Dutch National Ballet's Ballerina

By Lambrecht Wessels, 19 May 2014

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Reviewed at Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam on 14 May 2014

Paquita (Marius Petipa)

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (George Balanchine)

Trois Gnossiennes (Hans van Manen)

Without Words

Duet (Christopher Wheeldon)

Dutch National Ballet

Holland Symfonia

Matthew Rowe, Conductor

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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.

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