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Here is the 2016/17 season of the Hungarian National Ballet
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The only classical ballet company of Hungary, the Hungarian National Ballet (resident at the Hungarian State Opera) is proud to announce its 2016/17 season. With over 120 performances throughout the season, fans of classical balett and contemporary dance performances are offered a wide selection in popular repertoire pieces and new productions at the Opera House and the Erkel Theatre.
The repertoire includes classic ballets like Rudi van Danztig’s Swan Lake, John Cranko’s Onegin and Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon, all of which premiered in recent years whereas all-time Tchaikovsky favourite The Nutcracker got a facelift by Wayne Eagling and ballet director Tamás Solymosi last year. Another piece that is popular among younger audiences, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs cannot miss from the list of dance pieces to be seen. Renowned Hungarian dancer-choreographers also contributed significantly to the evolution of the Hungarian National Ballet. In the 2016/17 season, Spartacus by László Seregi returns to the stage of the Opera House, and we will celebrate multiple award winner Lilla Pártay on her 75th birthday with a series of her production of Anna Karenina.
The new productions of the season are Michael Messerer’s interpretation of the classic Petipa choreography of Don Quixote, and Anna-Marie Holmes’s Le corsaire in contribution with Tamás Solymosi, which will be presented at the Opera House for the first time. The new season is a Hungarian Season at the Opera. On this occasion, and as part of the nationwide Bartók Season, a triple ballet performance entitled Bartók DanceTryptich will feature the classic The Miraculous Mandarin by László Seregi as well as the premieres of Dance Suite by Zsolt Juhász, and on the 100th anniversary of its world premiere, The Wooden Prince by Pál Frenák. The world premiere of a more modern production, A Streetcar Named Desire by leading ballet master Marianna Venekei and composer László Dés will take place at the Erkel Theatre as the closure of the ballet season in summer 2017.
The stars of the Hungarian National Ballet also excel in modern dance pieces which are carefully chosen and presented in mixed bills. Audiences at the Erkel Theatre are presented with Hungarian premieres of contemporary choregraphies by internationally renowned Jirˇí Kylián and Johan Inger every season, while their popular pieces stay on the repertoire. A new tour series entitled Ballet on Wheels also takes these performances to several other Hungarian cities to enable wider audiences to enjoy ballet.