Fairytale dance premiere: death and the girl conquers the stage!

Fairytale dance premiere: death and the girl conquers the stage!

The Kassel cultural scene awaits a variety of exciting events next week. The highlights form the premiere of the double dance evening "Der Death and the Girl" as well as a comprehensive music and theater program that offers something for every taste. In the first place is the highly expected premiere of this special dance evening.

The premiere of the double dance evening will take place on Thursday, February 1, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. in the Opera House. The evening is designed by the renowned choreographers Andonis Foniadakis and Eyal Dadon. Foniadakis uses Schubert's string quartet D minor, which Gustav Mahler worked for string orchestra to create emotional experience. The dancers: Inside the dance_kassel of the Kassel State Theater are in the center. The whole thing is accompanied by the State Orchestra Kassel, under the musical direction of Viktor Jugović. "Death is viewed here as part of a life cycle," Eyal Dadon explains to his choreography. The dancers show how death can be both a dark and a friendly presence.

diverse cultural program

In addition to the dance premiere, numerous other events offer the week. On Monday, January 20, 2025, there will be a transcultural music project in which Oliver Leuer appears in the Sandershaus at 5:30 p.m., followed by the 3rd chamber concert "From my life" at 7:30 p.m. in the opera foyer. Works by Mozart, Madsen, Weber and Rubinstein.

Tuesday is all about jazz with a performance by Clemens Christian Poetzsch and Reentko Dirks in the theater room at 8 p.m. For theater lovers, the piece "Hearts - from Romantic to Surgical" is an interesting way to visit the Kulturhaus Dock 4, where the curtain opens at 7 p.m.

On Wednesday, January 22, 2025, the Museum of Sepulal Culture offers the event “What can the music can do for this?”, Which begins at 7 p.m. In the same time, the Schauspielhaus deals with Mozart's opera "Così fan tutte". The admission price is variable between 7 and 47 euros, depending on the square.

premiere and successor dates

After the premiere takes place on February 1st, there will be further performances of the double dance evening in the same month. This includes appointments on February 8, March 5 and 14 and March 18 and 30, each at 6 p.m. April 5 and May 11, 2025 are the last two performance days.

The event is part of a comprehensive examination of death that is the focus of the Tanz Company of the State Theater Kassel this year. The pre-sale for the tickets is already possible at Staatstheater-kassel.de In summary, it can be said that the upcoming events in Kassel will be both culturally and emotionally enriching, with a clear focus on contemporary topics that stimulate the audience.