29 result(s) for ballet in Events
'Carmina Burana', Opera House Budapest, 16 April
- 16 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Scenic cantata, in the original languages, with Hungarian and English surtitles.
O Fortuna. Everyone knows the overwhelmingly powerful opening motifs of Carl Orff's most famous work. What fewer people know is that Carmina Burana was not intended to be an oratorical work, but was instead expressly meant for the stage.
This becomes clear from the piece's (originally Latin) subtitle: “Secular ...
Mayerling, Opera House Budapest, 3 April
- 3 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Ballet in three acts
Kenneth MacMillan's fourth full-length ballet relates the tragic story of the heir to the Austrian throne and his mistress.
The choreographer's treatment of the 1889 double suicide of Crown Prince Rudolf and Mary Vetsera in light of the social, political and personal pressures that beset the two protagonists resulted in an extraordinarily shocking work, one widely ...
Ballet Pécs: Carmina Burana, Opera House Budapest, 13 December
- 3 Dec 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
Carmina Burana is an unavoidable subject, a great task that is nevertheless a wonderful challenge in the career of a choreographer and one that sooner or later draws the creative artist to it. Orff's composition elevates the medieval student songs to a loftier region.
The majesty of the music inspires the choreographer to bear testimony to this self-destructive and mechanised world with an ...
Ballet Company of Győr: Anna Karenina, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 5 June
- 5 Jun 2023 7:00 PM
- contemporary
The performance by the Ballet Company of Győr is the dance theatre adaptation of one of the most famous romances in world literature, Anna Karenina, adapted to stage by Seregi and Harangozó Award winning,
Artist of Merit choreographer, László Velekei. Atthe centre of the choreography based on Tolstoy’s classic is Anna, the tragic woman, whose passionate love, struggles and anticipated ...
Iván Nagy International Ballet Gala, Opera House Budapest, 27 May
- 27 May 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
2014 saw the sudden passing of the international ballet artist and ballet director Iván Nagy. After his retirement, he had returned to serve his country by working as head artistic consultant for the Hungarian State Opera.
He used his wide-ranging knowledge of the profession to help the work of the Hungarian National Ballet; his departure left a gaping hole in the members of the corps de ...
Ballet: Swan Lake, Opera House Budapest, 23 March
- 23 Mar 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Tchaikovsky’s first ballet is the most beloved classical piece in ballet literature: while the hardships of love between a prince forced into marriage and a maiden enchanted into the form of a swan is one of the most charming Russian romantic fairy tales, the piece nevertheless failed at its original premiere in 1877.
The choreographers creating the premiere were simply not equal to ...
Contemporary Dance Workshop, ZéróPlusz Dance Studio Budapest, 11 - 12 March
- 11 Mar 2023 10:00 AM
- community
This workshop is open to everybody who has some experience with body activities. No gender or age limitation.
This dynamic workshop will focus on two main principles:
• Animalistic movements: inspired by the movement we see in the natural world, we'll get in touch with our animal nature to find soft, precise and agile movements.
We'll then progress to acrobatic movement, trusting our ...
The Wooden Prince, Opera House Budapest, 17 February
- 17 Feb 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
“There is no date in the half-a-century history of our Opera House as important as the premier day of Béla Bartók’s first pantomime ballet The Wooden Prince on 12 May 1917.
It was the first time that the Hungarian spirit, the genius of Vörösmarty, Petőfi and Ady’s nation was expressed in its true greatness and absolute authenticity in the music played in the Hungarian opera”, writes ...
'Sky Dance' - Online Performance, Budapest Circus, 25 December
- 25 Dec 2021 7:00 PM
- contemporary
The stage belongs to foreign world stars again! From October 29 to December 31, the Capital Circus of Budapest awaits children and adults with an elegant, classic circus show. Real Christmas mood! Stay with us!
There are as many stars as there are people. Or as much emotion as possible. Everything and everyone has a star of their choice that shows him the way, fills him with hope, illuminates ...
