Frida premieres at Dutch National Ballet

Von Sarah Batschelet, 10 Februar 2020

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“Ochoa’s ballet is full of flavour and rich with metaphor”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam, am 8 Februar 2020

Frida (Annabelle Lopez Ochoa)

Dutch National Ballet

Matthew Rowe, Musikalische Leitung

Dieuweke van Reij, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Dutch National Ballet Orchestra

Salome Leverashvili, Tanz

Artur Shesterikov, Tanz

Floor Eimers, Tanz

Nina Tonoli, Tanz

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Sarah Batschelet

Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.

The expressive and the surreal: Frida premieres at Dutch National Ballet