Anna Laudere was born in Sigulda in Latvia and trained as a dancer at the Riga Ballet School and at the Hamburg Ballet’s Ballet School.
She joined the Hamburg Ballet in 2001, becoming a soloist in 2008 and a principal in 2011.
Neumeier's dance version of the Shakespeare play about the trials and tribulations of love has lost none of its freshness over three decades after its premiere. With his selection of music, which ranges from Mendelssohn Bartholdy to György Ligeti to traditional barrel organ music, John Neumeier shows his dramaturgical sensibility by integrating three different musical styles into his choreographic narrative.