Premiere Staatstheater Darmstadt, Großes Haus: Friday, 18. October 2024
Premiere Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Großes Haus: Friday, 29. November 2024

Following the successful productions “Timeless” by Xie Xin and “I’m afraid to forget your smile” by Imre & Marne van Opstal, which was nominated for the Der Faust 2023 theater prize, Hessisches Staatsballett unites the dance positions of these currently pioneering choreographers in a double bill for the first time in “Broken Bob” (WT). Marble is created in the earth like ashes after a fire. In a long transformation, under heat and pressure, its fine lines paint themselves into the rock; they tell of the past like the black of the flames’ devouring. Traces adorn and they remain. Hidden deep in the layers of being and buried in the superimposition of inner impressions, a broken sense of beauty emerges. Powerful and sublime. Rice paper, black powder and six bodies are the ingredients of Xie Xin’s new creation “Broken Sense of Beauty”. In this piece, the Chinese choreographer deals with a personal tragedy. At the latest when dance comes into play, it is all about movement. About movements and their structure. Does it exist outside the movement that creates it? At the latest when structure comes into play, it is about system. About systems and their meaning. Does it lie outside the system that generates it? At the latest when meaning comes into play, it’s about people. About people and about Bob. In their new creation “I am Bob”, Imre & Marne van Opstal explore the effects of patterns in dance. In close interaction with music and text, the Dutch siblings create a large choreographic web of identity.

“Broken Sense of Beauty” – Xie Xin

“I am Bob” – Imre & Marne van Opstal

Premiere Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Großes Haus: Sonntag, 16. Februar 2025
Premiere Staatstheater Darmstadt, Großes Haus: Samstag, 5. April 2025

We open the stage and leaf through the dance. For the 10th anniversary of the Hessisches Staatsballett, a special kind of gala is being created with short creations by illustrious contemporary choreographers. Each of these choreographic manuscripts tells an extraordinary story: readings that clash, thoughts that exchange, ideas that diverge. Completely without Narnia. Chronicles of the festive-galactic reality.

Choreographies by:
Liliana Barros, Fran Díaz, Dunja Jocic, David & Tiffany Tregarthen, Anouk van Dijk and more

Musical direction:
Albert Horne

by Henry Purcell
Interdisciplinary project
Premiere: Saturday, 7. June 2025
Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Kleines Haus

A legendary hero does the honors and Staatstheater Wiesbaden invites you to the Round Table. Based on the baroque opera “King Arthur” by Henry Purcell, Hessisches Staatsballett, drama and musical theatre are creating a modern version of the legendary story of the British King Arthur. The groundbreaking musical work of the time, set to a five-act libretto and prologue by John Dryden, provides plenty of fuel for a spectacle at the end of the season.

a dance piece for children between the ages 3 and 6
Premiere Staatstheater Darmstadt, Kammerspiele: Sunday, 11. June 2025

Life is not a child’s birthday party. But sometimes it is! Following the great success of “blau” by Felix Berner in previous seasons, Hessisches Staatsballett is once again planning a dance piece for the audience of the day after tomorrow. In keeping with the company’s tenth anniversary, there will be plenty to celebrate.

Choreographies by dancers of Hessisches Staatsballett
Premiere Staatstheater Darmstadt, Kammerspiele: Friday, 13. June 2025

The “Startbahn” format enters the next round. For the fifth time, the creative wealth of Hessisches Staatsballett, consisting of many individual artistic voices, is once again on display this season. The dancers present their short choreographies at the Kammerspiele venue with a wide aesthetic and conceptual range. They try out their own concepts, develop personal dance styles and cultivate new forms of dance expression. For some of the choreographers, these are their first steps on this stage …

A Project of Hessisches Staatsballett in the frame of Tanzplattform Rhein-Main, that is bookable as a mobile production for schools.

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On tour this season

An aura of the ephemeral shimmers through the energetic, dense dance piece Last Work by choreography legend Ohad Naharin. A sense of clarity and reflection, as if in the center of a hurricane. Unperturbed, a person in the background runs through the scenery. Seemingly fleeing or light-footedly dreamy, this body does not move from the spot. For all its dynamism, Last Work is defined by a subdued calm and meditative underlying tension, carried alongside the dance by the electronic sounds of German DJ Grischa Lichtenberger.

Choreography: Ohad Naharin 

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The Tanzklubs are an offer for different age groups and amateurs who come to us once a week to dance. They run for the duration of one season, except during the school vacations (September – July). In addition, once a year all dance clubs of Tanzplattform Rhein-Main come together for a joint workshop day and the season ends with a joint performance by all clubs.

Tanzklub Wiesbaden: “Körper(ge)schichten”
for everyone aged 60 and above

Many experiences, relationships, cultural and social influences inscribe themselves into our body memory over the course of a lifetime. In the “Körper(ge)schichten” dance club, we are inspired by the layers and stories of our individual body biographies. We experiment with movement, create spaces together full of encounters, discoveries and the possibilities of creative expression. The dance club is based on various approaches to contemporary dance and movement improvisation. No previous dance experience necessary!

Tuesdays from 7pm
Direction: Lena Kunz

Tanzklub Darmstadt: „Get Funky!“
for people aged 13 to 18

Come and “Get funky!” It’s all about how we move and get fully in the music. We want to learn how to move smoothly from one movement to the next and discover our own way of dancing. We check out different styles, from easy-going to full power, to see what suits us best! So, come and dance!

Mondays from 4 pm to 5:30 pm
Trial day: 16.09.24
Direction: Pihla Jaala

Tanzklub „Cosmic Dances“
for people aged 18 to 60

“Cosmic Dances“ is an invitation to dance together – with each other and with everything that surrounds us, connects us and separates us. It is an invitation to explore dance and its related. It is an invitation to explore dance and its related practices together as a speculative practice that allows us new perspectives and experiences of our togetherness and takes us to unknown places. In these places we can examine in all its dimensions what it means to be many.

Mondays from 7pm to 8:30pm
Trial day: 16.09.24
Direction: Frida Laux

Registration & infos: anmeldung@tanzplattformrheinmain.de

The Tanzplattform Rhein-Main offers a series of workshops with different dance styles for passionate dancers, led by renowned instructors. And as part of our guest performances and residencies, which complement the program of the Hessisches Staatsballett, we also offer individual workshops inspired by the perspectives of the guest artists.

Francis Footwork
Workshop & performance of a Virtual-Reality piece
for young people from 7 to 11 years

School calsses can take part in two workshops that take place after the Virtual-Reality presentation of Francis Footwork.

Dates upon request.

Infos: priorenouak@staatstheater-darmstadt.de