Autumn-Matinées

Autumn-Matinées
5.11 & 3.12.2023 – 11 AM
Nationaltheater Munich

Program

Pictures at an Exhibition

Bayerisches Junior Ballett München

Divertissements from the ballet »Napoli«

Ballet-Akademie der Hochschule für Musik und Theater München

3/4 Preludes

Bayerisches Junior Ballett München

Once upon

Ballet-Akademie der Hochschule für Musik und Theater München

All Long Dem Day

Bayerisches Junior Ballett München

Character Dance Exercises

Ballet-Akademie der Hochschule für Musik und Theater München

TICKETS

Reserve tickets!

From the 2022/23 season you can purchase tickets for our Bosl-Matinées directly from the Box Office of the Bavarian State Opera.

Box office of the Bavarian State Opera
+49 89 21 85 19 20 – tickets@staatsoper.de
Mo – Sa, 10.00 AM – 19.00 PM

Autumn-Matinée 1 | 5.11.2023 | 11 AM Autumn-Matinée 2 | 3.12.2023 | 11 AM

in Kooperation mit

Spotlight

Get to know our Autumn-Matinée choreographers

Richard Siegal

Choreography

Marco Goecke

Choreography

David Russo

Choreography

August Bournonville

Choreography

Essay

Tänzer müssen fliegen! August Bournonvilles romantische Ballettpantomime »Napoli«

„Der Tanz ist eine Kunst, weil er Berufung, Wissen und Können erfordert. Er ist eine schöne Kunst, weil er nach einem Ideal strebt [...]. Die Schönheit, nach der der Tanz streben muss, hängt nicht von Geschmack oder Vergnügen ab, sondern beruht auf den unveränderlichen Gesetzen der Natur.“ –August Bournonville (1848)

Essay

As free and as wild as possible

Marco Goecke created «All Long Dem Day» 2015 for the Berlin State Ballet School. He was only commissioned for a two-person piece, but then decided to work with a whole group of students. Marco Goecke explains the fact that his choreographic language has been included in the repertoire of classical ballet schools over the past thirty years with the intention of opening up these these institutions to experience other styles and themes : “The good dancers of today have to be able to dance everything. The profession of dancer would not make sense if you did what you already knew you could do each day.”

Portrait

"It is kind of a living tradition..."

Students of the Ballet Academy of the University for Music and Performing Arts have had the opportunity to study the style of renowned Danish choreographer August Bournonville through the invitation of teacher and Bournonville-specialist Dinna Bjørn. In this video, Dinna goes into detail about what it means to study the work of August Bournonville and what relevance it has for audiences today.

Trailer

Explosive movement fragments from the studio

Created for the State Ballet School of Berlin in 2015, «All Long Dem Day» finds a perfect partner in crime with Nina Simone’s 1956 rendition of «Sinnerman». Originally a traditional African American spiritual song inspired by the book of Exodus, the lyrics describe a sinner attempting to hide from divine justice on Judgement Day. Simone often chose the song to close her early appearances in New York City’s Greenwich Village: “I want to shake people up so bad that when they leave a nightclub where I’ve performed, I want them to be in pieces.” Pairing Simone’s cries for forgiveness from transgression with Goecke’s explosive movement fragments, the relentlessness of «All Long Dem Day» reminds us that change is not only important but necessary to repair the social, moral and political ties that wither with the passage of time.

Portrait

When the audience dance too

A rare and special occasion saw the entire audience of Munich's Nationaltheater dancing a sequence of choreography from Caroline Finn's «When she knew» ahead of the ballet's premiere at the Autumn Matinee series. We were aware that our audience loved dance but little did we know they could all move so well themselves! This moment undoubtedly counts amongst one of the best in our long and cherished tradition of our Sunday Matinees performances.

Portrait

Serving young artists in their professional development

In 2016 we invited videographer Severin Vogl to create a portrait that captures the essence of what we do here at the Foundation. Ivan Liška explains the ideology that is integral to our mission and how we constantly strive to create opportunities that bridge the gap between the end of a dancer's training and their pledging professional careers.

Essay

Wenn junge Künstler nach dem Licht suchen

Wie ein Funke springt die jugendliche Frische und Freude im Nationaltheater von der Bühne in den Zuschauerraum. Berührend sind die jungen Tänzerinnen und Tänzer, die ihr Talent mit uns teilen.

Essay

Wir sind Tanz

Tanzen verbindet. Tanz ist Kommunikation. Tanz ist Berührung. Tanz ist Gemeinschaft. Nach zwei Jahren Pandemie – nach Abstandsgeboten und Social Distancing – ist unsere Sehnsucht nach Begegnung, nach Gemeinschaft, nach Berührung groß. Wir sind soziale Wesen, wir brauchen einander, wir brauchen Gesellschaft und Räume, in denen wir uns begegnen können. Solch ein Raum ist das Theater.