Mixed-composer ballet / dance work including music by Lera Auerbach
Orlando
Ballet after Virginia Woolf
Tim Plegge’s world-premiere production for Dance Heidelberg, performed with the Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg and a mixed-composer score including music by Lera Auerbach.
World Premiere
3 October 2026 · 20:00. Theater Heidelberg, Marguerre-Saal · Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg · Dietger Holm, musical director.
Catalogue Status
Mixed-composer ballet / dance work including music by Lera Auerbach. The double asterisk follows the source classification used in the Lera Auerbach ballet catalogue.
Music
A multi-composer orchestral score. Music by Lera Auerbach, Henry Purcell, Antonio Vivaldi, Anna Clyne, Gabriel Jenks, Georgij Sviridov, Dobrinka Tabakova, Ezio Bosso and Tobias Vethake.
Production
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World Premiere
3 October 2026, Theater Heidelberg, Marguerre-Saal.
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Form
Dance performance by Tim Plegge after Virginia Woolf’s novel.
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Orchestra
Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg.
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Audience
For an international audience; recommended for ages 15 and above.
Production Information
Synopsis
Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s novel, Orlando follows a character in constant metamorphosis. Beginning as a young man, Orlando changes identity and appearance across centuries, arriving in the present as a woman and a writer.
The journey passes through gender, time and social boundaries. Love and lyricism become forces of change, while every apparent limit becomes a possible threshold: not an ending, but a point of transition.
Creative Team
- ChoreographyTim Plegge
- LibrettoTim Plegge · Esther Dreesen-Schaback
- Musical DirectorDietger Holm
- Stage DesignAndreas Auerbach
- Costume DesignJudith Adam
- Lighting DesignTanja Rühl
- DramaturgyEsther Dreesen-Schaback
- EducationGaëlle Morello
- Company ManagementLaura Krahn
- Choreographic AssistanceGreta Dato · Marc Galvez
Music & Performing Forces
The production’s musical frame is performed by the Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg under Dietger Holm. The score draws on music by Henry Purcell, Antonio Vivaldi, Anna Clyne, Lera Auerbach, Gabriel Jenks, Georgij Sviridov, Dobrinka Tabakova, Ezio Bosso and Tobias Vethake.
Solo cello is performed by Johann Aparicio Bohórquez or Sebastián Escobar Avaria.
Auerbach Music Used
Not specified in the current official production listing.
Theater Heidelberg credits Lera Auerbach among the nine composers whose music forms the production’s score, but does not identify the individual Auerbach work or excerpt.
Composer Collage
Henry Purcell · Antonio Vivaldi · Anna Clyne · Lera Auerbach · Gabriel Jenks · Georgij Sviridov · Dobrinka Tabakova · Ezio Bosso · Tobias Vethake
The catalogue’s double asterisk identifies a mixed-composer ballet or dance work that includes music by Lera Auerbach.
Cast
- Inês Fernando
- Yael Fischer
- MingXuan-Vincent Gao
- Laure de Juli
- Meilyn Kennedy
- Ludmila Komkova
- Paolo Marchegiani
- Alfredo Napoletano
- Margaux Pagès
- Patrick Short
- Davide Sioni
- Tatsuki Takada
Heidelberg Performances
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3 October 2026 · 20:00
Opening night · introduction at 19:15.
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9 October 2026 · 19:30
Introduction at 18:45.
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12 October 2026 · 19:30
Introduction at 18:45.
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17 October 2026 · 19:30
Introduction at 18:45.
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7 November 2026 · 19:30
Theater Heidelberg, Marguerre-Saal.
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20 November 2026 · 19:30
Theater•Lovers performance.
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4 December 2026 · 19:30
Theater Heidelberg, Marguerre-Saal.
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30 December 2026 · 19:30
Theater Heidelberg, Marguerre-Saal.
Official Production
Theater und Orchester Heidelberg · 2026/27 season. Tim Plegge introduces himself to Heidelberg audiences as the new Director of Dance with this world-premiere production. Dates, cast and credits reflect the official production listing.
** Catalogue marker: mixed-composer ballet / dance work including music by Lera Auerbach.
