Bachtrack logo

Work: Grosse Fuge

Find classical music concert, opera, ballet and dance listings
Fact file
ComposerBeethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
PeriodRomantic
Work typeDance
Upcoming eventsSee more...

BecketMixed programme – San Francisco Ballet

Listing filler
Beethoven, Minkus, Glazunov, Tchaikovsky, Pook, Blake
Hans van Manen; Marius Petipa; Helgi Tomasson; Tamara Rojo; George Balanchine; Akram Khan; William Forsythe; San Francisco Ballet
Latest reviewsSee more...

Polish National Ballet shines in a Beethoven triple bill

Polish National Ballet in Hans van Manen's Grosse Fuge © Ewa Krasucka
A rich mix of pure dance and powerful music shows the company in very fine form towards the end of a demanding season.
***11
Read more

Stealing fire: Beethoven's Prometheus choreographed afresh at DNB

Salvatore Viganò's choreography for Beethoven's 1801 ballet Prometheus has not survived, but a trio of creators put their own stamp on the score in Amsterdam.
****1
Read more

Birmingham Royal Ballet's first mixed bill at Sadler's Wells is a bit too mixed

Opposites Attract was the title chosen to tie three pieces together in Birmingham Royal Ballet’s first triple bill at Sadler’s Wells this week, but that was optimistic: these three were so different in both style and quality that it was hard to find any affinity between them, or any sense of the company as a whole.
***11
Read more