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

By Lambrecht Wessels, 12 June 2016
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“a great pick-me-up”
Reviewed at Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam on 11 June 2016
Programme
Year of the Rabbit (Ernst Meisner, Justin Peck)
Crane (George Williamson)
Merge (Ernst Meisner)
Overture (David Dawson)
Performers
Dutch National Ballet
Matthew Rowe, Conductor
Yangyang Zhang, Dancer
Qian Liu, Dancer
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Lambrecht Wessels
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.