The World of John Neumeier 2023
The World of John Neumeier 2023
The premiere of The World of John Neumeier dance festival in autumn 2022 was met by audiences with enthusiastic acclaim. With The Sleeping Beauty, a favorite of his repertoire, John Neumeier will be building on this success in 2023.
In his version of the fairy-tale ballet after Tchaikovsky and Petipa, the prince, a man of our time, meets Sleeping Beauty – a dream princess from the era of classical ballet. The question is, will it be a good awakening? Dona Nobis Pacem, John Neumeier's latest choreography, is a prayer for peace in the language of dance. Because in The World of John Neumeier, there is room for the hope shared by all art lovers: that dreams can move mountains.
The Summer Capital of Europe also meant that in Baden-Baden, people couldn’t avoid seeing each other. When kings and emperors lingered here for spa treatments in the nineteenth century, the hotels were filled to overflowing with diplomats. And so they necessarily came into conversation with one another. “The Congress dances,” as it was once said in Vienna. Or the "slippery diplomatic dance floor,” to quote another phrase we sometimes hear today. What if we were take these metaphors more seriously and invite everyone to dance where language has never yet ventured?
Throughout his whole life, John Neumeier has opened up new realms of expression in ballet. In his last season as artistic director of the Hamburg Ballet, all these experiences have culminated in the choreography Dona Nobis Pacem, after Bach's Mass in B minor. Neumeier's Bach ballets are almost a genre of their own. Many unforgettable works have been performed in Baden-Baden. The latest creation will be seen alongside a completely different classic, Neumeier's ballet The Sleeping Beauty, in addition to other works away from the Festspielhaus stage: the whole city will be featured as a dance floor, giving expression to what is beyond words.
About the The World of John Neumeier
For his festival in Baden-Baden, John Neumeier set himself the goal of bringing dance out into the city.
With the Dance Festival of Generations, we are taking him up on his idea. People of all ages are welcome at an event that is sure to bring a relaxed mood to Baden-Baden. "We take dance as a means of communication seriously," is one of the great choreographer’s credos. Now it’s time to let the bodies speak – at a festival for the whole city.
