Premiere: December 23, 2023

Vienna State Ballet
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Concertante
Music: Frank Martin
Conductor: Matthew Rowe
Choreography: Hans van Manen
Stage and costume design: Keso Dekker
Lighting design: Joop Caboort

In the middle, somewhat elevated
Music: Thom Willems in cooperation with Leslie Stuck
Choreography, stage and costume design: William Forsythe
Stage, lighting design: Tanja Rühl

Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
Music: Johannes Brahms in der Bearbeitung für Orchester von Arnold Schönberg
Conductor: Matthew Rowe
Choreography: George Balanchine
Stage: Thomas Ziegler
Costume design: Vera Richter
Lighting design: Robert Eisenstein

Three masters, three captivating ballets!
In Concertante Hans van Manen shows snapshots, sometimes cheerful, sometimes full of sizzling eroticism, sometimes full of aggression, always full of surprises and yet following an inner logic. With In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated William Forsythe brings classical ballet into the present with eccentric coolness and breathtaking virtuosity. George Balanchine’s dazzlingly festive ensemble work Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet is a highly musical, fascinatingly neo-classical ballet in the spirit of Marius Petipa.