Venturing into new territory, shaping their own movements, developing individual styles – New Waves provides the members of the Leipzig Ballet with a platform for their first choreographic works. Under the direction of Rémy Fichet, the Leipzig Ballet stands for a spirit of experimentation, curiosity, and creative development. This format creates a platform for young choreographers who want to explore and further develop their own movement language.

New Waves

Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei

Eurydice is left behind. Often eclipsed by Orpheus's song, her tale is retold by Fran Díaz for the Leipzig Ballet. Eurydice is not a marginal figure, a muse, or a prisoner of a love for which she was destined. Instead, she is a woman in search of her way in a world that both shapes and denies her desires.

Eurydice

Oper Leipzig

With stirring music and arguably the greatest love story in the literary canon, “Romeo and Juliet” is one of the most popular ballets of all time. The tale of young, impetuous love and deep-seated, age-old hatred has been adapted countless times for stage, film and television.

Romeo and Juliet

The Carnival of the Animals was French composer Camille Saint-Saëns’ most popular work, even during his lifetime. It is at once stunning and possessed of a special charm. It is scored for chamber orchestra and two pianos, and was not originally intended explicitly for children. Camille Saint-Saëns loved musical fun. These 14 pieces are not so much a representation of animals as they are an examination of the music of his time. In this way, The Carnival of the Animals can be described as a masked procession or parade, in which Saint-Saëns humorously quoted himself and his contemporaries. In addition to various mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish, Saint-Saëns ironically included both fossils and pianists among these animal portraits. He gave permission for only three performances of the entire work in his lifetime. He gave Anna Pavlova, the famous prima ballerina, permission to use the “Swan” movement, which became famous the world over under the name “The Dying Swan.” After the composer’s death, The Carnival of the Animals took concert halls by storm, winning over the hearts of both old and young.

Carnival of the Animals

"The Story of the Bamboo Cutter, or of Princess Kaguya" is Japan's oldest romantic fairytale-like narrative, dating back to 900. While at work, a childless bamboo cutter discovers a stray child, which he and his wife raise as their own. The radiantly beautiful child has been sent to Earth as a gift from the moon, and though her beauty attracts powerful men as suitors, Kaguya is the princess of the moon and must return there.

The Moon Princess

Get closer, be informed earlier. At the "Onboarding" event, you'll experience first impressions of upcoming premieres and get a behind-the-scenes look at the Leipzig Ballet's rehearsal process. In a relaxed atmosphere, the Uwe Scholz Ballet Hall becomes a meeting place for conversation and, of course, dance.

Onboarding

A place for creation. This is the Leipzig Ballet under the new direction of Rémy Fichet. The two-part ballet evening »Humans« opens up space for creativity and abstract narratives in the art form of dance.

Louis Stiens, born in Munich and most recently a dancer at the Stuttgart Ballet, not only explores how dance takes root in the body and how this affects his personal choreographic language, but also examines the history of the Leipzig Ballet and its work in the GDR, creating links with Schubert’s »Unfinished« Symphony.

Humans

The choreographic language and legacy of Uwe Scholz is internationally recognized and undoubtedly legendary. As choreographer and ballet director from 1991 until his death in 2004, he was instrumental in shaping the program and identity of the Leipzig Ballet to this day.

Leipzig Ballet

2 - 6 Jul, 2026

New Waves

May 30 - Jun 26, 2026

Eurydice

Leipzig Ballet