcend our fears, anxieties, and wounds. A visual narrative, a deeply sensual and immersive experience.
January 9th – 12th, 2025 DOCK 11, Berlin
Approx. 80 minutes incl. 15-minute break
A/way Home
In A/way Home two essences intertwine – one veiled in opulence, the other adorned with the transient weight of existence. Through the choreography of being, strength and courage materialize in the affluent silhouette, transcending societal diversity. Simultaneously, the nomadic spirit unveils a dance of vulnerability, a silent rebellion against norms and expectations.
This evocative piece beckons viewers to immerse in the fluid interplay of acceptance, where two souls converge in an enigmatic narrative, learning from each other, challenging preconceptions and forging a unique bond. Within the shifting tapestry of existence, a symbiotic rhythm echoes on the stage, a heartbeat of compassion that defies expectations.
Nothing happens (Premiere)
Nothing Happens blends absurdity and irony to expose the conflicts of modern life, confronting global issues often concealed by a mask of normalcy. Inspired by Schrödinger’s Cat and Yuval Noah Harari’s Homo Deus, the piece reveals society’s unresolved paradoxes. The performers shift between fractured identities, suspended in endless, surreal loops that echo a world avoiding truth. Themes of hidden realities, shifting identities, silent wounds, and global warming reveal a culture that obscures itself. Their intensified movements capture the discord of our age, while AI voices drift through like echoes from a dream. In this hazy space between self and reflection, the work asks if we’re ready to break the silence and confront the pressing truths of our time.
December 31st, 2024 – January 5th, 2025 Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Rome
Duration: not indicated
Every night, Johann puts on a bat’s wings and flies off. Bella, troubled by her husband’s pleasure-seeking at night, consults with her friend Ulrich and starts a strategy of disguising herself as a mysterious beauty to seduce her husband. One night, Johann is captivated by her at a cafe and chases her without knowing that she is his own wife.He is soon involved a fracas and arrested. What will happen to the married couple’s love?
La Chauve-souris combines refined humor, urbane sensibility, and a touch of sadness at the end. Premiered by the Ballet National de Marseille in Monte Carlo in 1979, the ballet piece is based on the classic comic operetta Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II.
December 17th – 20th, 2024 Théâtre Silvia Monfort, Paris
February 7th – 8th, 2025 Liège Festival, Liège
February 9th, 2025 Salle Stotzem, Dison
March 5th, 2025 Gugliemi Theater, Massa
March 7th, 2025 Teatro Manzoni, Manzoni
April 1st – 6th, 2025 Franco Parenti Theatre, Milan
April 16th, 2025 Teatrodante Carlo Monni, Campi Bisenzio
April 23rd – 24th, 2025 Nest Théâtre, Thionville
May 15th – 24th, 2025 Théâtre National Populaire, Villeurbanne
60 minutes
An old lady rummages through a trunk. She takes out a bottle of pills, a wedding veil, a remote control, lots of colored balloons… From another trunk comes the music of a music box. An old man appears. He is wearing an old, worn-out formal suit. The man looks at the woman and smiles. He immediately reaches her. He hugs her. The woman rests her head on his shoulder. He caresses her. She holds him tight so as not to lose her balance. He supports her. They dance. He takes a pocket watch out of his pocket: minus five… minus four… minus three… minus two… minus one… and at the stroke of midnight he sets off a firecracker. They kiss. He throws a handful of confetti into the air. The party begins. Happy New Year, my love! He and she are now sixteen. In bathing suits they promise each other eternal love. To the tune of old songs they celebrate the arrival of the new year by dancing their love story backwards.
Il tango delle capinere is the deepening of a study, Ballarini, which belonged to la trilogia degli occhiali. It is the composition of a mosaic of memories that makes bearable the loneliness of those who unfortunately outlive the other.
December 2nd, 2024 – January 26th, 2025 Sadler’s Wells, London
February 6th – 15th, 2025 Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham
February 18th – 22nd, 2025 Theatre Royal, Nottingham
February 25th – March 1st, 2025 Liverpool Empire, Liverpool
May 20th – 24th, 2025 Dublin Dance Festival, Dublin
June 18th – 29th, 2025 LG Arts Center, Seoul
August 27th – 31st, 2025 Shanghai Culture Square, Shanghai
October 9th – 26th, 2025 La Seine Musicale, Boulogne-Billancourt
October 29th – November 9th, 2025 Koninklijk Theater Carré, Amsterdam
November 19th – 22nd, 2025 Teatro Real, Madrid
November 27th – 30th, 2025 Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2 hours 20 minutes incl. one 20-minute interval
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake returns for its 30th anniversary with a 2024/25 UK tour. This audacious reinvention of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece caused a sensation when it premiered almost 30 years ago and has since become the most successful dance theatre production of all time. In celebration of that ongoing impact, Swan Lake will take flight once more in this major revival for the next generation, visiting 19 venues over 29 weeks.
Thrilling, bold, witty and emotive, this genre-defining event is still best known for replacing the female corps-de-ballet with a menacing male ensemble, which shattered convention, turning tradition on its head.
First staged at Sadler’s Wells in London in 1995, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake took the dance theatre world by storm becoming the longest running full-length dance classic in the West End and on Broadway. It has since been performed across the globe, collecting over thirty international accolades including the Olivier Award for Best New Dance Production and three Tony Awards for Best Director of a Musical, Best Choreography and Best Costume Design.
