48 stages
A journey from small steps to grand curtains
60 years of the Oremek-Reeves Ballet School
Sometimes a great journey begins on a small stage.
On December 3rd 1967, the stage was finally set. After a year of hard work and many rehearsals, the curtain rose for the first time at 2 p.m. for our school's first ballet performance in the community hall of the Evangelical Church Zur Himmelspforte.
A few rows of chairs, a tape recorder, lots of homemade costumes and a whole lot of heart.
The first performance was small, the scenery minimal, but for our beloved Ober-Eschbach it was an absolute sensation. Parents and locals sat close together. Children waited with pounding hearts behind a grey curtain.
It was a fantastic performance. The audience applauded enthusiastically, the children enjoyed such applause for the first time, and the cultural landscape of Ober-Eschbach was enriched by a special event. Incidentally, people still like to talk about it today.
No one could have guessed at the time that this would be the beginning of a journey across 48 stages.
The first steps
In the early years, not only did the number of students grow rapidly, but the stages also became larger and larger.
A milestone was the move to the old Kurhaus Bad Homburg in 1970. Now it was time to fill the vastness and height of the stage with dance, scenery, costumes and magic.
For many of our dancers, it was their first time on such a ‘big’ stage.
Today's Kurtheater
Today, our students dance at the Kurtheater Bad Homburg.
A stage with professional technology, sold-out performances, sophisticated stage design, lighting design and musical precision.
What once began in the community hall now fills an entire theatre.
And yet it is the same spirit.
The same standards.
The same attention to detail.
The same passion.
But it wasn't just the community hall and the Kurhaus. Our ballet school was invited to perform on a wide variety of stages and at numerous festivals – not only throughout Bad Homburg, but also in Friedrichsdorf, Neu-Anspach, Usingen, Hanau, Friedberg, Bad Nauheim, Frankfurt, Mainz, Regensburg and Munich.
On that afternoon of December 3rd 1967, something began that was bigger than the room.
From small steps in the community hall to large stages with sold-out houses – our journey shows that growth happens step by step and every step counts.
Final thought
Our dream began in 1966 and will continue to dance in 2026 – and beyond.
An idea began to grow.
A fairy tale performance began to come to life.
A school began to make history.
Year after year, new choreographies were added.
New generations.
New costumes.
New stages.
The small Advent performance became a tradition.
Tradition became continuity.
And continuity became greatness.
Today, almost six decades later, the doors of our ballet school are still open from Monday to Saturday for around 230 students.
The basic idea, the love of ballet and the joy of creative work with children, young people and adults have remained the same as in 1966.
Because with us, tradition dances with the future, day after day.
Warm regards,
Yours, Jasmin
