Boléro, Boléro

dance

Choreographies by Anat Oz, Stephan Thoss and Rebecca Laufer & Mats van Rossum

Rhythmic, melodic, passionate: composed in 1928 as ballet music, Ravel's Boléro continues to inspire every generation of choreographers to this day. To give space to this special attraction, "Boléro, Boléro" combines three versions into one dance evening. One rhythm, one melody and a single, passionately growing crescendo. This simple and archaic musical structure of Ravel's masterpiece is perhaps the energy core and incentive to approach the work again and again. The first dance evening of the new season portrays this fascination and challenges four choreographers to bring their individual versions to the stage. While the duo Rebecca Laufer & Mats van Rossum, who first wowed audiences at the NTM in 2024 with "Clay" in "Just a Game", and Anat Oz are each developing a creation for the Mannheim ensemble, Boléro No. 3 marks a reunion with the interpretation of dance director Stephan Thoss. Created in 1999 and celebrated at numerous theaters, it now returns to the program in an updated version. Sophisticated wit and humor alongside captivating musicality are the ingredients of this original version: six elderly ladies meet for a coffee party and fall into a very personal ecstasy between petits fours and a jukebox.