Detailed information
Duration
2 h (including one interval)
For whom?
youth, adults
Premiere
Creatives
music
Dorotea Crameri
Dorotea is a composer, singer-songwriter, and musician from Poschiavo, currently based in Zurich. She has collaborated with institutions such as the Baltic Opera, Swiss National Radio, and the Zurich Opera House.
She completed her violin studies (KBS program) at the Vorarlberg Conservatory in 2020 and her Bachelor’s degree in Composition for Film, Theatre, and Media at the Zurich University of the Arts in 2023, where she is currently pursuing a Master’s degree.
Her work has received several awards, including the Graubünden Cultural Promotion Prize (2022), as well as prizes in film and music competitions such as the Eastern Switzerland Short Film Competition, BandXost, and Pro Grigioni Italiano’s Giovani in Concerto.
She enjoys working with textures and distinctive sounds, drawing inspiration from nature as well as from the violin and the human voice.
She completed her violin studies (KBS program) at the Vorarlberg Conservatory in 2020 and her Bachelor’s degree in Composition for Film, Theatre, and Media at the Zurich University of the Arts in 2023, where she is currently pursuing a Master’s degree.
Her work has received several awards, including the Graubünden Cultural Promotion Prize (2022), as well as prizes in film and music competitions such as the Eastern Switzerland Short Film Competition, BandXost, and Pro Grigioni Italiano’s Giovani in Concerto.
She enjoys working with textures and distinctive sounds, drawing inspiration from nature as well as from the violin and the human voice.
choreography and artistic concept
Milena Crameri
Milena is a Swiss dancer and choreographer, born in Poschiavo, a village in the Swiss Alps. She graduated with highest honors from the Zurich Dance Academy, earning the federal diploma of professional ballet dancer alongside a Matura in Arts.
After performing in a production at the Zurich Opera, she joined the Baltic Opera Ballet in Gdańsk in 2018, where she has taken on a wide range of performances in ensemble and soloist roles, developing her artistic voice within the institution.
Alongside her work as a performer, she has been creating and teaching internationally. Her choreographic work, mostly explores human behavior with a particular interest in social dynamics. She often weaves subtle layers of symbolism into her pieces, moving between neoclassical and contemporary styles. This premiere marks her first full-scale production.
Her work has received several awards, including the Danse Suisse Award (2017), the Graubünden Cultural Prize (2022), and the Audience Award at the Solocoreografico Festival in Turin.
After performing in a production at the Zurich Opera, she joined the Baltic Opera Ballet in Gdańsk in 2018, where she has taken on a wide range of performances in ensemble and soloist roles, developing her artistic voice within the institution.
Alongside her work as a performer, she has been creating and teaching internationally. Her choreographic work, mostly explores human behavior with a particular interest in social dynamics. She often weaves subtle layers of symbolism into her pieces, moving between neoclassical and contemporary styles. This premiere marks her first full-scale production.
Her work has received several awards, including the Danse Suisse Award (2017), the Graubünden Cultural Prize (2022), and the Audience Award at the Solocoreografico Festival in Turin.
set and costume design
photo: Jacek Poremba
Aleksandra Reda
A graduate of the Faculties of Stage Design and Conservation of Works of Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, she lectures at the Academy and the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music. She has designed sets and costumes for over 60 theatre productions, operas, and Television Theatre performances.
She has collaborated with major theatres and opera houses in Warsaw, Kraków, Gdańsk, Bytom, and Szczecin, including the Polish Royal Opera, Warsaw Chamber Opera, National Stary Theatre, Baltic Opera, and Opera at the Castle.
She is a laureate of the 22nd Polish Radio Theatre and Television Theatre Festival and has participated in international exhibitions, including World Stage Design 2022 and the Prague Quadrennial 2019.
She has collaborated with major theatres and opera houses in Warsaw, Kraków, Gdańsk, Bytom, and Szczecin, including the Polish Royal Opera, Warsaw Chamber Opera, National Stary Theatre, Baltic Opera, and Opera at the Castle.
She is a laureate of the 22nd Polish Radio Theatre and Television Theatre Festival and has participated in international exhibitions, including World Stage Design 2022 and the Prague Quadrennial 2019.
lighting design
Maciej Iwańczyk
assistant lighting designer
Marek Lebida
lights - support collaboration
Michał Dąbrowski
multimedia
Radosław Deruba
multimedia assistant
Michał Lewandowski
stage managers
Piotr Borowy
Magdalena Szlawska
Description
Metropolis: Reflections from Our Time is a dance performance inspired by Thea von Harbou’s novel Metropolis, which also served as the basis for Fritz Lang’s famous 1927 film—one of the most important works of expressionist cinema.
