Choreographer

Guest Concert

Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen

The setting is Carthage, in ancient times: the hero Aeneas flees from burning Troy and arrives in North Africa via the Mediterranean Sea with his fleet of ships, where he meets the beautiful queen Dido. They are lovestruck – and yet fail to bond because of fate’s intervention. Aeneas continues on his journey to form a new kingdom in Italy, while the abandoned Dido is left no alternative but to stay.

Dido & Aeneas

Bebelplatz

In 2025, Amsterdam will celebrate its 750th anniversary and the National Ballet will celebrate the occasion with Sasha Waltz' In C. This impressive production, which is somewhere between improvisation and choreography, is performed not only by the dancers of the National Ballet and the Junior Company, but also by residents from the seven boroughs of Amsterdam - from teenagers to seniors and from untrained dancers to folk dancers. and hip-hoppers.

In C

National Opera & Ballet

A three-part ballet evening with music by three composers who counted among the avant-garde artists of their day: Hector Berlioz, Claude Debussy und Igor Stravinsky. From Roméo et Juliette, the unexpectedly successful "Symphonie dramatique" that Berlioz completed in 1839, Sasha Waltz has choreographed the major love scene between the protagonists, which features delicate sound and multifarious orchestration. Debussy is represented with his Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, about which Pierre Boulez said, "the flute of the faun brought new breath to the art of music"

Sacre

»In C«, a colorful excursion into the world of minimal music, marks the Dresdner Musikfestspiele debut of an icon of modern dance, Sasha Waltz. The music for the acclaimed choreography is based on Terry Riley’s eponymous, ground-breaking composition of 1964 – a key work of minimal music with a revolutionary effect. Waltz has created a multi-layered choreography from its 53 sound figures, with a movement corresponding to each of them. »It is a democratic piece about being part of a group as an individual, not an individual in the group«, says Waltz. The performance is rounded out by the live performance of the Swiss industrial band The Young Gods.

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Sasha Waltz & Guests:  »In C«

Staatsschauspiel Dresden

Envelop in a hypnotic interplay of music and dance: the London Sinfonietta partners with world-renowned German dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests for the cross-disciplinary UK premiere of Terry Riley's groundbreaking open composition In C. Revolutionary at the time of its writing (1964), it is considered the first piece of minimalist music.

Built using 53 fragments of sound and choreography, performers improvise within a structured framework to create an ever-evolving spectacle of melody, polyphony, and movement.

IN C

Southbank Centre

The work of Berlin choreographer Sasha Waltz has shaped the German dance scene for over 30 years. In 1993 she founded her dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests, performed with it at the most prestigious venues both nationally and internationally, and received the Federal Cross of Merit for her work in 2011. It is high time that tanzmainz and Sasha Waltz & Guests met: In the 2024/25 season, the ensembles will work together several times. The first piece is In C - a piece that Sasha Waltz designed from the outset with the basic idea of ​​a project for open knowledge transfer. Dancers from tanzmainz and the Berlin company will present joint performances in a mixed cast at the Staatstheater Mainz and in the Radialsystem Berlin.

Choreographer

Sasha Waltz

Events

Past events

Oct 24, 2025

Guest Concert · Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

Oct 18 - Nov 14, 2025

Dido & Aeneas · Staatsoper Berlin

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