Stealing fire: Beethoven's Prometheus choreographed afresh at DNB

Par Mark Pullinger, 10 juin 2021

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“their visions unite around the remarkable central portrayal of Prometheus by Timothy van Poucke”

Critique faite à Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam, le 8 juin 2021

Grosse Fuge (Hans van Manen)

Prometheus (World premiere) (Wubkje Kuindersma, Ernst Meisner, Remi Wörtmeyer)

Dutch National Ballet

Marzio Conti, Direction

Jean-Paul Vroom, Décors

Hans van Manen, Costumes

Joop Caboort, Lumières

Tatyana van Walsum, Décors, Costumes

Carlo Cerri, Lumières

Timothy van Poucke, Danse

Daniel Silva, Danse

Sho Yamada, Danse

Floor Eimers, Danse

Riho Sakamoto, Danse

Young Gyu Choi, Danse

Erica Horwood, Danse

Vito Mazzeo, Danse

YuanYuan Zhang, Danse

Martin ten Kortenaar, Danse

Connie Vowles, Danse

Michele Esposito, Danse

Salome Leverashvili, Danse

Semyon Velichko, Danse

Qian Liu, Danse

James Stout, Danse

Edo Wijnen, Danse

Maia Makhateli, Danse

Dutch National Ballet Orchestra

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Laurine Mortha, 13th October

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Mark Vicente, 30th April

Dutch National Ballet give an exemplary account of a quadruple bill comprised of the late Hans van Manen’s works. It’s a wonderful tribute to the great master choreographer.

*****

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Mark Vicente, 10th February

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Naomi Mori, 5th February

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Stealing fire: Beethoven's Prometheus choreographed afresh at Dutch National Ballet