Ballet in two acts
Faust
A full-evening ballet with music by Lera Auerbach, choreographed by Goyo Montero for Nuremberg — a theatrical encounter with the Faust myth through dance, shadow, transformation, and metaphysical wager.
Premiere
Premiered in Nuremberg on 8 December 2012. Music by Lera Auerbach, choreography by Goyo Montero, with a visual and theatrical world created in collaboration with Verena Hemmerlein, Angelo Alberto, Olaf Lundt, and Jesús Vallinas.
Structure
Ballet in two acts, conceived for the stage as an integrated work of music, choreography, design, costume, and light.
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Act I
- The world of striving, temptation, bargain, and apparition.
- Faust as a figure of hunger: for knowledge, youth, experience, and forbidden transformation.
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Act II
- The human cost of desire unfolds through movement, image, and theatrical consequence.
- The Faust myth becomes a physical drama of soul, body, shadow, and judgment.
Work Information
Creative Team
Production credits as listed by Lera Auerbach’s official work page.
- Music Lera Auerbach Composer of the score for the ballet.
- Choreography Goyo Montero Choreography and stage conception for the ballet.
- Set / Décor Verena Hemmerlein / Goyo Montero Visual and scenic environment for the Nuremberg production.
- Costumes Goyo Montero / Angelo Alberto Costume design for the ballet’s theatrical world.
- Light Design Goyo Montero / Olaf Lundt Lighting design shaping the work’s dramatic and psychological atmosphere.
- Photography Jesús Vallinas Production photography.
Dramatic World
Faust belongs to the lineage of works in which a human being reaches beyond ordinary limits: knowledge, pleasure, youth, power, and the dream of mastery over time. In ballet, this myth becomes intensely physical.
Auerbach’s musical language gives the story a terrain of pressure and fracture: temptation as rhythm, desire as propulsion, memory as shadow, and judgment as atmosphere. Montero’s choreography translates the myth into a theatrical body — restless, divided, and driven toward transformation.
The result is not only a retelling of a legend, but a stage work about the danger of infinite appetite: what is gained, what is sacrificed, and what remains when the wager has been made.
Goyo Montero
Choreographer of Faust and long-time director and principal choreographer of the Nuremberg Ballet.
- Background Madrid / Cuba / Europe Goyo Montero was born in Madrid and trained in Spain and at the Cuban National Ballet School.
- Nuremberg Ballet Director and principal choreographer Montero became ballet director and principal choreographer at Staatstheater Nürnberg Ballet beginning with the 2008/2009 season.
- International Work Major companies and festivals His work has been created for companies including Royal Ballet London, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Zurich Ballet, Acosta Danza, and others.
- Recognition Premio Nacional de Danza / Kulturpreis Bayern / Deutscher Tanzpreis Montero has received major awards and distinctions in Spain and Germany, and the Nuremberg company under his direction was recognized for outstanding development in dance.
- Connection to Faust Nuremberg creation Faust sits within Montero’s period of major full-evening creations for the Nuremberg Ballet.
- Official Biography Staatstheater Nürnberg Read Montero’s current theatre biography and production profile.
World Premiere
2012
Nuremberg Premiere
- Nuremberg
- Music — Lera Auerbach
- Choreography — Goyo Montero
- Set / Décor — Verena Hemmerlein and Goyo Montero
- Costumes — Goyo Montero and Angelo Alberto
- Light Design — Goyo Montero and Olaf Lundt
- Photography — Jesús Vallinas
FAUST
Ballet
Resources
FAUST. Ballet in 2 Acts. Work-specific rental and publisher details were not found in the currently accessible online sources. The links below point to the official work page and relevant production/artist context.