Matthew Bourne said, “As our swans take flight once more in this major revival, I’m full of anticipation for the challenges it will bring for our next generation of dancers and the wonder that it will bring to audiences who will experience it for the very first time.”
December 12th, 2024 – January 12th, 2025 London Coliseum, London
2 hours incl. one interval
The whole thing feels familiar but fresh,
Lyndsey Winship
colourful but still classy,
sweet but not sickly.
This festive season, join Clara on a fantastical adventure where anything is possible. Embark on a journey full of colour and wonder as English National Ballet brings Nutcracker to life with over 100 dancers and musicians.
It’s Christmas Eve in Edwardian London. Clara and her mother are shopping at Drosselmeyer’s Sweets & Delights Emporium where she meets an enchanted Nutcracker doll. They take home liquorice all-sorts, nougat, marzipan and of course, sugarplums, to delight their party guests. As music and laughter fill the house, Clara has a magical sugar plum vision, sparking an adventure in which she bravely defends her home from the Rat King before discovering a dazzling ice realm and its Queen. Step out of the ordinary and follow Clara as she travels to the Land of Sweets & Delights where the Sugar Plum Fairy has arranged a grand celebration in her honour.
Choreographed by English National Ballet’s Artistic Director, Aaron S. Watkin, and Olivier Award-winner Arielle Smith, this new interpretation of the classic festive ballet combines exquisite dancing with spectacular sets and costumes designed by Dick Bird. English National Ballet Philharmonic perform Tchaikovsky’s iconic score live.
From the orchestra warming up, to the final bows and applause, English National Ballet’s new Nutcracker is an unforgettable treat for audiences of all ages.
December 20th – 22nd, 2024 Taipei Performing Arts Center, Taipei
December 27th – 29th, 2024 NPAC Weiwuying, Kaohsiung
January 3rd – 5th, 2025 National Taichung Theater, Taichung
35 minutes
The School of Dance of Tapei National University of the Arts (TNUA) is staging Pina Bausch’s classic work, The Rite of Spring, for its fall production in Taiwan – the first Asian reproduction authorized by the Pina Bausch Foundation.
The reproduction, a highlight of this year’s Kuandu Arts Festival, will take the dance to Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung for a total of nine performances running from December 2024 till January 2025.
Made possible after two years of planning by the School of Dance, the restaging of the legendary choreographer’s work will feature TNUA alumnus Yu Tsai-Chin, a dancer from Wuppertal Tanztheater, together with four other dancers who received training under Bausch.
The restaging of The Rite of Spring marks the international recognition of Taiwan’s higher education in dance, particularly the heights that the TNUA School of Dance has reached.
Bausch’s The Rite of Spring premiered in 1975, and has since become a classic in the world of dance.
December 17th – 18th, 2024 Kaaitheater, Brussels
December 21st, 2024 Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam
65 minutes
With each move, they peek into the immediate future, attempting to avoid the pitfalls of individual whims and stringent collectivism. By being loyal to the game rules, they risk steering into walls, hopelessly going in circles, missing their marks. By being loyal to their individual ideas, they risk sabotaging the collective effort. This productive dilemma drives the work forward.
The goal is to build the piece in real-time. Everything becomes material, as movement trajectories are woven thanks to coincidence and careful considerations. And as the map is drawn, the mysteries unfold.
Every next frame is the result of a previous stepping stone.
Each stone carries the baggage of the ones before.
In con-sequence, they spell out both the obvious and the magical:
The next step, the next room, the next door- continuously leaving one space to make another appear.
December 18th, 2024 – January 12th, 2025 Teatro alla Scala, Milan
approx. 130 minutes (intermission included)
The new Season opens with the reprise of a much loved Christmas classic that has enchanted La Scala since 1969: The Nutcracker, with Rudolf Nureyev’s choreography and the historic staging of Nicholas Georgiadis. From the children’s dances to the family’s Christmas celebrations, from the battle of the mice and toy soldiers to the brilliance of the snowflakes, the music and dance combine beautifully in the choreographic designs of the famous waltzes and pas de deux, rich of technique, rigour, lines and balance, which reveal the dramaturgical approach that Nureyev wanted to give at this ballet: between shadows and light, the journey of an adolescent girl, Clara’s dream.
January 30th – 31st, 2025 Scène nationale d’Orléans, Orléans
February 18th – 19th, 2025 Montpellier Danse, Montpellier
April 2nd – 3rd, 2025 Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
70 minutes
With his Compagnie 111, choreographer and director Aurélien Bory has carved a path as a visionary of spatial poetry and a virtuoso of stagecraft, receiving international acclaim for his mastery in blending diverse performance languages. His 2023 work invisibili is inspired by his encounter with the city of Palermo and The Triumph of Death, an anonymous fresco from the 15th century, in which death strikes everyone without distinction of class, rank, age, or gender. In Bory’s hands, the monumental mural becomes a mesmerising backdrop, wondrously integrated in a profound dialogue with the dancers on stage, where narratives of contemporary relevance, including the plight of migrants and the challenges of illness, take place. Far from being a macabre dance of death, invisibili offers a captivating anthem to life.