'Carmina Burana', Opera House Budapest, 16 April
- 16 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- contemporary
Scenic cantata, in the original languages, with Hungarian and English surtitles.
O Fortuna. Everyone knows the overwhelmingly powerful opening motifs of Carl Orff's most famous work. What fewer people know is that Carmina Burana was not intended to be an oratorical work, but was instead expressly meant for the stage.
This becomes clear from the piece's (originally Latin) subtitle: “Secular ...
Mayerling, Opera House Budapest, 3 April
- 3 Apr 2024 7:00 PM
- classical
Ballet in three acts
Kenneth MacMillan's fourth full-length ballet relates the tragic story of the heir to the Austrian throne and his mistress.
The choreographer's treatment of the 1889 double suicide of Crown Prince Rudolf and Mary Vetsera in light of the social, political and personal pressures that beset the two protagonists resulted in an extraordinarily shocking work, one widely ...
Ballet Pécs: Carmina Burana, Opera House Budapest, 13 December
- 3 Dec 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
Carmina Burana is an unavoidable subject, a great task that is nevertheless a wonderful challenge in the career of a choreographer and one that sooner or later draws the creative artist to it. Orff's composition elevates the medieval student songs to a loftier region.
The majesty of the music inspires the choreographer to bear testimony to this self-destructive and mechanised world with an ...
Ballet Company of Győr: Anna Karenina, National Dance Theatre Budapest, 5 June
- 5 Jun 2023 7:00 PM
- contemporary
The performance by the Ballet Company of Győr is the dance theatre adaptation of one of the most famous romances in world literature, Anna Karenina, adapted to stage by Seregi and Harangozó Award winning,
Artist of Merit choreographer, László Velekei. Atthe centre of the choreography based on Tolstoy’s classic is Anna, the tragic woman, whose passionate love, struggles and anticipated ...
Iván Nagy International Ballet Gala, Opera House Budapest, 27 May
- 27 May 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
2014 saw the sudden passing of the international ballet artist and ballet director Iván Nagy. After his retirement, he had returned to serve his country by working as head artistic consultant for the Hungarian State Opera.
He used his wide-ranging knowledge of the profession to help the work of the Hungarian National Ballet; his departure left a gaping hole in the members of the corps de ...
Ballet: Swan Lake, Opera House Budapest, 23 March
- 23 Mar 2023 6:00 PM
- classical
Tchaikovsky’s first ballet is the most beloved classical piece in ballet literature: while the hardships of love between a prince forced into marriage and a maiden enchanted into the form of a swan is one of the most charming Russian romantic fairy tales, the piece nevertheless failed at its original premiere in 1877.
The choreographers creating the premiere were simply not equal to ...
Contemporary Dance Workshop, ZéróPlusz Dance Studio Budapest, 11 - 12 March
- 11 Mar 2023 10:00 AM
- community
This workshop is open to everybody who has some experience with body activities. No gender or age limitation.
This dynamic workshop will focus on two main principles:
• Animalistic movements: inspired by the movement we see in the natural world, we'll get in touch with our animal nature to find soft, precise and agile movements.
We'll then progress to acrobatic movement, trusting our ...
The Wooden Prince, Opera House Budapest, 17 February
- 17 Feb 2023 7:00 PM
- classical
“There is no date in the half-a-century history of our Opera House as important as the premier day of Béla Bartók’s first pantomime ballet The Wooden Prince on 12 May 1917.
It was the first time that the Hungarian spirit, the genius of Vörösmarty, Petőfi and Ady’s nation was expressed in its true greatness and absolute authenticity in the music played in the Hungarian opera”, writes ...
'Sky Dance' - Online Performance, Budapest Circus, 25 December
- 25 Dec 2021 7:00 PM
- contemporary
The stage belongs to foreign world stars again! From October 29 to December 31, the Capital Circus of Budapest awaits children and adults with an elegant, classic circus show. Real Christmas mood! Stay with us!
There are as many stars as there are people. Or as much emotion as possible. Everything and everyone has a star of their choice that shows him the way, fills him with hope, illuminates ...