Der Liebhaber
Ballet

A work about eternal love

In the former Indochina of the French colonial era, a big city in haze and heat, lives a young woman with a pink man's hat and gold shoes. Her father has left the family, her mother is unstable, her brothers are highly problematic. In the noise of the city, she meets a rich Chinese man. Their love is hopeless, but it lasts a lifetime despite all conventions, even though she leaves the country. Radio silence - except for a single phone call at the end. A choreography that strikes at the very heart of existence and exposes the core of all human emotions.

Homage to literature, homage to dance: Marco Goecke succeeds in both with flying colours.

Süddeutsche Zeitung