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Ein Deutsches Requiem

This ballet is not an ascension, but shows in a powerful language of movement anchored on the floor, how much a person standing in the middle of life is always turned towards the shadow of dying. But this dance piece also knows moments of indescribable lightness: in the joyful leaps, the subtle exploration of balances or the filigree discovery of the divine in the human being.

With the »German Requiem«, Martin Schläpfer has made one of the most unusual works among the funeral masses for a full-length choreography: a highly individual score with which Johannes Brahms wanted to rise above all borders of religions, denominations and nations and in the title »quite gladly also omitted the ›deutsch‹ «and placed» simply the ›people‹ «.

After the premiere in January 2021, which was canceled due to the Corona measures, this "deeply touching and inspiring ballet evening" (Ulrike Burgwinkel, WDR) can now be experienced from September 2021 in the Volksoper Vienna. Awarded the German theater prize Der Faust, broadcast in an elaborate television production by ZDF / 3sat and celebrated by audiences and press in Israel, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland, the full-length ballet "Ein Deutsches Requiem", created in 2011 to Martin Schläpfer's internationally most successful works. With his unique, so physical and yet so fragile art, the director and chief choreographer of the Vienna State Ballet embarks on a search and research for the ultimate questions of human existence.

choreography
Martin Schläpfer
composer
Johannes Brahms
Stage design
Florian Etti
Costumes
Catherine Voeffray
light
Thomas Diek
Choir rehearsal
Holger Kristen
Rehearsal
Louisa Rachedi
Rehearsal
Julie Thirault

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