Dessau

Whoever says Dessau usually means Bauhaus. So it's no wonder that the ballet of the Anhaltisches Theater is participating in the centenary celebrations which will commemorate the relocation of the design school originally located in Weimar in 2026. Of course, on this occasion, and especially in light of the current political upheavals, not just any spectacle can be staged. Therefore, ballet director Stefano Giannetti has curated a coherent double program. Part 1 is performed by him personally, Part 2 features a modern classic: Kurt Jooss's Der Grüne Tisch, the 1932 dance of death, which condenses suffering, life, and death in times of war into a moving graphic. Like the architect Walter Gropius, who directed the Dessau Bauhaus, the choreographer Jooss emigrated to Great Britain, where they ...