EURYDIKE
(2026)
Upcoming Full-length creation for Leipzig Ballet
Premiere: May 30, 2026 - Leipzig Opera House
Eurydice is left behind. Often eclipsed by Orpheus's song, her tale is retold by Fran Díaz for the Leipzig Ballet. Eurydice is not a marginal figure, a muse, or a prisoner of a love for which she was destined. Instead, she is a woman in search of her way in a world that both shapes and denies her desires.
The myth of Eurydice unfolds in a society that is perpetually driven forward, yet frequently stagnates as it looks back. In a world where people become roles and relationships become expectations, Eurydice becomes a mirror for the questions of our time: What does freedom mean? And how do we escape a system that defines us before we can discover who we are?
With a keen sense of fable and timelessness, choreographer Fran Díaz creates a space for us to rediscover Eurydice as a symbol of resistance to getting lost in the maelstrom of precepts, dreams and desires that are not our own.
CREDITS
Choreography Fran Diaz
Musical direction Yura Yang
Stage Laura Løwe
Costumes Anna Philippa Müller
Dramaturgy Anna Diepold
Cast Leipzig Ballet ensemble
Live Music Gewandhaus Orchestra
