Thea von Harbou – Jiří Bubeníček
METROPOLIS
A futurist ballet in two parts
Choreography, direction, music selection and video projection by Jiří Bubeníček
Music by various authors
The ballet Metropolis was inspired by the classical sci-fi novel by Thea von Harbou, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the eponymous cinematic masterpiece by Fritz Lang. The plot of the ballet is set in in a futuristic urban dystopia, the city of Metropolis – and it follows Freder, the son of a rich local industrial magnate, and the poor worker Maria. This is a story about capitalist society, about the rich and the poor, about the working classes toiling deep under the city so that the privileged rich classes can live their life of luxury. This is an exceptional artistic experience for the Zagreb audience as well as the first encounter with the choreographic style of the Czech choreographer Jiří Bubeníček.
