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Troika (Dance)

Beethoven 7
Sasha Waltz & Guests

Presentation
Dance

After previously choreographing two movements of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony in the ruins of Delphi, Sasha Waltz, Germany’s most prominent choreographer since Pina Bausch, took the entire score as the starting point for a new performance by 14 dancers. 

This music, composed in 1812 at the end of the composer's life when he was already going deaf, resonates with questions of his time that still play a role for us today: the failure of a revolution, the (forced) return to old traditions, the friction between the desire for social transformation and restoration and the associated loss of freedom and future prospects. 

At the beginning of the evening, Sasha Waltz takes up these themes and reinterprets them from a contemporary perspective to the live electronic sounds of the Chilean composer Diego Noguera with the title Freiheit/Extasis, which were commissioned and developed during the creation process. How do personal freedom and social constraints relate to each other?

This production is part of Troika Dance
Dates & tickets

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Location

La Monnaie

Prices

Start ticket sale 16.6.2026

Running time

1h45 (including one interval)

More info

The first part of the performance includes sequences with high sound levels and bass tones in a low frequency range that can lead to physically noticeable vibrations.

Gallery

Gallery

© Sebastien Bolesch
© Sebastien Bolesch
© Sebastien Bolesch
© Sebastien Bolesch
© Sebastien Bolesch
Dates & tickets

Dates

Cast
Cast

ChoreographySASHA WALTZ MusicLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, DIEGO NOGUERA Costume DesignersBERND SKODZIG, FEDERICO POLUCCI Lighting DesignersMARTIN HAUK, JÖRG BITTNER DramaturgeJOCHEN SANDIG

DanceSASHA WALTZ & GUESTS,
CLÉMENTINE DELUY, ROSA DICUONZO, EDIVALDO ERNESTO, YUYA FUJINAMI, TIAN GAO, EVA GEORGITSOPOULOU, HWANHEE HWANG, ANNAPAOL ALESO, JAAN MÄNNIMA, SEAN NEDERLOF, VIRGIS PUODZIUNAS, SASA QUELIZ, ZARATIANA RANDRIANANTENAINA, ORLANDO RODRIGUEZ RepetiteurJIŘÍ BARTOVANEC

ProductionSASHA WALTZ & GUESTS PresentationDE MUNT / LA MONNAIE

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