Choreographer

Immerse yourself in high drama and phenomenal music at Glam Rock, an evening featuring Andonis Foniadakis’ Strangelove with music by Depeche Mode, Trey McIntyre’s Mercury Half-Life with a score by Freddie Mercury and Queen and an exciting world premiere Martlet from Hong Kong Ballet Choreographer-in-Residence Hu Song Wei Ricky, and Mai Jingwen set to the music of Beyond.

Glam Rock

The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

This four-part ballet evening brings together two legendary dance pieces and two world premieres.

The Ballett Zürich has a long-standing relationship with the American choreographer William Forsythe. His «New Suite» from 2012, set to music by Bach, Händel, and Berio, combines eight technically demanding duets from different creative periods, forming a showcase of his work «en miniature». Hans van Manen made dance history in 1979 with his video ballet «Live». Created in the pioneering days of video technology, this piece for two dancers, a pianist, and a cameraman explodes the boundaries of the stage space, revealing itself to be a masterful puzzle game about the mechanisms of perception.

Timeframed

Zurich Opera House

A new creation for Hanover! In 2019, the Cretan choreographer Andonis Foniadakis thrilled the Hanover audience with his athletic dance language in the ballet Kosmos : he explores the spectrum of dance movements with virtuosity and creates such a fascinating, electrifying atmosphere that the room crackles with concentrated dance energy. The choice of the theme is by no means accidental. Icarus, a figure from Greek mythology, embodies man's bold desire to rise beyond his own limits. His story, in which he is equipped with wings and flies too close to the sun against the warnings of his father Daedalus, only to fall and fail, has always inspired the human imagination.

Icarus

Opernplatz

Dance Me - Music by Leonard Cohen is an exclusive creation inspired by the rich and profound work of Montréal-based poet, artist and songwriter, Leonard Cohen.

Approved by Cohen during his lifetime, this riveting homage to the famed artist evokes the grand cycles of existence, as described in Cohen’s deeply reflective music and poems.

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Dance Me

Barclay Theatre

Salle Odyssée

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

Grand Théâtre de Québec

San Diego Civic Theatre

This four-part ballet evening unites two legendary dance pieces and two new creations for the Zurich Ballet. The company has a long-standing relationship with William Forsythe. His "New Suite," premiered in 2012 and set to music by Handel, Bach, and Berio, brings together eight duets from different periods of his career, creating a virtuosic pas de deux retrospective by the American choreographer. After a long career as a dancer, the Brazilian Lucas Valente is successfully transitioning to choreography. "Bare" is his first piece for the Zurich Ballet. Here, the large ensemble draws all its energy solely from the soundscape of its own movements. The Greek choreographer Andonis Foniadakis is known for his energetically charged, contemporary creations. In "Orbit," the dancers orbit like galactic celestial bodies, pushed to their physical and mental limits. With his video ballet "Live," Hans van Manen has made dance history. Created in 1979 during the pioneering days of video technology, the piece for a pair of dancers, a cameraman and a pianist breaks the boundaries of the stage space and proves to be a masterful puzzle about the mechanisms of perception.

Choreographer

Andonis Foniadakis

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 27 - May 1, 2027

Timeframed · Opernhaus Zürich

Past events

10 - 12 Apr, 2026

Glam Rock · Hong Kong Ballet

Jan 17 - Feb 12, 2026

Timeframed · Opernhaus Zürich

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