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One man. One woman. One separation. Two paths in life that lead back to each other - and at the end, not only the sentimental “I Did It My Way“ look back, but also a powerful look forward, because “The Best Is Yet to Come“. Inspired by the music of Nina Simone and Frank Sinatra, director Ivo van Hove tells a story from America, the story of an emancipation that begins in a model American town called Watertown. And of course it's not just about a woman and a man and an American town, but about the validity of the American Dream, the search for a free and tolerant society and – with a view to the present – not least the question of how the land of the free and the home of the brave will survive the attempt to make America great again. I Did It My Way features a top-class cast including acting superstar Lars Eidinger and Larissa Sirah Herden, who as singer, actress and music producer Lary is one of the great women of color in German-language pop music. In a series of co-productions that the Staatsoper Stuttgart is linking with other European festivals and theaters, this evening will also showcase new narrative styles, other musical languages and the many facets of what musical theater can be.

I Did It My Way

Stuttgart Opera

Choreographer Noé Soulier refines the development of a unique vocabulary by linking the fragmented nature of our emotional experience to Bach's polyphonies.

Set to music or simply to the rhythm of their breaths, the dancers of Close Up alternate between solos, duets, trios, and sextets, sometimes embracing the individual singularity of a segmented and physical style, and sometimes moving in unison through gestures and movements. The performers thus take hold of material developed through improvisation, choreographic phrases based on actions diverted from their original purpose—grasping, dodging, striking, or throwing—but which still carry their emotional charge. This "non-narrative expressiveness" engages in a dialogue with the counterpoints of Bach's Art of Fugue , performed live on stage by Ensemble il Convito. This polyphony of emotions is underscored by a superb real-time video capture and projection system on a large screen, a change of scale that allows us to be as close as possible to the bodies while giving them architectural proportions.

Close Up

Opéra de Dijon

A nomadic piece by choreographer Noé Soulier, Passages explores the relationship between the movement of bodies and the spaces they traverse, here the hall of the Auditorium.

Following a grammar that Noé Soulier has patiently developed and refined over several years, the movement writing in Passages is rooted in the exploration of practical actions that direct the body's energy. By shifting these actions toward absent or imaginary objects, the choreographer invents a dance where gestures generate variations in intensity and resonate with the multiple dimensions of the spaces inhabited. Composed of modules designed to encompass different types of space: echoes of bodies beneath the vaults of the Conciergerie in Paris, the crunch of gravel and the song of cicadas in the gardens of the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. In Dijon, the performers will inhabit the public spaces of the Auditorium's lobby, receptive to its curves and ample volumes.

Dancer

Samuel Planas

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 23, 2027

Close Up · Opéra de Dijon

Mar 24, 2027

Passages · Opéra de Dijon

Past events

26 - 28 Sep, 2025

I Did It My Way · Staatsoper Stuttgart

Future and recently performed repertoire

Actor in Counterpoints 1, 2, 3, 9, 11 and 14 from The Art of Fugue by Bach

Opéra de Dijon

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