Peer Gynt

ABOUT

The poetic drama by the most renowned Norwegian writer and founder of modern drama, Henrik Ibsen, returns to the repertoire of the Ostrava ballet after more than 35 years! This time choreographed by Jeroen Verbruggen from Belgium.

Young Peer escapes from everyday worries into a fantasy world where he can be a hero, a general, a ruler, or everything else he desires to be. But who is he? He does not conquer obstacles of life, he circumvents them. He leaves all hardships behind. Parched dessert and stormy sea replaced fjords and troll caves. How far must one run away to realise he has nothing left?

Peer Gynt is deeply tied with the tradition of Ostrava ballet. The production by the Latvian choreographer Alexandr Lemberg, with Petr Koželuh and Richard Böhm alternating as the leading character, became a sensation of the 1973/1974 season. In the new production, the Belgian choreographer Jeroen Verbruggen, a fan of this work, is going to take us again on young Peer’s journey in his quest for fortune.

Premieres on 22 and 24 May 2025 at the Antonín Dvořák Theatre

Creatives

Libretto after: Henrik Ibsen’s drama
Choreographer: Jeroen Verbruggen
Music director: Sander Teepen
Set designer: Wolfgang Menardi
Costume designer: Ana Savić Gecan
Lighting designer: Daniel Tesař

Cast

PEER,THE INCORRIGIBLE
Gene David Goodman
Rei Masatomi
Edgar Mateo Navarro

PEER SEDUCED
Francesco Fasano
Gene David Goodman
Edgar Mateo Navarro

PEER BETWEEN LOVERS
Simone Giroletti
Rei Masatomi
Sachiya Takata

PEER, THE ABDUCTOR
Gene David Goodman
Francesco Fasano
Barnaby James Packham

PEER, TROLLED
Rei Masatomi
Nikolas Sotiriou
Sachiya Takata

and others...