An energetic summer finale at DNB

Von Lambrecht Wessels, 12 Juni 2016

Laden, bitte warten...

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“a great pick-me-up”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam, am 11 Juni 2016

Year of the Rabbit (Ernst Meisner, Justin Peck)

Crane (George Williamson)

Merge (Ernst Meisner)

Ouvertüre (David Dawson)

Dutch National Ballet

Matthew Rowe, Musikalische Leitung

Yangyang Zhang, Tanz

Qian Liu, Tanz

Stealing fire: Beethoven's Prometheus choreographed afresh at DNB

Mark Pullinger, 8th June

Salvatore Viganò's choreography for Beethoven's 1801 ballet Prometheus has not survived, but a trio of creators put their own stamp on the score in Amsterdam.

****1

A boisterous Junior Company showcases experimental choreography

Lambrecht Wessels, 5th February

What the young dancers lack in finesse they make up in boisterousness. Sidorova's dance vocabulary seems endless. Kuindersma's Mesmer radiates into the theatre.

***11

Grimm: A Crowd Pleaser

Lambrecht Wessels, 22nd April

A pulsing one hour and 40 minutes for young ballet and hip hop dance fans.

****1

Exciting collaborations in Dutch Doubles

Isabella Zijp, 24th March

Ballet and pop music meet in a new work by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and other exciting collaborations by Ernst Meisner, Hans van Manen and Wubkje Kuindersma

***11

Made in Amsterdam 1

Lambrecht Wessels, 11th February

Dutch National Ballet proves its innovative tradition of modern ballet with playful, serious, subtle and powerful pieces.

*****

Dutch National Ballet moved by Bach

Sanne Thierens, 12th October

With Back to Bach the Dutch National Ballet shows that Bach and ballet go together perfectly.

***11

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Lambrecht Wessels

Lambrecht Wessels is a conflict analyst, publicist and avid dance fan living in Amsterdam. He writes about modern and classical dance, and follows Dutch National Ballet and the Netherlands Dance Theater especially. But he also visits dance performances in Belgium, the UK and Scandinavia.

Dutch National Ballet's “Transatlantic”: an energetic summer finale