Variations in f.ado minor, choreographed by Hugo Viera, will bring the traditional Portuguese fado back on the ballet stage in Zagreb. Hugo Viera, Portuguese dancer and choreographer of younger generation, has already registered his name among the most interesting contemporary European choreographers.

The famous novel by the celebrated Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes about the ingenious knight Don Quijote, was written at the beginning of the 17th century and created the prototype of the noble knight who, accompanied by his faithful servant Sancho Panza, experiences numerous adventures all over Spain.

Adapting Léo Delibes‘s famous French ballet Coppélia, which marked a new era in the history of ballet art, the renowned Hungarian choreographer Youri Vàmos has created a ballet entitled Coppélia on Montmartre.

The classical fairy-ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, with the story taking place at Christmas time, has traditionally been on the repertoire of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb for Christmas holidays ever since its first staging in December 1931

The moving destiny of Dumas’s Marguerite, Verdi’s Violette and Cukor’s Camille got its new ballet version (after several versions on the music by Chopin) by the Ballet of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb.

In the new season 2008/2009, the Ballet of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb will present the premiere of a new piece by the well-known contemporary choreographer Edward Clug.

The Ballet Evening consists of three short contemporary ballets of three different choreographers: Vasco Wellenkamp, Nacho Duato and Leo Mujić.

Danse macabre by Staša Zurovac, on the original score by Marjan Nećak, was met with the unanimous enthusiasm.