Premiere: 30.11.2024 (Full-Length)
State Opera Plovdiv, Plovdiv State Ballet, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Inspired by the film *The Piano* with permission kindly granted by Jane Campion, Jan Chapman and Saddleback Productions.
Music: Antonio Vivaldi, Igor Stravinsky, Dmitri Shostakovich, Johannes Brahms, Alfred Schnittke, Charles Ives, Peteris Vasks, Michael Nyman, Clive Williamson, Te Rauparaha, Otto Bubeníček, Maori traditional music
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Staging: Jiří & Otto Bubeníček
Stage Design & Projection: Otto Bubeníček
Music Arrangement: Otto Bubeníček
Costume Design: Elsa Pavanel
Premiere: 27.9.2024
Národní divadlo Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
Inspired by a play by Edmond Rostand
Choreography and Direction: Jiří Bubeníček
Dramaturgy, Libretto, Concept: Jiří Bubeníček & Nadina Cojocaru
Conductors: Jakub Klecker, Dominik Pernica
Stage Design: Otto Bubeníček
Costume Design: Nadina Cojcaru
Light Design: Jiří Bubeníček, Petr Kozumplík
Premiere: 8.6.2024
Wrocław Opera, Wrocław, Poland
Inspired by a play by Edmond Rostand
Music: H.S. Paulli, E. Helsted, N.W. Gade, E.C. Lumbye
Choreography: Johan Kobborg, August Bournonville
Stage & Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Poster: Katarzyna Zapart
Premiere: 25.1.2024
Sadler’s Wells, London, United Kingdom
Based on the iconic film by Federico Fellini
Music: Nino Rota
Choreography: Natália Horečná
Stage & Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Light Design: Andrea Giretti
Poster: Otto Bubeníček
Poster Background Painting: Miljana Bernal
Gelsomina: Alina Cojocaru
Zampanò: Mick Zeni
Il Matto: Johan Kobborg
Produced by: Acworkroom Ltd.
With Support: The Alina Cojocaru Foundation
Premiere: 23.4.2023
Berlin Philharmonic, Berlin, Germany
Philharmonic Stradivari Soloists Berlin
Music: Antonio Vivaldi
Concept and Moderation: Aleksandar Ivić
Choreography: Winnie Dias Pinto
Stage Design & Projection: Otto Bubeníček
Costume Design: Isabella Heymann
Premiere 28.10.2022
Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater, Ballett X Schwerin, Schwerin, Germany
Music: (World premiere): Peer Baierlein
Choreography & Stage Design: Xenia Wiest
Costume Design: Otto Bubeniček
Premiere: 21.10.2022
State Opera Košice, Ballet State Opera Košice, Košice, Slovakia
Inspired by a novel by Franz Kafka
Music: Alfred Schnittke
Wim Henderickx
Hans Eisler / Heiner Goebbels
Arvo Pärt
Alva Noto
(Ryuichi Sakamoto / Carsten Nicolai)
Elliot Sharp
Walter Fähndrich
Anton Arensky
Caroline Shaw
Petri Sirviö
Wim Mertens
as well as trad. Jewish folk songs
Choreography & Music Arrangement: Jiří Bubeníček
Stage Design & Projection: Otto Bubeníček
Costume Design: Nadina Cojocaru
Lighting: Jaka Šimenc
Shouting choir: Mieskuoro Huutajat
huutajat.org
Premiere: 5.7.2022
Astana Ballet Theatre, Astana Ballet, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Edward William Elgar
George Frideric Handel
Davidson Giaconello
Choreography & Director: Kristina Paulin
Stage Design: Otto Bubeniček
Costume Design: Dennis Peschke
Premiere: 04.03.2022
Mecklenburg State Theatre, Ballett X Schwerin, Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle, Schwerin, Germany
Music: Johannes Brahms
Choreography: Xenia Wiest
Musical Direction: Mark Rohde
Piano: Florian Uhlig
Stage Design & Projection: Otto Bubeníček
Costume Design: Melanie Jane Frost
Dramaturgy: Patricia Stöckemann
Premiere: 19.11.2021
Mecklenburg State Theatre, E-Werk, Ballett X Schwerin, Schwerin, Germany
Music: C.Debussy
M.Glinka
M.Fengler & Efdemin
J.Marry
F.Schubert
P.Soluri
