Czech National Ballet will present Neumeier, Goecke, Bondara, Kylián or Balanchine in the 2025/2026 season
The artistic directors of all four ensembles of the National Theatre in Prague have announced the performance schedule for the 143rd theatre season. The diverse programme includes not only Czech classics but also international masterpieces. However, the theatre faces a particular challenge as it will temporarily be without the New Scene stage, which is set to undergo extensive renovations at the end of the current season.
National Theatre. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
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The Czech National Ballet will present several remarkable premieres in the 2025/26 season. The season will open with the ballet classic Liliom, choreographed by John Neumeier. Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, choreographed by Youri Vámos, will be traditionally performed during the Christmas period. In spring, the premiere of the composed evening Avant-Garde: Cutting Edge will feature two world premieres by Robert Bondara and Marco Goecke, alongside Jiří Kylián’s masterpiece 27’52”. The highlight of the season will be an evening dedicated to the legendary choreographer George Balanchine, titled Who Cares?. This production brings together two of his key works—Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet and Who Cares?—both exemplifying the timeless elegance and essence of neoclassical ballet.
During the renovation of the New Scene (Nová scéna), performances of Laterna Magika will be staged at the Estates Theatre and other Prague venues, including La Fabrika in Holešovice. There, artistic director Radim Vizváry is planning the world premiere of his own production, In the Park. Meanwhile, Miřenka Čechová and Petr Boháč are developing an elaborate multimedia production, Baron Münchhausen, for the Estates Theatre, incorporating film projections, hyper-realistic puppetry, and live music.
Source: The National Theatre.