Bach: Christmas Oratorio – A Ballet by John Neumeier

“Rejoice, exult” – John Neumeier turns Bach’s Christmas Oratorio into an experience that confronts us all with the most basic questions of trust, hope, faith, doubt and self-sacrifice: “My choreography is not a religious undertaking. We perform to Bach’s music, for a few hours unifying individuals of many different cultural and religious backgrounds. For me, the basic human values expressed through the choreography are always the most important thing. Therefore, in my ballet, Mary is known simply as ‘the Mother’ and Joseph as ‘her Husband’.” Head of Hamburg Ballett, American-born John Neumeier´s celebrated ballet of Bach´s complete Christmas Oratorio is now available on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time. Lloyd Riggins, Anna Laudere, Carsten Jung, Karen Azatyan, Hamburg Ballett, Philharmoniker Hamburg, Allessandri de Marchi, choreography by John Neumeier Julian Prégardien, Melissa Petit, Katja Pieweck, Manuel Günther, Wilhelm Schwinghammer Facebook: