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About
Hamburg Ballet is an internationally acclaimed ballet company based in Hamburg, Germany. Since 1973 it has been directed by American dancer and choreographer John Neumeier.
In January 1974, the Hamburg Ballet had its first premiere: Romeo and Juliet, originally staged by John Neumeier for the Frankfurt Ballet in 1971. Neumeier danced Romeo and Marianne Crows was Juliet. For the 40th anniversary of this ballet to the score of Sergey Prokofjew was recovered on 11 April 2013. On may 12, 1974, the first world premiere of the ballet by John Neumeier took place in Hamburg. The ballet Meyerbeer-Schumann tells the story of the composers Giacomo Meyerbeer and Robert Schumann. The leading role was executed by max Medinata (of Meyerbeer) and françois Klaus (Schumann).
In 1974 the Hamburg Ballet was invited to perform abroad for the first time. Since then, tourism has been part of every season of the Hamburg Ballet. Over the past 40 years, the company has traveled to 29 countries and 4 continents - including France, Russia, China and Brazil. During the 2013/14 season, they will perform in Costa Mesa (California) and Vienna (Austria).
From 14-22 June 1975, the first Hamburg Ballet days ("Hamburger Ballett-Tage") took place. Together with the "Nijin Gala", which completes the Days of Ballet, they have become a tradition.
January 1, 1978 John Neumeier founded the School of Hamburg Ballet. Initially, students were trained in the Opera of the land Hamburg. Later the school moved to "Bierpalast" and on 23 September 1989 "Ballettzentrum Hamburg – John Neumeier" opened. The ballet center is the home of the company, the school and the National Youth Ballet ("Bundesjugendballett"), which was founded by John Neumeier in 2011.
Repertoire
Over the past 40 years, the Hamburg Ballet has developed a wide repertoire that includes more than one hundred and twenty of John Neumeier's choreographies. The principal interest of the Director and Principal choreographer Of the Hamburg Ballet is to create new, modern forms in connection with the classical tradition of ballet.
