present/s - festival new works (1)
ends Fri 2 mar
The present ‘state of ballet’
An ambitious premiere festival in which ten choreographers will contribute to giving us a varied taste of the present 'state of ballet'.
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present/s - festival new works (2)
ends Sat 3 mar
An ambitious premiere festival in which ten choreographers will contribute to giving us a varied taste of the present 'state of ballet'. read more
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Present/s 1&2
In Present/s - festival of new works the Dutch National Ballet celebrates its golden jubilee with 9 world premieres, created by 10 choreographers.
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21.02.2012 - “Of course my editor funded my trip to Amsterdam to come and see Present/s. Nine world premieres in two days – that’s really special!” The journalist from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung is looking forward to the performances.
In memoriam
Rudi van Dantzig
On January 19, 2012, in his hometown Amsterdam, choreographer and author Rudi van Dantzig passed away.
gift idea
Pointe shoes for sale
Surprise your friends or family with decorative pointe shoes from our dancers. The Dutch National Ballet has a limited number of unused pointe shoes in stock that have not been danced in (i.e. they can still be used!). Pointe shoes manufactured by Freed, Bloch and Innovation can now be purchased at the cost price of € 35,-.
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Opera, Ballet and Amsterdam Music Theatre to merge into single foundation
De Nederlandse Opera, Dutch National Ballet and The Amsterdam Music Theatre will merge into a single foundation, effective 1 January 2013. The three organizations, already closely affiliated for many years, will take the final step towards complete integration of the present companies into a single entity: a national top-notch institution for opera and ballet.
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250,000th visitor to Nutcracker & Mouseking
22.12.2011 - On Sunday 18 December 2011, the Dutch National Ballet welcomed its 250,000th visitor to Nutcracker & Mouseking in The Amsterdam Music Theatre. This is an unprecedentedly high number of visitors for the performing arts sector.
Rehearsal video
Present/s 1
Present/s 1 focuses on the three current resident choreographers: Hans van Manen, Krzysztof Pastor and artistic director Ted Brandsen, leading international choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and talented youngster Juanjo Arqués.
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Succesful year for Dutch National Ballet
08.02.2012 - The Dutch National Ballet has just had a very successful year. The number of paying visitors rose from 81,936 in 2010 to 98,651 in 2011 – an increase of 17%.
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jurgita dronina wins zwaan!
The annual Zwaan award for ‘most impressive dance achievement 2011’ goes to Jurgita Dronina, principal dancer with the Dutch National Ballet. She was presented with the award for her role in the Dutch National Ballet’s production of The Sleeping Beauty.
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marijn rademaker regular guest principal
Starting with the 50-year jubilee season, Marijn Rademaker - currently principal with the Stuttgarter Ballet - will be a regular guest principal with the Dutch National Ballet. Marijn will dance in the Gala - 50 jaar Dutch National Ballet on September 13.
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Present/s 2
Invited to contribute to Present/s 2 are two choreographers who never ever created a work for the company before: Paul Lightfoot and Sol León and Ton Simons. Furthermore new works by David Dawson and Alexei Ratmansky.