King Arthur: Spartenübergreifende Produktion mit Tanz, Schauspiel und Musiktheater von Chris Jäger

In the organizer's words:

A legendary hero does the honors and the Staatstheater invites you to the Round Table. Based on the baroque opera "King Arthur" by Henry Purcell, the young choreographer Chris Jäger is developing a modern version of the legendary story of the British King Arthur in a cross-disciplinary project involving the Hessisches Staatsballett, Schauspiel and Musiktheater. The then groundbreaking musical work to the five-act libretto and prologue by John Dryden offers plenty of fuel for a spectacle at the end of the season. Great cinema in the Kleines Haus.
A profession that Berlin-based choreographer Chris Jäger is very familiar with: he has already choreographed for Hollywood blockbusters such as "The Hunger Games: ballad of songbirds and snakes", "TÁR" and "John Wick Chapter 4" as well as the successful German television series "Babylon Berlin". He has performed twice at the Hessisches Staatsballett with his own company; in 2023 with "Sex with Madonna" at the International May Festival and in 2024 with "Daddy Shot My Rabbit" at the Kammerspiele in Darmstadt. Adrenaline and excess go hand in hand in Jäger's visually powerful works and the choreographer does not shy away from exploring marginal social issues such as intoxication, depression and trauma through dance.