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“Love is a rebellious bird,” sings Carmen in Georges Bizet’s opera of the same name. In 1992, the Swedish dance legend Mats Ek made Carmen the title character of a ballet for the Cullberg Ballet. He closely follows the novella by Prosper Mérimée on which the opera is based, in which Don José recounts Carmen’s story from his death cell. Playing with classical gender roles, Mats Ek avoids common Carmen clichés and arrives at a profoundly human interpretation. The Australian choreographer Dani Rowe, who now directs the Oregon Ballet Theatre, presents “Vestige,” set to the music of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” in Maurice Ravel’s orchestral arrangement. In episodic visions, people, impressions, and experiences pass before the main character, “Human,” allowing her to draw new strength from her memories.

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Rebel Birds

Opernhaus Zürich

The Junior Ballet's new program is being created in close collaboration with the Kunsthaus Zürich and the Kunstmuseum Winterthur. Following the great success of "The Butterfly Effect," a collaboration with climate scientists from ETH Zurich, ballet director Cathy Marston is particularly keen to engage in creative exchange with other renowned institutions in the city and canton of Zurich. The two museums, with their inexhaustible wealth of art treasures from various eras, will serve as a meeting place for the two choreographers and the 14 dancers of the Junior Ballet. Through joint visits to the respective exhibition spaces and discussions with art experts from both institutions, they will gain inspiration for two new choreographies. Aleix Martínez, from Barcelona and principal dancer with the Hamburg Ballet, and Houston Thomas, American and a soloist with the Dresden Semperoper Ballet until 2023, are at the beginning of promising choreographic careers.

Set Designer

Jörg Zielinski

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11 - 27 Sep, 2026

Rebel Birds · Opernhaus Zürich

Feb 19 - Apr 11, 2027

Art Matters · Opernhaus Zürich

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