Choreography: Xenia Wiest
Stage Design: Otto Bubeníček
Projection: Marush Mehnert, Nikita Fedosik
Costume Design & Assistant: Melanie Jane Frost, Julia Mottl
Staging: Philipp Amelungsen
Premiere: 01.09.2021
Teatro Alighieri, Ravenna, Italy
Music: (World Premiere) Kirill Richter
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Stage Design & Projection: Otto Bubeníček
Costume Design: Tatjana Strugar
by Otto Bubeníček
Premiere: 1.2.2021
HFBK University of Fine Arts Hamburg Auditorium, Hamburg, Germany
Music: Maurice Ravel
Concept & Stage Design: Otto Bubeníček
Choreography: Nicholas Palmquist
Dancer: Jón Vallejo
Violin: Annabelle Dugast
Cello: Sebastian Gaede
Camera: Silvano Ballone
Premiere: 29.12.2019
Concert Hall "Zarydaye", Moscow, Russia
Music: Kirill Richter (World Premiere)
Choreography: Ross Freddie Ray
Stage Design: Otto Bubeníček
Costume Design: Dmitry Loginov
Lighting: Konstantin Binkin
Premiere: 13.10.2019
National Academic Theatre
of Opera and Ballet after A. Spendiaryan
Yerevan, Armenia
Inspired by a novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
For the 95th Anniversary of The Yerevan State Dance College
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Choreography: Arsen Mehrabyan
Stage Design, Projection, Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
The World Premiere: 23.5.2019
23.5 & 31.5.2019 Barvikha Concert Hall, Moscow Oblast, Russia
1.6.2019 London Palladium, London, United Kingdom
Music: Kirill Richter (World Premiere)
Choreography: Yuka Oishi
Stage Design: Otto Bubeníček
Costume Design: Ulyana Sergeenko
Lighting: Konstantin Binkin
Rasputin Sergei Polunin
Prince Felix Yusupov Johan Kobborg
Emperor Nikolas II Alexey Lyubimov
Empress Alexandra Fyedorovna Elena Ilinykh
Tsarevitch Alexei Djordje Kalenic
Inspired by a novel by Franz Kafka
Premiere: 17.5.2019
The Royal Swedish Ballet, Stockholm, Sweden
Music: Alfred Schnittke
Wim Henderickx
Hans Eisler/Heiner Goebbels
Arvo Pärt
Alva Noto
(Ryuichi Sakamoto/Carsten Nicolai)
Elliot Sharp
Walter Fähndrich
Anton Arensky
Caroline Shaw
Petri Sirviö
Wim Mertens, as well as traditional Jewish folk songs
Shouting choir: Mieskuoro Huutajat
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Stage Design: Otto Bubeníček
Costume Design: Nadina Cojocaru
Lighting: Jaka Šimenc
Premiere: 3.11.2018
Inspired by a novel by They von Harbou & a film by director Fritz Lang
Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb
Croatian National Theater Ballet, Zagreb, Croatia
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Mason Bates
Alban Berg
John Cage
Brian Eno
Gabriel Fauré
The Great Gatsby - the Jazz Recordings Gotfried Huppertz
Nico Muhly
Raster—Norton
Maurice Ravel
Nitin Sawhney
Aphex Twin
Choreography, Staging & Music Arrangement: Jiří Bubeníček
Stage Design & Projection: Otto Bubeníček
Costume Design: Nadina Cojocaru
(My homeland)
Premiere: 28.6.2018
Old Town Square, Czech Republic, Prague
For the 100th anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia (ordered by city Prag)
Broadcast LIVE on ČT Art (28.June 2018)
Les Ballet Bubeníček
Guests from: Zürich Ballett, Royal Swedish Ballet,
Salzburger Landestheater, Semperoper Ballett,
Stuttgarter Ballett, Ballett Dortmund and Czech National Ballet
Music: Bedřich Smetana
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Stage & Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Organization: Marcela Tomášková, Otto Bubeníček
(full-length)
Premiere: 23.2.2018
Royal New Zealand Ballet
Inspired by the film The Piano with permission kindly granted by Jane Campion
Jan Chapman and Saddleback Productions.
