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present/s - festival new works (2)
Introduction
The 'state of ballet' – nine world premieres.
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Present/s is dedicated to Rudi van Dantzig.
An ambitious premiere festival, in which ten choreographers will contribute to giving us a varied taste of the present state of ballet.
In this fiftieth season, the company is giving us an anniversary gift of no fewer than nine world premieres, divided over two programmes in Present/s - festival of new works.
Over the past fifty years, the Dutch National Ballet has presented countless new works and succeeded in engaging leading choreographers from around the world. So this programme focuses on the three current resident choreographers (Hans van Manen, Krzysztof Pastor and artistic director Ted Brandsen), leading international choreographers such as Alexei Ratmansky (Don Quichotte and On the Dnieper), Christopher Wheeldon and David Dawson, former resident choreographer with the company.
Invited to contribute to this premiere festival are three choreographers who have never created a work for the company before: Paul Lightfoot and Sol León, the resident choreographers’ duo from Nederlands Dans Theater, and Ton Simons, former artistic director of Dance Works Rotterdam. A place on the programme has also been reserved for a young choreographer: second soloist Juanjo Arqués. In 2010, he created Minos for the company’s appearance at the European Cultural Days.
Accompanied by Holland Symfonia, conducted by Matthew Rowe.
Present/s 2 consists of new works by David Dawson, Lightfoot/León, Alexei Ratmansky en Ton Simons.
Present/s 1 consists of new works by Ted Brandsen, Hans van Manen, Krzysztof Pastor, Christopher Wheeldon en Juanjo Arqués.
(subject to change)
Reviews
Noordhollands Dagblad:
A glorious overdose of dance
Het Parool:
The fifty-year-old Dutch National Ballet is giving nine presents
De Telegraaf (1):
Van Manen: short and good
De Telegraaf (2):
Virtuoso relay race
Trouw:
A ballet party where you don’t want to take down the streamers
De Volkskrant:
Promising birthday present
> read the complete reviews of the new works in the present/s festival
Schedule
Pricing starts from € 15.00 to € 48.00
Pricing |
sat - sun |
mon - fri |
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Rank 1 |
€ 48.00 | € 42.00* |
€ 46.00 | € 41.00* |
Rank 2 |
€ 38.00 | € 35.00* |
€ 37.00 | € 33.50* |
Rank 3 |
€ 29.00 | € 22.50* |
€ 28.00 | € 22.00* |
Rank 4 |
€ 19.50 | € 15.50* |
€ 18.50 | € 15.00* |
* with stadspas, CJP or below 16
Prices include € 2,- reservation costs
The duration of the show is approximately 3 hours, including two intermissions
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thu 16 feb 2012 |
20.15 uur |
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sun 19 feb 2012 |
14.00 uur |
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fri 24 feb 2012 |
20.15 uur |
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wed 29 feb 2012 |
20.15 uur |
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sat 3 mar 2012 |
20.15 uur |
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The duration of this performance is about 2 hrs and 30 minutes, including two intervals.
Credits
Accompanied by Holland Symfonia
Musical direction Matthew Rowe
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