Spain's Compañía Nacional de Danza at the Teatro Real: Balanchine, Godani and Forsythe

Three choreographies that sum up a century of dance in one evening: the Compañía Nacional de Danza comes to the Teatro Real with Balanchine, Jacopo Godani and William Forsythe. 💃✨

The programme is NúmEros (II), under artistic director Muriel Romero, with music by Tchaikovsky, Ravel and Thom Willems.

💃 COMPAÑÍA NACIONAL DE DANZA · NÚMEROS (II)

📅 15 to 18 January 2027

🕐 7.30 pm · Sunday 17 January, 6 pm

📍 Teatro Real · Plaza de Isabel II, s/n

🎟️ Tickets from €26

🩰 The programme

George Balanchine's Serenade, set to Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings, holds a special place for the company: it was the first Balanchine work to enter its repertoire, in 1983.

It is followed by Echoes from the Restless Soul, Jacopo Godani's piece to Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit, with pas de deux, quartets and a virtuoso ensemble movement, and William Forsythe's The Second Detail, a piece of energy and precision that has become a contemporary classic.

🏛️ The Teatro Real

Opened in 1850 opposite the Royal Palace, the Teatro Real is Spain's great opera house. Since reopening in 1997 it has become one of Europe's leading opera theatres, with its own productions touring the world's major stages.

ℹ️ Good to know: Four performances. A great chance to see dance on one of Europe's major stages.

✨ From neoclassicism to the avant-garde in one evening.