BY: MATT MARTINELLI
It’s been 40 years since John Neumeier originally choreographed Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler for the Hamburg Ballet, and during that time only two other dance companies have performed the piece worldwide. The monumental task involved in staging it has kept the work so lightly performed, but Boston Ballet is up to the challenge and putting on the North American premiere Oct. 22-Nov. 1 at the Boston Opera House. To get a sense of the extensive effort involved, we took a look at the numbers behind Neumeier’s tour de force.
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Ballet by the Numbers
BY: MATT MARTINELLI
It’s been 40 years since John Neumeier originally choreographed Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler for the Hamburg Ballet, and during that time only two other dance companies have performed the piece worldwide. The monumental task involved in staging it has kept the work so lightly performed, but Boston Ballet is up to the challenge and putting on the North American premiere Oct. 22-Nov. 1 at the Boston Opera House. To get a sense of the extensive effort involved, we took a look at the numbers behind Neumeier’s tour de force.
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