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When the Body Shines

24. February 2025, Inky Lee

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream, conceptualised and choreographed by Edward Clug and performed by Staatsballett Berlin, had its premiere on 21 February 2025 at Deutsche Oper Berlin.
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Beyond the joy of the evident

19. February 2024, Alice Heyward

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Staatsballett Berlin performs three groundbreaking works by William Forsythe, who remounted them with the company’s dancers. The evening offers a lively encounter with ballet as a process to decipher by dancers and audience alike. Premiering at Deutsche Oper on 16 February 2024, it also shows between 19–23 February, 4–14 March, and 1–9 April.
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Among Lifeless Master-Pieces

17. April 2023, Richard Pettifer

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“Messa da Requiem” is a 2016 work setting ballet to Verdi’s choral and orchestral score. Choreographer/director Christian Spuck revives the work with the Staatsballett Berlin and Rundfunkchor Berlin, for this premiere on 14 April 2023 at Deutsche Oper.

Treading through sticky power dynamics

22. February 2023, Inky Lee

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Two Swedish choreographers of two different generations, Mats Ek (b. 1945) and Alexander Ekman (b. 1984), share a total of six evenings of performances (Three in February and three in March) at Deutsche Oper. “A Sort Of…” by Ek and “Cacti” by Ekman is performed by Staatsballett Berlin and premiered on 16 February 2023.