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Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui · Imre & Marne van Opstal

There are no borders on the path to inner knowledge.

Multi-part ballet evening

Premiere
28. June 2025

Dates & Cast

    Noetic
  • Staging & Choreography  Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
  • Music  Szymon Brzoska
  • Set Design  Antony Gormley
  • Lighting Design  David Stokholm
  • Costume Design  Les Hommes
  • Dramaturgy  Adolphe Binder
  • Text  Randy Powell, Jason Silva
  • Uraufführung
  • Choreography  Imre & Marne van Opstal
  • Set Design  Boris Acket
  • Lighting Design  Tom Visser
28
Sat
June 2025
7 pm
Premiere
11 – 85 €
99+ Tickets
Starting Time: 7 pm
Venue
Semperoper Dresden
Sub / Packages
    Noetic
  • Staging & Choreography  Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
  • Music  Szymon Brzoska
  • Set Design  Antony Gormley
  • Lighting Design  David Stokholm
  • Costume Design  Les Hommes
  • Dramaturgy  Adolphe Binder
  • Text  Randy Powell, Jason Silva
    Uraufführung
  • Choreography  Imre & Marne van Opstal
  • Set Design  Boris Acket
  • Lighting Design  Tom Visser
01
Tue
July 2025
7 pm
7 – 69 €
99+ Tickets
Starting Time: 7 pm
Venue
Semperoper Dresden
    Noetic
  • Staging & Choreography  Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
  • Music  Szymon Brzoska
  • Set Design  Antony Gormley
  • Lighting Design  David Stokholm
  • Costume Design  Les Hommes
  • Dramaturgy  Adolphe Binder
  • Text  Randy Powell, Jason Silva
    Uraufführung
  • Choreography  Imre & Marne van Opstal
  • Set Design  Boris Acket
  • Lighting Design  Tom Visser
04
Fri
July 2025
7 pm
7 – 69 €
99+ Tickets
Starting Time: 7 pm
Venue
Semperoper Dresden
Sub / Packages
    Noetic
  • Staging & Choreography  Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
  • Music  Szymon Brzoska
  • Set Design  Antony Gormley
  • Lighting Design  David Stokholm
  • Costume Design  Les Hommes
  • Dramaturgy  Adolphe Binder
  • Text  Randy Powell, Jason Silva
    Uraufführung
  • Choreography  Imre & Marne van Opstal
  • Set Design  Boris Acket
  • Lighting Design  Tom Visser
06
Sun
July 2025
7 pm
7 – 69 €
99+ Tickets
Starting Time: 7 pm
Venue
Semperoper Dresden
Sub / Packages
    Noetic
  • Staging & Choreography  Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
  • Music  Szymon Brzoska
  • Set Design  Antony Gormley
  • Lighting Design  David Stokholm
  • Costume Design  Les Hommes
  • Dramaturgy  Adolphe Binder
  • Text  Randy Powell, Jason Silva
    Uraufführung
  • Choreography  Imre & Marne van Opstal
  • Set Design  Boris Acket
  • Lighting Design  Tom Visser
10
Thu
July 2025
7 pm
7 – 69 €
99+ Tickets
Starting Time: 7 pm
Venue
Semperoper Dresden
Sub / Packages
    Noetic
  • Staging & Choreography  Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
  • Music  Szymon Brzoska
  • Set Design  Antony Gormley
  • Lighting Design  David Stokholm
  • Costume Design  Les Hommes
  • Dramaturgy  Adolphe Binder
  • Text  Randy Powell, Jason Silva
    Uraufführung
  • Choreography  Imre & Marne van Opstal
  • Set Design  Boris Acket
  • Lighting Design  Tom Visser

In brief

Is movement dance or dance movement? Siblings Imre and Marne van Opstal see themselves not only as choreographers in the classical sense but also as movement directors. Their multi-layered and often surreal approach to dance is hugely popular around the world. Collaborating for the first time with the Semperoper Ballett, the creative duo are providing the company with a brand-new work.

Similar to their exploration of the limits and possibilities of mind and body, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s „Noetic“ examines our instinctive human need to create structure, tied to the desire to break free of the rules. This beautiful work, featuring a mix of emotional and harmonious music, Japanese drums and a vocal soloist, invites us to probe the great questions of humanity with cool clarity.