Although the novel Metropolis was written a hundred years ago, it has remained relevant in many ways. However, our performance is not a stage adaptation of either the book or the film. For us, it is simply an inspiration—a starting point. We want to show that over the past hundred years, although it may seem that so much has changed—both positively and negatively—human nature itself has remained the same.
Milena Crameri
The choreographer confronts past and contemporary fears related to technology. At the same time, she raises questions about our present-day lifestyle and outlines a vision of the future in which balance between humans, nature, and machines plays a key role.
Milena Crameri is a dancer with the Baltic Opera Ballet. As a choreographer, she has previously had the opportunity to present her original études to audiences in the Tri-City during the Young Choreographers’ Evenings. Metropolis: Reflections from Our Times is her full-length choreographic debut.
The music for the performance was composed by the choreographer’s sister, Dorotea Crameri.
TRIGGER WARNINGS
strobe lighting and high-pitched sounds
Although the novel Metropolis was written a hundred years ago, it has remained relevant in many ways. However, our performance is not a stage adaptation of either the book or the film. For us, it is simply an inspiration—a starting point. We want to show that over the past hundred years, although it may seem that so much has changed—both positively and negatively—human nature itself has remained the same.
Milena Crameri
The choreographer confronts past and contemporary fears related to technology. At the same time, she raises questions about our present-day lifestyle and outlines a vision of the future in which balance between humans, nature, and machines plays a key role.
Milena Crameri is a dancer with the Baltic Opera Ballet. As a choreographer, she has previously had the opportunity to present her original études to audiences in the Tri-City during the Young Choreographers’ Evenings. Metropolis: Reflections from Our Times is her full-length choreographic debut.
The music for the performance was composed by the choreographer’s sister, Dorotea Crameri.
TRIGGER WARNINGS
strobe lighting and high-pitched sounds
Cast
Parody
Saya Ikeda
Nayu Hata
Jacopo Severini
Wellson Felipio Dos Santos
Baltic Opera Ballet
Maria
Nayu Hata
Ludwiga Andruszkiewicz
Ewelina Adamczyk
Graduate of the Ballet School in Poznań. In 2016, she also completed the Ballet Summer School. At the Międzynarodowy Konkurs Choreograficzny, she received a special distinction for artistic personality. At the Teatr Wielki w Poznaniu, she performed the role of Clara in The Nutcracker. In 2017, she joined the ballet company of the Baltic Opera.
Freder
Gento Yoshimoto
He comes from Japan. He graduated from Studio Ballet International in Osaca and the Hungarian Dance Academy. He is a prizewinner and finalist of numerous competitions, including the Grand Prix de Paris, Helsinki International Ballet Competition, NBA Ballet Competition, and Youth America Grand Prix in Japan.
From 2011 to 2017, he collaborated with the ballet company of the Teatr Wielki w Poznaniu, where he performed as a soloist from 2013 onwards. Since September 2017, he has been a soloist of the Baltic Opera Ballet.
From 2011 to 2017, he collaborated with the ballet company of the Teatr Wielki w Poznaniu, where he performed as a soloist from 2013 onwards. Since September 2017, he has been a soloist of the Baltic Opera Ballet.
Michał Zelent
Graduate of the Ballet School in Poznań. He was a finalist of the Ogólnopolski Konkurs Baletowy in 2013. As a student, he performed at the Teatr Wielki w Poznaniu. He has been associated with the Baltic Opera since 2016.
Hel
Natalia Cedrowicz
Graduate of the Ballet School in Poznań. She participated in workshops at the Art Of Dance School as well as contemporary dance workshops in Bytom. She is a laureate of the Międzynarodowy Konkurs Baletowy „Złote Pointy 2016”, where she received the Audience Award, the Best Graduate Award, and the special Instytut Muzyki i Tańca award for the best performance of a contemporary variation.
She has been a member of the Baltic Opera Ballet since 2016.
She has been a member of the Baltic Opera Ballet since 2016.
Sara Lemus
Joh
Daniel Morrison
Rotwang
Victor Verdecia
Slim
Alessandro Imperiali
Josaphat
Michał Zelent
Graduate of the Ballet School in Poznań. He was a finalist of the Ogólnopolski Konkurs Baletowy in 2013. As a student, he performed at the Teatr Wielki w Poznaniu. He has been associated with the Baltic Opera since 2016.
Bartosz Białowąs
Georgi
Andrzej Ryll
Lorenzo Dallera
The Baltic Opera Orchestra Quartet:
Michał Rożek / Jakub Piwowarski
Katarzyna Filipiak / Edyta Tomaszczuk-Gudojć
Joanna Welz / Maria Nizio
Magdalena Romanowska-Niewiadomska / Maria Staśkowiak
In repertoire
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