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If you want to experience Germany in the true sense, you must immerse yourself into their rich culture and tradition. Viewing Germany through the cultural prism is an experience in itself. So, buy the ballet tickets or the tickets to an opera concert.
Music in Germany:
Music is the life and blood of Germany. Most of the famous musicians and composers, over the ages have been from Germany. The German musical legacy holds the tunes of Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Richard Wagner and many more. Wagner, Strauss, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Brahms, Schumann, Handel, Telemann etc. are some of the composers of international repute, hailing from Germany. With around one hundred and forty one professional orchestras, the country has the fifth largest music market in the world. Some of the famous orchestras in Germany are - the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig, Berlin and Munich Philharmonic orchestras etc. From classical to romantic, pop to rock, Germany shines as a pearl in the western music scenario.
Dance in Germany:
Dance is very popular in Germany and is entrenched in German culture from the very beginning. With more than two hundred and fifty ballet companies and over sixteen hundred dancers employed by theaters, Germany is well renowned for its performing arts. You can find innumerable freelancers and choreographers performing at various venues both within and outside the country. German dancing scenario is dominated by the traditional classical approach as well as the modern expressionist approach.
In the traditional circuit you can find world renowned ballet masters such as John Neumeier whose high aestheticism and great intensity has enabled them to gain this status. At the flip side of German dancing scene, stand the dance theaters or the “Tanztheater”. With its roots in the expressionist dance of 1920s and the political street theater of the 1960s, the “Tanztheater” has become a famous dance form. Some eminent performers of this dance form are- Johann Kresnik and Sasha Waltz from Berlin and Pina Bausch of Wuppertal.
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