»The story of the bamboo cutter, or of Princess Kaguya«, is Japan’s oldest romantic fairytalelike narrative, dating back to 900. While at work, a childless bamboo cutter discovers a stray child, which he and his wife raise as their own. The radiantly beautiful child has been sent to earth as a gift from the moon, and though her beauty attracts powerful men as suitors: Kaguya is the princess of the moon and must return there.

French choreographer Martin Chaix is no stranger to Leipzig. From 2006 to 2009 he was a soloist with the Leipzig Ballet under Paul Chalmer. Since 2015 he has been working as a freelance choreographer for internationally renowned companies such as the Ballet de l’Opéra national du Rhin, the Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris and the Ballett am Rhein, Düsseldorf. His precise, emotional and highly musical movement language is characterised by a deep humanity.

For »The Moon Princess«, Martin Chaix explores the richness of Japanese legend and tells a story of family and home, of belonging and obligation in a challenging world.