Every two years, the School of the Hamburg Ballet gives an in-depth insight into the top-class training of its young dancers – from the youngest pre-school classes to the graduates of the theater classes.

The audience can look forward to a meaningful, family-friendly program including "The Carnival of the Animals" to the famous music of Camille Saint-Saëns. Demis Volpi choreographed the ballet for the John Cranko School in Stuttgart in 2010. In 2012, John Neumeier added the choreography to the repertoire of the Hamburg Ballet School. If you would like to experience up close the professional work throughout all the levels of the ballet school, you should not miss the performance "Erste Schritte" on the stage of the Hamburg State Opera.

Demis Volpi's "Carnival of the Animals" is an imaginative choreography set to Camille Saint-Saens' famous eponymous music. The various animal species and their particular mannerisms are presented in a creative, humorous and highly musical way. Spiced up with surprising visual effects that make young and old alike marvel and laugh, "Carnival of the Animals" is the perfect ballet for the whole family.