Epilog - Hamburg Ballett, Ballett von John Neumeier

In the organizer's words:

With the world premiere of "Epilogue", John Neumeier bid farewell to his role as artistic director of the Hamburg Ballet after 51 years. "Epilogue" is a poetic ballet inspired by chamber music works in which the piano takes center stage: Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata in B flat major, the Fantasia in F minor and Richard Strauss' "Four Last Songs", in the version for high voice and piano - music to which John Neumeier has felt an affinity for decades. Neumeier was guided by the emotions that this music triggers in him and created an intimate work characterized by the interplay of dance, music and song. "Epilogue" is a rather abstract ballet that is not based on a retellable plot, and yet it also reveals the choreographer's personal thoughts and feelings. A moving, creative work for the entire ensemble of the Hamburg Ballet.