This multi-part evening by the Semperoper Ballett takes us on a thrilling exploration through recent dance history. The evening begins with »The Second Detail«, a modern classic from 1991 by William Forsythe (*1949), who brilliantly pushes the forms and movements of classical ballet to the outer limits of balance and spatial orientation. With »Half Life« from 2017, the Israeli choreographer Sharon Eyal (*1951) introduces herself to Semperoper audiences with a typically explosive works that seems to have sprung directly from a techno rave. The evening finishes with the choreography »White Dark-ness«, which the Spaniard Nacho Duato (*1957) created in 2001 following the death of his beloved sister. A requiem full of pain and devotion to a person who has lost faith in love and seeks oblivion. This intense programme celebrates dance as an expression of the creative spirit, of exultation and deep-seated compassion.