Lighting Designer

Jerome Robbins is considered one of the most important ballet makers of the 20th century and his unmistakeable style has had a decisive influence on American dance. Interplay, his second choreographic work, premiered in 1945 in New York, provides a rousing opening to the four-part programme American Signatures that combines dance icons with current choreographic voices.

Performed to Morton Gould’s jazzy score, Interplay presents precisely what its title suggests: as if in a playground, the dancers meet, full of fun, but also competing with each other in Robbins’ choreography, that employs jazz elements to enrich the classical ballet vocabulary and with which the theatre maker and dance artist created one of the works that had a formative influence on his aesthetic.

American Signatures

Volksoper Wien

This season's Giant Steps consists of three works that span a wide range. Together, the three choreographers explore all corners of the emotional register — from unbridled gaiety to the deepest seriousness.

Lighting Designer

Simon Bennison

Events

Upcoming events

May 22 - Jun 5, 2027

Giant Steps · Det Kongelige Teater

Past events

9 - 30 May, 2026

American Signatures · Volksoper Wien

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