PROGRAM
Please note that registration for the individual events is required.
Friends of the Circle of Friends Vienna State Ballet will be informed in good time about the respective dates and registration options.
SEPTEMBER 2024
- Exclusively for new patrons -
Guided tour of the Vienna State Opera with Dr. Andreas Lang
Friday, September 13, 2024
Vienna State Opera
- Exclusively for Silver, Gold and Platinum level patrons and donors -
Role debuts in Swan Lake
Visit to a ballet rehearsal with LECTURE DEMONSTRATION by ballet master Cédric Ygnace
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Vienna State Opera
Insights into the stage design of The Winter's Tale
Guided tour through the ART for ART decoration workshops
Friday, September 27, 2024
ART for ART (Arsenal)
OCTOBER 2024
Artist talk with Lukas Gaudernak
From dancer to ballet master & production manager
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Vienna State Opera
NOVEMBER 2024
Visit to the main piano rehearsal & short introduction
to the premiere The Winter's Tale
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Vienna State Opera
- exclusively for patrons of the Gold and Platinum levels and for patrons of the arts -
Invitation to the premiere celebration of The Winter's Tale
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Vienna State Opera
DECEMBER 2024
Movement Class
to Sleeping Beauty
December 1 2024
Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera
- Exclusively for young patrons-
Visit of a ballett rehearsal for the Shifting Symmetries followed by a meet & greet
in planning
Vienna State Opera
Guided tour of the Volksoper Vienna
with Rainer Schubert (former vice director of the Volksoper Vienna)
Friday, Dezember 6, 2024
Vienna State Opera
JANUARY 2025
Visit to a stage orchestra rehearsal & short introduction
to the premiere of KaiserRequiem
Saturday, January 18, 2025,
Vienna Volksoper
Visit to a stage rehearsal
for the premiere of Peter and the Wolf
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
NEST
FEBRUARY 2025
Artist talk with dancers of the Vienna State Ballet
Dance scenes in the opera, operetta, musical
in planning
Volksoper Wien
MARCH 2025
Visit to a ballet rehearsal followed by an artist talk
on Martin Schläpfer's Pathétique
in planning
Vienna State Opera
Visit to a ballet rehearsal followed by an artist talk
to Merce Cunningham's Summerspace
in planning
Vienna State Opera
Visit to a stage rehearsal and short introduction
to the premiere of Pathétique
Saturday, March 29, 2025
Vienna State Opera
The next generation at the Ballet Academy
Visit to a ballet rehearsal
for My First Sleeping Beauty
in planning
Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera
Artist talk with Christoph Altstaedt
Mozart, Feldman, Tchaikovsky: The Pathétique premiere from the conductor's perspective
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Vienna State Opera
APRIL 2025
- Exclusively for patrons of the Gold and Platinum levels and for patrons -
Invitation to the Patétique premiere party
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Vienna State Opera
Visit to a stage rehearsal
for the premiere of Nureyev's Dog
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Vienna Volksoper
MAY 2025
Guided tour of the Art for Art costume collection
in planning
- exclusively for patrons of the Gold and Platinum levels and donors-
Visit to a ballet rehearsal for the revival of 4
in planning
Vienna State Opera
JUNE 2024
Movement Class
for the premiere of Kreationen
with Alessandra Corti, choreographer of the world premiere of Aerea
Sunday, June 1, 2025, 11 a.m.
Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera
Visit to a stage orchestra rehearsal & short introduction
to the premiere of Kreationen
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Volksoper Wien
Review & outlook
Farewell to Martin Schläpfer
in planning
Further exciting events that will allow you to experience world-class dance art up close are being planned and will be updated on an ongoing basis.
Subject to change
Events of the Circle of Friends of the Vienna State Ballet
Friends of the Vienna State Ballet have the opportunity to experience world-class dance art from close range. We organize artist talks, rehearsal visits, movement classes and other interesting events or insights behind the scenes. Depending on the membership level, invitations to premiere parties and receptions of the direction are also part of the program.
Get to know the artists of the Vienna State Ballet and other interesting personalities and guests better at exciting artist talks hosted by the dramaturges of the Vienna State Ballet. Or gain insights into a new program before a premiere in our introductory matinees – free of charge for friends of the Vienna State Ballet, of course.
Be part of the moment when new productions of the Vienna State Ballet see the light of day: When you visit one of the final rehearsals on the stage of the Vienna State Opera or Vienna Volksoper, you will see for yourself how they are put the finishing touches – even before they are presented to the public.
Would you like to dance yourself for once? Then the Movement Classes for Friends of the Vienna State Ballet are just the thing for you. Take the opportunity and experience ballet on your own, guided by members of the company. The focus is on joy, togetherness and engagement with space, music and the other person! Previous experience is not required.
Once a season, the workshops of Art for Art open their doors to friends of the Vienna State Ballet. Dive into the work on a stage set in the impressive production halls in the Arsenal or look over the shoulders of the costume masters as they make the costumes in the costume workshops in the Hanuschhof.
A truly exclusive insight into the everyday life of the Vienna State Ballet: look over the shoulders of our artistic team as they work with the dancers.
Join the dancers and the Creative Team in celebrating when the tension subsides after a successful premiere and experience a very special evening with the Vienna State Ballet.
Chat with Martin Schläpfer and his team about the vision and future of the Vienna State Ballet at an exclusive event in an intimate setting.
* from silver level on
** from gold level on
*** from platinum level on