Peer Gynt’s life of adventure interpreted as a dancer’s biography through sensual and abstract worlds of dance.
Ballet in two acts
Premiere
5. June 2022
Dates & Cast
- Choreography and Staging Johan Inger
- Music Georges Bizet, Edvard Grieg, Pjotr I. Tschaikowsky
- Set Design mit EstudiodeDos Leticia Gañán, Curt Allen Wilmer
- Costume Design Catherine Voeffray
- Lighting Design Tom Visser
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Gregor Acuña-Pohl, Regina Genée
- Choreography Assistenz Urtzi Aranburu
- Staged by Urtzi Aranburu, Carolina Armenta, Zoran Markovic
- Schauspielmusik Edvard Grieg
- Choreography and Staging Johan Inger
- Music Georges Bizet, Edvard Grieg, Pjotr I. Tschaikowsky
- Set Design mit EstudiodeDos Leticia Gañán, Curt Allen Wilmer
- Costume Design Catherine Voeffray
- Lighting Design Tom Visser
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Gregor Acuña-Pohl, Regina Genée
- Choreography Assistenz Urtzi Aranburu
- Staged by Urtzi Aranburu, Carolina Armenta, Zoran Markovic
- Schauspielmusik Edvard Grieg
German premiere
Project Partner: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
The world premiere of »Peer Gynt« at Theater Basel took place on 18 May 2017. The costumes were made in the workshops of Theater Basel.
- Choreography and Staging Johan Inger
- Music Georges Bizet, Edvard Grieg, Pjotr I. Tschaikowsky
- Set Design mit EstudiodeDos Leticia Gañán, Curt Allen Wilmer
- Costume Design Catherine Voeffray
- Lighting Design Tom Visser
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Gregor Acuña-Pohl, Regina Genée
- Choreography Assistenz Urtzi Aranburu
- Staged by Urtzi Aranburu, Carolina Armenta, Zoran Markovic
- Schauspielmusik Edvard Grieg
German premiere
Project Partner: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
The world premiere of »Peer Gynt« at Theater Basel took place on 18 May 2017. The costumes were made in the workshops of Theater Basel.
- Choreography and Staging Johan Inger
- Music Georges Bizet, Edvard Grieg, Pjotr I. Tschaikowsky
- Set Design mit EstudiodeDos Leticia Gañán, Curt Allen Wilmer
- Costume Design Catherine Voeffray
- Lighting Design Tom Visser
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Gregor Acuña-Pohl, Regina Genée
- Choreography Assistenz Urtzi Aranburu
- Staged by Urtzi Aranburu, Carolina Armenta, Zoran Markovic
- Schauspielmusik Edvard Grieg
German premiere
Project Partner: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
The world premiere of »Peer Gynt« at Theater Basel took place on 18 May 2017. The costumes were made in the workshops of Theater Basel.
- Choreography and Staging Johan Inger
- Music Georges Bizet, Edvard Grieg, Pjotr I. Tschaikowsky
- Set Design mit EstudiodeDos Leticia Gañán, Curt Allen Wilmer
- Costume Design Catherine Voeffray
- Lighting Design Tom Visser
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Gregor Acuña-Pohl, Regina Genée
- Choreography Assistenz Urtzi Aranburu
- Staged by Urtzi Aranburu, Carolina Armenta, Zoran Markovic
- Schauspielmusik Edvard Grieg
German premiere
Project Partner: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
The world premiere of »Peer Gynt« at Theater Basel took place on 18 May 2017. The costumes were made in the workshops of Theater Basel.
- Choreography and Staging Johan Inger
- Music Georges Bizet, Edvard Grieg, Pjotr I. Tschaikowsky
- Set Design mit EstudiodeDos Leticia Gañán, Curt Allen Wilmer
- Costume Design Catherine Voeffray
- Lighting Design Tom Visser
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Gregor Acuña-Pohl, Regina Genée
- Choreography Assistenz Urtzi Aranburu
- Staged by Urtzi Aranburu, Carolina Armenta, Zoran Markovic
- Schauspielmusik Edvard Grieg
German premiere
Project Partner: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
The world premiere of »Peer Gynt« at Theater Basel took place on 18 May 2017. The costumes were made in the workshops of Theater Basel.
- Choreography and Staging Johan Inger
- Music Georges Bizet, Edvard Grieg, Pjotr I. Tschaikowsky
- Set Design mit EstudiodeDos Leticia Gañán, Curt Allen Wilmer
- Costume Design Catherine Voeffray
- Lighting Design Tom Visser
- Choir Jonathan Becker
- Dramaturgy Gregor Acuña-Pohl, Regina Genée
- Choreography Assistenz Urtzi Aranburu
- Staged by Urtzi Aranburu, Carolina Armenta, Zoran Markovic
- Schauspielmusik Edvard Grieg
German premiere
Project Partner: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
The world premiere of »Peer Gynt« at Theater Basel took place on 18 May 2017. The costumes were made in the workshops of Theater Basel.
In brief
The young adventurer Peer Gynt sets out to become »King of the World«. He seduces and abandons those around him, always in search of himself. Along the way he meets many people, both benevolent and manipulative, finds inspiration and disappointment, and is nowhere really accepted. Apart from his aged mother Aase, whom he buries with a heavy heart, the only person to truly love him is the girl Solveig, who waits a lifetime for him in their home country, because that’s how long it takes for Peer to return. Swedish choreographer Johan Inger, last seen in Dresden with »Walking Mad« and »Carmen«, has turned the never-ending journey of Peer Gynt, forever in search of an identity and happiness, into a full-length ballet, which enjoyed its premiere in Basel in 2017. In a cross-disciplinary work combining dance, pantomime and song, Inger fuses Peer Gynt’s life and experiences with various stages from his own artistic career. The result is a gripping and witty story told using a striking physical vocabulary.