Bundesjugendballett - John Neumeier

In the organizer's words:

The Bundesjugendballett presents John Neumeier's "Shall we dance?", a homage to the interwar period at the beginning of the 20th century. Inspired by dazzling artistic personalities such as the "Gatsby" writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and the dancer Anna Pavlova, by the new aesthetics of the Ballets Russes and the spirit of optimism of New York's Harlem Renaissance, a multi-layered interplay of dance, literature and the music of George Gershwin and Maurice Ravel is created. John Neumeier's journey into a glamorous, turbulent time resonates with the question: Is it okay to dance when the world is shaking? "Shall we dance" was last seen in Hamburg four decades ago. John Neumeier has created a new version for the Bundesjugendballett.