Royal New Zealand Ballet, Wellington, New Zealand
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Dmitri Shostakovich
Johannes Brahms
Alfred Schnittke
Charles Ives
Peteris Vasks
Michael Nyman
Clive Williamson
Te Rauparaha Maori traditional music & Otto Bubeníček
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Staging: Jiří & Otto Bubeníček
Stage Design, Music Arrangment & Projection: Otto Bubeníček
Costume Design: Elsa Pavanel
“The Heart Dances” the journey of The Piano: the ballet (2018)
A film by Rebecca Tansley. 1h 38min | Documentary | 28 July 2018 (New Zealand)
Director: Rebecca Tansley
Producer: Robin Laing
Cast: Jiří Bubeniček, Otto Bubeniček
Premiere: 29.04.2017
Inspired by the The Czech libretto Written by the poet Jaroslav Kvapil (1868–1950) Based on the fairy tales of Karel Jaromír Erben and Božena Němcová
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Ballet - Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Music: Leoš Janáček, Antonín Dvořák
Choreography: & Staging Jiří Bubeníček
Stage & Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Dramaturgy: Jiří Bubeníček, Silke Meier
Premiere: 13.4.2017
Opera Wrocławska
Ballet Opera Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland
Music: W.A.Mozart
Choreography: Jacek Tyski
Stage Design: Karol Dutczak
Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Projection: Karolina Mełnicka
Premiere: 24.1.2017
War Memorial Opera House
San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco, USA
Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Stage Design: Otto Bubeníček
Costume Design: Uroš Belantič
Premiere: 16.11.2016
For the Graduation Season 2016
New Zealand School of Dance, New Zealand, Wellington
Wellington, New Zealand
Music: J.S.Bach
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Matthias Arfmann Presents Ballet Jeunesse
Berlin, Germany. (Deluxe Version) CD 2016
Matthias Arfmann, Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg
Bernd Ruf, Onejiru Schindler
Label: Universal Music Classics
Choreography: Jiří and Otto Bubeníček
Premiere 8.9.2016
Výstaviště Olomouc
Olomouc, Czech Republic
Director "SKUTR" (MARTIN KUKUČKA a LUKÁŠ TRPIŠOVSKÝ)
and Jiří & Otto Bubeníček.
Music: Lawrence English
Plaid
The Ink Spots
The Beach Boys / Brian Wilson
Rahman Asadollahi
Aphex Twin
Nitin Sawhney
The Ink Spots
J.S.Bach
Sir Edward William Elgar
Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto
Rene Hell
Jeff Witscher
Olaf Bender
Ryoji Ikeda
Ultra-Red
Frank Bretschneider
Jeff Witscher
Jeremy Cohen
Otto Bubeníček
Beach Balls
Frank Bretschneider
Music: Arrangment Otto Bubeníček
Choreography: Jiří and Otto Bubeníček
Dancers: Anna Herman, Jiří and Otto Bubeníček
Dancer & Acteur: Csongor Kassai
Violin: Annabelle Dugast, Violoncello: Terezie Kovalová
Production: JT PROMOTION
Goddess of the Night
Premiere: 26.5.2016
Ballet of the Theater and Philharmonic Orchestra Thüringen
Theater Gera, Gera, Germany
Music: Simon Wills (World Premiere)
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Staging: Jiří & Otto Bubeníček
Stage & Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Premiere: 14.4.2016
Slovenian National Opera and Ballet Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Music: Dmitri Shostakovich
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Alfred Schnittke
Peteris Vasks
Nikolay Myaskovsky & The Red Army Choirs
(Varchavianka, Oh Ma Vaste Steppe)
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Staging: Jiří & Otto Bubeníček
Stage Design: Otto Bubeníček
Costume Design: Design Elsa Pavanel
Lighting: Jaka Šimenc
Premiere: 20.2.2016
Staatstheater Hanover Ballet
Hanover, Germany
Staging Jiří & Otto Bubeníček
Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Stage & Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Lighting: Peter Hörtner
Premiere: 30.1.2016
Tokyo City Ballet
Tokyo, Japan (Longer version)
Music: J.S.Bach, W.A.Mozart
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Staging: Jiří & Otto Bubeníček
Stage & Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Premiere 30.7.2015
