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World premieres of new dance works, a work by one of the world's greatest contemporary choreographers, classical ballet and the season's big musical.
- In addition, an introductory evening is included with a talk about the history of contemporary dance, as well as a guided tour of the opera house.
- Cancellation insurance SEK 120.
For more information about prices and to book a season package, please e-mail: abonnemang@opera.se. If you are 28 years or younger you always get a 50% discount on all season packages.
West Side Story
MUSICAL Based on a concept by Jerome Robbins. Script by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein. Song lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Directed by Stina Ancker. Performed in Swedish.
Premiere 17 September 2011.
West Side Story is called ”the best musical in the world”. It is about the two rival gangs, the Jets and the Sharks, and the forbidden love of Tony and Maria. The classic hit songs were written by Leonard Bernstein. In an ingenious way, the big dance numbers move the plot forward. Our production is directed by Stina Ancker, who has taken the timelessness of the drama into consideration. Nick Davies and Finn Rosengren are directing. In the principal parts, we will see the new promising talents, Sofie Asplund and Bruno Mitsogiannis
Leinonen/Franzén/Zappalà
DANCE Three-part dance programme by Susanna Leinonen, Helena Franzén and Roberto Zappalà.
World premier 14 October 2011.
Three choreographers and three world premiers for totally newly written music. Susanna Leinonen is based in Helsinki and her style is described as ambitious, bright and polished with thousands of details. The music for her new work was created by Kasperi Lane.
In a review, DN wrote the following about Helena Franzén: "Few Swedish choreographers are so generous, stimulatingly witty and physically intelligent". Her new work is called Fading. Music by Jukka Rintamäki.
Roberto Zappalà is artistic director of Zappalà Danza in Sicily. His new work Sud-virus (South virus) is an ironic observation of how the south can be seen as a virus of the north. The music by Puccio Castrogiovanni is played live.
noBody
DANCE WORK by Sasha Waltz. Music by Hans Peter Kuhn.
Premiere 25 February 2012.
Sasha Waltz is one of the absolutely greatest choreographers in contemporary dance. We are very proud to produce her well-known work, noBody, for the first time in Gothenburg. noBody discusses ideas and feelings about our mortality and asks what the immortal in us actually is. The title means both "no body" and "nobody". The dancers move in magical flowing formations and complex patterns in a magnificent, poetic and moving production.
Giselle
DANCE WORK by Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Jules Perot. Guest performance by Het Nationale Ballet, Holland.
Premiere 31 May 2012.
One of the world's most danced ballets is about the young Giselle, who lives in the country and falls in love with the stranger, Albrecht. It turns out he already has a fiancee and this deceit leads to Giselle's death. Here, you will find, love, revenge and difficulty choosing – all timeless themes that affect our fortunes in life. This new production by the Dutch National Ballet (one of Europe's foremost classical ballet companies) takes place at the end of the 16th century and has everything you would want in a classical romantic ballet.
