Sacre du Printemps | Overture
Holland Festival
The Dutch National Ballet’s contribution to the Holland Festival 2013 consists of two world premieres by two contemporary choreographers who are counted among the most important of their generation. David Dawson and Shen Wei.
programme
The Dutch National Ballet’s contribution to the Holland Festival 2013 consists of two world premieres by Shen Wei and David Dawson.
Shen Wei, originally from China and known for his impressive contribution to the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, is creating a work for a Dutch company for the first time. The Englishman David Dawson, who has created works for various leading companies in recent years, is renewing his acquaintance with the Dutch National Ballet in an even more intensive collaboration.
The productions by the New York-based Shen Wei are always acclaimed by the international press as breathtaking, powerful and magnetic, due to the original movement idiom and the incredibly beautiful images created by the Chinese choreographer. Ted Brandsen, artistic director of the Dutch National Ballet, already invited him to make a work for the company a few years ago, so he is very happy that this collaboration is now becoming a reality. “Shen Wei combines Chinese calligraphy with modern dance and has thus developed a completely unique visual idiom, which nevertheless appeals to a wide audience”. Especially for the Dutch National Ballet, Shen Wei is creating a new version, entitled Sacre du Printemps, to the music of Le Sacre du Printemps, the composition by Igor Strawinsky that was first performed a hundred years ago.
Brandsen is also happy that former resident choreographer David Dawson will regularly be creating new work for the Dutch National Ballet in the coming years. Dawson, who is currently working as a freelance choreographer from his base in Berlin, has recently choreographed some remarkable works for English National Ballet, the Royal Swedish Ballet and the Mariinsky (formerly Kirov) Ballet. Last year, he created the overwhelming timelapse/(Mnemosyne) and Day4 for the Dutch National Ballet. Though Dawson’s work is based on classical ballet technique, the British choreographer interprets it in a very personal, modern-poetic way. The Polish composer Szymon Brzóska will create a new work for Overture, David Dawson's new world première.
Credits
Accompanied by Holland Symfonia
Musical direction Matthew Rowe
Choreography Shen Wei, David Dawson
Schedule
Pricing starts from € 15.00 to € 48.00
Pricing |
sat - sun |
mon - fri |
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Premium |
€ 48.00 | € 41.00* |
€ 45.00 | € 40.00* |
Rank 1 |
€ 43.00 | € 38.00* |
€ 41.00 | € 37.00* |
Rank 2 |
€ 34.00 | € 30.00* |
€ 33.00 | € 29.00* |
Rank 3 |
€ 26.00 | € 22.00* |
€ 25.00 | € 21.00* |
Rank 4 |
€ 18.00 | € 15.00* |
€ 17.00 | € 15.00* |
* with stadspas, CJP or below 16
Prices include € 2,- reservation costs
The duration of the show is approximately 2 hours, including one intermission
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sat 15 jun 2013 |
20.15 uur |
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sun 16 jun 2013 |
14.00 uur |
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tue 18 jun 2013 |
20.15 uur |
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wed 19 jun 2013 |
20.15 uur |
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fri 21 jun 2013 |
20.15 uur |
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sat 22 jun 2013 |
20.15 uur |
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