National Academic Theatre
of Opera and Ballet after A. Spendiaryan
Yerevan, Armenia
Music: J.S Bach, Alan Hovhaness, Komitas
Choreography: Arsen Mehrabyan
Stage & Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Premiere: 14.2.2014
Ballett Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Dmitri Shostakovich
Johannes Brahms
Alfred Schnittke
Charles Ives
Peteris Vasks
Michael Nyman
Clive Williamson
Te Rauparaha Maori traditional music & Otto Bubeníček
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Staging: Jiří & Otto Bubeníček
Music: Arrangment Otto & Jiří Bubeníček
Stage Design & Projection: Otto Bubeníček
Costume Design: Elsa Pavanel
Premiere: 23.6.2013
Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Staging: Jiří & Otto Bubeníček
Stage & Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Premiere: 26.4.2013
North Carolina Dance Theatre
North Carolina, USA
Music: J.S.Bach, W.A.Mozart
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Staging: Jiří & Otto Bubeníček
Stage & Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Premiere: 11.01.2013
Gauthier Dance, Germany
Music: David Longstreth
Johann Sebastian Bach
Arvo Pärt
Jason Charles Beck (Chilly Gonzales)
Otto Bubeníček
(Arrangement: Jiří Bubeníček, Philip Kannicht)
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Stage Design: Otto Bubeníček
Premiere: 23.06.2012
Semperoper Ballett Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Music: Claude Debussy
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Stage & Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
“Les Ballets Bubeníček” TV Premiere: 11.10.2014 ČT art
“Faun” TV Premiere: 1.1.2019 ČT art
DVD “Les Ballets Bubeníček” ©Česká televize 2014 ℗Česká televize 2015
Actor: Jiří Bubeníček, Otto Bubeníček
Director: Gustav Skála
Premiere: 27.04.2012
D.H. Koch Theater Lincoln Center
New York, USA
Premiere: 27.9.2012 (Extended Version)
Mariinsky Ballet Theater
St. Petersburg, Russia
Premiere: 21.1.2016
The War Memorial theater,
San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco, USA
Music: Karen LeFrak
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Premiere: 16.07.2011
Castle Velké Losiny
Velké Losiny, Czech Republic
Music: Keith Jerret, Bruno Moretti
Choreography: Jiří & Otto Bubeníček
Stage & Costume Design, Music Arrangement: Otto Bubeníček
Premiere: 30.10.2010
Museum Albertinum
Dresden, Germany
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Charles Ives
György Ligeti
Heinrich Ignaz
Franz Biber
Arvo Pärt
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Erkki-Sven Tüür
Otto Bubeníček
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Premiere: 15.05.2009
National Theatre in Prague
Prague, Czech Republic
Music: Otto Bubeníček (World Premiere)
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Premiere: 15.05.2009
National Theatre in Prague
Prague, Czech Republic
Music: J.S.Bach
Choreography: Jiří & Otto Bubeníček
Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Premiere: 13.5.2009
New York City Ballet
New York, USA
Music: Otto Bubeníček (World Premiere)
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Stage & Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Premiere: 2007
Zurich Ballet
Zurich, Switzerland
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Roman Hoffstetter
Johann Pachelbel
Otto Bubeníček
Choreography: Jiří Bubeníček
Stage & Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
“Les Ballets Bubeníček” TV Premiere: 11.10.2014 ČT art
“Le souffle de l’esprit” TV Premiere: 20. 6. 2014 ČT art
DVD “Les Ballets Bubeníček” ©Česká televize 2014 ℗Česká televize 2015
Actor: Jiří Bubeníček, Otto Bubeníček
Director: Gustav Skála
Premiere: 2005
Sapporo, Japan
Music: Otto Bubeníček (World Premiere)
Choreography: Jiří & Otto Bubeníček
Stage Design, Projection & Music Arrangement: Satoshi Hata
Costume Design: Otto Bubeníček
Premiere: 19.6.2005
Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier
Hamburg, Germany
Music: Otto Bubeníček (World Premiere)
Choreography & Stage Design: Jiří Bubeníček
Costume Design: Elsa Pavanel